The Songstress
by Anita Baker
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
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 3190 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 479.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to The Songstress on YouTube
The Songstress track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Songstress rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 33 Music Albums of 1983 | 23/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 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. | 24 | |||
The Songstress collection
Showing all 6 members who have this album in their collection
The Songstress 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 14 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/14/2026 17:27 | Tamthebam | 23,149 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 00:47 | traistboar | 1,752 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 18:38 | Vitetia | 378 | 100/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2024 07:08 | TonySayers61 | 25,172 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2023 12:22 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
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 69.0/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.4.
The Songstress favourites
Showing all 2 members who have added this album as a favourite
The Songstress comments
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
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!
Your feedback for The Songstress
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
