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 Elvis Costello 37 This Year's Model (322nd)19,769 102 Beck 21 Odelay (270th)19,764 103 Creedence Clearwater Revival 24 Cosmo's Factory (180th)19,704 104 Belle And Sebastian 21 If You're Feeling Sinister (135th)19,372 105 Nas 22 Illmatic (68th)19,201 106 Swans 39 To Be Kind (267th)19,191 107 Interpol 9 Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)19,137 108 Lou Reed 37 Transformer (145th)19,082 109 Peter Gabriel 30 So (213th)19,005 110 Nine Inch Nails 25 The Downward Spiral (156th)18,891 111 A Tribe Called Quest 13 The Low End Theory (133rd)18,890 112 Jeff Buckley 16 Grace (54th)18,877 113 Bob Marley 45 Exodus (259th)18,577 114 Cocteau Twins 16 Heaven Or Las Vegas (141st)18,253 115 Brian Eno 52 Another Green World (199th)18,093 116 Massive Attack 9 Mezzanine (139th)18,047 117 Joanna Newsom 7 Ys (174th)17,825 118 Slowdive 9 Souvlaki (121st)17,688 119 Deep Purple 70 Machine Head (256th)17,522 120 Paul Simon 29 Graceland (120th)17,487