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 States21Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (38th)52,297
United States22Talking Heads18Remain In Light (26th)52,157
Ireland23U238The Joshua Tree (51st)50,953
United States24The Doors48The Doors (28th)49,560
United States25Sufjan Stevens34Illinois (43rd)49,345
United Kingdom26King Crimson99In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)48,757
United Kingdom28The Who51Who's Next (40th)46,640
United States29The Strokes8Is This It (23rd)42,547
United Kingdom30The Clash19London Calling (21st)42,156
United Kingdom31Black Sabbath47Paranoid (50th)41,002
32Fleetwood Mac44Rumours (19th)40,286
United States33Metallica30Master Of Puppets (93rd)40,163
Iceland34Björk30Homogenic (90th)40,106
United Kingdom35Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (125th)38,800
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins30Siamese Dream (55th)38,085
United States38Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)37,959
United Kingdom39Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (39th)37,761
United Kingdom40Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (71st)36,332
41My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (24th)35,660
United States42John Coltrane90A Love Supreme (75th)35,471
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