Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 51,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
28,971
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171
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
28,646
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Comments:
33.
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Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
27,915
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Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
27,137
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
27,083
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Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
Rank Score:
26,838
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
26,547
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Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
26,303
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
25,763
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Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
25,489
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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 | 28 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 287 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 727 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,501 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,466 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,709 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,829 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,076 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 382 | 4% |
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| Bob Dylan | 39 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 31 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 30 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 27 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,003 | 50% | |
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2,671 | 27% | |
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447 | 4% | |
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295 | 3% | |
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225 | 2% | |
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167 | 2% | |
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140 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. The Velvet Underground | |
| 10. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 11. Nirvana (US) | |
| 12. The Smiths | |
| 13. Neil Young | |
| 14. Miles Davis | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. Kanye West | |
| 17. Pixies | |
| 18. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 19. R.E.M. | |
| 20. Bruce Springsteen |