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Year of Release:
1998
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6,860
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Year of Release:
1996
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6,830
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Year of Release:
1989
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6,777
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Year of Release:
2019
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6,745
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Year of Release:
1974
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6,718
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Year of Release:
1969
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6,694
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Year of Release:
1997
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6,670
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Year of Release:
2022
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6,657
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Year of Release:
2014
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6,650
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Year of Release:
2012
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6,646
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 25 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 303 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,460 15%
1980s 1,453 15%
1990s 1,622 16%
2000s 1,769 18%
2010s 2,019 20%
2020s 610 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 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 %


United States 5,021 50%
United Kingdom 2,650 27%
Canada 437 4%
Mixed Nationality 307 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 158 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,731 97%
Yes 269 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,724 97%
Yes 276 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
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