If The BEA Overall Chart Had A One Album Per Artist Rule...
by Romanelli

I made this chart 10 years ago...figured it was time for an update. I absolutely do not agree with the concept of allowing one album per artist on my chart...I believe that doing so omits a large number of albums that are among the 100 best from being shown and correctly counted simply because one only wants to show one per artist. I believe that this kind of chart is what custom charts was created for...but it shouldn't be ones overall chart. That's just my opinion.

With that said. this is what the BEA Overall Chart top 100 would look like if there was a one album per artist rule. Why? Because it's an interesting exercise. The number in the album comments is where the album sits as of today in the actual BEA Overall Chart. Note that when I did this in 2015, album #100 (All Things Must Pass by George Harrison) was at #155 on the actual overall chart.

• Chart updated: 11/28/2025 16:15
• (Created: 03/29/2015 15:05).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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#52 [First added to this chart: 11/28/2025]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,866 charts

Rank Score:

18,327

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 83 (2,461 votes)

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If The BEA Overall Chart Had A One Album Per Artist Rule... composition

Country	Albums	%
	52	52%
	34	34%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
100/100  !	11/29/2025 16:21	craola	218	96/100
90/100  !	11/29/2025 08:13	Johnnyo	2,566	80/100
80/100  !	03/30/2023 09:22	pedro1976	107	85/100
95/100  !	09/19/2021 19:30	AlvaroIesus	74	77/100
100/100  !	09/18/2020 11:00	Crhmgs	20	98/100

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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 91.0/100, a mean average of 91.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.3.

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From Johnnyo 11/29/2025 08:15 | #311904

It’s a great chart. I also don’t subscribe to the one album per artist rule but it does make for an interesting chart.

I produced something similar for my top 400 a few years back. Thinking that it also probably needs a refresh

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From 0129114 07/09/2020 03:20 | #255282

thats an amazing list wow

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From hoomantc 02/09/2017 09:57 | #185121

Good idea. Funny that your chart is the most similar to my top 100 all time

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From corenfro 01/30/2017 05:00 | #184577

Terrific chart!

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From RoundTheBend 01/15/2017 04:01 | #182756

44 artists in common.

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From JoaoMoreira 01/13/2017 04:59 | #182417

Beatles' revolver. yes. off course.

Arcade fire are not my cup of tea… and i tried a few times. but its destined not to happen :D

Petsounds. yep yep yep yep!

I wasnt expecting in the aeroplane over the sea to chart so high. it is indeed a great album with a superb inner force.

The first doors album… from the moment that i started to smoke weed & hash when i was young to the sober & happy nowadays me i've always admired them. brilliant band.

I still have not invested time in exile on main street. i'm starting to in the rolling stones post-60s discog.

Besides the top 20, what's going on is my favorite album of the past year, i have a very friendly relation with after the gold rush :), started to ear modest mouse's music very recently, fleet foxes s/t and joni mitchell's blue are two beautiful albums, lou's transformer makes part of my life, a love supreme does too and american idiot? what? :D

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From hereforashortime 01/02/2017 16:29 | #181470

This needs updating for the current chart

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From chris lancaster 05/25/2016 22:31 | #166885

Love it! My chart is also one album per artist. :)

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From WillyMac 02/01/2016 01:34 | #158373

Kudos for rising to the challenge of one album per artist... we have quite similar taste... 26 artists the same... my chart would look even more like this if I limited myself to one album per artist...

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From dihansse 11/06/2015 21:12 | #152603

Good chart' I tried this as well in my top 100 chart

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