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Year of Release:
1971
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41,249
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Year of Release:
1966
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40,897
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Year of Release:
1991
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39,544
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1968
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39,136
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2004
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36,536
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Year of Release:
1986
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35,713
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1998
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34,833
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1989
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33,459
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Year of Release:
2015
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33,339
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Year of Release:
1979
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32,686
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 299 3%
1960s 731 7%
1970s 1,463 15%
1980s 1,453 15%
1990s 1,631 16%
2000s 1,772 18%
2010s 2,016 20%
2020s 606 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 33 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 5,015 50%
United Kingdom 2,656 27%
Canada 439 4%
Mixed Nationality 306 3%
Australia 229 2%
Germany 159 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,728 97%
Yes 272 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 279 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,886 99%
Yes 114 1%
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