Set
by Youssou N'Dour
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Youssou N'Dour bestography
Set is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Youssou N'Dour on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Youssou N'Dour is Egypt which is ranked number 7377 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 176.
(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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Set track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Set rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 19/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 2 My Chart 1990s Pt 2 | 15/19 | - |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 89/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1990 Pt 2 | 27/30 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 45 Music Albums of 1990 | 18/45 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 21 Africa | 17/34 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Africa | 9/34 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1990 | 67/67 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1990 | 11/16 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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Set ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/05/2025 13:35 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 12/26/2021 14:32 | mostlymor | 7,030 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2020 13:10 | byuzak | 3,254 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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An extremely diverse and wonderful collection of tracks from Senegalese pioneer Youssou N'Dour spanning many genres. Easily one of the best world music albums of the 90s.
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