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 Kingdom21King Crimson99In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (23rd)34,232
United States22Bruce Springsteen160Born To Run (68th)33,903
United States23Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (42nd)33,396
United States24Sufjan Stevens34Illinois (41st)33,286
United States25The Doors48The Doors (31st)31,447
Ireland26U238The Joshua Tree (54th)30,947
United Kingdom27The Clash19London Calling (20th)30,020
United States28The Strokes8Is This It (25th)29,824
31Fleetwood Mac44Rumours (19th)29,452
United Kingdom32The Who51Who's Next (39th)29,276
United Kingdom33Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (105th)28,142
United Kingdom34Black Sabbath47Paranoid (47th)27,905
Iceland35Björk30Homogenic (88th)25,949
United States36Metallica30Master Of Puppets (95th)25,844
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins30Siamese Dream (55th)25,585
United Kingdom38Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)25,309
United States39Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)25,135
40My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)24,791
United States41Stevie Wonder39Songs In The Key Of Life (58th)24,782
United States42Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)24,293
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