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)301,624
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,865
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)216,618
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)157,243
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)133,511
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)126,639
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,516
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,302
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,475
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,855
United States11Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,574
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)72,054
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)71,086
United States14Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (38th)68,211
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,449
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,639
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,677
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,718
United States19Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,028
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (73rd)57,877
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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