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 States101Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (177th)21,781
United States102Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,728
United Kingdom103Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (264th)21,605
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,514
United States105Lou Reed37Transformer (136th)21,287
United States106Beck19Odelay (259th)21,236
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,796
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,409
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,246
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (58th)20,197
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (274th)19,611
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (175th)19,385
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,374
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (161st)19,283
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,104
United States116Love18Forever Changes (72nd)19,055
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (289th)18,926
United States118Paul Simon28Graceland (124th)18,838
United Kingdom119Massive Attack10Mezzanine (148th)18,833
United Kingdom120Cocteau Twins17Heaven Or Las Vegas (160th)18,796
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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