The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
by Mahalia Jackson
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Mahalia Jackson bestography
The World's Greatest Gospel Singer is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Mahalia Jackson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mahalia Jackson is Newport 1958 which is ranked number 10672 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 113.
(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 World's Greatest Gospel Singer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The World's Greatest Gospel Singer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 50 Music Albums of 1955 | 12/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 12 Music Albums of 1955 | 9/12 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1955 | 11/15 | 2 |
| 2026 |  StefanR10 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1955 | 58/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 62 Music Albums of 1955 | 38/62 | 2 |
| 2026 | junodog4 | Top 85 Music Albums of the 1950s | 72/85 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1955 | 14/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 22 Music Albums of 1955 | 8/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 67 Music Albums of 1955 | 32/67 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 40 Music Albums of 1955 | 25/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 68 | |||
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The World's Greatest Gospel Singer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/22/2025 18:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,261 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2025 11:10 | Tamthebam | 23,329 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2025 19:03 | TonySayers61 | 25,888 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.
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