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Discover the best music albums in history.
BestEverAlbums.com calculates a ranking from over 60,000 greatest album charts to allow visitors to look up the greatest music albums in history.
You can also view the best albums of 2026 (so far) or the best albums of the 2020s (so far) (or any year or decade since 1940).
Welcome to BestEverAlbums!
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Biggest climbers in the top 20 best albums of 2026:
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Vol. II by
Angine De Poitrine
climbed 69 places to 4th
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Honora by
Flea (UN)
climbed 68 places to 17th
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Creature Of Habit by
Courtney Barnett
climbed 33 places to 7th
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3 albums dropped out of the top 100 of the Overall Chart:
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★ [Blackstar] by
David Bowie is now ranked 120th
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The Velvet Underground by
The Velvet Underground is now ranked 112th
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Violator by
Depeche Mode is now ranked 101st
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- 🆕 436 new albums have been added to the database for you to explore. (Total albums now 300,000)
- 📝 1,083 new charts have been curated by the community. (Total charts now 60,000)
- 📢 476 new forum posts have been made. (Total forum posts now 700,000)
- ⭐ 8,620 new ratings have been submitted. (Total ratings now 10 million)
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| Peaches! by The Black Keys is ranked 230th in the best albums of 2026. (Released 5 days ago). |
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