Top 100 Music Albums of 1966
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- Chart updated: 01/23/2026 10:15
- (Created: 04/14/2012 23:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
38,208
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
24,791
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2018]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
1,081
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[First added to this chart: 05/01/2019]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
529
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2018]
[First added to this chart: 01/14/2018]
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
459
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
48,899
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Patty Waters | 2 | 2% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 2 | 2% | |
| John Coltrane | 2 | 2% | |
| Love | 2 | 2% | |
| Lee Morgan | 2 | 2% | |
| Joe Henderson | 2 | 2% | |
| Peter Walker | 1 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
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61 | 61% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 82nd to 81stIndestructible by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
| Up 1 from 81st to 80thMacGowran Speaking Beckett by Samuel Beckett |
| Up 1 from 80th to 79thThe Rumproller by Lee Morgan |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 14 from 68th to 82ndUnity by Larry Young |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18thNew York Eye And Ear Control by Albert Ayler / Don Cherry / John Tchicai / Roswell Rudd / Gary Peacock / Sonny Murray |
| Down 1 from 19th to 20thLouisiana Blues by Robert Pete Williams |
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| 03/19/2020 03:23 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 | |
| 09/03/2014 01:25 | Nickie | 489 | 79/100 | |
| 04/15/2012 09:39 | 171 | 92/100 |
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