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)29,584
United States62Michael Jackson24Thriller (71st)29,505
United Kingdom63The Kinks61The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (151st)29,117
United States64Charles Mingus52The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)28,601
United States65Beach House10Teen Dream (135th)28,076
United States66Simon & Garfunkel20Bridge Over Troubled Water (109th)27,786
Canada67Rush37Moving Pictures (160th)27,720
United States68Red Hot Chili Peppers23Blood Sugar Sex Magik (183rd)27,454
Canada69Godspeed You! Black Emperor11Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (93rd)27,267
United Kingdom70Depeche Mode45Violator (105th)27,096
United States71Modest Mouse16The Moon & Antarctica (169th)26,564
United States72Frank Zappa122Hot Rats (223rd)26,230
United States73Bon Iver8For Emma, Forever Ago (117th)25,976
United States74Queens Of The Stone Age10Songs For The Deaf (128th)25,807
United States75LCD Soundsystem9Sound Of Silver (106th)25,717
United Kingdom76Talk Talk13Spirit Of Eden (131st)25,438
United Kingdom77The Stone Roses9The Stone Roses (34th)25,066
United States78Vampire Weekend7Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)25,053
United Kingdom79Portishead6Dummy (68th)25,019
United States80Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (48th)24,768
Total artists: 1,000. Page 4 of 50
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