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Year of Release:
1974
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4,307
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Year of Release:
1980
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4,298
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1971
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4,292
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1979
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4,274
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2003
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4,269
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2009
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4,264
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2005
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4,259
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Year of Release:
1972
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4,244
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Year of Release:
2007
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4,237
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2014
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4,234
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 42 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 294 3%
1960s 729 7%
1970s 1,468 15%
1980s 1,459 15%
1990s 1,669 17%
2000s 1,777 18%
2010s 2,046 20%
2020s 531 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 28 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 4,990 50%
United Kingdom 2,661 27%
Canada 444 4%
Mixed Nationality 292 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 169 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,716 97%
Yes 284 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,724 97%
Yes 276 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,884 99%
Yes 116 1%
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