Empress Of The Blues
by Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith bestography
Empress Of The Blues is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Bessie Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bessie Smith is Empress Of The Blues which is ranked number 8293 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 152.
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Empress Of The Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Empress Of The Blues rankings summary
Overall rank: 29,558th | 2000s rank: 5,461st | 2004 rank: 533rd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top Music Albums of the 1940's | 43/43 | - |
| 2024 | iancrockert141 | Top 97 Music Albums of the 2000s | 33/97 | 13 |
| 2018 | StevePereira | Top 34 Greatest Music Albums | 13/34 | 11 |
| 2017 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 0 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2004 | 1/20 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/01/2020 12:12 | spinout | 3,523 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2018 00:11 | TodFitz | 27,368 | 63/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 01:25 |  Maxence | 12,812 | 61/100 |
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