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 States21Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,599
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,143
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,393
United Kingdom24The Cure37Disintegration (32nd)53,830
United States25The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,823
United Kingdom26King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)53,724
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)53,022
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,858
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,655
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,498
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)43,786
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,104
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (56th)42,289
Iceland34Björk25Homogenic (93rd)42,048
35My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,020
United States36Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,881
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (54th)41,695
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,281
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,805
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,354
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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