Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists 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)
United States961Arthur Russell13World Of Echo (1,627th)1,548
United States962Monks (US)2Black Monk Time (1,150th)1,546
United States963John Zorn71Naked City (2,079th)1,546
United States964AFI13Sing The Sorrow (2,413th)1,542
United Kingdom965Free12Fire And Water (2,055th)1,542
United Kingdom966Richard Thompson38Mirror Blue (4,175th)1,538
United States967Against Me!13Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2,512th)1,537
968Steppenwolf17Steppenwolf (2,585th)1,537
Canada969Sum 419Chuck (3,795th)1,537
United Kingdom970Roy Harper26Stormcock (1,965th)1,536
United States971Gang Starr9Moment Of Truth (1,977th)1,534
United States972Jack Johnson10In Between Dreams (1,621st)1,534
United Kingdom973Orange Juice7You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (1,741st)1,533
United States974The Dandy Warhols12Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (1,674th)1,533
Canada975The Unicorns2Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (1,158th)1,533
United Kingdom976Metronomy8The English Riviera (1,634th)1,531
United States977Okkervil River13Black Sheep Boy (2,941st)1,529
United States978Count Basie38Basie (1,865th)1,528
United Kingdom979Bert Jansch35Bert Jansch (2,071st)1,528
United States980Madlib39The Unseen (2,814th)1,527
Total artists: 1,000. Page 49 of 50
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