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2010
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2,608
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2006
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2,486
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2001
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2,360
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1998
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1,934
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2009
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1,662
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1097.
Body Talk 
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2010
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1,601
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Year of Release:
1976
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1,456
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Year of Release:
2013
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1,325
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2003
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1,307
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Year of Release:
1999
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1,240
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Total albums: 138. Page 1 of 14

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 740 7%
1970s 1,464 15%
1980s 1,454 15%
1990s 1,646 16%
2000s 1,772 18%
2010s 2,010 20%
2020s 589 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,007 50%
United Kingdom 2,652 27%
Canada 442 4%
Mixed Nationality 302 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 166 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,719 97%
Yes 281 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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