Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 51,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,383
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70
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,353
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Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,338
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Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,308
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,274
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Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,198
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Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,183
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Year of Release:
2000
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,152
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Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,119
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Comments:
210.
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
8,099
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 21 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 290 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 729 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,485 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,459 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,713 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,819 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,069 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 407 | 4% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 34 | 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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5,006 | 50% | |
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2,658 | 27% | |
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448 | 4% | |
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299 | 3% | |
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228 | 2% | |
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167 | 2% | |
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140 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Pixies | |
| 3. Prince | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Tom Waits | |
| 16. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush (CA) |