Top-ranked artists from South Africa

The top-ranked artists from South Africa that appear most prominently in over 53,000 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:

N.B. Artist from before the mid-1960s may not be as well represented in this chart, because this chart only takes into account their albums. (Before that time, singles were far more prevalent than albums).

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Rank Artist Albums The number of albums by this artist featuring in the greatest album charts. Top Ranked Album The top ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart. Score Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
South Africa21Nakhane Touré2You Will Not Die (33,768th)27
South Africa22Spokes Mashiyane / Miriam Makeba / Leo De Lyon1New Sounds Of Africa (30,407th)26
South Africa23Nduduzo Makhathini4In The Spirit Of Ntu (45,534th)26
South Africa24Batsumi2Batsumi (31,170th)25
South Africa25The Constructus Corporation1The Ziggurat (31,581st)25
South Africa26John Wizards1John Wizards (33,732nd)23
South Africa27Prime Circle1Jekyll & Hyde (34,400th)22
South Africa28Howard Carpendale2Ich Geb' Mir Selbst 'ne Party (45,770th)21
South Africa29Johnny Clegg & Savuka6Third World Child (45,577th)20
South Africa30Goldfish3Perceptions Of Pacha (46,139th)20
South Africa31Ruff Majik2Seasons (40,700th)19
South Africa32Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band1The African Sound (39,780th)18
South Africa33Desire Marea2Desire (58,757th)16
South Africa34Nozinja1Nozinja Lodge (42,901st)16
South Africa35Vusi Mahlasela3Shebeen Queen (61,089th)15
South Africa36Mzwakhe Mbuli2Resistance Is Defence (44,357th)15
South Africa37The Parlotones7Stardust Galaxies (54,853rd)15
South Africa38Jack Parow1Jack Parow (44,128th)15
South Africa39Tumi Mogorosi1Group Theory: Black Music (44,256th)15
South Africa40Spoek Mathambo4Mshini Wam (63,122nd)14
Total artists: 138. Page 2 of 7
 
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