Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists 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 States81Fleet Foxes9Fleet Foxes (129th)24,226
United Kingdom82Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (272nd)24,133
Australia83AC/DC28Back In Black (131st)23,892
United States84Frank Ocean4Blond (91st)23,816
Canada85Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (143rd)23,732
United Kingdom86Blur25Parklife (210th)23,618
United States87The White Stripes15Elephant (115th)23,455
United States88Steely Dan21Aja (157th)23,247
United States89Green Day26American Idiot (155th)23,060
United States90Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (151st)23,025
Germany91Can33Tago Mago (149th)22,725
United States92Tool8Lateralus (173rd)22,714
France93Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)22,300
United States94Elliott Smith10Either/Or (133rd)22,290
United Kingdom95Gorillaz11Demon Days (139th)22,157
United Kingdom96PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (290th)21,839
United Kingdom97Paul McCartney48Band On The Run (252nd)21,625
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (45th)21,418
United States99Swans39To Be Kind (248th)21,196
United States100Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (172nd)20,778
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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