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Year of Release:
1977
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31,858
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Year of Release:
1995
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30,518
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Year of Release:
1991
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30,147
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Year of Release:
2001
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29,878
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Year of Release:
1969
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29,547
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1980
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28,584
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Year of Release:
1965
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28,289
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Year of Release:
1965
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27,916
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Year of Release:
1967
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27,536
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Year of Release:
1989
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26,911
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 3 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 303 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,461 15%
1980s 1,452 15%
1990s 1,623 16%
2000s 1,769 18%
2010s 2,019 20%
2020s 609 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 25 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,018 50%
United Kingdom 2,654 27%
Canada 436 4%
Mixed Nationality 308 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 158 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,730 97%
Yes 270 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,724 97%
Yes 276 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
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