Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 50,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1972
Appears in:
Rank Score:
549
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Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
548
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Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
546
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 283 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| 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 | % | |
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5,019 | 50% | |
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2,663 | 27% | |
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447 | 4% | |
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286 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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169 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1962 | |
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| 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 |