Dutch Album Top 100
The Dutch Album Top 100 or Album Top 100 is a weekly hit list of music albums, compiled by Dutch Charts. It shows the 100 best-selling music albums of the moment in the Netherlands. The list has passed through various name changes and has expanded from a Top 10 to a Top 100.
Names
[edit]| Name of chart | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Hilversum 3 LP Top 10 | 28 June 1969[1] | 7 September 1974 |
| Nationale Hitparade LP Top 20 | 7 September 1974 | 7 January 1978 |
| Nationale Hitparade LP Top 30 | 7 January 1978 | 10 June 1978 |
| Nationale Hitparade LP Top 50 | 10 June 1978 | 16 November 1985 |
| Nationale Hitparade Elpee Top 75 | 23 November 1985 | 27 September 1986 |
| Nationale Totale Top 75 | 4 October 1986 | 25 February 1989 |
| Nationale Totale Top 100 | 25 February 1989 | 16 December 1989 |
| LP-MC-CD Top 100 (Nationale Top 100) | 16 December 1989 | 15 May 1991 |
| CD/MC Top 100 (Nationale Top 100) | 15 May 1991 | 6 February 1993 |
| Album Top 100 | 6 February 1993 | 6 March 1993 |
| Album Mega Top 100 | 6 March 1993 | 15 July 1995 |
| Mega Album Top 100 | 15 July 1995 | 10 July 1999 |
| Album Top 100 | 10 July 1999 | present |
Album chart by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40
[edit]From 1969 to 1999, an alternative weekly album chart was published by offshore radio station Radio Veronica (1969–1974) and the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 (1974–1999). This chart varied in length from a top 20 (1969-1971 and from 1972 to 1974) to a top 50 (1971-1972 and 1974–1985), a top 75 (1985–1991) and a top 100 (1991–1999). This album chart was regarded by many as the official one, since it was widely published while the Album Top 100 was not (not until 1993). The Top 40's album chart was terminated in July 1999 when it merged with the Album Top 100e.