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Year of Release:
1977
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33,263
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Year of Release:
1991
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32,258
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1995
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31,867
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2001
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31,616
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1969
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30,872
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1980
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29,969
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1965
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29,733
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Year of Release:
1965
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29,502
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1979
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28,527
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Year of Release:
1967
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28,386
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 3 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 294 3%
1960s 727 7%
1970s 1,467 15%
1980s 1,466 15%
1990s 1,676 17%
2000s 1,781 18%
2010s 2,040 20%
2020s 522 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 4,989 50%
United Kingdom 2,666 27%
Canada 445 4%
Mixed Nationality 295 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 169 2%
Sweden 140 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,714 97%
Yes 286 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,722 97%
Yes 278 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,884 99%
Yes 116 1%
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