Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 56,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
41,328
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Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
41,151
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
39,740
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Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
39,403
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Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
36,656
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
35,888
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
35,062
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Year of Release:
1989
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33,764
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
33,508
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Year of Release:
1979
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32,874
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 297 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 737 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,462 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,458 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,636 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,764 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,018 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 599 | 6% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 33 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,017 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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438 | 4% | |
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308 | 3% | |
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228 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1960s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. The Velvet Underground | |
| 3. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 4. Bob Dylan | |
| 5. The Beach Boys | |
| 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 7. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| 8. Led Zeppelin | |
| 9. The Rolling Stones | |
| 10. The Doors | |
| 11. John Coltrane | |
| 12. King Crimson | |
| 13. Frank Zappa | |
| 14. The Kinks | |
| 15. Love | |
| 16. Van Morrison | |
| 17. Neil Young | |
| 18. Charles Mingus | |
| 19. Miles Davis | |
| 20. The Zombies |