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 States101Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (177th)21,825
United States102Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,824
United Kingdom103Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (267th)21,658
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,563
United States105Lou Reed37Transformer (136th)21,397
United States106Beck19Odelay (256th)21,359
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)21,105
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (179th)20,495
United States109Jeff Buckley14Grace (58th)20,334
United States110A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,291
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (273rd)19,731
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (175th)19,480
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel28So (229th)19,415
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,356
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,197
United States116Love18Forever Changes (72nd)19,122
United Kingdom117Cocteau Twins17Heaven Or Las Vegas (159th)18,929
United States118Paul Simon28Graceland (125th)18,926
United Kingdom119Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (294th)18,895
United Kingdom120Massive Attack10Mezzanine (152nd)18,864
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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