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 (508th)6,802
United States282The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (309th)6,780
Brazil283Jorge Ben19A Tábua De Esmeralda (635th)6,731
United States284Curtis Mayfield24Superfly (528th)6,726
285Scott Walker23Scott 4 (790th)6,725
United Kingdom286Franz Ferdinand7Franz Ferdinand (378th)6,721
United States287Guided By Voices61Bee Thousand (535th)6,714
United States288Ray Charles54Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1,112th)6,704
Germany289Nico12Chelsea Girl (644th)6,682
United States290Brockhampton10Saturation III (876th)6,681
Canada291Destroyer17Kaputt (475th)6,680
United States292Weyes Blood7Titanic Rising (334th)6,652
Sweden293ABBA24Arrival (1,172nd)6,643
United States294Ornette Coleman34The Shape Of Jazz To Come (459th)6,627
United States295James Brown88James Brown Live At The Apollo (675th)6,621
296Derek & The Dominos4Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (270th)6,593
United Kingdom297The Prodigy10The Fat Of The Land (516th)6,572
United States298Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (672nd)6,564
Canada299Alvvays3Alvvays (685th)6,536
United States300Kings Of Leon11Only By The Night (875th)6,488
Total artists: 1,000. Page 15 of 50
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