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.
19902,692135,295
19912,747263,948
19922,913171,579
19933,088191,895
19943,346294,299
19953,543223,516
19963,757190,540
19973,918268,551
19983,931198,982
19994,009187,176
Total33,9442,125,781

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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1994
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19,632
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1993
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19,555
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1999
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18,557
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1994
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17,812
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1994
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17,581
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1995
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16,596
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1991
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14,493
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1997
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14,414
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1993
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14,020
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1991
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13,267
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year Albums %


1990 85 9%
1991 80 8%
1992 102 10%
1993 108 11%
1994 125 13%
1995 113 11%
1996 112 11%
1997 98 10%
1998 100 10%
1999 90 9%
Artist Albums %


The Flaming Lips 6 1%
Blur 6 1%
Radiohead 5 0%
Tori Amos 5 0%
Alice In Chains 5 0%
Sonic Youth 5 0%
Pearl Jam 5 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 543 54%
United Kingdom 259 26%
Canada 43 4%
Mixed Nationality 28 3%
Australia 22 2%
Sweden 14 1%
Japan 13 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 992 98%
Yes 21 2%
Live? Albums %
No 995 98%
Yes 18 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 1,002 99%
Yes 11 1%
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