Best Albums of the 1990s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 52,000 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.
19902,759134,007
19912,816257,575
19922,994169,185
19933,190190,167
19943,450285,237
19953,648217,734
19963,851186,440
19974,019261,574
19984,072194,241
19994,189182,533
Total34,9882,078,694

The best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Weezer and Richard David James.
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1999
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315
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1995
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315
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1990
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315
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1993
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315
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1992
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315
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1997
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314
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1994
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314
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1991
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314
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1994
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314
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 78 of 100

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year Albums %


1990 86 9%
1991 80 8%
1992 103 10%
1993 105 11%
1994 125 13%
1995 111 11%
1996 110 11%
1997 97 10%
1998 98 10%
1999 85 9%
Artist Albums %


Blur 6 1%
The Flaming Lips 6 1%
Stereolab 5 1%
Beck 5 1%
Pavement 5 1%
Tori Amos 5 1%
Manic Street Preachers 5 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 546 55%
United Kingdom 258 26%
Canada 40 4%
Mixed Nationality 27 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 983 98%
Yes 17 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 989 99%
Yes 11 1%
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