Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 1,000 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 38 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 304 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 719 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,441 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,431 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,613 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,731 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 2,000 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 721 | 7% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 33 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,024 | 50% | |
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2,650 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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320 | 3% | |
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222 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1972 | |
|---|---|
| 1. David Bowie | |
| 2. The Rolling Stones | |
| 3. Nick Drake | |
| 4. Yes | |
| 5. Neil Young | |
| 6. Lou Reed | |
| 7. Deep Purple | |
| 8. Jethro Tull | |
| 9. Can | |
| 10. Genesis | |
| 11. Milton Nascimento / Lô Borges | |
| 12. Big Star | |
| 13. Steely Dan | |
| 14. Stevie Wonder | |
| 15. Curtis Mayfield | |
| 16. Novos Baianos | |
| 17. The Allman Brothers Band | |
| 18. Black Sabbath | |
| 19. Neu! | |
| 20. Wishbone Ash |
