Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 46,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
12,037
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76
Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,991
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,986
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Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,948
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,837
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Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,720
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Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,642
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Year of Release:
2015
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,502
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Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,465
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,450
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 16 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 272 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 695 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,537 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,485 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,819 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1,953 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 2,137 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 77 | 1% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 34 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 30 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,040 | 50% | |
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2,596 | 26% | |
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449 | 4% | |
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309 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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177 | 2% | |
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151 | 2% | |
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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. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Smiths | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Neil Young | |
| 14. The Beach Boys | |
| 15. Pixies | |
| 16. Miles Davis | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 19. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 20. R.E.M. |