Best Albums of 2013

Listed below are the best albums of 2013 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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2013 year summaryThe best artists of 2013 were Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Queens Of The Stone Age, Arcade Fire, The National, Deafheaven, My Bloody Valentine and Lorde.
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Buy album United States
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437
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Best Albums of 2013 composition

Country Albums %


United States 455 46%
United Kingdom 203 20%
Canada 47 5%
Mixed Nationality 38 4%
Germany 31 3%
Australia 30 3%
Sweden 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 968 97%
Yes 32 3%
Live? Albums %
No 977 98%
Yes 23 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
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