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 States601Warren Zevon19Excitable Boy (1,237th)2,792
United States602Styx36The Grand Illusion (1,681st)2,778
United Kingdom603Stereophonics14Word Gets Around (1,833rd)2,772
United Kingdom604UFO35Strangers In The Night (2,393rd)2,760
United Kingdom605The Human League18Dare (817th)2,755
United States606Laurie Anderson12Big Science (1,057th)2,753
Germany607Popol Vuh (DE)19Hosianna Mantra (1,086th)2,750
United Kingdom608Archy Marshall8The Ooz (1,409th)2,747
United Kingdom609The La's2The La's (652nd)2,746
United Kingdom610Jessie Ware5What's Your Pleasure? (1,126th)2,744
United States611The Crickets9The "Chirping" Crickets (679th)2,744
United States612Brian Wilson15Brian Wilson Presents Smile (755th)2,738
Ireland613Damien Rice5O (911th)2,733
United States614X (US)14Los Angeles (1,037th)2,731
United Kingdom615The Pretty Things30S.F. Sorrow (991st)2,729
Germany616Rammstein16Mutter (1,798th)2,726
United Kingdom617John Martyn26Solid Air (1,138th)2,725
United States618Randy Newman35Sail Away (1,609th)2,720
United States619John Fahey24Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (1,926th)2,715
United States620William Basinski21The Disintegration Loops I (1,523rd)2,704
Total artists: 1,000. Page 31 of 50
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