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).

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)
21	Talking Heads	17	Remain In Light (26th)	55,060
22	The Cure	39	Disintegration (30th)	54,347
23	U2	36	The Joshua Tree (51st)	52,911
24	Sufjan Stevens	29	Illinois (43rd)	52,336
25	The Doors	48	The Doors (29th)	51,746
26	King Crimson	93	In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)	51,261
27	The Who	51	Who's Next (40th)	49,754
28	The Strokes	7	Is This It (24th)	45,361
29	The Clash	19	London Calling (20th)	45,321
30	Fleetwood Mac	41	Rumours (21st)	42,763
31	Black Sabbath	47	Paranoid (52nd)	41,706
32	Björk	30	Homogenic (90th)	41,514
33	Metallica	30	Master Of Puppets (100th)	41,272
34	Joy Division	12	Unknown Pleasures (38th)	41,222
35	Genesis	34	Selling England By The Pound (127th)	40,832
36	The Smashing Pumpkins	27	Siamese Dream (55th)	39,855
37	Prince	66	Purple Rain (72nd)	39,529
38	My Bloody Valentine	9	Loveless (22nd)	39,002
39	Arctic Monkeys	10	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (70th)	38,128
40	Neutral Milk Hotel	6	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)	37,491

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