Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 51,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
6,629
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Year of Release:
1974
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,619
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Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,617
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Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,616
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Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,605
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Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,568
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Year of Release:
2011
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,554
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Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,548
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Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,543
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Year of Release:
1976
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,519
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 28 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 285 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 729 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,498 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,467 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,708 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,831 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,077 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 383 | 4% |
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| Bob Dylan | 39 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 30 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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5,000 | 50% | |
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2,671 | 27% | |
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447 | 4% | |
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291 | 3% | |
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224 | 2% | |
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167 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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