Billie Holiday Sings
by Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday Sings by Billie Holiday
Year: 1952
Overall rank: 3,378th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 72 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1952 (3rd)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (101st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,378th)

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Billie Holiday bestography

Billie Holiday Sings is ranked 4th 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 540 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,231.

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Billie Holiday Sings rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,378th | 1950s rank: 101st | 1952 rank: 3rd
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2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s24/7414
2026Exist-en-cielTop 30 Music Albums of 19526/304
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums female (2 B deleted)52/84 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s46/10011
2026SiromynianTop 2 Music Albums of 19521/25
2026Steppenwolf666Top 27 Music Albums of 195210/273
2026 TamthebamTop 50 Music Albums of 19521/505
2025JohnnyoTop 38 Music Albums of the 1950s22/389
2025 viquelTop 100 Greatest Music Albums40/10059
2025 MontpejoTop 40 Music Albums of the 1950s35/403
2025TastyandTemptinTop 14 Music Albums of 19527/143
2025OlliTop 52 Music Albums of 19528/524
2025 skelter54Top 99 Music Albums of the 1950s78/994
2025 FischmanTop 23 Music Albums of 19524/234
2025jlsfourthTop 50 Music Albums of the 1950s48/501
2025replacementlevelTop 60 Music Albums of the 1950s20/6014
2025 HaydenTop 40 Music Albums of 19525/405
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 80 Music Albums of the 1950s77/801
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 19521/1005
2025 MontpejoTop 3 Music Albums of 19523/32
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 71
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 441
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 72 votes)
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70/100
 
01/07/2026 22:00 marcoserra1966  Ratings distribution  81558/100
 
75/100
 
01/04/2026 14:53 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62978/100
 
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12/22/2025 04:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,42870/100
 
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09/23/2025 15:33 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,48973/100
 
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07/08/2025 20:03 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,12572/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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70/100
From 01/10/2024 18:36 | #301054
Good album with great vocals, they are something that makes this record special among other 50s music in that style.
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From 05/19/2022 07:44 | #285498
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0yjSfsuIWzbDIEztAY93zK?si=612689643c9e46c3
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From 10/06/2020 11:03 | #259054
Voz divina! Interpretação precisa!
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From 03/07/2016 21:40 | #161500
Her phrasing is impeccable. The emotional intensity is amazing.
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75/100
From 01/24/2013 19:50 | #62698
Billie is amazing!
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From 07/03/2012 23:14 | #45853
Effing Perfect.
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