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Year of Release:
1994
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9,545
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Year of Release:
1968
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5,417
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1999
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5,095
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Year of Release:
1979
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4,379
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Year of Release:
1984
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4,321
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Year of Release:
1971
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3,925
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Year of Release:
1963
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2,811
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Year of Release:
1970
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2,386
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Year of Release:
1975
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1,980
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Year of Release:
1972
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1,846
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Total albums: 277. Page 1 of 28

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 302 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,462 15%
1980s 1,452 15%
1990s 1,624 16%
2000s 1,767 18%
2010s 2,021 20%
2020s 608 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 33 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,020 50%
United Kingdom 2,653 27%
Canada 437 4%
Mixed Nationality 306 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 159 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,730 97%
Yes 270 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
Best Albums of the 2000s
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Kid A by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. Elephant by The White Stripes
14. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
18. Amnesiac by Radiohead
19. Discovery by Daft Punk
20. Demon Days by Gorillaz
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