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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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% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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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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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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The Top 100 Albums similar charts
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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 | |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2012 | |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2005 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | album guru joe | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  RFNAPLES | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| Top 100 Albums Ever | Consequence of Sound | Overall chart | 2010 | |
| 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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| 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition | Apple Music | Overall chart | 2024 | |
| The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time (1-100) | Paste | Overall chart | 2024 | |
| The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time | Consequence of Sound | Overall chart | 2022 | |
Other charts by VH1
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The Top 100 Albums | VH1 | Overall chart | 2001 | |
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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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/06/2025 20:25 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 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 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
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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They really need to take a look outside the US borders
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.
Pet Sounds is trick played by Americans to try and knock some UK acts off these lists.
Good list not much to surprise you though
Tres bonne sélection mais trop d'artistes similaires, c'est dommage
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Agree with most placings, 7 and 8 should be switched however.
teague 06/29/2020 23:19 | #254776
I was expecting this to be hot trash coming from VH1, but this list is fine. Not awful, but not particularly adventurous either.
Good overall. However... WHERE IS COLTRANE!?!?
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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