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 States21Talking Heads17Remain In Light (26th)55,163
United Kingdom22The Cure39Disintegration (30th)54,414
Ireland23U236The Joshua Tree (51st)52,915
United States24Sufjan Stevens29Illinois (43rd)52,128
United States25The Doors46The Doors (29th)51,798
United Kingdom26King Crimson93In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)51,302
United Kingdom27The Who51Who's Next (40th)49,792
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)45,455
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)45,371
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)42,695
United Kingdom31Black Sabbath47Paranoid (52nd)41,761
Iceland32Björk30Homogenic (90th)41,461
United Kingdom33Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)41,183
United States34Metallica30Master Of Puppets (100th)41,166
United Kingdom35Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)40,944
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins27Siamese Dream (55th)39,947
United States37Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)39,540
38My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)39,017
United Kingdom39Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (70th)38,031
United States40Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)37,633
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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