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 States281The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (308th)6,827
United States282Art Blakey64Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (508th)6,805
United Kingdom283Franz Ferdinand7Franz Ferdinand (377th)6,732
United States284Ray Charles55Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1,089th)6,725
285Scott Walker23Scott 4 (788th)6,710
United States286Guided By Voices61Bee Thousand (535th)6,708
Germany287Nico17Chelsea Girl (634th)6,704
United States288Weyes Blood7Titanic Rising (336th)6,700
Canada289Destroyer17Kaputt (475th)6,697
United States290Curtis Mayfield24Superfly (528th)6,692
Brazil291Jorge Ben19A Tábua De Esmeralda (642nd)6,648
United States292James Brown88James Brown Live At The Apollo (699th)6,633
United States293Brockhampton10Saturation III (883rd)6,625
United States294Ornette Coleman34The Shape Of Jazz To Come (465th)6,584
Canada295Alvvays3Alvvays (687th)6,556
United States296Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (696th)6,543
Sweden297ABBA24Arrival (1,183rd)6,509
298Derek & The Dominos4Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (273rd)6,480
United Kingdom299Yusuf Islam27Tea For The Tillerman (523rd)6,431
United Kingdom300Florence + The Machine8Lungs (728th)6,409
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