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 States21Talking Heads17Remain In Light (26th)55,046
United Kingdom22The Cure39Disintegration (30th)54,334
Ireland23U236The Joshua Tree (51st)52,897
United States24Sufjan Stevens29Illinois (43rd)52,321
United States25The Doors48The Doors (29th)51,731
United Kingdom26King Crimson93In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)51,247
United Kingdom27The Who51Who's Next (40th)49,733
United States28The Strokes7Is This It (24th)45,346
United Kingdom29The Clash19London Calling (20th)45,304
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)42,746
United Kingdom31Black Sabbath47Paranoid (52nd)41,695
Iceland32Björk30Homogenic (90th)41,503
United States33Metallica30Master Of Puppets (100th)41,257
United Kingdom34Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)41,212
United Kingdom35Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)40,820
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins27Siamese Dream (55th)39,842
United States37Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)39,520
38My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)38,987
United Kingdom39Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (70th)38,117
United States40Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)37,478
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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