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 States281Art Blakey64Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (509th)6,794
282Stereolab26Dots And Loops (947th)6,789
United States283Curtis Mayfield24Superfly (523rd)6,765
United States284Guided By Voices60Bee Thousand (534th)6,743
United Kingdom285Franz Ferdinand7Franz Ferdinand (379th)6,741
United States286Ray Charles54Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1,111th)6,722
Canada287Destroyer17Kaputt (471st)6,718
Brazil288Jorge Ben19A Tábua De Esmeralda (638th)6,714
Germany289Nico12Chelsea Girl (628th)6,696
Sweden290ABBA24Arrival (1,164th)6,693
United States291Brockhampton10Saturation III (872nd)6,686
292Scott Walker23Scott 4 (791st)6,645
United States293Ornette Coleman34The Shape Of Jazz To Come (457th)6,640
United States294Weyes Blood7Titanic Rising (335th)6,625
United States295James Brown87James Brown Live At The Apollo (669th)6,618
United States296Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (665th)6,613
297Derek & The Dominos4Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (271st)6,610
United Kingdom298The Prodigy10The Fat Of The Land (518th)6,596
United States299Kings Of Leon11Only By The Night (870th)6,525
United Kingdom300Yusuf Islam27Tea For The Tillerman (525th)6,506
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