Best Albums of 1942

Listed below are the best albums of 1942 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 52,000 greatest album charts.

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1942 year summaryThe best artists of 1942 were Hazel Scott, Libby Holman, Lead Belly, Miklós Rózsa, Fats Waller, Artur Rodzinski / The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Rancheros, Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire, Lena Horne and Roger Désormière / Orchestre Symphonique De Paris / Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné / Maurice Maeterlinck / Irène Joachim.
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1942
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138
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1942
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70
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1942
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64
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1942
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54
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1942
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49
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1942
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47
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1942
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39
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1942
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37
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1942
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32
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1942
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25
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Total albums: 24. Page 1 of 3

Best Albums of 1942 composition

Country Albums %


United States 15 63%
Mixed Nationality 4 17%
Switzerland 1 4%
Hungary 1 4%
Mexico 1 4%
Spain 1 4%
France 1 4%
Compilation? Albums %
No 21 88%
Yes 3 13%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 21 88%
Yes 3 13%
Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Kendrick Lamar
11. Nirvana
12. Neil Young
13. The Smiths
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. Pixies
18. R.E.M.
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Bruce Springsteen
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