Top 11 Music Albums of 1996
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SomethingSpecial 
- Chart updated: 09/08/2025 13:15
- (Created: 03/01/2025 15:10).
- Chart size: 11 albums.
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Every bit as brilliant and essential as Vitalogy and Vs.
[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
1,150
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Weezer's magnum opus
[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
10,095
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Beck's greatest album
[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
6,304
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Better than Illmatic
[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
694
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[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
1,728
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Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
899
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Jay Z would never better this album
[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
2,200
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[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
603
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[First added to this chart: 09/08/2025]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
10,431
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Total albums: 11. Page 1 of 2
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Top 11 Music Albums of 1996 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pearl Jam | 1 | 9% | |
| Weezer | 1 | 9% | |
| Beck | 1 | 9% | |
| Nas | 1 | 9% | |
| Fiona Apple | 1 | 9% | |
| Alice In Chains | 1 | 9% | |
| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 1 | 9% | |
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Top 11 Music Albums of 1996 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 6th to 7th 空中キャンプ [Kūchū Camp] by フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8th Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z |
| Down 1 from 8th to 9th Songs For A Blue Guitar by Red House Painters |
| New entries |
|---|
 MTV Unpluggedby Alice In Chains |
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