Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s
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- Chart updated: 12/31/2024 21:45
- (Created: 06/15/2020 18:45).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1941 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1942 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1943 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1944 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1945 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1946 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1947 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1948 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1949 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Miklós Rózsa | 2 | 2% | |
| Artie Shaw | 1 | 1% | |
| Glenn Miller | 1 | 1% | |
| Marian Anderson | 1 | 1% | |
| The Art Van Damme Quintet | 1 | 1% | |
| Lionel Hampton | 1 | 1% | |
| The Sons Of The Pioneers | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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87 | 87% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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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 1940s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 62 from 72nd to 10th Hot Jazz At Blue Note by Art Hodes' Hot Five |
| Up 10 from 19th to 9th A Monday Date At Blue Note by Art Hodes' Hot Seven |
| Up 10 from 14th to 4th Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 3rd to 11th Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2 by Woody Guthrie |
| Down 6 from 6th to 12th A Presentation Of Progressive Jazz by Stan Kenton And His Orchestra |
| Down 6 from 7th to 13th Her Second Album Of Piano Solos With Drums Acc. by Hazel Scott |
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