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Best Albums of 1940

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Listed below are the greatest albums of 1940 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 29,000 greatest album charts.

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1940 year summaryThe best artists of 1940 were Woody Guthrie, Bessie Smith, Judy Garland, Ossy Renardy, Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch and Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Jascha Heifetz.
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RankAlbumArtist
1.

Dust Bowl BalladsUnited States Woody Guthrie
Year of Release:1940Appears in:31 charts
Rank in 1940:1Rank Score:522
Rank in 1940s1Overall Rank:3,128
Average Rating:  80/100 (90 votes)
Comments: 6 comments
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Empress Of The BluesUnited States Bessie Smith
Year of Release:1940Appears in:1 chart
Rank in 1940:2Rank Score:3
Rank in 1940s11Overall Rank:53,829
Average Rating:  74/100 (5 votes)
Comments: 0 comments
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Best Albums of 1940 composition

Artist Albums %


Woody Guthrie 1 50%
Bessie Smith 1 50%
Country Albums %


United States 2 100%

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