Top-ranked artists of the 1990s

The top-ranked artists of the 1990s 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 Kingdom1Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)112,705
United States2Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)72,002
United States3Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,442
United States4The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (54th)39,772
5My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)33,774
United Kingdom6Oasis12(What's The Story) Morning Glory? (61st)33,257
United States7Pearl Jam84Ten (51st)31,089
United States8R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)29,677
United States9Weezer27Weezer (Blue Album) (78th)28,689
United Kingdom10Richard David James36Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (234th)27,261
Australia11Nick Cave30The Boatman's Call (388th)27,196
Iceland12Björk25Homogenic (93rd)26,234
United States13Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (176th)21,676
United States14Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,035
United Kingdom15Blur24Parklife (212th)19,852
United Kingdom16Portishead6Dummy (73rd)19,572
United States17Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)19,498
United States18Nas21Illmatic (65th)19,232
Iceland19Sigur Rós21Ágætis Byrjun (71st)17,389
United Kingdom20Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)17,300
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