Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 54,000 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)290,175
United Kingdom2Radiohead23OK Computer (1st)247,776
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)208,259
United Kingdom4David Bowie91The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)153,160
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (27th)130,522
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)122,137
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)92,532
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)78,935
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)76,115
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)74,525
United States11Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)74,417
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)72,683
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)68,654
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (37th)67,308
United States15The Beach Boys73Pet Sounds (11th)62,739
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)61,777
United States17R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (48th)59,545
United States18Pixies27Doolittle (19th)59,280
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)57,768
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (73rd)56,828
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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