Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 09/12/2025 21:45
- (Created: 04/29/2017 18:27).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
2000
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41,362
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
24,842
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1965
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15,532
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
9,373
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5. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
49,016
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[First added to this chart: 03/31/2024]
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[First added to this chart: 04/30/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
9,178
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
38,368
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
10,123
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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 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
| John Coltrane | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 3 from 74th to 71stChampagne Pour Tout Le Monde by Jacques Higelin |
| Up 3 from 43rd to 40thIt Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy |
| Up 2 from 45th to 43rdHounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 29 from 70th to 99thHave One On Me by Joanna Newsom |
| Down 25 from 41st to 66thBorn To Run by Bruce Springsteen |
| Down 19 from 30th to 49thLoveless by My Bloody Valentine |
| New entries |
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| Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen |
| Leavers |
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| Ride The Lightning by Metallica |
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