Ritchie Valens
by Ritchie Valens
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Ritchie Valens bestography
Ritchie Valens is ranked as the best album by Ritchie Valens.
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Ritchie Valens track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ritchie Valens rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 44 Music Albums of 1959 | 4/44 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 24 Music Albums of 1959 | 18/24 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart 1001-1100 | 12/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 29 Music Albums of the 1950s | 8/29 | 15 |
| 2026 | downandout | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1950s | 32/33 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 9 Music Albums of 1959 | 2/9 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1959 | 21/37 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 44/100 | 57 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 727 | |||
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Ritchie Valens ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 05:14 | CjHubb117 | 301 | 89/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2026 05:16 | matterhornrider | 5,196 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 03:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,262 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Ritchie Valens forum mentions
CharlieBarley 06/27/2024 14:14 in Working My Way Through The BEA Overall Chart Romanelli 08/29/2022 20:08 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Ashes & FireView all forum mentions
Ritchie Valens comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/03/2012 01:50 | #41425 | TOP COMMENT
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For such a young kid from such simple beginnings, he crafted simple melodies and catchy hooks as well as anyone in his time. As big of a loss as Buddy Holly. (Edited)
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/20/2016 23:58 | #157198 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty cool to have a song in Spanish be so big in the states at a time when racism was so big. (Edited)
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