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1977
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726
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Year of Release:
2024
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726
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Year of Release:
1998
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726
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1987
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725
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1979
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1968
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724
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Year of Release:
2021
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724
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1959
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722
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1972
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722
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1970
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 224 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,464 15%
1980s 1,460 15%
1990s 1,632 16%
2000s 1,776 18%
2010s 2,014 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 5,011 50%
United Kingdom 2,658 27%
Canada 439 4%
Mixed Nationality 309 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 160 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,726 97%
Yes 274 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,719 97%
Yes 281 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,885 99%
Yes 115 1%
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