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)303,593
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)261,101
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd37The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)217,506
United Kingdom4David Bowie91The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)158,126
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)134,540
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)127,036
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,590
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,894
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)79,230
United States10Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)77,106
United States11Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,480
Canada12Neil Young90After The Gold Rush (82nd)71,953
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)71,586
United States14Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)68,230
United States15The Beach Boys70Pet Sounds (11th)64,737
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,971
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)62,276
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,850
United States19Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,398
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (70th)58,103
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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