James Brown 
Aliases: James Brown And His Famous Flames.
The best album credited to James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 622 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,762.
James Brown is ranked number 287 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 7,019.
- See also:
- James Brown Presents His Band
- The J.B.'s
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James Brown best albums
The following albums by James Brown are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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This may not be a complete discography for James Brown.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
James Brown bestography composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 31 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 26 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 18 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
James Brown best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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55/100  | 08/30/2025 08:29 | pago82 | | 67/100 |
60/100 | 05/23/2024 05:58 |  zags7000 | | 77/100 |
85/100 | 03/09/2024 15:56 | poblo | | 71/100 |
70/100 | 11/22/2023 09:35 | zsolti | | 81/100 |
95/100 | 10/01/2023 09:13 | MaxStorm98 | | 92/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.1.
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StefanR10 06/13/2020 22:18
Greatest Funkman that ever lived
The Godfather of RnB
Fischman 01/07/2019 21:36
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This man just created the funk and the f*king Michael Jackson!! One of the greatest artists of ALL TIME!!
In top 10 great performers
tgarritsen 02/12/2014 17:43
My favourite performer. He has so much passion and energy in his live shows.
Tamthebam 07/21/2013 20:43
The Godfather of Soul is a fitting name, he has influenced so many, most notably Prince and Bootsy Collins.
junodog4 09/02/2012 19:54
James Brown taught every other artist how to perform. Nobody else put as much into it as the hardest working man in show-business.
Captain_Dude 07/05/2011 18:38
LIVE AT THE APOLLO just may be the finest capture of a live performance ever. Listen to it and you'll feel as if you're there.
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