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 Kingdom1The Beatles69Abbey Road (3rd)281,452
United Kingdom2Radiohead23OK Computer (1st)235,112
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd33The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)199,315
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (7th)148,578
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (27th)127,760
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (11th)120,008
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones101Exile On Main St. (44th)90,892
Canada8Arcade Fire8Funeral (15th)75,867
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)73,138
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)72,951
United States11Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)72,293
Canada12Neil Young92After The Gold Rush (82nd)71,641
United States13Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (36th)66,660
United Kingdom14The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (16th)66,548
United States15The Beach Boys74Pet Sounds (12th)60,985
United States16Kanye West15My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)60,377
United States17R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)58,831
United States18Pixies27Doolittle (18th)57,319
United States19Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (39th)56,335
United States20Bruce Springsteen150Born To Run (75th)55,579
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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