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 Kingdom1The Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)300,999
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,639
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd37The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)215,295
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)157,173
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)133,506
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)125,864
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,547
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,478
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,448
United States10Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,643
United States11Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,346
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)71,755
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)71,115
United States14Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (38th)67,883
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,412
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,719
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,728
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,753
United States19Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)58,995
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (70th)57,888
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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