Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 56,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,303
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,303
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Year of Release:
2022
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,298
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Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,292
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Year of Release:
1996
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,288
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Year of Release:
2006
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,285
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,284
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Year of Release:
1963
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,278
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Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,272
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780.

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Year of Release:
1988
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2,261
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 78 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 2 | 0% | |
1940s | 27 | 0% | |
1950s | 298 | 3% | |
1960s | 733 | 7% | |
1970s | 1,465 | 15% | |
1980s | 1,454 | 15% | |
1990s | 1,629 | 16% | |
2000s | 1,772 | 18% | |
2010s | 2,019 | 20% | |
2020s | 601 | 6% |
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Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
David Bowie | 33 | 0% | |
The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
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5,015 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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440 | 4% | |
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306 | 3% | |
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228 | 2% | |
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159 | 2% | |
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138 | 1% | |
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Best Artists of the 1970s | |
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1. Pink Floyd | |
2. David Bowie | |
3. Led Zeppelin | |
4. Neil Young | |
5. The Rolling Stones | |
6. The Clash | |
7. Fleetwood Mac | |
8. Black Sabbath | |
9. Stevie Wonder | |
10. The Who | |
11. Genesis | |
12. Brian Eno | |
13. Joni Mitchell | |
14. Paul McCartney | |
15. Bob Dylan | |
16. Yes | |
17. Bob Marley | |
18. Bruce Springsteen | |
19. Nick Drake | |
20. Marvin Gaye |