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1956
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647
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1999
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1968
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2019
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1959
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2009
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2021
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1971
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2014
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1975
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 246 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 729 7%
1970s 1,470 15%
1980s 1,463 15%
1990s 1,670 17%
2000s 1,781 18%
2010s 2,037 20%
2020s 527 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 4,993 50%
United Kingdom 2,670 27%
Canada 442 4%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 168 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,713 97%
Yes 287 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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