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!
Buy album 
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,583
Rank in 1973:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
21
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1999
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,580
Rank in 1999:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,578
Rank in 1998:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,570
Rank in 1988:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,562
Rank in 1971:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1958
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,559
Rank in 1958:
Rank in 1950s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,550
Rank in 1980:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,549
Rank in 1989:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,546
Rank in 1992:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2007
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,540
Rank in 2007:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 10,000. Page 71 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 |
|
|
| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 295 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 734 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,472 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,455 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,686 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,801 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,045 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 485 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
 |
|
|
| 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% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
4,988 | 50% | |
 |
2,663 | 27% | |
 |
450 | 5% | |
 |
304 | 3% | |
 |
223 | 2% | |
 |
167 | 2% | |
 |
142 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
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.
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.
| Best Artists of 1972 | |
|---|---|
| 1. David Bowie | |
| 2. The Rolling Stones | |
| 3. Nick Drake | |
| 4. Yes | |
| 5. Neil Young | |
| 6. Lou Reed | |
| 7. Deep Purple | |
| 8. Jethro Tull | |
| 9. Genesis | |
| 10. Can | |
| 11. Big Star | |
| 12. Milton Nascimento / Lô Borges | |
| 13. Steely Dan | |
| 14. Stevie Wonder | |
| 15. Curtis Mayfield | |
| 16. Novos Baianos | |
| 17. Wishbone Ash | |
| 18. The Allman Brothers Band | |
| 19. Black Sabbath | |
| 20. Neu! |