Overall Chart
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Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
12,304
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Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
12,196
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Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,091
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Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
12,061
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Year of Release:
2003
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Rank Score:
11,798
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Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
11,581
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Year of Release:
2007
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,553
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
11,441
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Year of Release:
1993
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Rank Score:
11,426
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Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
11,418
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 12 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 298 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 737 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,459 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,458 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,636 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,771 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,018 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 594 | 6% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 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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5,016 | 50% | |
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2,653 | 27% | |
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441 | 4% | |
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308 | 3% | |
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228 | 2% | |
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159 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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| 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 |