| September 2026 site update #2 |
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From  albummaster on Tuesday 22 September 2026 |
| It's now almost a year since the site's 20th anniversary, and the list of changes added to BEA during that period is enormous. If you've not visited BEA for a while, the previous monthly announcements contain the detail and a site newsletter is about to... |
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BestEverAlbums.com calculates the definitive ranking of the best albums of all time from over 60,000 album charts, based on critical and community acclaim.
Explore the best albums of 2026 (so far) and the best albums of the 2020s (so far), or browse our rankings for any year or decade since 1940.
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- What's been happening on Best Ever Albums:
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🔥 3 albums entered the top 40 best albums of 2026:
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Cry Baby by
Vince Staples is now ranked 33rd
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It's The Long Goodbye by
The Twilight Sad is now ranked 34th
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It Goes On by
Westside Cowboy is now ranked 40th
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📉 2 albums dropped out of the top 500 of the Overall Chart:
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The Seer by
Swans is now ranked 503rd
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The Modern Lovers by
The Modern Lovers is now ranked 502nd
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- 579 new albums have been added to the database for you to explore. (Total albums now 300,000)
- 1,012 new charts have been curated by the community. (Total charts now 60,000)
- 410 new forum posts have been made. (Total forum posts now 800,000)
- 7,778 new ratings have been submitted. (Total ratings now 10 million)
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| Angel by Lizzy McAlpine is ranked 531st in the best albums of 2026. (Released 09/18/2026 04:00). |
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 Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images. On this day, 35 years ago, Nevermind by Nirvana was released. Nevermind is ranked first in 1991, second in the 1990s and 13th in the overall rankings. The top rated tracks on this album are Lithium, Come As You Are and Smells Like Teen Spirit. This album is ranked first out of albums by Nirvana. View more anniversaries | |
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