Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 52,000 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 Kingdom1The Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)304,334
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)261,894
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd37The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)218,192
United Kingdom4David Bowie91The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)158,618
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)134,853
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)127,398
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,822
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,950
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)79,461
United States10Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)77,310
United States11Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,659
Canada12Neil Young90After The Gold Rush (82nd)72,049
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)71,740
United States14Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)68,433
United States15The Beach Boys70Pet Sounds (11th)64,927
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)64,143
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)62,422
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,953
United States19Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,599
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (70th)58,237
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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