Top-ranked artists from Japan

The top-ranked artists from Japan that appear most prominently in over 53,000 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)
Japan1フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]1898.12.28 男達の別れ [98.12.28 Otokotachi No Wakare] (317th)13,304
Japan2ボリス [Boris]40Flood (1,333rd)3,188
Japan3ボアダムス [Boredoms]23Vision Creation Newsun (1,248th)2,491
Japan4瀬葉 淳 [Nujabes]4Modal Soul (1,455th)1,917
Japan5青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]140 (3,268th)1,716
Japan6山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]14For You (1,893rd)1,367
Japan7Yellow Magic Orchestra10Solid State Survivor (2,599th)1,199
Japan8植松 伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]18Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack (5,515th)1,189
Japan9山岡 晃 [Akira Yamaoka]6Silent Hill 2 (2,543rd)1,078
Japan10Mono16Hymn To The Immortal Wind (3,960th)1,058
Japan11Ryuichi Sakamoto36Thousand Knives (6,836th)1,020
Japan12コーネリアス [Cornelius]9Fantasma (1,983rd)1,004
Japan13譲 久石 [Joe Hisaishi]24Spirited Away (4,939th)940
Japan14椎名 林檎 [Sheena Ringo]17加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana] (3,210th)881
Japan15吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]11Wave Notation 1: Music For Nine Post Cards (4,767th)786
Japan16シートベルツ [The Seatbelts]7Cowboy Bebop (2,290th)747
Japan17Yoko Ono19Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (7,353rd)726
Japan18Melt-Banana10Fetch (3,767th)709
Japan19The Pillows21FLCL: Original Sound Track No. 3 (5,164th)689
Japan20福居良 [Ryo Fukui]5Scenery (2,685th)650
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
 
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