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).

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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 States321The Roots15Things Fall Apart (935th)5,901
United Kingdom322Yusuf Islam27Tea For The Tillerman (550th)5,897
United States323of Montreal30Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (553rd)5,874
United Kingdom324Mogwai29Mogwai Young Team (958th)5,815
France325M8312Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (538th)5,804
United States326GZA/Genius7Liquid Swords (299th)5,795
United States327Angel Olsen11My Woman (703rd)5,747
United States328Jane's Addiction10Ritual De Lo Habitual (584th)5,738
United Kingdom329FKA twigs5Magdalene (696th)5,715
United Kingdom330Sade10Diamond Life (670th)5,664
United States331Little Richard26Here's Little Richard (409th)5,655
Canada332Drake15Take Care (849th)5,634
United States333Jason Molina22The Magnolia Electric Co. (512th)5,612
United Kingdom334Black Midi6Schlagenheim (712th)5,589
335Placebo15Without You I'm Nothing (781st)5,530
United States336Galaxie 5008On Fire (407th)5,523
United States337Yeah Yeah Yeahs7Fever To Tell (683rd)5,517
United Kingdom338The Pogues15Rum Sodomy & The Lash (575th)5,493
Australia339Courtney Barnett9Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (457th)5,491
United States340Deafheaven9Sunbather (479th)5,460
Total artists: 1,000. Page 17 of 50
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