Top-ranked artists from Jamaica

The top-ranked artists from Jamaica that appear most prominently in over 34,000 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:

N.B. Artists 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)
	1	Bob Marley	30	Legend (235th)	35,179
	2	The Congos	3	Heart Of The Congos (880th)	2,693
	3	Grace Jones	13	Nightclubbing (2,046th)	1,659
	4	Lee "Scratch" Perry	24	Super Ape (2,238th)	1,395
	5	Burning Spear	18	Marcus Garvey (2,136th)	1,252
	6	Augustus Pablo	12	King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (2,252nd)	1,212
	7	Toots & The Maytals	12	Funky Kingston (3,159th)	905
	8	Peter Tosh	9	Legalize It (3,739th)	893
	9	Culture	10	Two Sevens Clash (3,217th)	708
	10	Scientist	10	Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires (5,113th)	702
	11	Junior Murvin	3	Police And Thieves (2,721st)	696
	12	Bunny Wailer	9	Blackheart Man (3,843rd)	689
	13	Max Romeo & The Upsetters	1	War Ina Babylon (3,286th)	548
	14	Black Uhuru	8	Red (6,076th)	524
	15	Dr. Alimantado	4	Best Dressed Chicken In Town (3,577th)	512
	16	Jimmy Cliff	9	Jimmy Cliff (4,700th)	496
	17	Yabby You	3	Conquering Lion (3,813th)	489
	18	Gregory Isaacs	17	More Gregory (6,926th)	437
	19	Dadawah	1	Peace & Love (4,089th)	414
	20	Prince Far I	8	Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III (8,907th)	318