The Amazing Nina Simone
by Nina Simone

The Amazing Nina Simone by Nina Simone
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 4,118th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 71 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (24th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (124th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,118th)

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Nina Simone bestography

The Amazing Nina Simone is ranked 6th best out of 48 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 556 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,080.

Nina Simone album bestography « Higher ranked (2,473rd)
Nina Simone Sings The Blues
This album (4,118th)
The Amazing Nina Simone
Lower ranked (4,339th) »
Nina Simone At Town Hall

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Amazing Nina Simone rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,118th | 1950s rank: 124th | 1959 rank: 24th
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2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s55/1009
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 19596/905
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195964/1002
2026 LeonardTop 71 Music Albums of 195944/712
2026 Norman BatesTop 43 Music Albums of 195931/432
2026Exist-en-cielTop 55 Music Albums of 195925/553
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s11/10018
2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s39/10012
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s89/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s16/10017
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 195951/1003
2026 Patman360Top 37 Music Albums of 195928/371
2026 AAL2014Top 65 Music Albums of the 1950s63/651
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s46/10011
2025replacementlevelTop 30 Music Albums of 195915/303
2025 djrodoTop 20 Music Albums of 195910/203
2025HyggevinylTop 47 Music Albums of 195933/472
2025 AAL2014Top 18 Music Albums of 195915/181
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s92/1002
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 19593/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 66
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 354
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 71 votes)
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75/100
 
03/03/2026 20:06 Leonard  Ratings distribution  6,58370/100
 
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02/28/2026 22:19 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,66873/100
 
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01/15/2026 14:56 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,40483/100
 
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12/27/2025 15:44 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,14833/100
 
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12/23/2025 04:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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