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)12,599
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (305th)12,297
United States108Swans39To Be Kind (248th)12,290
Jamaica109Bob Marley45Exodus (231st)12,220
United States110Pavement17Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (179th)12,173
United Kingdom111Deep Purple70Machine Head (222nd)12,034
United States112Nine Inch Nails25The Downward Spiral (149th)11,987
United Kingdom113PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (341st)11,856
United States114Lou Reed37Transformer (152nd)11,829
United States115A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (129th)11,772
United Kingdom116Cocteau Twins16Heaven Or Las Vegas (126th)11,770
United Kingdom117Peter Gabriel30So (220th)11,692
United Kingdom118Slowdive9Souvlaki (111th)11,638
United Kingdom120Massive Attack9Mezzanine (127th)11,525
United Kingdom121Belle And Sebastian21If You're Feeling Sinister (139th)11,515
United Kingdom122Jethro Tull48Aqualung (276th)11,449
United Kingdom123Brian Eno52Another Green World (186th)11,416
United Kingdom124Elton John56Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (195th)11,208
United States125Joanna Newsom7Ys (160th)11,037
United States126Beck21Odelay (316th)10,991
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