Best Albums of 2008

Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of 2008 were Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Portishead, Coldplay, Have A Nice Life, Elbow, TV On The Radio, Kanye West, Deerhunter and Kings Of Leon.
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Buy album United States
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2008
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16
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Buy album United States
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2008
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 88 of 100

Best Albums of 2008 composition

Country Albums %


United States 456 46%
United Kingdom 169 17%
Canada 46 5%
Sweden 35 4%
Germany 34 3%
Australia 34 3%
Mixed Nationality 29 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 958 96%
Yes 42 4%
Live? Albums %
No 973 97%
Yes 27 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Best Artists of 2003
1. The White Stripes
2. Radiohead
3. Muse
4. The Strokes
5. The Shins
6. Death Cab For Cutie
7. The Postal Service
8. The Mars Volta
9. Songs: Ohia
10. Jason Molina
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12. Explosions In The Sky
13. Sun Kil Moon
14. Mark Kozelek
15. OutKast
16. Sufjan Stevens
17. Linkin Park
18. Sweet Trip
19. Ween
20. Jay-Z
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