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1991
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2000
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1962
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216
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1975
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1996
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1981
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1981
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Year of Release:
2016
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216
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2009
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2000
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 610 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 295 3%
1960s 740 7%
1970s 1,463 15%
1980s 1,453 15%
1990s 1,647 16%
2000s 1,773 18%
2010s 2,011 20%
2020s 589 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,007 50%
United Kingdom 2,654 27%
Canada 443 4%
Mixed Nationality 302 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 166 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,719 97%
Yes 281 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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