Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists 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)
United Kingdom1The Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)299,108
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)256,195
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)214,581
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)156,062
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)133,057
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)125,651
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,151
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)82,173
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,050
United States10Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)76,348
United States11Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,343
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)73,474
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,571
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (37th)68,054
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,244
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,236
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (19th)61,029
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,530
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)58,789
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (71st)57,854
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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