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Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 49,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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Year of Release:
1965
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14,341
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2002
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14,328
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2007
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14,187
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1972
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14,159
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1986
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13,998
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1973
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13,973
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1970
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13,935
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1970
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13,833
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1973
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13,804
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1985
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13,707
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 11 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 1 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 285 3%
1960s 717 7%
1970s 1,502 15%
1980s 1,471 15%
1990s 1,728 17%
2000s 1,843 18%
2010s 2,088 21%
2020s 340 3%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 31 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 23 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,016 50%
United Kingdom 2,646 26%
Canada 452 5%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 219 2%
Germany 167 2%
Sweden 144 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,711 97%
Yes 289 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,731 97%
Yes 269 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,890 99%
Yes 110 1%
Best Artists of the 1990s
1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana (US)
3. Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Smashing Pumpkins
5. My Bloody Valentine
6. Oasis
7. Pearl Jam
8. Weezer
9. R.E.M.
10. Richard David James
11. Björk
12. Pavement
13. Jeff Buckley
14. Blur
15. Nas
16. Portishead
17. Elliott Smith
18. Sigur Rós
19. Massive Attack
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers
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