Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 53,000 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 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)
United Kingdom321Prefab Sprout12Steve McQueen (539th)5,946
United Kingdom322Motörhead34Ace Of Spades (787th)5,900
United States323Mercury Rev19Deserter's Songs (648th)5,824
United Kingdom324Gang Of Four12Entertainment! (350th)5,758
United Kingdom325FKA twigs4Magdalene (659th)5,753
United States326Lauryn Hill2The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (319th)5,727
Argentina327Luis Alberto Spinetta42Artaud (675th)5,716
United States328Yeah Yeah Yeahs7Fever To Tell (627th)5,715
United States329Panda Bear7Person Pitch (427th)5,704
330Placebo15Without You I'm Nothing (792nd)5,693
United States331Angel Olsen11My Woman (706th)5,686
France332M8311Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (528th)5,669
United States333Galaxie 5007On Fire (403rd)5,660
United Kingdom334John Cale41Paris 1919 (765th)5,655
France335Phoenix (FR)9Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (452nd)5,649
United States336Big Thief6Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (793rd)5,625
United States337Minutemen14Double Nickels On The Dime (353rd)5,612
United States338The Magnetic Fields1569 Love Songs (459th)5,596
Australia339Courtney Barnett9Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (458th)5,553
United States340Sleater-Kinney13The Woods (1,072nd)5,533
Total artists: 1,000. Page 17 of 50
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