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.
19902,692135,478
19912,746264,013
19922,911171,607
19933,083191,924
19943,345294,636
19953,541223,615
19963,756190,754
19973,916268,635
19983,926199,172
19993,995187,309
Total33,9112,127,144

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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19,644
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1993
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19,570
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1999
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18,598
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1994
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17,822
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1994
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17,586
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1995
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16,606
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1991
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14,509
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1997
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14,431
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1993
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14,030
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1991
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13,284
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year Albums %


1990 86 9%
1991 80 8%
1992 102 10%
1993 104 10%
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%
Pearl Jam 5 0%
Green Day 5 0%
R.E.M. 5 0%
Aphex Twin 5 0%
The Smashing Pumpkins 5 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 543 54%
United Kingdom 259 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 Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush (CA)
2. Computerwelt [Computer World] by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
7. Faith by The Cure
8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
11. Deceit by This Heat
12. Youth Of America by Wipers
13. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
14. The Ascension by Glenn Branca
15. Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
16. Heaven Up Here by Echo & The Bunnymen
17. Killers by Iron Maiden
18. Face Value by Phil Collins
19. Movement by New Order
20. Architecture & Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
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