Top-ranked artists from Zimbabwe

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	John Phillips (ZW)	1	John (7,728th)	164
	2	Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited	9	Chimurenga For Justice (25,128th)	56
	3	The Bhundu Boys	7	Shabini (28,610th)	39
	4	Forward Kwenda	4	Tadzungaira Yepasi – Forward Kwenda 1997 Nyamaropa Tuning (29,518th)	32
	5	Wells Fargo	1	Watch Out! (37,953rd)	21
	6	Stella Chiweshe	7	Ambuya? (48,633rd)	19
	7	Eska	1	Eska (55,662nd)	11
	8	Chaka Chawasarira	1	Useza (57,434th)	10
	9	Leonard Dembo & Barura Express	1	Kuziva Mbuya Huudzwa (57,588th)	10
	10	Michael Gibbs	6	Housekeeping (82,052nd)	7
	11	Mhuri YekwaRwizi	1	Africa: Shona Mbira Music (68,348th)	7
	12	Dumisani Maraire	2	The African Mbira: Music Of The Shona People Of Rhodesia (86,877th)	6
	13	The Four Brothers	4	Bros (92,652nd)	5
	14	Robson Banda And The New Black Eagles	2	Ngoma Ngairire (81,637th)	5
	15	Solvent	2	Apples & Synthesizers (88,958th)	4
	16	Eye Q	1	Please The Nation (89,794th)	4
	17	Zimbabwe Legit	1	Brothers From The Mother (98,806th)	3
	18	Mokoomba	4	-	3
	19	Caution Shonhai & Tichakunda Mbira Group	1	-	3
	20	Mbira Dzenharira	2	-	3