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 States21Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,567
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,084
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,367
United Kingdom24King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)54,286
United States25The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,984
United Kingdom26The Cure37Disintegration (31st)53,892
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)52,921
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,681
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,423
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,470
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (37th)43,867
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (124th)43,494
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (54th)42,498
34My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,169
Iceland35Björk25Homogenic (95th)41,982
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (55th)41,772
United States37Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,751
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (67th)41,078
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,845
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,344
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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