Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
by matterhornrider 
- Chart updated: 02/25/2026 21:45
- (Created: 04/08/2020 04:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1997
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62,778
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1998
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9,878
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3. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1991
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37,357
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1992
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19,173
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1991
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11,747
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
28,049
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1991
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18,349
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[First added to this chart: 05/30/2020]
Year of Release:
1995
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28,507
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
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1994
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8,429
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2020]
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1995
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17,429
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1991 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1992 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1993 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1994 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1997 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1998 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1999 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Blur | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| Weezer | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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38 | 38% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
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| Up 1 from 79th to 78thVs. by Pearl Jam |
| Up 1 from 78th to 77thBadmotorfinger by Soundgarden |
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| 07/06/2025 16:25 |  pedro1976 | 106 | 85/100 | |
| 01/31/2025 14:15 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,094 | 85/100 | |
| 11/24/2021 16:46 |  Larcx13 | 1,138 | 86/100 | |
| 10/27/2020 21:56 |  Bach | 956 | 78/100 | |
| 08/22/2020 07:59 | roberto71 | 43 | 93/100 |
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From roberto71 08/22/2020 08:02 | #257314
This is brilliant just for the fact that is has Middle of Nowhere. Not to mention Sugar and Chemical Brothers and Mazzy Starr and Prodigy and Stone Temple Pilots etc.
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