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 Kingdom101Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (261st)21,768
United States102Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (176th)21,765
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,683
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,499
United States105Beck19Odelay (259th)21,222
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,214
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,769
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,343
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,238
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,175
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (273rd)19,611
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (171st)19,447
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,347
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,243
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,076
United States116Love18Forever Changes (73rd)19,018
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (290th)18,894
United States118Paul Simon28Graceland (125th)18,822
United Kingdom119Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)18,792
United States120The Stooges14Fun House (205th)18,708
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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