Destiny
by The Jacksons
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Destiny is ranked 2nd best out of 28 albums by Jackson 5 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jackson 5 is Triumph which is ranked number 6271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 213.
(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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Destiny track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Destiny rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 36/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 70s Pt.3 (201-300) | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 46 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1978 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1978 | 33/62 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 | 43/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 1/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 128 | |||
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Destiny ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/21/2026 04:20 | goodhumourman | 47 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 16:31 |  lleon79 | 1,146 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 19:47 | szhiagngey | 233 | 99/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.9.
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Destiny forum mentions
paladisiac 09/21/2018 16:16 in What album are you listening to right now?
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/29/2016 12:42 | #176006 | TOP COMMENT
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Their second best album after Triumph. A strong album contains dance numbers Blame It On The Boogie, Shake Your Body... & All Nite Dancin', the title track Destiny plus another two slower numbers Bless His Soul & That's What You Get.... are really good & give the album a nice balance only low point is Things I Do For You. (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2015 03:05 | #134244 | TOP COMMENT
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The album where MJ's adult voice begins to shine. Overlooked. (Edited)
This is essential listening. Should be ranked WAY higher (at the time of this writing it is at 9,433). Great tunes and MJ’s golden beautiful voice (Edited)
A good record but I think the Jackson's had taken about as far as they could go.
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