Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 50,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
48,890
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346
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
48,495
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Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
46,671
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Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
45,851
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Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,551
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,006
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Year of Release:
1986
Appears in:
Rank Score:
41,229
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
40,622
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
40,148
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
39,554
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 285 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 721 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,506 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,468 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,720 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,833 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,086 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 353 | 4% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 30 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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5,018 | 50% | |
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2,663 | 27% | |
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448 | 4% | |
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286 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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169 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1980 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Talking Heads | |
| 2. Joy Division | |
| 3. AC/DC | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Dead Kennedys | |
| 6. Peter Gabriel | |
| 7. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 8. The Cure | |
| 9. Rush (CA) | |
| 10. Pretenders | |
| 11. Dire Straits | |
| 12. The Feelies | |
| 13. The Clash | |
| 14. Black Sabbath | |
| 15. U2 | |
| 16. Motörhead | |
| 17. Genesis | |
| 18. Steely Dan | |
| 19. Elvis Costello | |
| 20. Elvis Costello And The Attractions |