Top-ranked bands

The top bands that appear most prominently in over 9,700 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).

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	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	Foo Fighters	10	The Colour And The Shape (212th)	14,468
	102	Eminem	8	The Marshall Mathers LP (158th)	14,357
	103	Elton John	34	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (180th)	14,343
	104	Ramones	19	Ramones (130th)	14,277
	105	Queens Of The Stone Age	7	Songs For The Deaf (142nd)	13,977
	106	Deep Purple	28	Machine Head (214th)	13,814
	107	Dire Straits	12	Brothers In Arms (213th)	13,742
	108	Talk Talk	11	Laughing Stock (217th)	13,436
	109	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	18	The Boatman's Call (422nd)	13,367
	110	Leonard Cohen	14	Songs Of Leonard Cohen (201st)	13,339
	111	Manic Street Preachers	13	The Holy Bible (256th)	13,296
	112	Gorillaz	6	Demon Days (168th)	13,216
	113	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	14	Trout Mask Replica (152nd)	13,095
	114	Paul Simon	17	Graceland (120th)	12,876
	115	Steely Dan	12	Aja (231st)	12,687
	116	Daft Punk	6	Discovery (156th)	12,534
	117	Porcupine Tree	30	Fear Of A Blank Planet (371st)	12,514
	118	Alice In Chains	12	Dirt (178th)	12,436
	119	Charles Mingus	16	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (173rd)	11,893
	120	Nas	11	Illmatic (121st)	11,867