Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by craab 
This chart is still under construction. As with all my charts, I see it more as a "my favorites" rather than as a "best of" chart. I realize that in putting the entire Beatles catalog before albums by other artists I am being a bit obnoxious. It's just that, well, their stuff is my favorite!
- Chart updated: 02/22/2025 22:15
- (Created: 11/27/2021 06:39).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1968
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39,673
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1966
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52,735
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1969
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60,834
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1966
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41,403
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1965
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3,218
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1968
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5,834
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1965
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6,987
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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2021]
Year of Release:
1969
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17,833
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1969
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22,082
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1965
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28,348
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1961 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1962 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1963 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1964 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1965 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1966 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1967 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1968 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1969 | 19 | 19% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 10 | 10% | |
| The Beach Boys | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Kinks | 4 | 4% | |
| Nina Simone | 4 | 4% | |
| Otis Redding | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 20 from 40th to 20th Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music by Ray Charles |
| Up 18 from 37th to 19th Mary Lou Williams (1964) by Mary Lou Williams |
| Up 18 from 36th to 18th Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by The Kinks |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 17 from 33rd to 50th David Bowie (Space Oddity) by David Bowie |
| Down 4 from 19th to 23rd Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones |
| Down 3 from 18th to 21st Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash |
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