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: 8 hours ago
- (Created: 11/11/2025 23:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2025]
Year of Release:
1998
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6,014
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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2025]
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1998
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9,687
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1998
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5,004
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1998
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6,102
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2025]
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1998
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3,933
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[First added to this chart: 11/23/2025]
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1998
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638
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1998
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766
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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2025]
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1998
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32,771
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1991 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1992 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1993 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1994 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1996 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1997 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1998 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1999 | 13 | 13% |
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| Aphex Twin | 3 | 3% | |
| Slowdive | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 3% | |
| Elliott Smith | 3 | 3% | |
| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 3 | 3% | |
| Portishead | 2 | 2% | |
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