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)57,581
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,204
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,379
United Kingdom24The Cure37Disintegration (32nd)53,815
United States25The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,804
United Kingdom26King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)53,732
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)53,011
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,831
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,653
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,491
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)43,780
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,093
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (56th)42,278
Iceland34Björk25Homogenic (93rd)42,037
35My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,005
United States36Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,867
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (54th)41,681
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,266
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,791
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,344
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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