Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
You can customise how this chart is generated, browse the individual charts constituting the overall rankings from The Charts page, or submit your own chart from the My Charts page!
Year of Release:
1996
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,622
Rank in 1996:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,619
Rank in 1970:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,617
Rank in 1988:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,616
Rank in 1995:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,602
Rank in 1997:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
476.
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,590
Rank in 1970:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2000
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,583
Rank in 2000:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,573
Rank in 2010:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,559
Rank in 1959:
Rank in 1950s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1976
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,543
Rank in 1976:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 10,000. Page 48 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 37 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 305 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 719 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,442 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,434 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,616 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,731 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,995 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 719 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
|
5,025 | 50% | |
|
2,647 | 26% | |
|
431 | 4% | |
|
320 | 3% | |
|
223 | 2% | |
|
158 | 2% | |
|
138 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
| 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. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. Pixies | |
| 20. The Cure |



