Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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Rhyner 
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- Chart updated: 12/19/2025 19:15
- (Created: 03/25/2016 02:08).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2017]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
32,786
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
Year of Release:
1999
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1,291
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
2,614
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
Year of Release:
1995
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14,756
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
19,162
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
6,166
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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2024]
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[First added to this chart: 12/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
2,319
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[First added to this chart: 12/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
3,149
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[First added to this chart: 12/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
1,814
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Total albums: 58. Page 1 of 6
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1991 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1992 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1993 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1995 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1996 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1997 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1999 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Red House Painters | 5 | 5% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 4 | 4% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 3 | 3% | |
| Faith No More | 3 | 3% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 3% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 2% | |
| Mercury Rev | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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58 | 58% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 72nd to 73rdAlbum Of The Year by Faith No More |
| Down 1 from 73rd to 74thPieces Of You by Jewel |
| Down 1 from 74th to 75thThrowing Copper by Live |
| New entries |
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| August And Everything After by Counting Crows |
| Leavers |
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| Grassroots by 311 |
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| ! | 12/02/2021 08:41 | panapsal | 232 | 93/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2020 23:18 |  jnfbn | 310 | 96/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2020 19:09 |  Tamthebam | 649 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2019 09:49 |  Purplepash | 1,693 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2019 21:36 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
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From panapsal 12/02/2021 08:41 | #276966
very happy to see Dirty Three and Beth Orton
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