The Billie Holiday Story
by Billie Holiday

The Billie Holiday Story by Billie Holiday
(Compilation album)
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 13,760th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (92nd)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (414th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,760th)

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Billie Holiday bestography

The Billie Holiday Story is ranked 14th best out of 79 albums by Billie Holiday on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billie Holiday is Lady In Satin which is ranked number 535 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,244.

Billie Holiday album bestography « Higher ranked (13,602nd)
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This album (13,760th)
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Overall rank: 13,760th | 1950s rank: 414th | 1959 rank: 92nd

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69/100 (from 15 votes)
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75/100
 
11/19/2025 10:06 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,83064/100
 
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02/10/2024 08:37 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93669/100
 
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03/26/2023 08:36 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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10/31/2022 12:09 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,43363/100
 
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02/18/2022 20:20 Gendjar  Ratings distribution  4,71556/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 67.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 02/20/2018 17:28 | #208950
Maybe not the best sounding blues singer, but in my mind, certainly the most emotional and as a result my favourite. She sings like no matter how painful the heartache gets, she gonna just keep on lovin’. This lady is all in!
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