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1997
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226
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Year of Release:
1978
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226
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1972
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226
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Year of Release:
2021
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225
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1965
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225
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2000
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225
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1975
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225
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1973
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225
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Year of Release:
2006
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225
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1982
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225
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 586 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 737 7%
1970s 1,473 15%
1980s 1,456 15%
1990s 1,666 17%
2000s 1,771 18%
2010s 2,038 20%
2020s 536 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 28 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Elvis Presley 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,009 50%
United Kingdom 2,657 27%
Canada 442 4%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 168 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,717 97%
Yes 283 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,721 97%
Yes 279 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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