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3675.

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1 

 Woody Guthrie

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

395

Rank in 1940:

1

Rank in 1940s:

1

Overall Rank:

3,675

Average Rating:

 74 (43 votes)

Comments:

3

4196.

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2 

 Woody Guthrie

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

338

Rank in 1940:

2

Rank in 1940s:

2

Overall Rank:

4,196

Average Rating:

 72 (33 votes)

Comments:

1

4209.

Billie Holiday 
Compilation

 Billie Holiday

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Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

337

Rank in 1947:

1

Rank in 1940s:

3

Overall Rank:

4,209

Average Rating:

 76 (23 votes)

Comments:

1

4653.

The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) 

 Lead Belly

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Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1941:

1

Rank in 1940s:

4

Overall Rank:

4,653

Average Rating:

 74 (26 votes)

Comments:

1

5101.

Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday 

 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Featuring Billie Holiday

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Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 1947:

2

Rank in 1940s:

5

Overall Rank:

5,101

Average Rating:

 73 (17 votes)

Comments:

2

5318.

An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements 

 Glenn Miller

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Year of Release:

1944

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 1944:

1

Rank in 1940s:

6

Overall Rank:

5,318

Average Rating:

 73 (25 votes)

Comments:

2

5685.

The Lonesome Road 
Compilation

 Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

234

Rank in 1941:

2

Rank in 1940s:

7

Overall Rank:

5,685

Average Rating:

 74 (13 votes)

Comments:

3

5897.

The Voice Of Frank Sinatra 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

224

Rank in 1946:

1

Rank in 1940s:

8

Overall Rank:

5,897

Average Rating:

 68 (31 votes)

Comments:

1

6389.

Merry Christmas 

 Bing Crosby

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Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

202

Rank in 1945:

1

Rank in 1940s:

9

Overall Rank:

6,389

Average Rating:

 71 (56 votes)

Comments:

4

6441.

Chansons Des Cafés De Paris 

 Édith Piaf

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Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

201

Rank in 1948:

1

Rank in 1940s:

10

Overall Rank:

6,441

Average Rating:

 72 (53 votes)

Comments:

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Overall Chart composition

Top 10,000 Top 5,000 Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	301	3%
1960s	721	7%
1970s	1,450	15%
1980s	1,449	14%
1990s	1,634	16%
2000s	1,760	18%
2010s	2,017	20%
2020s	639	6%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
Elvis Presley	24	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	5,012	50%
	2,650	27%
	434	4%
	321	3%
	223	2%
	161	2%
	139	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,734	97%
Yes	266	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,726	97%
Yes	274	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,883	99%
Yes	117	1%