Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 57,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,491
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Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
7,448
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1970
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Rank Score:
7,426
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Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
7,387
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Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
7,371
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
7,363
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Year of Release:
2013
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,298
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
7,288
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
7,274
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Year of Release:
1964
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7,254
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 22 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 301 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 722 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,454 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,446 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,634 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,766 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,017 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 631 | 6% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,013 | 50% | |
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2,651 | 27% | |
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435 | 4% | |
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319 | 3% | |
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223 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1988 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Sonic Youth | |
| 2. Pixies | |
| 3. Talk Talk | |
| 4. Public Enemy | |
| 5. Metallica | |
| 6. My Bloody Valentine | |
| 7. Tracy Chapman | |
| 8. R.E.M. | |
| 9. N.W.A | |
| 10. Iron Maiden | |
| 11. Leonard Cohen | |
| 12. Jane's Addiction | |
| 13. The Traveling Wilburys | |
| 14. Queensrÿche | |
| 15. The Pogues | |
| 16. The Go-Betweens | |
| 17. Morrissey | |
| 18. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | |
| 19. Nick Cave | |
| 20. The Church |
