Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 56,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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2023
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1953
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1972
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1986
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539
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1981
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1984
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1996
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1979
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538
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2016
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538
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2015
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537
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 286 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 298 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 733 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,465 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,454 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,630 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,773 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,017 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 601 | 6% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 33 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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5,018 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 27% | |
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440 | 4% | |
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306 | 3% | |
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228 | 2% | |
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159 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1985 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Kate Bush | |
| 2. Tom Waits | |
| 3. Dire Straits | |
| 4. The Smiths | |
| 5. The Jesus And Mary Chain | |
| 6. Tears For Fears | |
| 7. The Cure | |
| 8. The Replacements | |
| 9. Prefab Sprout | |
| 10. The Pogues | |
| 11. Marillion | |
| 12. New Order | |
| 13. Hüsker Dü | |
| 14. The Waterboys | |
| 15. The Fall | |
| 16. R.E.M. | |
| 17. Talking Heads | |
| 18. Prince | |
| 19. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 20. The Cult |