Overall Chart

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Year of Release:
1969
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6,769
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Year of Release:
1983
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6,731
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Year of Release:
1969
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6,704
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Year of Release:
1971
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6,667
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1985
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6,643
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Year of Release:
2019
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6,641
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Year of Release:
1970
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6,616
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Year of Release:
1996
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6,589
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Year of Release:
1982
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6,588
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Year of Release:
2010
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6,572
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 26 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 295 3%
1960s 740 7%
1970s 1,463 15%
1980s 1,453 15%
1990s 1,647 16%
2000s 1,773 18%
2010s 2,011 20%
2020s 589 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,007 50%
United Kingdom 2,654 27%
Canada 443 4%
Mixed Nationality 302 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 166 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,719 97%
Yes 281 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
Best Artists of 1990
1. Depeche Mode
2. Cocteau Twins
3. Ride
4. Megadeth
5. Pixies
6. Sonic Youth
7. Jane's Addiction
8. Fugazi
9. The La's
10. Public Enemy
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. Nick Cave
13. Soda Stereo
14. The Sundays
15. Happy Mondays
16. Sinéad O'Connor
17. Angelo Badalamenti
18. They Might Be Giants
19. Neil Young
20. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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