Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 56,000 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)
Iceland61Sigur Rós21Ágætis Byrjun (78th)29,555
United States62Michael Jackson24Thriller (71st)29,476
United Kingdom63The Kinks61The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (151st)29,105
United States64Charles Mingus52The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)28,583
United States65Beach House10Teen Dream (135th)28,061
United States66Simon & Garfunkel20Bridge Over Troubled Water (109th)27,769
Canada67Rush37Moving Pictures (160th)27,716
United States68Red Hot Chili Peppers23Blood Sugar Sex Magik (183rd)27,425
Canada69Godspeed You! Black Emperor11Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (93rd)27,237
United Kingdom70Depeche Mode45Violator (105th)27,092
United States71Modest Mouse16The Moon & Antarctica (169th)26,540
United States72Frank Zappa122Hot Rats (223rd)26,209
United States73Bon Iver8For Emma, Forever Ago (117th)25,957
United States74Queens Of The Stone Age10Songs For The Deaf (128th)25,758
United States75LCD Soundsystem9Sound Of Silver (106th)25,694
United Kingdom76Talk Talk13Spirit Of Eden (131st)25,417
United States77Vampire Weekend7Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)25,033
United Kingdom78The Stone Roses9The Stone Roses (34th)25,033
United Kingdom79Portishead6Dummy (67th)25,006
United States80Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (48th)24,753
Total artists: 1,000. Page 4 of 50
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