Welcome to the curated collection of "Rolling Stone's 500", meticulously assembled songs and albums by the skilled editors at Rolling Stone. Drawing from the insights of a diverse panel comprising 271 artists, producers, industry executives, and journalists; this visualization is set out to identify the paramount albums in the history of music.
The following visualization displays each album as a colored rectangle on a 2D canvas, with the x-axis corresponding to the release year of the album and the y-axis corresponding to its ranking on the list. The color of each rectangle is determined by the genre of the album. The legend allows users to filter albums by genre. Upon hovering the cursor over a rectangle, details such as Album name, Artist name, and its Ranking are displayed. The visualization provides an interactive exploration of the albums, offering insights into their distribution across genres, release years, and rankings, allowing the users to explore the relationship between them in a visually appealing manner.
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