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 Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)300,625
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)257,477
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)215,442
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)156,487
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)133,408
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)126,118
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,360
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)82,712
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,271
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,607
United States11Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,419
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)73,571
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,755
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (38th)68,222
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,289
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,418
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,254
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,599
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)58,954
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (72nd)57,984
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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