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2008
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Year of Release:
1990
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2001
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1985
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1983
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2023
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119
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2009
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119
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1960
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1977
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2005
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 1,000 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 295 3%
1960s 740 7%
1970s 1,474 15%
1980s 1,456 15%
1990s 1,662 17%
2000s 1,769 18%
2010s 2,035 20%
2020s 542 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 34 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 28 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,012 50%
United Kingdom 2,660 27%
Canada 442 4%
Mixed Nationality 293 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 165 2%
Sweden 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,723 97%
Yes 277 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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