Overall Chart

Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 53,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

You can customise how this chart is generated, browse the individual charts constituting the overall rankings from The Charts page, or submit your own chart from the My Charts page!

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

11.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,785 charts

Rank Score:

45,030

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (3,198 votes)

Comments:

354

12.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,070 charts

Rank Score:

44,252

Rank in 1971:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

90 (3,904 votes)

Comments:

300

13.

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,869 charts

Rank Score:

43,210

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (3,733 votes)

Comments:

337

14.

Nevermind

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,116 charts

Rank Score:

42,263

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (4,241 votes)

Comments:

407

15.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,828 charts

Rank Score:

41,557

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (3,601 votes)

Comments:

400

16.

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,381 charts

Rank Score:

39,282

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

17.

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,424 charts

Rank Score:

38,700

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (2,841 votes)

Comments:

265

18.

Doolittle

Pixies

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,494 charts

Rank Score:

37,217

Rank in 1989:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

19.

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,775 charts

Rank Score:

36,928

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

20.

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,756 charts

Rank Score:

36,003

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (3,086 votes)

Comments:

256

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
999
1,000
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	25	0%
1950s	294	3%
1960s	740	7%
1970s	1,475	15%
1980s	1,452	15%
1990s	1,687	17%
2000s	1,798	18%
2010s	2,050	21%
2020s	480	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	33	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	24	0%
Neil Young	23	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	4,997	50%
	2,656	27%
	446	4%
	302	3%
	228	2%
	169	2%
	141	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,727	97%
Yes	282	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,731	97%
Yes	278	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,896	99%
Yes	113	1%

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
3. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
4. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
5. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
6. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
7. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
8. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
9. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
10. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
11. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
12. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
13. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
14. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
15. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
16. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
17. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
18. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
19. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
20. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)