Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 46,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
4,520
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54
Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,293
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Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,932
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Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,429
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Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,411
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Year of Release:
1961
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,054
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Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,895
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
1,683
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,541
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Year of Release:
2010
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1,341
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Total albums: 294. Page 1 of 30
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 23 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 283 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 703 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,545 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,478 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,780 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1,907 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 2,080 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 200 | 2% |
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| Bob Dylan | 34 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 31 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 30 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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5,034 | 50% | |
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2,626 | 26% | |
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458 | 5% | |
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318 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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174 | 2% | |
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145 | 1% | |
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