Overall Chart

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Year of Release:
1992
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12,077
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Year of Release:
1973
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12,043
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Year of Release:
1991
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12,017
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Year of Release:
1975
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11,882
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2003
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11,716
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Year of Release:
1987
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11,630
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1994
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11,555
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Year of Release:
2007
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11,398
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Year of Release:
1993
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11,263
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Year of Release:
1999
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11,222
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 12 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 303 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,461 15%
1980s 1,452 15%
1990s 1,623 16%
2000s 1,769 18%
2010s 2,019 20%
2020s 609 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 33 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,018 50%
United Kingdom 2,654 27%
Canada 436 4%
Mixed Nationality 308 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 158 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,730 97%
Yes 270 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,724 97%
Yes 276 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
Best Artists of 1988
1. Sonic Youth
2. Pixies
3. Talk Talk
4. Public Enemy
5. Metallica
6. My Bloody Valentine
7. Tracy Chapman
8. R.E.M.
9. N.W.A
10. Iron Maiden
11. Leonard Cohen
12. Jane's Addiction
13. The Traveling Wilburys
14. Queensrÿche
15. The Pogues
16. The Go-Betweens
17. Morrissey
18. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
19. Nick Cave
20. The Church
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