Sparkle
by Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Franklin bestography
Sparkle is ranked 21st best out of 68 albums by Aretha Franklin on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Aretha Franklin is I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You which is ranked number 394 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,167.
(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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Sparkle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sparkle rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 36 Music Albums of 1976 | 8/36 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | DigitalDreamDoor | Albums of the year 1976 | 49/98 | 3 |
| 2020 | caseygow | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | 1976: 100+ | 5/37 | - |
| 2018 |  joannajewsom | Top 50 Albums Outside of BEA Top 5000 | 29/50 | - |
| 2017 | joannajewsom | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1970s | 67/80 | 4 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 98/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Sparkle ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 17 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/08/2026 16:08 | Jakor | 5,484 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2023 12:29 | LosWochos | 47,365 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2023 06:56 | Tamthebam | 23,171 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2021 19:27 | mostlymor | 6,997 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2021 11:10 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,720 | 68/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 68.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.
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