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Year of Release:
2005
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10,146
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Year of Release:
1967
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10,043
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Year of Release:
1990
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9,949
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Year of Release:
2015
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9,933
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1998
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9,890
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2007
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9,862
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Year of Release:
1971
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9,791
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1970
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9,722
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Year of Release:
1968
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9,660
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Year of Release:
1994
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9,605
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 15 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 303 3%
1960s 734 7%
1970s 1,459 15%
1980s 1,453 15%
1990s 1,626 16%
2000s 1,770 18%
2010s 2,017 20%
2020s 609 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,021 50%
United Kingdom 2,652 27%
Canada 436 4%
Mixed Nationality 307 3%
Australia 227 2%
Germany 158 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,732 97%
Yes 268 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
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