Top-ranked bands

The top bands that appear most prominently in over 9,600 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:

N.B. Artists 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 important than albums).

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	Rank	Band	Albums   The number of albums by this band featuring in the greatest album charts.	Top Ranked Album   The top ranked album by this band and where it ranks in the overall chart.	Score   Total rank score for this band (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
	21	R.E.M.	25	Automatic For The People (44th)	48,393
	22	Oasis	11	(What's The Story) Morning Glory? (37th)	47,927
	23	Pearl Jam	23	Ten (34th)	43,556
	24	Coldplay	10	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th)	42,466
	25	Neutral Milk Hotel	4	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (18th)	41,625
	26	Muse	12	Absolution (83rd)	41,391
	27	Joy Division	10	Unknown Pleasures (42nd)	41,106
	28	The Strokes	5	Is This It (27th)	41,105
	29	Metallica	15	Master Of Puppets (74th)	40,052
	30	The Smashing Pumpkins	14	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (62nd)	38,378
	31	Miles Davis	68	Kind Of Blue (43rd)	37,278
	32	The White Stripes	7	Elephant (49th)	35,171
	33	Queen	23	A Night At The Opera (54th)	34,936
	34	Red Hot Chili Peppers	13	Blood Sugar Sex Magik (87th)	34,218
	35	Van Morrison	34	Astral Weeks (51st)	33,193
	36	The Stone Roses	4	The Stone Roses (31st)	31,804
	37	The Flaming Lips	17	The Soft Bulletin (79th)	31,732
	38	My Bloody Valentine	11	Loveless (32nd)	31,156
	39	The Cure	28	Disintegration (69th)	30,732
	40	Talking Heads	14	Remain in Light (70th)	30,513