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 Kingdom1The Beatles68The U.S. Singles Collection (Volume 1) (-)301,581
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,498
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)216,007
United Kingdom4David Bowie92Is It Any Wonder (-)156,841
United States5Bob Dylan78The Complete Budokan 1978 (-)133,539
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (-)126,537
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Rolled Gold Vol. 2 (-)94,386
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)82,994
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,327
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,824
United States11Kendrick Lamar9Training Day (-)76,553
Canada12Neil Young91Lucky Thirteen (-)72,690
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,958
United States14Miles Davis120Rubberband (-)68,239
United States15The Beach Boys72Made In U.S.A. (-)64,367
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,571
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,495
United States18R.E.M.35R.E.M. At The BBC (-)59,666
United States19Jimi Hendrix67"Live" (Vol. 1) "I'm A Man" (-)59,062
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Bridge School Benefit Concert, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, October 13, 1986 (-)58,054
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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