Album Cover Grid Maker

Build a Topster-style music chart: a grid of your favorite album covers with titles beside them, ready to download and share. Free, no signup.

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Make a Topster-Style Album Cover Grid

This free album cover grid maker builds a Topster: a tidy grid of your favorite album covers that you can download as one image and post anywhere. Pick a 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 or 10x10 grid, tap the empty cells to add your covers, and every cover is cropped to a square cell so the chart stays neat. Drag covers to rank them, name each album if you want, and save the whole music chart as a single PNG, JPG or WebP. Nothing is uploaded to a server, there is no signup and there is no watermark.

The classic Topster started on the music site Rate Your Music and spread across Twitter, Discord and Reddit, where communities like r/topsters trade end-of-year lists. This album chart generator is a modern, in-browser version of that same idea: it works just as well as a books, films, anime or video game cover grid, since any square cover art fits the cells.

How to Make a Topster

  1. Choose a grid size. 3x3 is the popular top 9, 4x4 is a top 16, 5x5 is a top 25, and 10x10 holds a full year of listening. You can change the size at any time and no cover is lost.
  2. Add album covers. Tap any empty cell (the + tiles) and pick one or several images: they fill that cell and the next empty ones in order. You can also drag image files straight onto the chart.
  3. Crop happens for you. Each cover is center-cropped to a square, so a rectangular screenshot or scan still sits cleanly in its cell.
  4. Rank them. Drag a cover to another cell to move it; on a phone, hold it for a moment first. The covers in between shift along, like a ranked list.
  5. Add titles (optional). Tap a cover and type its name in the Title box, for example Artist - Album. The titles appear in a list beside the grid, row by row, the classic Topster look.
  6. Download. Save the finished chart as a PNG, or a JPG or WebP for a smaller file, and share it. The gap, the background and the title color are under More options.

Grid Sizes and What They Are For

The grid size sets how many albums your chart holds. A 3x3 grid is the Instagram-friendly top 9, great for a "records this month" post. A 4x4 is a balanced top 16 that reads well on Twitter and Reddit. A 5x5 is the classic Topster top 25, deep enough to show a real collection without crowding. A 10x10 is the power-user chart: a full discography, an all-time favorite albums list, or a top 100 albums of the year.

Because every cell is a square, this tool suits anything with square cover art, not only music. Swap in film posters cropped square, book covers, anime key art or game boxes and the same album grid layout works as a general cover collage.

Titles Beside the Grid

Topsters traditionally list the album names in a column next to the chart, and this creator follows that convention: every cover can carry its own title, and each row's titles are listed beside that row. Tap a cover to name it, and press Enter to jump to the next one, so a whole chart is named in one go. A file already named in the Artist - Album form names itself when you add it. The titles are drawn straight onto the chart, so what you see in the preview is exactly what downloads, and turning Show titles off under More options gives you a plain square grid.

Tips for a Great Music Chart

Free, Private, No Watermark

Everything runs in your browser. Your album covers are read straight from your device and drawn on a canvas, so they never leave your computer. There is no account, no email and no limit, and the download carries no watermark. To slice a finished chart into pieces for a carousel post, see the image splitter; and to square up a single cover first, the square crop tool handles that.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Topster?

A Topster is a grid of album cover artwork that music fans use to show off their favorite records. The format began on Rate Your Music and became popular on Twitter, Discord and Reddit. This tool is a free, no-signup version of that classic music chart, with optional titles listed beside the grid.

How do I make a Topster?

Choose a grid size, then tap an empty cell and pick your album covers; several at once fill the grid in order. Drag covers to rank them, tap one to give it a title, replace it or remove it, then download the chart as a PNG. The whole thing takes a minute.

Is this album cover grid maker free?

Yes, completely. There is no signup, no email, no watermark on the download and no limit on how many charts you make. It runs entirely in your browser.

What grid sizes can I use?

3x3 (9 covers), 4x4 (16), 5x5 (25) and 10x10 (100). A 3x3 is a top 9, a 5x5 is a top 25, and the 10x10 suits a full year in review or an all-time top 100. Switching sizes keeps your covers in their order.

Do the covers have to be square?

No. Each cover is center-cropped to a square cell automatically, so a rectangular photo, scan or screenshot still fits neatly. For the sharpest result use covers of at least 500 by 500 pixels.

Can I add album titles?

Yes. Tap a cover and type its name in the Title box; each row's titles are listed beside that row and drawn onto the chart, so they are part of the downloaded image. Files named like Artist - Album get their title automatically.

Can I use it for movies, books, anime or games?

Yes. The chart accepts any square cover art, so it works as a films, books, anime or video game grid just as well as a music one. Put the matching titles in the side list.

Does it upload my images to a server?

No. Every cover is processed locally in your browser and rendered on a canvas. Nothing is sent anywhere, so your images stay private on your device.

How do I share my chart on Reddit or Twitter?

Download the PNG (or JPG) and post it like any other image. Charts export at a high resolution, so they stay crisp on retina screens and in communities like r/topsters, r/lastfm or a Discord server.