Top-ranked bands

The top bands that appear most prominently in over 9,600 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:

N.B. Artists 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 important than albums).

Customise chart

All CountriesAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatia (Hrvatska)CubaCyprusCzech RepublicDemocratic Republic of CongoDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEast TimorEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Faroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaGabonGambia, TheGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly See (Vatican City)HondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyIvory CoastJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, NorthKorea, SouthKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMixed NationalityMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNetherlands AntillesNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairn IslandsPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarReunionRomaniaRussiaRwandaS. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls.Saint HelenaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbia and MontenegroSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan Mayen IslandsSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnknownUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Islands (U.S.)Wallis and Futuna IslandsWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabwe   Show child acts   If an artist has performed under more than one name, checking this option allows you to view their acts individually (the default view combines all of their acts together).   

	Rank	Band	Albums   The number of albums by this band featuring in the greatest album charts.	Top Ranked Album   The top ranked album by this band and where it ranks in the overall chart.	Score   Total rank score for this band (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
	101	Elton John	34	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (183rd)	14,256
	102	Eminem	8	The Marshall Mathers LP (161st)	14,220
	103	Ramones	19	Ramones (129th)	14,213
	104	P.J. Harvey	10	Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (272nd)	14,146
	105	Dire Straits	10	Brothers In Arms (211th)	13,727
	106	Manic Street Preachers	13	The Holy Bible (254th)	13,720
	107	Deep Purple	28	Machine Head (210th)	13,548
	108	Queens Of The Stone Age	7	Songs For The Deaf (143rd)	13,336
	109	Leonard Cohen	14	Songs Of Leonard Cohen (200th)	13,286
	110	Gorillaz	6	Demon Days (162nd)	13,247
	111	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	18	The Boatman's Call (411th)	13,076
	112	Steely Dan	12	Aja (222nd)	12,937
	113	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	14	Trout Mask Replica (153rd)	12,903
	114	Paul Simon	17	Graceland (120th)	12,752
	115	Talk Talk	11	Laughing Stock (226th)	12,712
	116	Porcupine Tree	30	Fear Of A Blank Planet (363rd)	12,552
	117	Alice In Chains	12	Dirt (179th)	12,268
	118	Daft Punk	6	Discovery (158th)	12,060
	119	Creedence Clearwater Revival	10	Cosmo's Factory (258th)	11,916
	120	The Police	10	Synchronicity (260th)	11,866