Best Album per Year by RoundTheBend
Here's a first stab at best album per year since 1940.
I'm seeing discrepancies on years I got from this database 4 years ago... oh well...
- Chart updated: 05/07/2022 05:45
- (Created: 01/31/2020 06:05).
- Chart size: 81 albums.
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1940: Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie
1941: Southern Exposure by Josh White
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1942: Her Second Album of Piano Solos With Drums by Hazel Scott
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1943: Songs by Lead Belly: Accompanied by Sonny Terry by Leadbelly
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1944: An Album of Outstanding Arrangements by Glenn Miller
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1945: Hot Jazz by Quintette du Hot Club de France
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1946: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1947: Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday by Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Featuring Billie Holiday
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1948: Liberian Suite by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
1949: Guitar Solos by Andrés Segovia
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
Total albums: 81. Page 1 of 9
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Best Album per Year composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 9 | 11% | |
1950s | 8 | 10% | |
1960s | 11 | 14% | |
1970s | 10 | 12% | |
1980s | 11 | 14% | |
1990s | 11 | 14% | |
2000s | 10 | 12% | |
2010s | 10 | 12% | |
2020s | 1 | 1% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
Beck | 2 | 2% | |
Fiona Apple | 2 | 2% | |
Little Richard | 1 | 1% | |
Pixies | 1 | 1% | |
Johnny Cash | 1 | 1% | |
Radiohead | 1 | 1% | |
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Country | Albums | % | |
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61 | 75% | ||
9 | 11% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
1 | 1% | ||
1 | 1% | ||
1 | 1% | ||
1 | 1% | ||
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Best Album per Year chart changes
Biggest climbers |
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Up 1 from 82nd to 81st Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple |
Up 1 from 81st to 80th Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood |
Up 1 from 80th to 79th The Road Is Just A Surface by Anja Garbarek |
New entries |
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Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie |
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder |
Ys by Joanna Newsom |
Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard |
★ (Blackstar) by David Bowie |
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