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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1960
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905
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1969
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903
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1968
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894
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1962
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881
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1967
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880
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1969
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854
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1966
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852
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1968
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1964
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848
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 19 of 100
Best Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 57 | 6% | |
| 1961 | 63 | 6% | |
| 1962 | 50 | 5% | |
| 1963 | 52 | 5% | |
| 1964 | 69 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 87 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 140 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 191 | 19% | |
| 1969 | 193 | 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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637 | 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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12 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1965 | |
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| 1. Bob Dylan | |
| 2. The Beatles | |
| 3. John Coltrane | |
| 4. Otis Redding | |
| 5. Nina Simone | |
| 6. The Who | |
| 7. The Beach Boys | |
| 8. The Byrds | |
| 9. The Rolling Stones | |
| 10. Vince Guaraldi | |
| 11. The Sonics | |
| 12. Albert Ayler | |
| 13. Albert Ayler Trio | |
| 14. Jackson C. Frank | |
| 15. B.B. King | |
| 16. The Kinks | |
| 17. Bert Jansch | |
| 18. John Fahey | |
| 19. Art Blakey | |
| 20. The Yardbirds |