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Year of Release:
1956
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1,378
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Year of Release:
1967
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1,373
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2002
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1974
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1,372
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1969
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1,370
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Year of Release:
2005
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1,370
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Year of Release:
1998
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1,368
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Year of Release:
2011
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1,368
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1999
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Year of Release:
1976
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1,366
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 128 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,463 15%
1980s 1,460 15%
1990s 1,633 16%
2000s 1,778 18%
2010s 2,012 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 2,658 27%
Canada 440 4%
Mixed Nationality 309 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 161 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,726 97%
Yes 274 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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