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1994
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1,062
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1957
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1965
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1,061
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1976
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1,060
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1995
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1999
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1,059
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2009
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1,057
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Year of Release:
2021
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1,056
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2018
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1977
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 163 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 295 3%
1960s 740 7%
1970s 1,474 15%
1980s 1,455 15%
1990s 1,662 17%
2000s 1,769 18%
2010s 2,036 20%
2020s 542 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 28 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,013 50%
United Kingdom 2,659 27%
Canada 442 4%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 165 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 279 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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