Top-ranked artists from Tanzania

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	Duke	2	Uingizaji Hewa (25,927th)	36
	2	Msafiri Zawose	3	Uhamiaji (48,017th)	15
	3	Siti Muharam	1	Siti Of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar) (54,516th)	11
	4	Sisso	1	Mateso (58,747th)	10
	5	Jay Mitta	1	Tatizo Pesa (61,056th)	9
	6	Bamba Pana	1	Poaa (61,619th)	9
	7	Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila	1	Mambo (62,080th)	9
	8	Jagwa Music	2	Bongo Hotheads (70,712th)	6
	9	DJ Travella	1	Mr Mixondo (72,638th)	6
	10	Hukwe Zawose	1	Chibite (74,430th)	6
	11	Sisso & Maiko	1	Singeli Ya Maajabu (75,391st)	5
	12	The Zawose Queens	1	Maisha (80,552nd)	5
	13	Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club	1	Taarab 2 / The Music Of Zanzibar (97,248th)	4
	14	Mohamed Ilyas With Nyota Zameremeta Orchestra Of Zanzibar ‎	1	-	3
	15	Mim Suleiman	2	-	3
	16	Mario Swagga & DJ Silila	1	-	3
	17	Daniel Owino Misiani And Shirati Band	3	-	1
	18	D.O. 7 Shirati Jazz	1	-	0