Best Albums of 2008

Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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2008 year summaryThe best artists of 2008 were Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Coldplay, Portishead, Have A Nice Life, Elbow, Kanye West, TV On The Radio, Deerhunter and Kings Of Leon.
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Buy album United States
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2008
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Buy album United States
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2008
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Buy album United States
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2008
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Buy album United States
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2008
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13
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2008
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Rank Score:
13
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2008
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13
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

Best Albums of 2008 composition

Country Albums %


United States 458 46%
United Kingdom 163 16%
Canada 47 5%
Germany 37 4%
Sweden 35 4%
Australia 34 3%
Mixed Nationality 28 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 959 96%
Yes 41 4%
Live? Albums %
No 974 97%
Yes 26 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Best Artists of the 1960s
1. The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Bob Dylan
5. The Beach Boys
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. The Velvet Underground & Nico
8. Led Zeppelin
9. The Doors
10. The Rolling Stones
11. John Coltrane
12. King Crimson
13. Frank Zappa
14. The Kinks
15. Love
16. Van Morrison
17. Neil Young
18. Charles Mingus
19. Miles Davis
20. The Zombies
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