Overall Chart

Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 53,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	25	0%
1950s	292	3%
1960s	736	7%
1970s	1,474	15%
1980s	1,458	15%
1990s	1,687	17%
2000s	1,791	18%
2010s	2,042	20%
2020s	493	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	34	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
Various Artists	24	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	4,993	50%
	2,662	27%
	447	4%
	300	3%
	225	2%
	168	2%
	141	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,717	97%
Yes	283	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,721	97%
Yes	279	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,886	99%
Yes	114	1%

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Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Kendrick Lamar
11. Nirvana
12. Neil Young
13. The Smiths
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. Pixies
18. R.E.M.
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Bruce Springsteen