Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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Jjjoniee 
Updated 12/27/15
It's really tough ranking albums of different genres against each other.
#1 Artist - Kendrick Lamar
Let's hope for a 2016 as good to us as 2015 was.
- Chart updated: 12/27/2015 19:15
- (Created: 01/17/2014 00:02).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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It's kind of weird declaring this as my favorite album of all time. I mean, I really like it, but at any given point, any of the others on this list can be at the #1 spot.
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2010
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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2015]
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1994
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14,195
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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2015]
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2015
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28,836
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2003
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1,408
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2012
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8,303
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
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1989
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29,744
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2014]
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1991
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9,698
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Someone call Hollywood, this guy needs to be famous
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2007
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625
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2014]
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2004
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13,077
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[First added to this chart: 07/09/2014]
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2002
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 20 | 40% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 6% | |
| Islands | 2 | 4% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 4% | |
| Weezer | 2 | 4% | |
| Beck | 2 | 4% | |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 4% | |
| Destroyer | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 26 from 29th to 3rd |
Up 19 from 46th to 27th |
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Down 39 from 7th to 46th |
Down 25 from 23rd to 48th |
Down 15 from 13th to 28th |
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| ! | 04/07/2019 17:41 | NSPE | 349 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2016 01:17 | Seab | 1,998 | 93/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2016 13:53 | conallmalone | 174 | 88/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 12/27/2015 09:00 in Chart of the day (#1531): By Jjjoniee
BestEverAlbums 12/27/2015 09:00 in Chart of the day (#1531): By Jjjoniee“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by Jjjoniee () 1. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar (2012) 2. Below The Heavens by Blu & Exile (2007) 3. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire (2010) 4. The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest (1991) 5. Madvillainy by Madvillain (2004) 6. Weezer…”
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BigPoppa93 04/27/2014 00:58 | #110172
BigPoppa93 04/27/2014 00:58 | #110172
Oh, and Death Grips. You have to give them a few listens to really enjoy them. I've had friends who absolutely hated them on the first listen but after a few more listens, they grew to really like the group.
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BigPoppa93 04/27/2014 00:53 | #110171
BigPoppa93 04/27/2014 00:53 | #110171
Fantastic choices! A lot of albums I've been meaning to listen to too. I think you'd like "10 Day" by Chance The Rapper. I absolutely love it
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Granny-Smith 03/04/2014 16:08 | #105414
Listen to Roots Manuvas "Brand New Second Hand", it´s a very good british Hip Hop Album...
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Jjjoniee 03/20/2014 04:14 | #106960
Jjjoniee 03/20/2014 04:14 | #106960
Thanks for the welcomes! Junodog, good question. I'm not 100% sure what I mean, but music that is hard to get into. Specifically, the limited amount of both Swans and Death Grips that I have heard are weird. I can't relate to them and can't have fun listening to them. I guess I can't really give an exact answer, not really sure.
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