Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 50,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
49,011
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346
Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,621
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,111
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
40,759
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Year of Release:
2015
Appears in:
Rank Score:
39,623
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23.
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Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
35,896
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Year of Release:
1965
Appears in:
Rank Score:
33,408
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
32,208
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
31,215
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Year of Release:
1966
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29,569
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Total albums: 5,015. Page 1 of 502
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 285 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 720 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,508 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,468 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,719 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,835 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,087 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 351 | 4% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 30 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,016 | 50% | |
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2,664 | 27% | |
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448 | 4% | |
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286 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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170 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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