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 (544th)5,927
United Kingdom322Motörhead34Ace Of Spades (786th)5,884
United States323Mercury Rev19Deserter's Songs (652nd)5,798
United Kingdom324FKA twigs4Magdalene (662nd)5,734
United Kingdom325Gang Of Four12Entertainment! (353rd)5,723
United States326Minutemen14Double Nickels On The Dime (343rd)5,714
United States327Lauryn Hill2The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (318th)5,706
United States328Yeah Yeah Yeahs7Fever To Tell (629th)5,696
United States329Panda Bear7Person Pitch (429th)5,691
Argentina330Luis Alberto Spinetta42Artaud (681st)5,687
331Placebo15Without You I'm Nothing (790th)5,677
United Kingdom332John Cale41Paris 1919 (758th)5,659
France333M8311Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (529th)5,653
United States334The Magnetic Fields1569 Love Songs (459th)5,649
France335Phoenix9Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (453rd)5,633
United States336Galaxie 5007On Fire (403rd)5,624
United States337Big Thief6Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (797th)5,620
United States338Angel Olsen11My Woman (718th)5,606
Australia339Courtney Barnett9Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (455th)5,596
United States340Sleater-Kinney13The Woods (1,074th)5,524
Total artists: 1,000. Page 17 of 50
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