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 States21Talking Heads17Remain In Light (26th)55,957
United Kingdom22The Cure39Disintegration (31st)54,684
Ireland23U236The Joshua Tree (52nd)53,176
United States24Sufjan Stevens29Illinois (43rd)53,082
United States25The Doors46The Doors (29th)52,520
United Kingdom26King Crimson90In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)52,135
United Kingdom27The Who49Who's Next (40th)50,603
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)46,301
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)46,110
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)42,780
United Kingdom31Black Sabbath47Paranoid (51st)42,323
United Kingdom32Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)41,874
Iceland33Björk27Homogenic (91st)41,863
United Kingdom34Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)41,515
United States35Metallica30Master Of Puppets (100th)41,439
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins27Siamese Dream (55th)40,635
United States37Prince65Purple Rain (76th)39,823
38My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)39,575
United Kingdom39Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (70th)38,640
United States40Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)38,618
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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