Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 58,000 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 States21Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (38th)52,316
United States22Talking Heads18Remain In Light (26th)52,107
Ireland23U238The Joshua Tree (51st)50,975
United States24The Doors48The Doors (28th)49,580
United States25Sufjan Stevens34Illinois (43rd)49,367
United Kingdom26King Crimson99In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (24th)48,783
United Kingdom28The Who51Who's Next (40th)46,664
United States29The Strokes8Is This It (25th)42,417
United Kingdom30The Clash19London Calling (21st)42,176
United Kingdom31Black Sabbath47Paranoid (50th)41,037
32Fleetwood Mac44Rumours (19th)40,316
United States33Metallica30Master Of Puppets (94th)40,180
Iceland34Björk30Homogenic (90th)40,089
United Kingdom35Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (125th)38,816
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins30Siamese Dream (55th)38,085
United States38Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)37,967
United Kingdom39Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (39th)37,783
United Kingdom40Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (71st)36,345
41My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (23rd)35,672
United States42John Coltrane90A Love Supreme (74th)35,479
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