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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Year of Release:
2019
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1,381
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Year of Release:
1990
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1,377
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1989
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1,376
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Year of Release:
1983
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1,376
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2014
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1,372
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Year of Release:
2023
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1,372
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Year of Release:
2005
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1,371
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Year of Release:
1990
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1,371
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Year of Release:
1971
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1,370
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1980
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 126 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 38 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 303 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 720 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,444 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,437 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,615 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,735 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 2,008 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 698 | 7% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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5,026 | 50% | |
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2,641 | 26% | |
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432 | 4% | |
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318 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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139 | 1% | |
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| 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. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 16. Tom Waits | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |
