Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 57,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
2,007
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Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,006
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Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,001
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Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,001
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Year of Release:
1975
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,998
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Year of Release:
1972
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,998
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Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,998
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,997
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,992
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Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
1,991
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 87 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 27 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 724 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,453 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,447 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,634 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,766 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,018 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 627 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,010 | 50% | |
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2,650 | 27% | |
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436 | 4% | |
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319 | 3% | |
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223 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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139 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1990s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Nirvana | |
| 3. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 4. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
| 5. Oasis | |
| 6. My Bloody Valentine | |
| 7. Pearl Jam | |
| 8. R.E.M. | |
| 9. Nick Cave | |
| 10. Björk | |
| 11. Weezer | |
| 12. Richard David James | |
| 13. Pavement | |
| 14. Portishead | |
| 15. Jeff Buckley | |
| 16. Blur | |
| 17. Elliott Smith | |
| 18. Nas | |
| 19. Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 20. Massive Attack |
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