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 States241The Decemberists17The Crane Wife (724th)7,957
Canada242Broken Social Scene13You Forgot It In People (289th)7,930
United States243Taylor Swift17Folklore (942nd)7,871
United States244Thelonious Monk53Brilliant Corners (610th)7,866
United States245Fugazi12Repeater (601st)7,848
United States246Tim Buckley15Goodbye And Hello (875th)7,799
United States247Faith No More11Angel Dust (537th)7,705
United States248Carole King26Tapestry (246th)7,704
United States249Otis Redding23Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (371st)7,680
United Kingdom250T. Rex30Electric Warrior (352nd)7,666
United Kingdom251Steven Wilson39Hand. Cannot. Erase. (554th)7,572
United States252Beyoncé11Lemonade (472nd)7,568
United Kingdom253The Jam21All Mod Cons (744th)7,560
United States254Funkadelic19Maggot Brain (419th)7,525
United Kingdom255The xx4xx (340th)7,514
United States256D'Angelo (US)5Black Messiah (513th)7,477
United States257Bright Eyes15I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (402nd)7,458
Sweden258Opeth18Blackwater Park (819th)7,448
United Kingdom259Burial13Untrue (346th)7,429
United States260Julia Holter8Have You In My Wilderness (591st)7,386
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