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 States101Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (177th)21,769
United States102Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,713
United Kingdom103Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (263rd)21,667
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,501
United States105Lou Reed37Transformer (136th)21,274
United States106Beck19Odelay (259th)21,227
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,781
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,401
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,233
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,208
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (274th)19,601
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (175th)19,376
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,366
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,272
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,093
United States116Love18Forever Changes (72nd)19,044
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (289th)18,915
United States118Paul Simon28Graceland (124th)18,827
United Kingdom119Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)18,821
United States120The Stooges14Fun House (204th)18,733
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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