Top-ranked artists from Mali

The top-ranked artists from Mali that appear most prominently in over 57,000 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:

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 in the greatest album charts.	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart.	Score Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
1	Ali Farka Touré	16	Ali Farka Toure (Ten Songs From The Legendary Singer From Mali) (6,115th)	867
2	Tinariwen	13	Amassakoul (10,765th)	586
3	Amadou & Mariam	13	Dimanche À Bamako (3,810th)	505
4	Salif Keita	10	Moffou (5,985th)	419
5	Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté	2	In The Heart Of The Moon (5,159th)	319
6	Toumani Diabaté	4	The Mande Variations (11,346th)	227
7	Songhoy Blues	4	Music In Exile (9,075th)	203
8	Rokia Traoré	6	Bowmboï (17,621st)	156
9	Boubacar Traoré	11	Mariama (10,000th)	149
10	Fatoumata Diawara	4	Fatou (12,888th)	142
11	Tamikrest	6	Kidal (14,798th)	131
12	Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko	1	New Ancient Strings (10,701st)	109
13	Oumou Sangaré	10	Mogoya (26,989th)	108
14	Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba	5	Ba Power (23,021st)	108
15	Djelimady Tounkara	3	Solon Kôno (12,819th)	90
16	Ballaké Sissoko	4	Djourou (17,733rd)	71
17	Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté	1	Toumani & Sidiki (16,962nd)	63
18	Samba Touré	6	Baarakelaw (45,374th)	45
19	Habib Koité & Bamada	4	Muso Ko (35,650th)	41
20	Afel Bocoum	2	Lindé (28,588th)	37

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