Characters (studio album)
by Stevie Wonder

Characters by Stevie Wonder
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 25,154th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 34 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (319th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,225th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,154th)

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Stevie Wonder bestography

Characters is ranked 17th best out of 39 albums by Stevie Wonder on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Stevie Wonder is Songs In The Key Of Life which is ranked number 73 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,818.

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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 34 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.9/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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