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 States601Warren Zevon19Excitable Boy (1,238th)2,790
United States602Styx36The Grand Illusion (1,682nd)2,781
United Kingdom603Stereophonics14Word Gets Around (1,833rd)2,772
United Kingdom604UFO35Strangers In The Night (2,394th)2,760
United Kingdom605The La's2The La's (650th)2,757
United Kingdom606The Human League18Dare (817th)2,754
United States607Laurie Anderson12Big Science (1,057th)2,752
Germany608Popol Vuh (DE)19Hosianna Mantra (1,086th)2,749
United Kingdom609Archy Marshall8The Ooz (1,409th)2,746
United Kingdom610Jessie Ware5What's Your Pleasure? (1,125th)2,745
United States611The Crickets9The "Chirping" Crickets (679th)2,744
United States612Brian Wilson15Brian Wilson Presents Smile (755th)2,737
Ireland613Damien Rice5O (911th)2,732
United States614X (US)14Los Angeles (1,037th)2,730
United Kingdom615The Pretty Things30S.F. Sorrow (992nd)2,729
Germany616Rammstein16Mutter (1,799th)2,726
United Kingdom617John Martyn26Solid Air (1,138th)2,724
United States618Randy Newman35Sail Away (1,610th)2,719
United States619John Fahey24Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (1,926th)2,715
United States620William Basinski21The Disintegration Loops I (1,525th)2,703
Total artists: 1,000. Page 31 of 50
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