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 States181MGMT9Oracular Spectacular (349th)10,980
United Kingdom182Boards Of Canada11Music Has The Right To Children (337th)10,979
United States183Deerhunter13Halcyon Digest (276th)10,961
United States184Patti Smith13Horses (189th)10,908
185Crosby, Stills & Nash22Déjà Vu (331st)10,866
United Kingdom186Cream17Disraeli Gears (267th)10,746
Mexico187Carlos Santana60Abraxas (468th)10,726
United Kingdom188Judas Priest30British Steel (980th)10,716
United States189Public Enemy17It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (230th)10,509
Australia190The Avalanches5Since I Left You (191st)10,439
United Kingdom191Black Country, New Road4Ants From Up There (257th)10,377
United Kingdom192Spiritualized®13Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (250th)10,345
United States193Eagles18Hotel California (264th)10,313
Sweden194Opeth19Blackwater Park (718th)10,264
United Kingdom195Wire28Pink Flag (340th)10,173
United States196DJ Shadow13Endtroducing..... (152nd)10,143
United States197Aretha Franklin66I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (383rd)10,073
United States198Van Halen16Van Halen (373rd)10,062
United Kingdom199The Moody Blues28Days Of Future Passed (347th)9,927
United States200Spoon14They Want My Soul (682nd)9,915
Total artists: 1,000. Page 10 of 50
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