The Songstress (studio album)
by Anita Baker
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Anita Baker bestography
The Songstress is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by Anita Baker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anita Baker is Rapture which is ranked number 3023 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 499.
(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 Songstress track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Songstress rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | lanadeleswift | Top 32 Music Albums of 1983 | 22/32 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2025 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | Tamthebam | My Overall Chart 401- 500 (1953-2020) | 90/99 | - |
| 2022 | WayneMC | Top 78 Music Albums of 1983 | 30/78 | 3 |
| 2022 |  Skinny | My record collection (A-C) | 15/79 | - |
| 2020 |  UofTBlues | Top 21 Music Albums of 1983 | 8/21 | 3 |
| 1983 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1983 | 10/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
The Songstress collection
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The Songstress ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/31/2025 18:38 | Vitetia | 378 | 100/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2024 10:10 | Tamthebam | 22,932 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2024 07:08 | TonySayers61 | 23,226 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2023 12:22 |  CaptainPain | 3,272 | 61/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2022 11:58 | RemainInLight | 3,152 | 36/100 |
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 69.2/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.4.
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TheDude85 05/06/2019 19:37 | #235915
"Angel" and "You're The Best Thing" are a great one-two punch to start of this classic album. Baker is so smooth!
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