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)
Australia81AC/DC28Back In Black (137th)25,099
United Kingdom82Portishead6Dummy (76th)24,989
United States83Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,755
United States84The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)24,687
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,548
United Kingdom86Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,285
Canada87Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (149th)24,196
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (211th)24,072
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)24,051
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,684
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,566
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (142nd)23,529
Germany93Can32Tago Mago (153rd)23,471
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,301
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (176th)22,748
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (241st)22,523
United Kingdom97Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (120th)22,238
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,224
United Kingdom99PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (284th)22,203
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)22,149
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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