Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 53,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
2,811
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Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
2,809
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,802
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
2,801
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Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
2,800
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
2,797
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Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
2,780
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Year of Release:
2017
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Rank Score:
2,778
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
2,778
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Year of Release:
1974
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2,769
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 64 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 292 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 736 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,474 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,458 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,687 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,791 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,042 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 493 | 5% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 34 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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4,993 | 50% | |
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2,662 | 27% | |
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447 | 4% | |
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300 | 3% | |
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225 | 2% | |
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168 | 2% | |
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141 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1998 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
| 2. Massive Attack | |
| 3. Air | |
| 4. OutKast | |
| 5. Lauryn Hill | |
| 6. Boards Of Canada | |
| 7. Elliott Smith | |
| 8. Mercury Rev | |
| 9. Madonna | |
| 10. Eels | |
| 11. Lucinda Williams | |
| 12. Placebo | |
| 13. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 14. Refused | |
| 15. Belle And Sebastian | |
| 16. Pulp | |
| 17. Tortoise | |
| 18. Black Star | |
| 19. Pearl Jam | |
| 20. Queens Of The Stone Age |