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!
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 602 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 38 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 304 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 722 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,442 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,437 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,614 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,732 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 2,007 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 702 | 7% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,027 | 50% | |
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2,642 | 26% | |
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432 | 4% | |
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319 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1961 | |
|---|---|
| 1. John Coltrane | |
| 2. Robert Johnson | |
| 3. Ornette Coleman | |
| 4. Bill Evans | |
| 5. Bill Evans Trio | |
| 6. Ornette Coleman Double Quartet | |
| 7. Miles Davis | |
| 8. John Coltrane Quartet | |
| 9. Oliver Nelson | |
| 10. Ray Charles | |
| 11. Patsy Cline | |
| 12. Bobby Bland | |
| 13. Yusef Lateef | |
| 14. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | |
| 15. Art Blakey | |
| 16. Elvis Presley | |
| 17. Roy Orbison | |
| 18. The Miles Davis Sextet | |
| 19. Eric Dolphy | |
| 20. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane |
