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)21,779
United States102Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,706
United Kingdom103Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (263rd)21,677
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,493
United States105Lou Reed37Transformer (136th)21,234
United States106Beck19Odelay (259th)21,221
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,771
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (180th)20,399
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,229
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)20,199
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (274th)19,616
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (175th)19,371
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel27So (229th)19,364
114Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (162nd)19,266
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,086
United States116Love18Forever Changes (72nd)19,039
United Kingdom117Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (290th)18,908
United States118Paul Simon28Graceland (125th)18,821
United Kingdom119Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)18,812
United States120The Stooges14Fun House (204th)18,728
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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