Best Albums of 1940
Explore the best albums of 1940, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts
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"Such a surreal thing to listen to in 2023.. listening to him singing about dust covering everything almost 100 years ago is spooky. Really puts you back in time to a completely different era." Reply
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Total albums: 33. Page 1 of 4
Best Albums of 1940 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov | 2 | 6% | |
| Woody Guthrie | 2 | 6% | |
| Josh White | 2 | 6% | |
| Marlene Dietrich | 1 | 3% | |
| Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Jascha Heifetz | 1 | 3% | |
| Various Artists | 1 | 3% | |
| Carmen Miranda | 1 | 3% | |
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Best Albums of 1940 chart changes
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Up 3 from 12th to 9th |
Up 1 from 26th to 25th |
Up 1 from 8th to 7th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 7th to 8th |
Down 1 from 9th to 10th |
Down 1 from 10th to 11th |
