Best Albums of the 1960s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 greatest album charts.

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1960s decade summary
YearAlbums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
196073927,321
196167323,082
196270221,573
196372349,325
196481349,610
1965958144,958
19661,042185,391
19671,233287,995
19681,595233,034
19691,998343,807
Total10,4761,366,097

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.
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Year of Release:
1969
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62,166
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1966
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53,999
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1967
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47,544
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1968
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40,535
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1965
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29,132
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Year of Release:
1967
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15,750
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Year of Release:
1964
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7,504
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Year of Release:
1965
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6,956
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Year of Release:
1963
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3,939
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1964
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2,431
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year Albums %


1960 57 6%
1961 61 6%
1962 49 5%
1963 52 5%
1964 68 7%
1965 93 9%
1966 98 10%
1967 138 14%
1968 193 19%
1969 191 19%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 17 2%
The Beach Boys 15 2%
The Rolling Stones 14 1%
John Coltrane 13 1%
Miles Davis 12 1%
Bob Dylan 10 1%
Nina Simone 10 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 633 63%
United Kingdom 207 21%
Mixed Nationality 33 3%
France 24 2%
Brazil 23 2%
Canada 16 2%
Germany 13 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 968 97%
Yes 32 3%
Live? Albums %
No 961 96%
Yes 39 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 980 98%
Yes 20 2%
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