Nat King Cole 
Variations: The King Cole Trio.
The best album credited to Nat King Cole is After Midnight which is ranked number 2,836 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 538.
Nat King Cole is ranked number 800 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,101 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).
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Nat King Cole best albums
The following albums by Nat King Cole are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
This may not be a complete discography for Nat King Cole.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Nat King Cole bestography composition
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 4 | 0% | |
1950s | 10 | 0% | |
1960s | 16 | 0% | |
1970s | 1 | 0% | |
1980s | 4 | 0% | |
1990s | 14 | 0% | |
2000s | 5 | 0% | |
2010s | 0 | 0% | |
2020s | 3 | 0% |
Nat King Cole best tracks
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70/100 ![]() | 09/19/2020 04:37 | ![]() | ![]() | 74/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 09/16/2019 20:24 | ![]() | ![]() | 56/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 01/02/2019 17:35 | ![]() | ![]() | 59/100 |
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75/100 ![]() | 01/15/2018 18:35 | ![]() | ![]() | 77/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 12% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 12.3.
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Oh, just buy that Capitol Collectors Series greatest hits set and be done with it. The man had one of the most astounding baritone voices in all of music history. "Unforgettable" just has to be one of the most heart-felt, sincere recordings ever. It was played at my mom's wedding...and it was played at mine. I think it's safe to assume that it'll be played when my daughter gets married. Yeah...it's THAT timeless.
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