The Top 100 Albums
by VH1 (2001) 
VH1 is an American basic cable television network based in New York City. These are their best albums of all time. VH1 is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985. Their list of 100 greatest albums was devised in 2001 from a poll of 500 rock journalists and musicians, including Britney Spears, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Roberta Flack, Art Garfunkel, Wyclef Jean and Carole King.
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1991
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1998
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1991
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The Top 100 Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1970s | 45 | 45% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4% | |
| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
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59 | 59% | |
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28 | 28% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | P H Dias | Overall chart | 2012 |  |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2003 | |
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| ƵnotMⅡne」Los 100 mejores discos de la historia |  II | Custom chart | 2025 |  |
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 2000 | |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | musicante | Overall chart | 2019 | |
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Other overall charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| NME's Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 1985 | |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2005 | |
Other charts by VH1
A total of 1 charts from VH1 are available; the 3 most recent of this type are highlighted below.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The Top 100 Albums | VH1 | Overall chart | 2001 | |
The Top 100 Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/06/2025 20:25 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2024 09:52 |  zwiebel | 189 | 86/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2022 16:54 |  AlvaroIesus | 74 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2022 10:40 | animals0809 | 57 | 93/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2022 02:26 | MattBarber | 2 | 78/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 19.7.
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From Phileas 09/27/2022 17:06 | #290000
58 of the 100 entries are from the USA, which left out a number of albums from abroad that had a better claim to be in this list.
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From gregthealien 05/03/2021 06:38 | #269295
Good list not much to surprise you though
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From Guigou 04/16/2021 14:39 | #268601
Tres bonne sélection mais trop d'artistes similaires, c'est dommage
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From MM1Barker 07/29/2020 16:29 | #256414
Agree with most placings, 7 and 8 should be switched however.
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From 0129114 06/27/2020 15:18 | #254610
Good overall. However... WHERE IS COLTRANE!?!?
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Larcx13 06/17/2020 17:35 | #253761
Larcx13 06/17/2020 17:35 | #253761
Rolling Stone's top 20 of their 500 was better than this. Good props to Sex Pistols and Nirvana but they were placed too high. I don't see these albums as better than London Calling, Highway 61, or Blood on the Tracks.
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StefanR10 06/14/2020 00:54 | #253488
StefanR10 06/14/2020 00:54 | #253488
Classic chart
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From kandykorn32 04/27/2020 16:57 | #250584
To own their each
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From papersparrow 04/16/2020 14:38 | #250023
Very classic list, I really didn't see any surprises.
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From mianfei 03/15/2019 00:21 | #233550
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