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).

Customise chart
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 States241The Decemberists17Picaresqueties (-)7,992
Canada242Grimes7Art Angels (434th)7,965
Canada243Broken Social Scene13You Forgot It In People (288th)7,880
United States244Thelonious Monk53The Best Of Thelonious Monk (2004) (-)7,872
United States245Fugazi12First Demo (-)7,833
United States246Tim Buckley15The Peel Sessions (-)7,780
United States247Carole King26The Legendary Demos (-)7,715
United States248Faith No More11Angel Dust (538th)7,680
United States249Beyoncé11More Only (-)7,664
United States250Otis Redding23The Ultimate Otis Redding (-)7,642
United Kingdom251Steven Wilson39Dronework (-)7,641
United Kingdom252T. Rex30The Unobtainable T. Rex (-)7,638
United States253Funkadelic19Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic (-)7,517
United States254D'Angelo5Black Messiah (525th)7,497
United Kingdom255The Jam21The Sound Of The Jam (-)7,496
United States256Billie Holiday77God Bless The Child: The Very Best Of Billie Holiday (-)7,484
Sweden257Opeth18The Candlelight Years (-)7,421
United Kingdom258The xx4xx (344th)7,418
United States259Julia Holter8Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (-)7,399
United States260Slayer15Reign In Blood (474th)7,361
Total artists: 1,000. Page 13 of 50
Back to Top