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 Kingdom1The Beatles68The U.S. Singles Collection (Volume 1) (-)301,604
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,624
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)216,055
United Kingdom4David Bowie92At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) (-)156,836
United States5Bob Dylan78The Complete Budokan 1978 (-)133,555
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (-)126,510
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Rolled Gold Vol. 2 (-)94,420
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,042
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,356
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,798
United States11Kendrick Lamar9Training Day (-)76,636
Canada12Neil Young91Lucky Thirteen (-)72,308
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,904
United States14Miles Davis120Rubberband (-)68,174
United States15The Beach Boys72Smiley Smile / Wild Honey (-)64,375
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,612
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,552
United States18R.E.M.35R.E.M. At The BBC (-)59,676
United States19Jimi Hendrix67"Live" (Vol. 1) "I'm A Man" (-)59,020
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park New Jersey November 24, 1996 (-)58,086
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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