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 Kingdom1The Beatles71Abbey Road (3rd)260,199
United Kingdom2Radiohead25OK Computer (1st)213,220
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd36The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)183,218
United Kingdom4David Bowie96The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (7th)139,403
United States5Bob Dylan80Highway 61 Revisited (27th)120,375
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin24Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (11th)111,557
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones103Exile On Main St. (45th)84,988
Canada8Arcade Fire9Funeral (15th)70,017
Canada9Neil Young97After The Gold Rush (84th)68,608
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)68,322
United States11The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)67,149
United States12Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)66,879
United States13Miles Davis126Kind Of Blue (37th)63,184
United Kingdom14The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (16th)61,783
United States15R.E.M.36Automatic For The People (46th)57,844
United States16The Beach Boys76Pet Sounds (12th)56,231
United States17Kanye West15My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (35th)56,117
United Kingdom18The Cure40Disintegration (29th)53,764
United States19Bruce Springsteen161Born To Run (78th)53,750
United States20Pixies28Doolittle (18th)53,221
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