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Year of Release:
1993
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19,439
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1969
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19,367
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2006
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19,274
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1994
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19,209
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1969
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19,176
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1968
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19,032
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1968
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18,670
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2015
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18,640
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1988
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18,158
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1999
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18,096
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 7 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 28 0%
1950s 290 3%
1960s 731 7%
1970s 1,488 15%
1980s 1,460 15%
1990s 1,710 17%
2000s 1,822 18%
2010s 2,070 21%
2020s 402 4%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 38 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 31 0%
The Beatles 30 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 24 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,007 50%
United Kingdom 2,662 27%
Canada 447 4%
Mixed Nationality 299 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 167 2%
Sweden 140 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 283 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,727 97%
Yes 276 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,893 99%
Yes 110 1%
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