Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 59,000 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 Help The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site. Top Ranked Album Help The top-ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart (N.B. some artists might not have a top-ranked album, if their albums are ranked outside the top 100,000) Score Help Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
United States105Interpol9Turn On The Bright Lights (92nd)12,607
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (305th)12,304
United States108Swans39To Be Kind (248th)12,302
Jamaica109Bob Marley45Exodus (231st)12,228
United States110Pavement17Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (179th)12,183
United Kingdom111Deep Purple70Machine Head (222nd)12,043
United States112Nine Inch Nails25The Downward Spiral (149th)11,988
United Kingdom113PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (341st)11,862
United States114Lou Reed37Transformer (152nd)11,834
United States115A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (129th)11,781
United Kingdom116Cocteau Twins16Heaven Or Las Vegas (126th)11,778
United Kingdom117Peter Gabriel30So (220th)11,692
United Kingdom118Slowdive9Souvlaki (111th)11,648
United Kingdom120Massive Attack9Mezzanine (127th)11,532
United Kingdom121Belle And Sebastian21If You're Feeling Sinister (139th)11,515
United Kingdom122Jethro Tull48Aqualung (277th)11,458
United Kingdom123Brian Eno52Another Green World (186th)11,420
United Kingdom124Elton John56Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (195th)11,213
United States125Joanna Newsom7Ys (160th)11,016
United States126Beck21Odelay (316th)10,993
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