Cliff's latest album, Something's Goin' On, entered the charts this year with a record number of votes, dominating this year's chart as no album has before. The previous record holder was Real As I Wanna Be, which scored 390 in 2002, and while a rising number of votes has naturally led to higher vote totals, Something's Goin' On's 18.5% of all votes in the top twenty is also the highest since the poll's inception. This album's expanded European release, For Life, also entered the charts at #16, as did the current compilation album The Platinum Collection at #11.
With the rise of SGO came the fall of last year's #1 album, Wanted, to #6. While Real As I Wanna Be held on to #2, it fell relative to perennial 3rd to 5th placed albums I'm Nearly Famous, Always Guaranteed and Stronger. Also falling significantly this year were The Album an impressive nine places to #15, 31st of February Street five places to #12, Rock'n'Roll Juvenile four places to #12.
Perhaps reflecting the timing of this poll, the greatest gainer of this year was Cliff At Christmas, which climbed six places to #7. Re-entering the charts was the 2000 compilation The Whole Story at #19. 
The charts were dominated this year by albums from the 1980s, which made up eight of the twenty-one albums in the list, followed by the 2000s with five albums.
Leaving the charts this year were Every Face Tells A Story, Small Corners and The World Tour.

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