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 Kingdom601The Pretty Things30S.F. Sorrow (992nd)2,785
United Kingdom602Jamie xx1In Colour (646th)2,779
United States603Styx36The Grand Illusion (1,682nd)2,778
United States604Warren Zevon19Excitable Boy (1,246th)2,777
United Kingdom605Stereophonics14Word Gets Around (1,848th)2,774
Germany606Popol Vuh (DE)19Hosianna Mantra (1,075th)2,773
United Kingdom607The Human League18Dare (814th)2,763
United Kingdom608UFO35Strangers In The Night (2,397th)2,754
United Kingdom609The La's2The La's (651st)2,752
United States610Laurie Anderson12Big Science (1,059th)2,744
United Kingdom611Jessie Ware5What's Your Pleasure? (1,128th)2,743
United Kingdom612Archy Marshall8The Ooz (1,414th)2,739
United States613The Crickets9The "Chirping" Crickets (682nd)2,739
United States614John Fahey24Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (1,909th)2,738
Germany615Rammstein16Mutter (1,809th)2,725
United States616X (US)14Los Angeles (1,036th)2,723
Ireland617Damien Rice5O (916th)2,721
United Kingdom618John Martyn27Solid Air (1,144th)2,718
United States619Randy Newman35Sail Away (1,614th)2,711
Italy620Ennio Morricone58Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] (1,517th)2,702
Total artists: 1,000. Page 31 of 50
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