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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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)
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Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
101 Pavement 17 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (177th)19,844 102 Elvis Costello 37 This Year's Model (322nd)19,738 103 Creedence Clearwater Revival 24 Cosmo's Factory (180th)19,684 104 Belle And Sebastian 21 If You're Feeling Sinister (135th)19,391 105 Interpol 9 Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)19,308 106 Swans 39 To Be Kind (269th)19,215 107 Nas 22 Illmatic (67th)19,148 108 Lou Reed 37 Transformer (145th)19,063 109 Jeff Buckley 16 Grace (54th)19,029 110 Peter Gabriel 30 So (212th)18,977 111 Nine Inch Nails 25 The Downward Spiral (155th)18,888 112 A Tribe Called Quest 13 The Low End Theory (134th)18,887 113 Bob Marley 45 Exodus (257th)18,589 114 Cocteau Twins 16 Heaven Or Las Vegas (141st)18,209 115 Massive Attack 9 Mezzanine (137th)18,027 116 Brian Eno 52 Another Green World (199th)17,895 117 Joanna Newsom 7 Ys (178th)17,725 118 Slowdive 9 Souvlaki (121st)17,691 119 Deep Purple 71 Machine Head (249th)17,601 120 Paul Simon 29 Graceland (120th)17,520