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)
Canada281Alvvays3Alvvays (676th)6,805
United States282Art Blakey65Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (524th)6,786
United Kingdom283Morrissey24Viva Hate (1,142nd)6,785
Ireland284Thin Lizzy25Jailbreak (654th)6,778
United States285The Mars Volta11De-Loused In The Comatorium (500th)6,754
United States286Boston9Boston (282nd)6,705
United States287Ornette Coleman35The Shape Of Jazz To Come (444th)6,700
United States288Janelle Monáe6The ArchAndroid (477th)6,688
Canada289Destroyer18Kaputt (467th)6,671
United Kingdom290Camel21Mirage (677th)6,661
Germany291Nico16Chelsea Girl (619th)6,626
Brazil292Jorge Ben20A Tábua De Esmeralda (603rd)6,621
United States293Guided By Voices63Bee Thousand (532nd)6,540
United States294The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (305th)6,513
United States295Lauryn Hill2The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (266th)6,400
United States296Kings Of Leon11Only By The Night (883rd)6,375
United Kingdom297Wishbone Ash44Argus (858th)6,334
United Kingdom298The Prodigy11The Fat Of The Land (521st)6,322
Sweden299ABBA24Arrival (1,211th)6,305
United States300Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (713th)6,268
Total artists: 1,000. Page 15 of 50
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