The Buddy Holly Story
by Buddy Holly
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Buddy Holly bestography
The Buddy Holly Story is ranked 3rd best out of 23 albums by Buddy Holly on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Buddy Holly is Buddy Holly which is ranked number 652 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,623.
(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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The Buddy Holly Story track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Buddy Holly Story 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 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 74 Music Albums of 1959 | 2/74 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1959 | 34/90 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1959 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 55 Music Albums of 1959 | 16/55 | 4 |
| 2025 | WayneMC | Uncut The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1950s (1-100) | 65/100 | - |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1959 | 16/21 | - |
| 2025 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 16 Music Albums of 1959 | 7/16 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 146 | |||
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The Buddy Holly Story ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/19/2026 12:21 | Leonard | 6,633 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 11:14 | Leginlists | 3,840 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 15:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,673 | 70/100 |
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 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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