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 Kingdom201alt-J7An Awesome Wave (227th)9,975
United States202Yo La Tengo29I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (460th)9,778
United States203Aretha Franklin65I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (414th)9,608
United States204Dream Theater36Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (754th)9,586
United States205Sly & The Family Stone18There's A Riot Goin' On (413th)9,568
United Kingdom206Marillion40Misplaced Childhood (589th)9,544
United Kingdom207The Jesus And Mary Chain16Psychocandy (293rd)9,506
United States208Jay-Z16The Blueprint (521st)9,427
United States209Grizzly Bear9Veckatimest (411th)9,413
France210Air13Moon Safari (247th)9,396
United States211Violent Femmes13Violent Femmes (201st)9,384
United States212Blondie24Parallel Lines (279th)9,249
United States213Big Star17#1 Record (422nd)9,240
United Kingdom214Amy Winehouse6Back To Black (202nd)9,180
United States215Aerosmith32Toys In The Attic (778th)9,155
United States216Ween23The Mollusk (509th)9,088
New Zealand (Aotearoa)217Lorde5Melodrama (313th)9,060
United States218The Antlers10Hospice (283rd)9,032
United States219Hüsker Dü11Zen Arcade (417th)9,012
Canada220Mac DeMarco15Salad Days (440th)8,973
Total artists: 1,000. Page 11 of 50
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