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 Kingdom201alt-J7An Awesome Wave (227th)9,926
United States202Yo La Tengo29I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (464th)9,769
United States203Aretha Franklin65I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (404th)9,683
United States204Sly & The Family Stone18There's A Riot Goin' On (413th)9,533
United States205Dream Theater36Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (760th)9,501
United Kingdom206Marillion40Misplaced Childhood (591st)9,484
United Kingdom207The Jesus And Mary Chain16Psychocandy (293rd)9,476
United States208Jay-Z16The Blueprint (505th)9,457
United States209Violent Femmes13Violent Femmes (200th)9,420
United States210Grizzly Bear9Veckatimest (414th)9,371
France211Air13Moon Safari (247th)9,358
United Kingdom212Amy Winehouse6Back To Black (199th)9,273
United States213Big Star17#1 Record (416th)9,262
United States214Aerosmith32Toys In The Attic (784th)9,214
United States215Blondie24Parallel Lines (279th)9,211
United States216Ween23The Mollusk (513th)9,055
New Zealand (Aotearoa)217Lorde5Melodrama (316th)8,993
United States218The Antlers10Hospice (283rd)8,966
United States219Hüsker Dü11Zen Arcade (419th)8,963
Canada220Mac DeMarco15Salad Days (444th)8,926
Total artists: 1,000. Page 11 of 50
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