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 (176th)21,804
United Kingdom102Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (262nd)21,756
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,673
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,500
United States105Beck19Odelay (258th)21,235
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,217
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,782
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,334
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,240
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,176
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (273rd)19,619
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (172nd)19,435
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,338
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,235
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,067
United States116Love18Forever Changes (74th)19,002
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (290th)18,912
United Kingdom118Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)18,827
United States119Paul Simon28Graceland (125th)18,812
United Kingdom120Cocteau Twins17Heaven Or Las Vegas (160th)18,695
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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