Overall Chart

Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 54,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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Year of Release:
1974
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4,307
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Year of Release:
1971
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4,300
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1980
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4,298
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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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4,260
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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%
Best Artists of the 2020s
1. Black Country, New Road
2. The Strokes
3. Taylor Swift
4. Little Simz
5. Fiona Apple
6. Phoebe Bridgers
7. Black Midi
8. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
9. The Weeknd
10. Lana Del Rey
11. Sufjan Stevens
12. Big Thief
13. Fontaines D.C.
14. The Smile
15. Charli XCX
16. Jessie Ware
17. Kendrick Lamar
18. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
19. 파란노을 [Parannoul]
20. Kristin Hayter
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