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2012
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8,113
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2010
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8,107
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Year of Release:
1983
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8,040
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Year of Release:
1969
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8,033
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2013
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8,007
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Year of Release:
1973
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7,874
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2004
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7,854
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1994
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7,841
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Year of Release:
1978
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7,811
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Year of Release:
1974
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7,799
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 21 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 294 3%
1960s 729 7%
1970s 1,467 15%
1980s 1,460 15%
1990s 1,672 17%
2000s 1,777 18%
2010s 2,044 20%
2020s 530 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 4,992 50%
United Kingdom 2,663 27%
Canada 445 4%
Mixed Nationality 292 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 168 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,714 97%
Yes 286 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,884 99%
Yes 116 1%
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