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 grid size from 3x3 up to 10x10, upload your covers, and every cover is cropped to a square cell so the chart stays neat. Add a title beside each row if you want, choose the background and text color, 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 larger sizes up to 10x10 hold a full year of listening. You can change the size at any time.
  2. Upload album covers. Click Upload album covers to add several images at once and they fill the grid from the top-left cell, or click a single empty cell to add one cover there, or 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. Add titles (optional). Turn on Show titles and type one line for each row in the title list, the classic per-row format that keeps a big chart readable.
  5. Style it. Set the gap between covers and pick a background and title color that make the artwork pop.
  6. Download. Save the finished chart as a PNG, or a JPG or WebP for a smaller file, and share it.

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. From 6x6 up to 10x10 you get the power-user charts: a full discography, an all-time favorite albums list, or a top albums of the year roundup with dozens of covers.

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 with one title per row rather than one per cover. Per-row titles keep the panel short even on a 10x10 (ten inputs, not a hundred) and match the format most people expect from an album list. The titles are drawn straight onto the chart, so what you see in the preview is exactly what downloads.

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 upload your album covers. Uploading several at once fills the grid from the top-left, and you can also click any single cell to add or replace one cover. Add titles if you like, adjust the gap and colors, 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?

Every size from 3x3 (9 covers) up to 10x10 (100 covers), including 4x4, 5x5 and 6x6. A 3x3 is a top 9, a 5x5 is a top 25, and the larger grids suit full year-in-review or all-time top albums lists.

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. Turn on Show titles and a title list appears with one row per grid row. Type the album names there and they are drawn onto the chart next to the covers, so they are part of the downloaded image.

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.