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 Kingdom81Portishead6Dummy (73rd)25,062
Australia82AC/DC28Back In Black (137th)24,967
United States83Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,809
United States84The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)24,728
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,464
United Kingdom86Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,191
Canada87Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (150th)24,158
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (213th)23,967
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)23,950
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,547
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,505
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,448
Germany93Can32Tago Mago (152nd)23,444
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,288
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,655
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (242nd)22,451
United States97Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,261
United Kingdom98PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,202
United Kingdom99Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (121st)22,118
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)22,054
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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