Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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AwaitingAndrew 
- Chart updated: 06/27/2025 21:15
- (Created: 06/24/2016 06:05).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Favorite Track: Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental Version)
[First added to this chart: 07/05/2016]
Year of Release:
1965
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2,033
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Favorite Track: Golden Slumbers
[First added to this chart: 07/05/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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57,256
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Favorite Track: Half As Much
[First added to this chart: 07/05/2016]
Year of Release:
1962
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1,496
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Favorite Track: Helplessly Hoping
[First added to this chart: 06/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1969
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4,402
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Favorite Track: God Only Knows
[First added to this chart: 07/05/2016]
Year of Release:
1966
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39,162
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Favorite Track: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[First added to this chart: 08/19/2017]
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Favorite Track: Taxman
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2016]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
49,566
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Favorite Track: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
[First added to this chart: 11/11/2016]
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Favorite Track: A Day In The Life
[First added to this chart: 05/05/2017]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
43,290
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Favorite Track: Both Sides Now
[First added to this chart: 06/27/2025]
Year of Release:
1969
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993
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1961 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1962 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1963 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1964 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1967 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1968 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1969 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 10 | 10% | |
| The Beach Boys | 6 | 6% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 5 | 5% | |
| Vince Guaraldi | 4 | 4% | |
| Louis Armstrong | 4 | 4% | |
| Ray Charles | 3 | 3% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 22 from 31st to 9th Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles |
| Up 12 from 19th to 7th Revolver by The Beatles |
| Up 5 from 46th to 41st Aretha Now by Aretha Franklin |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 40 from 10th to 50th The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles |
| Down 7 from 14th to 21st Rubber Soul by The Beatles |
| Down 3 from 8th to 11th Hello, Dolly! by Louis Armstrong |
| New entries |
|---|
| Softly, As I Leave You by Frank Sinatra |
| Blues In Orbit by Duke Ellington |
| Song To A Seagull by Joni Mitchell |
| Leavers |
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| Wheels Of Fire by Cream |
| Della by Della Reese |
| The Eclectic by Vince Guaraldi |
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| ! | 07/06/2022 02:34 |  Purplepash | 1,690 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2021 16:51 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2019 15:12 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2019 06:35 | Johnnyo | 2,557 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2017 15:01 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
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From Johnnyo 04/05/2019 06:35 | #234523
Really nice chart
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