Best Albums of the 1960s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.
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1965
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1965
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1965
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16,055
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1965
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12,456
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1965
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7,003
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1965
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4,703
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1965
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3,182
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2,748
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2,127
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 57 | 6% | |
| 1961 | 64 | 6% | |
| 1962 | 50 | 5% | |
| 1963 | 52 | 5% | |
| 1964 | 69 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 89 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 139 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 190 | 19% | |
| 1969 | 191 | 19% |
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| 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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640 | 64% | |
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203 | 20% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1960 | |
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| 1. John Coltrane | |
| 2. Miles Davis | |
| 3. Etta James | |
| 4. Charles Mingus | |
| 5. Elvis Presley | |
| 6. Joan Baez | |
| 7. Max Roach | |
| 8. Wes Montgomery | |
| 9. Muddy Waters | |
| 10. The Everly Brothers | |
| 11. Hank Mobley | |
| 12. Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 13. Bill Evans | |
| 14. Bill Evans Trio | |
| 15. John Lee Hooker | |
| 16. Johnny Cash | |
| 17. Bo Diddley | |
| 18. Miriam Makeba | |
| 19. Eddie Cochran | |
| 20. Olatunji |