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Year of Release:
1974
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1,676
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Year of Release:
1970
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1,668
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Year of Release:
1991
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1,664
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1980
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1,662
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2002
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Year of Release:
1974
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1,661
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Year of Release:
2001
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1,659
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Year of Release:
1969
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1,657
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Year of Release:
1969
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1,656
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Year of Release:
2004
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1,653
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 107 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 295 3%
1960s 737 7%
1970s 1,467 15%
1980s 1,458 15%
1990s 1,689 17%
2000s 1,796 18%
2010s 2,061 21%
2020s 470 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 38 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
Neil Young 24 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,008 50%
United Kingdom 2,656 27%
Canada 446 4%
Mixed Nationality 300 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 166 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,719 97%
Yes 281 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,886 99%
Yes 114 1%
Best Artists of the 1980s
1. The Smiths
2. Prince
3. Pixies
4. The Cure
5. Talking Heads
6. U2
7. Metallica
8. Kate Bush
9. R.E.M.
10. The Stone Roses
11. Sonic Youth
12. Michael Jackson
13. Bruce Springsteen
14. Tom Waits
15. Iron Maiden
16. Prince And The Revolution
17. Joy Division
18. New Order
19. Talk Talk
20. Rush
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