Top-ranked artists from Democratic Republic of Congo

N.B. Artist from before the mid-1960s may not be as well represented in this chart, because this chart only takes into account their albums. (Before that time, singles were far more prevalent than albums).

	Rank	Artist	Albums The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site.	Top Ranked Album The top-ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart (N.B. some artists might not have a top-ranked album, if their albums are ranked outside the top 100,000)	Score Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
	1	Mbongwana Star	1	From Kinshasa (5,220th)	264
	2	Kasai Allstars	4	In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic (10,189th)	158
	3	Konono Nº1	5	Congotronics (14,945th)	112
	4	Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin	2	Missa Luba (14,784th)	78
	5	Franco & Rochereau	3	Omona Wapi (20,771st)	71
	6	Koffi Olomidé	4	V12 (21,428th)	60
	7	Kanda Bongo Man	9	Les Rendez-Vous Des Stades (50,810th)	44
	8	KOKOKO!	3	Fongola (27,857th)	39
	9	Kofi Olomide	1	Attentat (26,116th)	36
	10	Staff Benda Bilili	2	Très Très Fort (39,218th)	31
	11	Nkisi	5	7 Directions (42,743rd)	17
	12	Diblo	1	Super Soukous (43,229th)	17
	13	Franco & Le TPOK Jazz	10	A L'Ancienne Belgique (71,638th)	13
	14	Kékélé	3	Congo Life (68,424th)	11
	15	Papa Wemba	6	Emotion (96,396th)	10
	16	Maitre Gims	4	Subliminal (59,095th)	9
	17	Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau	6	Tabu Ley (89,043rd)	9
	18	Sam Mangwana	6	Affaire Video (97,245th)	9
	19	M'Bilia Bel	4	Beyanga (87,262nd)	8
	20	Pierre Kwenders	3	José Louis And The Paradox Of Love (78,584th)	7