Top-ranked artists from Japan

The top-ranked artists from Japan that appear most prominently in over 56,000 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]20Long Season (323rd)12,875
Japan2Boris40Flood (1,360th)3,266
Japan3ボアダムス [Boredoms]23Vision Creation Newsun (1,392nd)2,220
Japan4Nujabes3Modal Soul (1,428th)1,902
Japan5青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]14アダンの風 [Adan No Kaze] (2,813th)1,891
Japan6山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]14For You (1,883rd)1,412
Japan7Yellow Magic Orchestra11Solid State Survivor (2,238th)1,404
Japan8植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]15Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack (4,383rd)1,181
Japan9Mono18Hymn To The Immortal Wind (3,496th)1,163
Japan10Ryuichi Sakamoto37Thousand Knives (6,474th)1,051
Japan11Cornelius11Fantasma (2,039th)1,033
Japan12山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]6Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks (2,784th)991
Japan13久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi]29Hana-Bi (4,508th)988
Japan14椎名林檎 [Ringo Sheena]18加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana] (3,140th)905
Japan15吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]11Wave Notation 1: Music For Nine Post Cards (4,627th)766
Japan16Yoko Ono19Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (7,616th)747
Japan17Melt-Banana11Fetch (3,977th)716
Japan18矢野顕子 [Akiko Yano]19ただいま。 [Tadaima.] (7,753rd)712
Japan19シートベルツ [Seatbelts]7Cowboy Bebop (2,474th)690
Japan20福居良 [Ryo Fukui]5Scenery (2,705th)672
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
 
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