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:
1971
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Rank Score:
53,563
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296
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
52,494
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Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
51,653
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Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
50,313
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Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
Rank Score:
48,238
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
48,117
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,700
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
44,468
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,439
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Year of Release:
2015
Appears in:
Rank Score:
40,584
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 23 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 282 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 703 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,544 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,478 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,780 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1,906 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 2,083 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,033 | 50% | |
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2,622 | 26% | |
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459 | 5% | |
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319 | 3% | |
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220 | 2% | |
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174 | 2% | |
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145 | 1% | |
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