Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by martinjaa 
My first chart in this website. It's made from some of my favourite albums (maybe im missing some, and maybe it isn't the definitive order) but here it is!
- Chart updated: 06/13/2025 03:45
- (Created: 05/03/2015 21:55).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2015]
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2015
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28,741
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2015]
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2007
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40,274
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2015]
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1989
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29,715
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[First added to this chart: 06/09/2024]
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1990
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9,456
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[First added to this chart: 02/09/2020]
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2015
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5,089
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2016]
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1969
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53,455
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[First added to this chart: 05/28/2017]
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1984
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15,158
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2012
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13,488
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[First added to this chart: 02/09/2020]
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2012
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7,682
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2015]
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1973
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55,663
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| Father John Misty | 2 | 2% | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | 2 | 2% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 2% | |
| Prince | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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48 | 48% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 6 from 18th to 12th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 2 from 14th to 16th |
Down 1 from 12th to 13th |
Down 1 from 13th to 14th |
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| ! | 04/27/2025 11:04 | Johnnyo | 2,688 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2025 15:58 | DrewHamster | 314 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 22:31 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,088 | 86/100 |
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Space-Dementia 01/16/2016 17:01 | #156728
Space-Dementia 01/16/2016 17:01 | #156728
I love it! There's only 40 albums on here, and we have 26 in common! I don't know if you've listened to Muse, Blur, or The Killers, but I think you'd like them.
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craola 05/29/2016 16:10 | #167156
craola 05/29/2016 16:10 | #167156
Edit: I think it was a bad idea to give a bad rating to equilibriate the ranking. It is a beautiful chart ;)
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/12/2017 19:51 | #190703
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/12/2017 19:51 | #190703
Thank you for the comment on my chart! For us to have 31 albums in common is pretty cool. For our top 10 to be almost completely different is another level of cool. Your top 10 is one of the most well rounded I've seen on this site.
Great work.
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FelipeBoorkes 04/20/2020 02:46 | #250259
La neta es como asomarse a la colección de discos que había en mi casa con mis hermanos. Gran lista. Extrañé ver un par más de bandas en español, pero está muy difícil entre el enorme mar de música que existe. ¡Saludos desde México!
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Goliath 07/22/2020 17:50 | #256017
Goliath 07/22/2020 17:50 | #256017
19 in common, but top 10 not in common.
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