Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 59,000 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 Help The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site. Top Ranked Album Help The top-ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart (N.B. some artists might not have a top-ranked album, if their albums are ranked outside the top 100,000) Score Help Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
United Kingdom1The Beatles71Abbey Road (3rd)260,021
United Kingdom2Radiohead25OK Computer (1st)212,826
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd36The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)182,968
United Kingdom4David Bowie96The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (7th)139,214
United States5Bob Dylan80Highway 61 Revisited (27th)120,400
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin24Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)111,448
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones103Exile On Main St. (46th)84,941
Canada8Arcade Fire9Funeral (15th)69,921
Canada9Neil Young97After The Gold Rush (83rd)68,574
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)68,331
United States11The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)67,137
United States12Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)66,763
United States13Miles Davis126Kind Of Blue (37th)63,012
United Kingdom14The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (16th)61,711
United States15R.E.M.36Automatic For The People (45th)57,814
United States16The Beach Boys76Pet Sounds (11th)56,365
United States17Kanye West15My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)56,029
United Kingdom18The Cure40Disintegration (29th)53,665
United States19Bruce Springsteen161Born To Run (78th)53,602
United States20Pixies28Doolittle (18th)53,189
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