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] (323rd)13,230
Japan2ボリス [Boris]40Flood (1,347th)3,169
Japan3ボアダムス [Boredoms]23Vision Creation Newsun (1,259th)2,437
Japan4瀬葉淳 [Nujabes]4Modal Soul (1,490th)1,874
Japan5青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]13Windswept Adan (3,207th)1,715
Japan6山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]14For You (1,907th)1,353
Japan7Yellow Magic Orchestra11Solid State Survivor (2,493rd)1,276
Japan8植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]18Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack (5,397th)1,189
Japan9Mono18Hymn To The Immortal Wind (4,015th)1,064
Japan10山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]6Silent Hill 2 (2,586th)1,059
Japan11Ryuichi Sakamoto36Thousand Knives (6,537th)1,033
Japan12久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi]27Hana-Bi (4,384th)1,023
Japan13コーネリアス [Cornelius]9Fantasma (2,008th)990
Japan14椎名林檎 [Ringo Sheena]18加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana] (3,239th)892
Japan15吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]10Wave Notation 1: Music For Nine Post Cards (4,328th)812
Japan16シートベルツ [The Seatbelts]7Cowboy Bebop (2,338th)732
Japan17Yoko Ono19Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (7,492nd)715
Japan18The Pillows21FLCL: Original Sound Track No. 3 (5,299th)704
Japan19Melt-Banana10Fetch (3,855th)685
Japan20福居良 [Ryo Fukui]5Scenery (2,651st)684
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
 
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