Graduation
by Kanye West
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Kanye West bestography
Graduation is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Kanye West on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kanye West is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which is ranked number 35 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,065.
(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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Graduation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Graduation 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 |  covecove | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 61/100 | 40 |
| 2026 | augie_jones | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 6/40 | 83 |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 11 Music Albums of 2007 | 6/11 | 3 |
| 2026 | SUPERJEFF6 | My most scrobbled albums of all time | 51/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2007 | 1/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 101-200 | 70/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vibrations (CH) Les meilleurs disques 2007 | 9/23 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 71 Music Albums of 2007 | 25/71 | 3 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  katerpillar | Top 2 Music Albums of 2007 | 1/2 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 599 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,885 | |||
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Graduation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Fsn9 | 16 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 00:35 |  nextorgd | 1,221 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2026 01:02 | xhitmanx | 1,573 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 22 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 07/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5387): By awesomness425Graduation comments
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2008 Grammys. The winner was River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock (Edited)
good album (besides a few songs) by far the best Kanye album (Edited)
It is probably in my top three favorite albums of all time, the production behind this album is incredible and I truly believe this is the best of Kanye's discography. I don't think any of his other albums have as many songs to remember as Graduation has. Favorites include I Wonder, Stronger, Champion, and Good Morning among others. 9.5/10
Good Morning - 88
Champion - 87
Stronger - 97
I Wonder - 92
Good Life - 89
Cant Tell Me Nothing - 91
Barry Bonds - 79
Drunk And Hot Girls - 77
Flashing Lights - 95
Everything I Am - 86
The Glory - 83
Homecoming - 93
Big Brother - 84
Overall - 87.77
Brad1770 08/22/2022 02:20 | #288810
My eldest daughter is a Kanye devote and she tells me this is her favourite Yeezy album - not the best but favourite and thats a solid gold recommendation. For mine I was a little underwhelmed with this one but love love loved the layers of synth added to the mix which made the entire experience feel fresh and uplifting
In closing I’ll leave a quote from my daughter
“Dad, Graduation isn’t his best album but its the one he’ll be remembered for “
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