Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 57,000 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)
United Kingdom1The Beatles70Abbey Road (3rd)271,412
United Kingdom2Radiohead25OK Computer (1st)226,255
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)192,386
United Kingdom4David Bowie93The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (7th)144,980
United States5Bob Dylan79Highway 61 Revisited (27th)124,378
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)116,090
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones102Exile On Main St. (45th)88,127
Canada8Arcade Fire8Funeral (15th)73,249
United States9Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)71,493
United States10The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)70,755
Canada11Neil Young94After The Gold Rush (83rd)70,138
United States12Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)69,749
United States13Miles Davis125Kind Of Blue (37th)65,361
United Kingdom14The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (16th)64,486
United States15The Beach Boys76Pet Sounds (11th)59,399
United States16R.E.M.36Automatic For The People (48th)58,448
United States17Kanye West15My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)58,165
United States18Pixies28Doolittle (18th)55,112
United States19Bruce Springsteen154Born To Run (76th)54,534
United States20Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (39th)54,493
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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