Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 54,000 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 Kingdom1The Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)292,460
United Kingdom2Radiohead23OK Computer (1st)249,678
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)209,480
United Kingdom4David Bowie91The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)153,463
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (27th)131,096
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)122,860
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)92,985
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)79,505
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)76,499
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)74,900
United States11Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)74,757
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)73,060
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)69,070
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (37th)67,011
United States15The Beach Boys73Pet Sounds (11th)63,161
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)62,186
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (19th)59,676
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (48th)59,338
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)58,106
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (73rd)57,018
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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