Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 59,000 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 Help The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site. Top Ranked Album Help The top-ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart (N.B. some artists might not have a top-ranked album, if their albums are ranked outside the top 100,000) Score Help Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
United Kingdom21King Crimson99In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (23rd)34,222
United States22Bruce Springsteen160Born To Run (68th)33,914
United States23Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (42nd)33,382
United States24Sufjan Stevens34Illinois (41st)33,277
United States25The Doors48The Doors (31st)31,462
Ireland26U238The Joshua Tree (54th)30,943
United Kingdom27The Clash19London Calling (20th)30,011
United States28The Strokes8Is This It (25th)29,814
31Fleetwood Mac44Rumours (19th)29,462
United Kingdom32The Who51Who's Next (39th)29,264
United Kingdom33Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (105th)28,139
United Kingdom34Black Sabbath47Paranoid (47th)27,906
Iceland35Björk30Homogenic (88th)25,951
United States36Metallica30Master Of Puppets (95th)25,832
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins30Siamese Dream (56th)25,580
United Kingdom38Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)25,303
United States39Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)25,120
40My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)24,783
United States41Stevie Wonder39Songs In The Key Of Life (58th)24,775
United States42Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)24,294
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