Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 51,000 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).

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)
1	The Beatles	68	Abbey Road (3rd)	312,814
2	Radiohead	22	OK Computer (1st)	270,750
3	Pink Floyd	37	The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)	223,537
4	David Bowie	91	The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)	161,879
5	Bob Dylan	76	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)	137,685
6	Led Zeppelin	23	Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)	130,044
7	The Rolling Stones	98	Exile On Main St. (44th)	96,059
8	Arcade Fire	7	Funeral (14th)	86,393
9	The Velvet Underground	18	The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)	82,137
10	Kendrick Lamar	9	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)	78,859
11	Nirvana (US)	17	Nevermind (15th)	78,012
12	The Smiths	15	The Queen Is Dead (17th)	73,356
13	Neil Young	88	After The Gold Rush (83rd)	72,690
14	Miles Davis	118	Kind Of Blue (37th)	70,090
15	The Beach Boys	70	Pet Sounds (11th)	66,491
16	Kanye West	14	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)	65,429
17	Pixies	26	Doolittle (18th)	64,272
18	Jimi Hendrix	67	Are You Experienced (39th)	60,620
19	R.E.M.	35	Automatic For The People (50th)	60,510
20	Bruce Springsteen	143	Born To Run (71st)	59,427

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