Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 57,000 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 Help The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site. Top Ranked Album Help The top-ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart (N.B. some artists might not have a top-ranked album, if their albums are ranked outside the top 100,000) Score Help Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
United States21Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (39th)53,244
United States22Talking Heads17Remain In Light (26th)52,683
Ireland23U236The Joshua Tree (52nd)50,818
United States24Sufjan Stevens34Illinois (43rd)50,368
United States25The Doors48The Doors (28th)50,179
United Kingdom26King Crimson94In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)49,657
United Kingdom28The Who51Who's Next (40th)47,096
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)43,019
United Kingdom30The Clash19London Calling (21st)42,920
United Kingdom31Black Sabbath47Paranoid (50th)41,225
32Fleetwood Mac44Rumours (20th)40,716
Iceland33Björk30Homogenic (89th)40,626
United States34Metallica30Master Of Puppets (94th)40,527
United Kingdom36Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (125th)38,950
United Kingdom37Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)38,733
United States38The Smashing Pumpkins30Siamese Dream (55th)38,590
United States39Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)38,303
United Kingdom40Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (71st)36,847
41My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (23rd)36,443
United States42John Coltrane88A Love Supreme (73rd)36,139
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