Ballad
55,602works
325,081pressings
1902first year
Works per year
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Format by decade
| Format | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 12% | 85% | 98% | 87% | 65% | 13% | 2% | 13% | 45% |
| CD | · | · | · | · | 11% | 55% | 70% | 57% | 31% |
| Cassette | · | · | · | 9% | 22% | 29% | 11% | · | 2% |
| File | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2% | 13% | 14% |
| DVD | · | · | · | · | · | · | 7% | 7% | 1% |
Sounds like
VocalEuropopPop RockSoft RockChansonMandopopCantopopKayōkyokuCity PopRomaniSynth-popSchlagerSoulDance-pop
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track) | Various | 1977 | 462 |
| True Blue | Madonna | 1986 | 454 |
| Achtung Baby | U2 | 1991 | 440 |
| Off The Wall | Michael Jackson | 1979 | 433 |
| The Immaculate Collection | Madonna | 1990 | 356 |
| Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | 1985 | 353 |
| Dangerous | Michael Jackson | 1991 | 350 |
| The Album | ABBA | 1977 | 338 |
| Reckless | Bryan Adams | 1984 | 299 |
| Look Sharp! | Roxette | 1988 | 291 |
| Elvis' Christmas Album | Elvis Presley | 1957 | 286 |
| Elvis | Elvis Presley | 1956 | 285 |
| Whitney | Whitney Houston | 1987 | 282 |
| Tumbleweed Connection | Elton John | 1970 | 280 |
| ...Baby One More Time | Britney Spears | 1999 | 272 |
| The Visitors | ABBA | 1981 | 270 |
| Blood On The Tracks | Bob Dylan | 1975 | 266 |
| 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 2) | Elvis Presley | 1959 | 263 |
| Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 | Elvis Presley | 1963 | 263 |
| Make It Big | Wham! | 1984 | 260 |
| 52nd Street | Billy Joel | 1978 | 258 |
| G. I. Blues | Elvis Presley | 1960 | 256 |
| Flowers | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | 253 |
| Erotica | Madonna | 1992 | 246 |
| Shaved Fish | John Lennon | 1975 | 228 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.