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 States21Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,592
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,145
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,370
United States24The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,818
United Kingdom25The Cure37Disintegration (32nd)53,816
United Kingdom26King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)53,720
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)53,019
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,850
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,653
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,489
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)43,783
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,104
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (56th)42,287
Iceland34Björk25Homogenic (93rd)42,042
35My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,006
United States36Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,871
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (54th)41,691
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,277
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,795
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,341
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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