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Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 51,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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Year of Release:
1975
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18,036
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1967
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17,878
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2012
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17,848
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Year of Release:
1965
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17,826
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1971
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17,807
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1994
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Rank Score:
17,799
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2016
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Rank Score:
17,692
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
17,571
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1980
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17,452
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1982
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17,370
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 8 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 1 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 287 3%
1960s 726 7%
1970s 1,500 15%
1980s 1,466 15%
1990s 1,710 17%
2000s 1,829 18%
2010s 2,076 21%
2020s 385 4%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 39 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 31 0%
The Beatles 30 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Neil Young 24 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,003 50%
United Kingdom 2,669 27%
Canada 446 4%
Mixed Nationality 295 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 167 2%
France 140 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,729 97%
Yes 279 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,734 97%
Yes 274 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,896 99%
Yes 112 1%
Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Kendrick Lamar
11. Nirvana (US)
12. The Smiths
13. Neil Young
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. Pixies
18. Jimi Hendrix
19. R.E.M.
20. Bruce Springsteen
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