Niafunké
by Ali Farka Touré

Niafunké by Ali Farka Touré
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 8,479th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (117th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,358th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,479th)

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Ali Farka Touré bestography

Niafunké is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Ali Farka Touré on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ali Farka Touré is Ali Farka Toure (Ten Songs From The Legendary Singer From Mali) which is ranked number 6265 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 209.

Ali Farka Touré album bestography « Higher ranked (7,167th)
The River
This album (8,479th)
Niafunké
Lower ranked (19,966th) »
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(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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Niafunké rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,479th | 1990s rank: 1,358th | 1999 rank: 117th
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2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s95/1001
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199913/504
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 14 Music Albums of 199912/141
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 71 Music Albums of the 1990s67/711
2025spinoutTop 99 Music Albums of the 1990s8/9919
2025 PurplepashTop 68 Music Albums of 199954/681
2025 JamethTop 92 Music Albums of the 1990s13/9217
2025 JamethTop 20 Music Albums of 19993/205
2025 JamethTop 100 Greatest Music Albums42/10052
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 199934/1003
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s100/1000
2023cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 199940/82 -
2022CarollieTop 50 Music Albums of 199918/503
2021 NickVolosTop 100 Music Albums of 199957/1002
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 199991/1001
2020 kaduphemingTop 57 Music Albums of 19999/574
2019 LowkeyTop 90 Music Albums of 19996/905
2019 kaduphemingTop 100 Greatest Music Albums89/1004
2019 kaduphemingTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s36/10013
2019kaduphemingsucksTop 100 Greatest Music Albums97/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 25
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 146
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
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01/11/2026 23:25 JoaoMoreira  Ratings distribution  49674/100
 
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03/19/2025 08:22 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,89264/100
 
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03/12/2023 07:00 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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01/04/2023 15:32 NickHewitt  Ratings distribution  80573/100
 
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01/23/2022 20:10 LedZep  Ratings distribution  4,93979/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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