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Year of Release:
2021
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270
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Year of Release:
2012
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270
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Year of Release:
1987
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270
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2003
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1965
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270
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1988
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270
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1995
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1987
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270
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Year of Release:
1977
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270
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1979
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 508 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 27 0%
1950s 296 3%
1960s 735 7%
1970s 1,463 15%
1980s 1,460 15%
1990s 1,634 16%
2000s 1,777 18%
2010s 2,012 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 5,009 50%
United Kingdom 2,660 27%
Canada 439 4%
Mixed Nationality 309 3%
Australia 226 2%
Germany 161 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%
Best Artists of the 1990s
1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana
3. The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Neutral Milk Hotel
5. Oasis
6. My Bloody Valentine
7. Pearl Jam
8. R.E.M.
9. Nick Cave
10. Weezer
11. Björk
12. Richard David James
13. Pavement
14. Portishead
15. Blur
16. Jeff Buckley
17. Elliott Smith
18. Nas
19. Massive Attack
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers
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