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 (175th)21,812
United Kingdom102Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (262nd)21,744
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,639
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,477
United States105Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,288
United States106Beck19Odelay (257th)21,230
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,785
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,319
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,213
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,142
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (273rd)19,598
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (168th)19,487
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,343
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,214
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,124
United States116Love18Forever Changes (74th)18,973
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (290th)18,883
United Kingdom118Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)18,813
United States119Paul Simon28Graceland (125th)18,791
United States120The Stooges14Fun House (205th)18,680
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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