Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 49,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
12,244
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67
Year of Release:
2005
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,234
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Year of Release:
1972
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,139
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Year of Release:
2008
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,112
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Year of Release:
2002
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,103
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,996
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Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,851
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Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,696
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Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,463
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Year of Release:
1996
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,363
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 14 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 285 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 716 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,509 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,467 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,727 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,839 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,088 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 343 | 3% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 23 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,016 | 50% | |
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2,642 | 26% | |
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451 | 5% | |
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295 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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167 | 2% | |
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144 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. The Velvet Underground | |
| 10. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 11. Nirvana (US) | |
| 12. The Smiths | |
| 13. Neil Young | |
| 14. Miles Davis | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. Kanye West | |
| 17. Pixies | |
| 18. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 19. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 20. R.E.M. |