Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 54,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,276
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
11,261
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Year of Release:
2008
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Rank Score:
11,138
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
10,987
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
10,982
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Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
10,914
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Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
10,895
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
10,738
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Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
10,527
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Year of Release:
2009
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10,527
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 14 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 297 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 736 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,476 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,458 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,683 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,784 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,041 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 500 | 5% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 34 | 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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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4,993 | 50% | |
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2,657 | 27% | |
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450 | 5% | |
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295 | 3% | |
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225 | 2% | |
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167 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 2009 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Animal Collective | |
| 2. The Antlers | |
| 3. The xx | |
| 4. Grizzly Bear | |
| 5. Phoenix | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Florence + The Machine | |
| 8. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 9. Dirty Projectors | |
| 10. Kid Cudi | |
| 11. Mumford & Sons | |
| 12. Fever Ray | |
| 13. Mastodon | |
| 14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
| 15. Kasabian | |
| 16. St. Vincent | |
| 17. The Flaming Lips | |
| 18. The Horrors (UK) | |
| 19. Them Crooked Vultures | |
| 20. The Decemberists |