Never Say Never
by Brandy

Never Say Never by Brandy
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 28,737th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 23 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (451st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (4,427th)
Award Best albums of all time (28,737th)

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Brandy bestography

Never Say Never is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Brandy on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Brandy is Full Moon which is ranked number 15936 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 70.

Brandy album bestography « Higher ranked (15,936th)
Full Moon
This album (28,737th)
Never Say Never
Lower ranked (28,737th) »
Never Say Never

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 28,737th | 1990s rank: 4,427th | 1998 rank: 451st

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 23 votes)
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70/100
 
11/12/2025 03:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,46770/100
 
100/100
 
10/31/2025 18:31 Vitetia  Ratings distribution  378100/100
 
75/100
 
08/20/2024 16:30 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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07/02/2024 20:03 Lefty21  Ratings distribution  51875/100
 
65/100
 
10/02/2023 15:23 fabm0  Ratings distribution  6,86159/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.

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From 07/10/2025 08:04 | #310026
Shortlisted for R&B album of the year at the 1999 Grammys. The winner was The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
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From 01/10/2019 19:23 | #229464
Best R&B album of 1998
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From 06/19/2018 00:18 | #216986
Wow, I love this record a lot. Realistically this was R&B that you would have to die for. Cause not only are these songs are head knockers but just sound flawless.
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From 01/30/2016 10:17 | #158198
I'd rather have whiskey.
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50/100
From 09/28/2013 02:18 | #87032
For mass-produced r&b pop, this isn't actually that bad...
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