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 (176th)21,791
United Kingdom102Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (261st)21,763
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,679
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,496
United States105Beck19Odelay (258th)21,232
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,213
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,767
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,342
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,249
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,186
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (273rd)19,606
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (171st)19,446
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,343
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,246
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,073
United States116Love18Forever Changes (73rd)19,011
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (290th)18,887
United Kingdom118Massive Attack10Mezzanine (148th)18,820
United States119Paul Simon28Graceland (125th)18,817
United States120The Stooges14Fun House (205th)18,701
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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