Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 55,000 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 Beatles69Abbey Road (3rd)287,420
United Kingdom2Radiohead23OK Computer (1st)241,542
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)204,414
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (8th)151,476
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (28th)129,595
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)121,927
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones100Exile On Main St. (44th)92,053
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)77,467
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)74,719
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)74,162
United States11Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)73,791
Canada12Neil Young92After The Gold Rush (82nd)72,272
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (16th)67,586
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (37th)66,786
United States15The Beach Boys73Pet Sounds (11th)62,065
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)61,507
United States17R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)58,931
United States18Pixies27Doolittle (19th)58,170
United States19Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (39th)57,319
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (74th)56,249
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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