Overall Chart
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
1,219
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Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
1,142
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Year of Release:
1963
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Rank Score:
815
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Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
661
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Year of Release:
2000
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474
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Year of Release:
1978
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395
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 294 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 741 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,476 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,456 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,684 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,800 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,050 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 478 | 5% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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4,995 | 50% | |
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2,653 | 27% | |
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445 | 4% | |
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302 | 3% | |
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226 | 2% | |
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171 | 2% | |
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142 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1961 | |
|---|---|
| 1. John Coltrane | |
| 2. Robert Johnson | |
| 3. Ornette Coleman | |
| 4. Bill Evans | |
| 5. Bill Evans Trio | |
| 6. Ornette Coleman Double Quartet | |
| 7. Miles Davis | |
| 8. Oliver Nelson | |
| 9. John Coltrane Quartet | |
| 10. Ray Charles | |
| 11. Yusef Lateef | |
| 12. Patsy Cline | |
| 13. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | |
| 14. Art Blakey | |
| 15. Roy Orbison | |
| 16. The Miles Davis Sextet | |
| 17. Eric Dolphy | |
| 18. Bobby Bland | |
| 19. Django Reinhardt | |
| 20. Thelonious Monk Quartet & John Coltrane |