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2012
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15,538
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Year of Release:
1980
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10,742
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2015
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10,106
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2000
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8,252
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Year of Release:
2016
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4,517
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2010
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4,449
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1997
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4,365
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Year of Release:
1979
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4,198
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2015
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3,775
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Year of Release:
1994
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3,515
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Total albums: 226. Page 1 of 23

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 736 7%
1970s 1,463 15%
1980s 1,459 15%
1990s 1,633 16%
2000s 1,779 18%
2010s 2,011 20%
2020s 594 6%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 35 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,010 50%
United Kingdom 2,659 27%
Canada 440 4%
Mixed Nationality 308 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 160 2%
Sweden 137 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,725 97%
Yes 275 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
Best Albums of the 1950s
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Blue Train by John Coltrane
5. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
6. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
7. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
9. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
10. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
11. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
12. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
13. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
14. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
15. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
16. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
17. Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
18. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
19. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
20. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
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