Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 45,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,983
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Comments:
120
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,763
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Year of Release:
1975
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,657
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Year of Release:
1999
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,580
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Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,448
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Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,445
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Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,269
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Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,078
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Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
Rank Score:
21,381
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
21,142
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 7 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 24 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 270 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 700 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,519 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,474 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,818 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1,968 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 2,151 | 22% | |
| 2020s | 75 | 1% |
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| Bob Dylan | 36 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 34 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 30 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,041 | 50% | |
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2,587 | 26% | |
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456 | 5% | |
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298 | 3% | |
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227 | 2% | |
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177 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. Arcade Fire | |
| 8. The Rolling Stones | |
| 9. The Velvet Underground | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Smiths | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Neil Young | |
| 14. Pixies | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. Miles Davis | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. R.E.M. | |
| 20. The Who |