Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 46,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
34,032
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159
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
32,852
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
32,490
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Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
32,325
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
31,246
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Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,961
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Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,765
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,671
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Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,538
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Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,030
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 4 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 272 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 695 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,537 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,485 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,819 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1,953 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 2,137 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 77 | 1% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 34 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 30 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,040 | 50% | |
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2,596 | 26% | |
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449 | 4% | |
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309 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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177 | 2% | |
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151 | 2% | |
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