Top-rated albums of 1996

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1996 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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1996
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Rank Score:
5,540
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Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
187
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Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
11,283
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Year of Release:
1996
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,691
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Year of Release:
1996
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,782
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1996
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4,766
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1996
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18
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1996
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3,107
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1996
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7,117
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1996
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7,147
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Total albums: 530. Page 1 of 53

The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 73/100).

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