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)5,935
United Kingdom322Motörhead34Ace Of Spades (785th)5,898
United States323Mercury Rev19Deserter's Songs (651st)5,799
United States324Panda Bear7Person Pitch (427th)5,792
325Placebo15Without You I'm Nothing (753rd)5,775
United Kingdom326FKA twigs4Magdalene (663rd)5,736
United Kingdom327Gang Of Four12Entertainment! (354th)5,715
United States328Minutemen14Double Nickels On The Dime (343rd)5,707
United States329Lauryn Hill2The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (318th)5,695
United States330Yeah Yeah Yeahs7Fever To Tell (631st)5,690
Argentina331Luis Alberto Spinetta42Artaud (682nd)5,675
United Kingdom332John Cale41Paris 1919 (760th)5,653
France333M8311Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (530th)5,647
United States334The Magnetic Fields1569 Love Songs (460th)5,640
France335Phoenix9Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (453rd)5,627
United States336Big Thief6Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (796th)5,614
United States337Galaxie 5007On Fire (404th)5,613
United States338Angel Olsen11My Woman (719th)5,602
Australia339Courtney Barnett9Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (455th)5,592
United States340Sleater-Kinney13The Woods (1,077th)5,523
Total artists: 1,000. Page 17 of 50
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