Overall Chart

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Year of Release:
1988
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1,707
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1970
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2012
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1,701
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1997
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1,699
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1995
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1,696
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1991
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1,692
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2015
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1,691
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1994
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Year of Release:
2019
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1,691
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1957
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1,690
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 104 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 297 3%
1960s 738 7%
1970s 1,473 15%
1980s 1,455 15%
1990s 1,666 17%
2000s 1,772 18%
2010s 2,036 20%
2020s 536 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 28 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Elvis Presley 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,011 50%
United Kingdom 2,655 27%
Canada 443 4%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 168 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,717 97%
Yes 283 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 279 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
Best Albums of the 1980s
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Doolittle by Pixies
3. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
4. Disintegration by The Cure
5. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
6. The Joshua Tree by U2
7. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
8. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
9. Thriller by Michael Jackson
10. Closer by Joy Division
11. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
12. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
13. Surfer Rosa by Pixies
14. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
15. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
16. Graceland by Paul Simon
17. Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
18. Back In Black by AC/DC
19. Murmur by R.E.M.
20. Moving Pictures by Rush
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