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
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1941: Southern Exposure by Josh White
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1942: Her Second Album of Piano Solos With Drums by Hazel Scott
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1943: Songs by Lead Belly: Accompanied by Sonny Terry by Leadbelly
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1944: An Album of Outstanding Arrangements by Glenn Miller
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1945: Hot Jazz by Quintette du Hot Club de France
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1946: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1947: Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday by Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Featuring Billie Holiday
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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1948: Liberian Suite by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
[First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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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% |
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| Fiona Apple | 2 | 2% | |
| Duke Ellington | 2 | 2% | |
| Beck | 2 | 2% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 1% | |
| Massive Attack | 1 | 1% | |
| Glenn Miller | 1 | 1% | |
| Fela Kuti | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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61 | 75% | |
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9 | 11% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Best Album per Year chart changes
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| ! | 09/28/2020 05:17 |  Rhyner | 1,463 | 99/100 |
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From RoundTheBend 09/21/2020 04:11 in Best Album Every Year
RoundTheBend 09/21/2020 04:11 in Best Album Every Year“Recently we had a revamp the overall chart to your liking thread and then I stumbled up on this... might be fun to share notes: There was a 2016 thread but wanted to start something fresh.”
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