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)25,190
United States82The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)25,129
United Kingdom83Portishead6Dummy (74th)25,005
Australia84AC/DC28Back In Black (136th)24,953
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,402
United Kingdom86Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,134
Canada87Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (150th)24,115
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (213th)23,929
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)23,892
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,492
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,464
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,434
Germany93Can32Tago Mago (151st)23,409
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,233
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,626
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (242nd)22,380
United States97Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,237
United Kingdom98PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (278th)22,198
United Kingdom99Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)22,070
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)21,998
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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