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)57,517
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,361
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,604
United Kingdom24King Crimson88In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)54,104
United Kingdom25The Cure37Disintegration (31st)54,090
United States26The Doors45The Doors (30th)54,052
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)53,341
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)49,126
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,686
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,697
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)44,064
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (127th)43,307
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (56th)42,493
34My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,236
Iceland35Björk25Homogenic (94th)42,220
United States36Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)42,008
United States37The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (55th)41,999
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,366
United States39Metallica29Master Of Puppets (106th)40,956
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,400
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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