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.
19902,692135,267
19912,747263,836
19922,911171,603
19933,084191,771
19943,346294,359
19953,542223,520
19963,757190,599
19973,917268,421
19983,929198,914
19993,997187,137
Total33,9222,125,428

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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1993
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2,037
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1996
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2,005
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1993
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1,992
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1997
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1,987
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1994
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1,986
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1999
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1,978
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1991
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1,970
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1998
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1,949
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1992
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1,948
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1997
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1,940
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 18 of 100

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year Albums %


1990 85 9%
1991 80 8%
1992 101 10%
1993 105 11%
1994 125 13%
1995 113 11%
1996 112 11%
1997 97 10%
1998 99 10%
1999 83 8%
Artist Albums %


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


United States 543 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 18 2%
Live? Albums %
No 982 98%
Yes 18 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 989 99%
Yes 11 1%
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