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)297,401
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)254,157
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)213,507
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)155,272
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)132,475
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)125,205
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)93,923
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)81,141
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)77,469
United States10Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)76,078
United States11Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)75,835
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)73,280
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,045
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (38th)67,682
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)63,960
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)62,730
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (19th)60,581
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (48th)59,594
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)58,450
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (74th)57,529
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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