Solitude
by Billie Holiday

Solitude by Billie Holiday
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 5,333rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1956 (25th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (158th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,333rd)

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Billie Holiday bestography

Solitude is ranked 6th 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 3,223.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,333rd | 1950s rank: 158th | 1956 rank: 25th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 38 votes)
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75/100
 
02/28/2026 08:49 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,14372/100
 
75/100
 
12/21/2025 09:53 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
60/100
 
12/21/2025 05:10 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,16763/100
 
75/100
 
10/28/2025 15:32 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,40464/100
 
75/100
 
06/19/2025 08:25 MrOlan  Ratings distribution  95376/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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90/100
From 12/02/2021 15:10 | #277013
Great late Lady Day album, a fantastic song selection with no surplus tracks, all downright classics
A moody album for your late nite moments.
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- Solitude
- Moonglow
- These foolish things
- You go to my head
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