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)21,818
United Kingdom102Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (262nd)21,752
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,710
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,556
United States105Beck19Odelay (258th)21,289
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,283
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (311th)20,758
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (181st)20,369
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,336
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (58th)20,280
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (271st)19,642
United Kingdom112Peter Gabriel27So (225th)19,533
United States113Joanna Newsom7Ys (170th)19,470
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (160th)19,368
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,254
United States116Love18Forever Changes (72nd)19,078
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (292nd)18,982
United Kingdom118Massive Attack10Mezzanine (148th)18,912
United Kingdom119Dire Straits16Brothers In Arms (219th)18,794
United States120Paul Simon28Graceland (126th)18,771
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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