Best Albums of the 1990s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 51,000 greatest album charts.

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1990s 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.
19902,692135,360
19912,747263,921
19922,911171,608
19933,084191,821
19943,346294,453
19953,541223,558
19963,756190,646
19973,916268,505
19983,928199,001
19993,995187,198
Total33,9162,126,070

The best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana (US), Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Weezer, R.E.M. and Richard David James.
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1997
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82,383
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1995
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35,397
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1993
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1,992
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1994
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324
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1998
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308
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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year Albums %


1990 86 9%
1991 80 8%
1992 101 10%
1993 104 10%
1994 125 13%
1995 113 11%
1996 112 11%
1997 97 10%
1998 100 10%
1999 83 8%
Artist Albums %


The Flaming Lips 6 1%
Blur 6 1%
Pavement 5 0%
Dream Theater 5 0%
Tori Amos 5 0%
Radiohead 5 0%
Manic Street Preachers 5 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 544 54%
United Kingdom 258 26%
Canada 43 4%
Mixed Nationality 26 3%
Australia 21 2%
Sweden 14 1%
Japan 13 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 982 98%
Yes 19 2%
Live? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 18 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 11 1%
Best Artists of the 1990s
1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana (US)
3. Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Smashing Pumpkins
5. My Bloody Valentine
6. Oasis
7. Pearl Jam
8. Weezer
9. R.E.M.
10. Richard David James
11. Nick Cave
12. Björk
13. Pavement
14. Jeff Buckley
15. Nas
16. Elliott Smith
17. Blur
18. Portishead
19. Sigur Rós
20. Massive Attack
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