Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 47,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,334
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35
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,267
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Year of Release:
2016
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,259
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Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,253
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Year of Release:
2011
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,240
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Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,212
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Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,212
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Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,194
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Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,129
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Year of Release:
1999
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,123
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 31 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 26 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 287 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 705 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,536 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,483 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,773 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1,901 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 2,072 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 216 | 2% |
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| Bob Dylan | 35 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 31 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,047 | 50% | |
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2,635 | 26% | |
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449 | 4% | |
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302 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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172 | 2% | |
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146 | 1% | |
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