Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 56,000 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 States101Beck20Odelay (255th)20,800
United Kingdom102Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)20,728
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)20,402
United Kingdom104Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (317th)20,377
United States105Creedence Clearwater Revival24Cosmo's Factory (178th)20,323
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (138th)20,294
United States107Interpol9Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)20,230
United Kingdom108Brian Eno51Another Green World (179th)19,895
United States109Lana Del Rey11Norman Fucking Rockwell! (213th)19,777
United States110A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (134th)19,665
United States111Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (153rd)19,440
Jamaica112Bob Marley45Exodus (262nd)19,318
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel29So (230th)19,169
United States114Jeff Buckley14Grace (61st)19,043
United Kingdom115Cocteau Twins16Heaven Or Las Vegas (146th)18,695
United Kingdom116Massive Attack9Mezzanine (144th)18,681
United States117Joanna Newsom7Ys (175th)18,590
United Kingdom118Slowdive9Souvlaki (120th)18,527
United States119The Stooges17Fun House (201st)18,307
Germany120Kraftwerk19Trans Europa Express (308th)18,242
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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