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)302,291
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)260,120
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd37The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)216,476
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)157,614
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)134,221
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)126,360
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,272
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,789
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,795
United States10Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)77,093
United States11Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,223
Canada12Neil Young90After The Gold Rush (82nd)71,915
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)71,420
United States14Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)68,144
United States15The Beach Boys70Pet Sounds (11th)64,569
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,977
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,941
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,717
United States19Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,140
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (70th)57,997
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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