Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
by Exist-en-ciel 
Favorite songs of the decade:
• (Symphony No. 3) III. Lento - Cantabile-semplice - Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1992)
• Building Steam With a Grain of Salt - DJ Shadow (1996)
• Cherry-Coloured Funk - Cocteau Twins (1990)
• Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel (1992)
• Hyper-Ballad - Björk (1995)
• Let Down - Radiohead (1997)
• Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep (1995)
• Teardrop - Massive Attack (1998)
• Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack (1991)
• Xtal - Aphex Twin (1992)
- Chart updated: 04/16/2026 18:15
- (Created: 11/11/2025 23:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1991
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27,738
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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2025]
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1991
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9,959
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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2025]
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1991
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8,511
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2025]
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1991
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11,634
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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2025]
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1991
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11,846
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55. (=)
[First added to this chart: 04/07/2026]
[First added to this chart: 11/23/2025]
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1991
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1,080
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[First added to this chart: 11/23/2025]
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1991
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5,185
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[First added to this chart: 03/20/2026]
[First added to this chart: 04/07/2026]
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1991
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5,121
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Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1991 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1992 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1993 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1995 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1996 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1997 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1998 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1999 | 11 | 11% |
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| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 3% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 3 | 3% | |
| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 3 | 3% | |
| Portishead | 3 | 3% | |
| Slowdive | 3 | 3% | |
| Elliott Smith | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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35 | 35% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1990s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Nirvana | |
| 3. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 4. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
| 5. Oasis | |
| 6. R.E.M. | |
| 7. Pearl Jam | |
| 8. My Bloody Valentine | |
| 9. Nick Cave | |
| 10. Björk | |
| 11. Richard David James | |
| 12. Weezer | |
| 13. Pavement | |
| 14. Portishead | |
| 15. Jeff Buckley | |
| 16. Blur | |
| 17. Elliott Smith | |
| 18. Nas | |
| 19. Massive Attack | |
| 20. Red Hot Chili Peppers |
