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1972
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549
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2010
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1978
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1982
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1984
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1990
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1997
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1976
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2009
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546
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2011
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 283 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 1 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 285 3%
1960s 720 7%
1970s 1,505 15%
1980s 1,469 15%
1990s 1,719 17%
2000s 1,833 18%
2010s 2,086 21%
2020s 355 4%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 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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Country Albums %


United States 5,019 50%
United Kingdom 2,663 27%
Canada 447 4%
Mixed Nationality 286 3%
Australia 218 2%
Germany 169 2%
Sweden 141 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,709 97%
Yes 291 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,732 97%
Yes 268 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,890 99%
Yes 110 1%
Best Artists of 1962
1. Ray Charles
2. Bill Evans
3. Bill Evans Trio
4. Howlin' Wolf
5. Bob Dylan
6. John Coltrane
7. Charles Mingus
8. Dexter Gordon
9. Booker T. & The M.G.'s
10. Françoise Hardy
11. Sonny Rollins
12. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
13. Herbie Hancock
14. Roy Orbison
15. Art Blakey
16. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
17. Jacques Brel
18. The Beach Boys
19. Peter, Paul And Mary
20. John Coltrane Quartet
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