Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
by Exist-en-ciel 
Favorite songs of the decade:
• A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan (1963)
• All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
• Be My Baby - The Ronettes (1964)
• God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1966)
• I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin (1968)
• Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
• The Night: Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues (1967)
• Sinnerman - Nina Simone (1965)
• Suzanne - Leonard Cohen (1967)
• Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (1966)
- Chart updated: 07/25/2026 04:15
- (Created: 12/10/2025 08:45).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1969
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26,398
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1965
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14,676
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1963
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12,192
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1966
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36,332
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Year of Release:
1969
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6,601
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Year of Release:
1969
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53,617
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Year of Release:
1969
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7,504
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1966
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46,236
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1963
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7,705
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1961 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1962 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1963 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1964 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1967 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1968 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1969 | 20 | 20% |
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| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| The Kinks | 3 | 3% | |
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63 | 63% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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