Top-ranked artists from United Kingdom

The top-ranked artists from United Kingdom 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 Kingdom1The Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)301,647
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)259,261
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd37The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)215,815
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)157,267
United Kingdom5Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)126,016
United Kingdom6The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,670
United Kingdom7The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)71,226
United Kingdom8The Cure37Disintegration (32nd)53,803
United Kingdom9King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)53,678
United Kingdom10The Who48Who's Next (40th)52,976
United Kingdom11The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,817
United Kingdom12Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)43,758
United Kingdom13Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,099
United Kingdom14Black Sabbath45Paranoid (56th)42,328
United Kingdom15Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,246
United Kingdom16Kate Bush17Hounds Of Love (58th)37,146
United Kingdom17Nick Drake12Pink Moon (50th)36,156
United Kingdom18Oasis12(What's The Story) Morning Glory? (61st)35,431
United Kingdom19Van Morrison57Astral Weeks (68th)34,734
United Kingdom20Coldplay20A Rush Of Blood To The Head (100th)34,118
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