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 (543rd)5,932
United Kingdom322Motörhead34Ace Of Spades (785th)5,897
United States323Panda Bear7Person Pitch (427th)5,794
United States324Mercury Rev19Deserter's Songs (653rd)5,792
325Placebo15Without You I'm Nothing (753rd)5,775
United Kingdom326FKA twigs4Magdalene (663rd)5,738
United Kingdom327Gang Of Four12Entertainment! (354th)5,716
United States328Minutemen14Double Nickels On The Dime (343rd)5,709
United States329Lauryn Hill2The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (318th)5,695
United States330Yeah Yeah Yeahs7Fever To Tell (631st)5,690
Argentina331Luis Alberto Spinetta42Artaud (682nd)5,677
United Kingdom332John Cale41Paris 1919 (760th)5,654
France333M8311Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (529th)5,648
United States334The Magnetic Fields1569 Love Songs (460th)5,642
France335Phoenix9Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (453rd)5,626
United States336Big Thief6Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (796th)5,615
United States337Galaxie 5007On Fire (403rd)5,615
United States338Angel Olsen11My Woman (718th)5,603
Australia339Courtney Barnett9Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (456th)5,591
United States340Sleater-Kinney13The Woods (1,076th)5,524
Total artists: 1,000. Page 17 of 50
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