Overall Chart

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Year of Release:
1989
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2,022
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Year of Release:
2004
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2,021
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Year of Release:
1967
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2,018
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1985
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2,016
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1965
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2,015
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1972
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2,010
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1994
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2,010
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Year of Release:
2011
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2,008
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Year of Release:
1998
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2,008
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1981
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2,003
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 87 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 302 3%
1960s 732 7%
1970s 1,457 15%
1980s 1,453 15%
1990s 1,629 16%
2000s 1,770 18%
2010s 2,016 20%
2020s 612 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 25 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,016 50%
United Kingdom 2,655 27%
Canada 436 4%
Mixed Nationality 309 3%
Australia 227 2%
Germany 158 2%
Sweden 137 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,731 97%
Yes 269 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,724 97%
Yes 276 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
Best Artists of 2001
1. The Strokes
2. Radiohead
3. Daft Punk
4. Björk
5. Tool
6. The Microphones
7. Phil Elverum
8. Muse
9. System Of A Down
10. The White Stripes
11. Jay-Z
12. The Shins
13. Gorillaz
14. Opeth
15. Unwound
16. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
17. Nick Cave
18. Converge
19. Jimmy Eat World
20. Aphex Twin
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