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Year of Release:
1983
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4,817
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Year of Release:
2004
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4,787
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Year of Release:
1990
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4,768
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Year of Release:
1965
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4,764
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Year of Release:
2016
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4,763
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2002
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4,756
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Year of Release:
1955
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4,735
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2008
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4,723
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Year of Release:
2005
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4,703
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Year of Release:
1978
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4,701
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 38 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 293 3%
1960s 728 7%
1970s 1,473 15%
1980s 1,466 15%
1990s 1,673 17%
2000s 1,784 18%
2010s 2,041 20%
2020s 515 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 4,989 50%
United Kingdom 2,662 27%
Canada 446 4%
Mixed Nationality 297 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 170 2%
Sweden 141 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,716 97%
Yes 284 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,722 97%
Yes 278 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,882 99%
Yes 118 1%
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