Top-ranked artists from Japan

The top-ranked artists from Japan that appear most prominently in over 58,000 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)
Japan182フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]20Long Season (305th)11,529
Japan574Boris41Flood (1,495th)3,117
Japan780青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]18アダンの風 [Adan No Kaze] (2,246th)2,176
Japan810ボアダムス [Boredoms]23Vision Creation Newsun (1,453rd)2,069
Japan848Nujabes3Modal Soul (1,302nd)1,966
Japan1104Yellow Magic Orchestra14Solid State Survivor (2,224th)1,392
Japan1127山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]14For You (1,988th)1,349
Japan1254Mono19Hymn To The Immortal Wind (3,829th)1,171
Japan1282植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]16Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack (4,302nd)1,138
Japan1361Ryuichi Sakamoto39Thousand Knives (6,583rd)1,063
Japan1392山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]6Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks (2,625th)1,029
Japan1430久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi]31Hana-Bi (4,544th)989
Japan1475Cornelius11Fantasma (2,241st)947
Japan1530椎名林檎 [Ringo Sheena]19加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana] (3,167th)901
Japan1765吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]13Music For Nine Post Cards (4,851st)737
Japan1791Yoko Ono19Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (8,002nd)724
Japan1837Melt-Banana11Fetch (4,085th)693
Japan1922矢野顕子 [Akiko Yano]19ただいま。 [Tadaima.] (9,499th)656
Japan1948福居良 [Ryo Fukui]5Scenery (2,830th)640
Japan1961荒井由実 [Yumi Arai]12ミスリム [Misslim] (10,087th)634
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