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Year of Release:
1995
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332
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Year of Release:
1983
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331
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2010
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331
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1972
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331
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2015
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2008
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2017
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2018
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2017
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Year of Release:
1978
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 428 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 295 3%
1960s 738 7%
1970s 1,467 15%
1980s 1,459 15%
1990s 1,689 17%
2000s 1,795 18%
2010s 2,061 21%
2020s 470 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 38 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
Neil Young 24 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,006 50%
United Kingdom 2,656 27%
Canada 446 4%
Mixed Nationality 301 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 166 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 281 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 114 1%
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