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Year of Release:
1977
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12,717
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1996
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12,701
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1992
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12,686
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2001
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12,661
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Year of Release:
1973
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12,624
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Year of Release:
2013
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12,622
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Year of Release:
1993
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12,564
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1997
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12,295
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Year of Release:
1986
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12,277
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2010
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12,150
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 13 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 1 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 285 3%
1960s 720 7%
1970s 1,505 15%
1980s 1,469 15%
1990s 1,719 17%
2000s 1,833 18%
2010s 2,086 21%
2020s 355 4%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 31 0%
The Beatles 30 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 24 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,019 50%
United Kingdom 2,663 27%
Canada 447 4%
Mixed Nationality 286 3%
Australia 218 2%
Germany 169 2%
Sweden 141 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,709 97%
Yes 291 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,732 97%
Yes 268 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,890 99%
Yes 110 1%
Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana (US)
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Ten by Pearl Jam
7. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
8. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
9. Grace by Jeff Buckley
10. In Utero by Nirvana (US)
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
14. Weezer (The Blue Album) by Weezer
15. Dummy by Portishead
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Spiderland by Slint
18. Homogenic by Björk
19. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
20. Achtung Baby by U2
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