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)57,562
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,129
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,329
United Kingdom24The Cure37Disintegration (31st)53,788
United States25The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,768
United Kingdom26King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)53,616
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)53,010
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,749
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,520
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,386
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (37th)43,870
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,043
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (55th)42,304
Iceland34Björk25Homogenic (94th)42,019
35My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)41,978
United States36Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,749
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (54th)41,638
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,200
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,896
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,316
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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