Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 52,000 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 States21Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,664
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,413
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,724
United Kingdom24The Cure37Disintegration (31st)54,270
United Kingdom25King Crimson88In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)54,226
United States26The Doors45The Doors (30th)54,206
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)53,464
United Kingdom28The Clash18London Calling (20th)49,337
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,726
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,816
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)44,154
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,438
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (55th)42,618
34My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,370
Iceland35Björk25Homogenic (94th)42,243
United States36Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)42,051
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (56th)42,045
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,408
United States39Metallica29Master Of Puppets (105th)41,168
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,516
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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