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 States81Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)25,174
United States82The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)25,116
United Kingdom83Portishead6Dummy (73rd)25,066
Australia84AC/DC28Back In Black (136th)24,951
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,404
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (150th)24,150
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,130
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (211th)23,991
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)23,887
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (133rd)23,490
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,469
Germany92Can32Tago Mago (152nd)23,444
France93Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,428
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,241
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,614
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (242nd)22,389
United States97Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,235
United Kingdom98PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (278th)22,233
United Kingdom99Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)22,064
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)21,987
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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