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Year of Release:
1969
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20,388
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2006
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20,295
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1969
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20,206
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1985
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20,189
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1994
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19,837
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1968
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19,754
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1999
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19,714
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1968
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19,344
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2015
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19,177
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1988
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18,942
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 7 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 1 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 285 3%
1960s 717 7%
1970s 1,502 15%
1980s 1,471 15%
1990s 1,728 17%
2000s 1,843 18%
2010s 2,088 21%
2020s 340 3%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 31 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 23 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,016 50%
United Kingdom 2,646 26%
Canada 452 5%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 219 2%
Germany 167 2%
Sweden 144 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,711 97%
Yes 289 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,731 97%
Yes 269 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,890 99%
Yes 110 1%
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