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Year of Release:
1975
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25,137
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1969
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24,190
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1972
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23,901
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2005
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23,741
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2010
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23,439
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Year of Release:
1971
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23,051
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1977
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22,774
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2002
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21,899
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1991
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21,078
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1972
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21,026
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 5 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 1 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 285 3%
1960s 729 7%
1970s 1,498 15%
1980s 1,467 15%
1990s 1,708 17%
2000s 1,831 18%
2010s 2,077 21%
2020s 383 4%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 39 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 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 %


United States 5,000 50%
United Kingdom 2,671 27%
Canada 447 4%
Mixed Nationality 291 3%
Australia 224 2%
Germany 167 2%
Sweden 141 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,729 97%
Yes 278 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,735 97%
Yes 272 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,896 99%
Yes 111 1%
Best Albums of the 1970s
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
4. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
5. London Calling by The Clash
6. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
7. The Wall by Pink Floyd
8. Animals by Pink Floyd
9. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
10. Who's Next by The Who
11. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
12. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones
13. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
14. Marquee Moon by Television
15. Pink Moon by Nick Drake
16. Low by David Bowie
17. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
18. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
19. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
20. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
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