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 (256th)20,791
United Kingdom102Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)20,718
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)20,382
United Kingdom104Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (318th)20,368
United States105Creedence Clearwater Revival24Cosmo's Factory (178th)20,315
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (138th)20,287
United States107Interpol9Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)20,220
United Kingdom108Brian Eno51Another Green World (179th)19,892
United States109Lana Del Rey11Norman Fucking Rockwell! (213th)19,778
United States110A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (134th)19,657
United States111Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (153rd)19,429
Jamaica112Bob Marley45Exodus (262nd)19,309
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel29So (227th)19,201
United States114Jeff Buckley14Grace (61st)19,029
United Kingdom115Cocteau Twins16Heaven Or Las Vegas (146th)18,686
United Kingdom116Massive Attack9Mezzanine (144th)18,673
United States117Joanna Newsom7Ys (175th)18,581
United Kingdom118Slowdive9Souvlaki (120th)18,521
United States119The Stooges17Fun House (201st)18,301
Germany120Kraftwerk19Trans Europa Express (308th)18,234
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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