Top-ranked artists from United Kingdom

The top-ranked artists from United Kingdom 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)
United Kingdom1The Beatles70Abbey Road (3rd)279,714
United Kingdom2Radiohead24OK Computer (1st)233,531
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd34The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)198,262
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (7th)147,784
United Kingdom5Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (11th)119,457
United Kingdom6The Rolling Stones101Exile On Main St. (44th)90,592
United Kingdom7The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (16th)66,381
United Kingdom8The Cure39Disintegration (30th)54,279
United Kingdom9King Crimson93In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)51,122
United Kingdom10The Who51Who's Next (40th)49,646
United Kingdom11The Clash19London Calling (20th)45,246
United Kingdom12Black Sabbath47Paranoid (52nd)41,615
United Kingdom13Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)41,033
United Kingdom14Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)40,714
United Kingdom15Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (70th)37,825
United Kingdom16Kate Bush17Hounds Of Love (53rd)36,428
United Kingdom17Van Morrison60Astral Weeks (66th)34,827
United Kingdom18Nick Drake12Pink Moon (54th)34,247
United Kingdom19Oasis12(What's The Story) Morning Glory? (60th)33,915
United Kingdom20Yes56Close To The Edge (88th)32,686
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