Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s
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- Chart updated: 04/06/2020 19:45
- (Created: 10/10/2017 06:49).
- Chart size: 99 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1940 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1941 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1942 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1943 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1944 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1945 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1946 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1947 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1948 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1949 | 8 | 8% |
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| Marlene Dietrich | 2 | 2% | |
| Freddie Slack | 2 | 2% | |
| The King Cole Trio | 2 | 2% | |
| Hazel Scott | 2 | 2% | |
| Harry "The Hipster" Gibson | 2 | 2% | |
| Mary Lou Williams | 2 | 2% | |
| Lead Belly | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s chart changes
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| ! | 10/02/2018 06:57 |  Boltzmann | 247 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2018 00:57 | Graeme2 | 213 | 94/100 |
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