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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Total albums: 10,000. Page 1,000 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 295 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 736 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,470 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,453 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,679 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,790 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,042 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 508 | 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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4,987 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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447 | 4% | |
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292 | 3% | |
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226 | 2% | |
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169 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1981 | |
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| 1. Rush | |
| 2. Kraftwerk | |
| 3. King Crimson | |
| 4. Siouxsie And The Banshees | |
| 5. Brian Eno & David Byrne | |
| 6. Electric Light Orchestra | |
| 7. The Human League | |
| 8. The Cure | |
| 9. Black Flag | |
| 10. This Heat | |
| 11. Wipers | |
| 12. The Gun Club | |
| 13. The Rolling Stones | |
| 14. The Police | |
| 15. Glenn Branca | |
| 16. Echo & The Bunnymen | |
| 17. Phil Collins | |
| 18. Iron Maiden | |
| 19. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | |
| 20. New Order |