Overall Chart

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Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
12,919
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1338 votes)  86 (1,338 votes)
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Year of Release:
1963
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Rank Score:
12,800
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1034 votes)  86 (1,034 votes)
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Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
12,674
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
12,610
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Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
12,521
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1335 votes)  85 (1,335 votes)
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Year of Release:
1993
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Rank Score:
12,505
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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
12,488
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1647 votes)  86 (1,647 votes)
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Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
12,453
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1323 votes)  85 (1,323 votes)
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Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
12,428
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1669 votes)  86 (1,669 votes)
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
12,346
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1735 votes)  85 (1,735 votes)
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Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 26 0%
1950s 303 3%
1960s 719 7%
1970s 1,448 14%
1980s 1,438 14%
1990s 1,620 16%
2000s 1,740 17%
2010s 2,010 20%
2020s 694 7%
Country Albums %


United States 5,015 50%
United Kingdom 2,648 26%
Canada 433 4%
Mixed Nationality 317 3%
Australia 223 2%
Germany 159 2%
Sweden 140 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,730 97%
Yes 270 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,731 97%
Yes 269 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,880 99%
Yes 120 1%
Best Artists of the 1990s
1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana
3. The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Neutral Milk Hotel
5. Oasis
6. R.E.M.
7. Pearl Jam
8. My Bloody Valentine
9. Nick Cave
10. Björk
11. Weezer
12. Richard David James
13. Pavement
14. Portishead
15. Jeff Buckley
16. Blur
17. Elliott Smith
18. Nas
19. Massive Attack
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers
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