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!
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Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,337
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Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,332
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
3,303
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Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,295
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
3,292
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Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
3,292
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,273
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
3,272
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Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
3,270
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Year of Release:
2005
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3,264
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 55 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 292 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 734 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,473 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,455 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,688 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,800 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,044 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 487 | 5% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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4,987 | 50% | |
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2,665 | 27% | |
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447 | 4% | |
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304 | 3% | |
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223 | 2% | |
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167 | 2% | |
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142 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1990s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Nirvana | |
| 3. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
| 4. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 5. My Bloody Valentine | |
| 6. Oasis | |
| 7. Pearl Jam | |
| 8. R.E.M. | |
| 9. Weezer | |
| 10. Nick Cave | |
| 11. Richard David James | |
| 12. Björk | |
| 13. Pavement | |
| 14. Jeff Buckley | |
| 15. Blur | |
| 16. Portishead | |
| 17. Elliott Smith | |
| 18. Nas | |
| 19. Massive Attack | |
| 20. Red Hot Chili Peppers |