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Year of Release:
2003
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3,572
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Year of Release:
1997
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3,570
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1999
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3,569
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Year of Release:
1967
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3,558
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1990
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3,557
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2012
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3,552
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Year of Release:
2003
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3,544
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1988
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3,541
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1969
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3,540
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Year of Release:
1986
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3,539
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 49 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 26 0%
1950s 302 3%
1960s 720 7%
1970s 1,450 15%
1980s 1,438 14%
1990s 1,624 16%
2000s 1,746 17%
2010s 2,002 20%
2020s 690 7%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 38 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,012 50%
United Kingdom 2,648 26%
Canada 435 4%
Mixed Nationality 318 3%
Australia 222 2%
Germany 159 2%
Sweden 140 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,731 97%
Yes 269 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,732 97%
Yes 268 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,882 99%
Yes 118 1%
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