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)6,808
United States282Art Blakey65Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (523rd)6,789
United Kingdom283Morrissey24Viva Hate (1,139th)6,789
Ireland284Thin Lizzy25Jailbreak (654th)6,783
United States285Boston9Boston (282nd)6,711
United States286Ornette Coleman35The Shape Of Jazz To Come (444th)6,704
United States287Janelle Monáe6The ArchAndroid (477th)6,692
United States288The Mars Volta11De-Loused In The Comatorium (510th)6,677
Canada289Destroyer18Kaputt (467th)6,673
United Kingdom290Camel21Mirage (677th)6,666
Germany291Nico16Chelsea Girl (618th)6,629
Brazil292Jorge Ben20A Tábua De Esmeralda (604th)6,605
United States293The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (304th)6,519
United States294Guided By Voices63Bee Thousand (546th)6,493
United States295Kings Of Leon11Only By The Night (876th)6,407
United States296Lauryn Hill2The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (266th)6,382
United Kingdom297Wishbone Ash44Argus (858th)6,339
United Kingdom298The Prodigy11The Fat Of The Land (521st)6,326
Sweden299ABBA24Arrival (1,210th)6,308
United States300Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (713th)6,274
Total artists: 1,000. Page 15 of 50
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