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 (307th)11,514
Japan575Boris41Flood (1,509th)3,100
Japan770青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]18アダンの風 [Adan No Kaze] (2,253rd)2,196
Japan817ボアダムス [Boredoms]23Vision Creation Newsun (1,466th)2,052
Japan834Nujabes3Modal Soul (1,261st)2,011
Japan1127Yellow Magic Orchestra14Solid State Survivor (2,329th)1,354
Japan1142山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]14For You (2,008th)1,337
Japan1259Mono19Hymn To The Immortal Wind (3,857th)1,165
Japan1284植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]16Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack (4,302nd)1,132
Japan1367Ryuichi Sakamoto39Thousand Knives (6,618th)1,059
Japan1403山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]6Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks (2,647th)1,020
Japan1436久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi]31Hana-Bi (4,576th)986
Japan1484Cornelius11Fantasma (2,254th)941
Japan1540椎名林檎 [Ringo Sheena]19加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana] (3,177th)896
Japan1773吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]13Music For Nine Post Cards (4,877th)735
Japan1799Yoko Ono19Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (8,052nd)721
Japan1838Melt-Banana11Fetch (4,095th)695
Japan1935矢野顕子 [Akiko Yano]19ただいま。 [Tadaima.] (9,565th)651
Japan1964福居良 [Ryo Fukui]5Scenery (2,848th)635
Japan1975荒井由実 [Yumi Arai]12ミスリム [Misslim] (10,176th)629
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