Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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- Chart updated: 05/06/2025 15:15
- (Created: 04/30/2017 11:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1965
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26,437
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Year of Release:
1964
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4,381
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Year of Release:
1964
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764
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Year of Release:
1960
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478
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Year of Release:
1966
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49,100
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[First added to this chart: 04/30/2017]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1961 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1962 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1963 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1964 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1965 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1966 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1967 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1968 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1969 | 7 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 7 | 7% | |
| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| Donald Byrd | 6 | 6% | |
| Dexter Gordon | 5 | 5% | |
| Charles Mingus | 5 | 5% | |
| George Benson | 4 | 4% | |
| Bill Evans Trio | 4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 73rd to 74thMoods by The Three Sounds |
| Down 1 from 74th to 75thThe In Crowd by The Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| Down 1 from 75th to 76thFrancis Albert Sinatra And Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim |
| New entries |
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| Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters |
| Leavers |
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| Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy |
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