Overall Chart

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Year of Release:
1971
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41,597
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Year of Release:
1966
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41,500
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Year of Release:
1991
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39,990
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1968
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39,782
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2004
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37,079
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Year of Release:
1986
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36,193
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1998
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35,483
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Year of Release:
1989
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34,015
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Year of Release:
2015
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33,817
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Year of Release:
1979
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33,130
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 737 7%
1970s 1,460 15%
1980s 1,459 15%
1990s 1,636 16%
2000s 1,773 18%
2010s 2,018 20%
2020s 593 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 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,015 50%
United Kingdom 2,655 27%
Canada 440 4%
Mixed Nationality 309 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 159 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,728 97%
Yes 273 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,886 99%
Yes 115 1%
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4. Sun Kil Moon
5. Run The Jewels
6. Mac DeMarco
7. St. Vincent
8. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
9. D'Angelo
10. D'Angelo And The Vanguard
11. Lana Del Rey
12. Alvvays
13. Spoon
14. FKA twigs
15. Ariel Pink
16. Richard David James
17. Royal Blood
18. Aphex Twin
19. Flying Lotus
20. Beck
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