Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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dihansse 
I haven't experienced the sixties' music live but it certainly has formed my musical taste with of course especially the Beatles, one of the only bands in the decade which was not merely a singles band but also an album band.
This list would be much shorter if I would restrict myself to one album per artist because to me the Beatles really defined this decade but also the Stones, The Doors, The Kinks, CCR and some others have more than one album in this list.
- Chart updated: 07/31/2026 20:45
- (Created: 11/05/2015 21:39).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/23/2015]
Year of Release:
1965
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6,667
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
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37,461
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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7,985
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
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25,607
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1965
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25,083
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[First added to this chart: 12/31/2015]
Year of Release:
1969
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20,213
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[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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16,316
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2016]
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1964
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6,897
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2016]
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1967
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40,507
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[First added to this chart: 04/09/2018]
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1967
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9,600
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1961 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1962 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1963 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1964 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1965 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1966 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1967 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1968 | 25 | 25% | |
| 1969 | 34 | 34% |
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| The Beatles | 10 | 10% | |
| The Kinks | 4 | 4% | |
| The Doors | 4 | 4% | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beach Boys | 4 | 4% | |
| Cream | 3 | 3% | |
| The Byrds | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 42% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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From dihansse 04/28/2018 19:32 in My discoveries per year
dihansse 04/28/2018 19:32 in My discoveries per year“Time to wrap up the sixties. To be clear: I haven't finished with the sixties but I did listen to all 215 albums from the sixties which are part of the overall BEA top 2500 (except 5 live albums/greatest hits) even to the jazz albums I was planning to exclude initially: I even put 4 jazz albums in…”
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