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 States81Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)25,182
United States82The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)25,122
United Kingdom83Portishead6Dummy (73rd)25,055
Australia84AC/DC28Back In Black (136th)24,954
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,413
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (150th)24,156
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,136
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (212th)23,976
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)23,890
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,501
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,458
Germany92Can32Tago Mago (152nd)23,451
France93Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,433
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,247
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,617
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (242nd)22,386
United Kingdom97PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (278th)22,234
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,229
United Kingdom99Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)22,066
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)21,994
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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