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) (-)301,719
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,729
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)216,141
United Kingdom4David Bowie92Divine Symmetry (-)156,885
United States5Bob Dylan78Greatest Hits 2 (-)133,597
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (-)126,556
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Licked Live In NYC (-)94,451
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,074
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,385
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,825
United States11Kendrick Lamar9Training Day (-)76,661
Canada12Neil Young91Lucky Thirteen (-)72,324
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,928
United States14Miles Davis120That's What Happened 1982-1985 (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) (-)68,191
United States15The Beach Boys72Beach Boys 66/69 (-)64,396
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,632
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,577
United States18R.E.M.35R.E.M. At The BBC (-)59,690
United States19Jimi Hendrix67"Live" (Vol. 1) "I'm A Man" (-)59,038
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Albany 05/13/14 (-)58,103
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