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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The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site.
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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)
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Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
641 The Traveling Wilburys 3 Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 (829th)2,579 642 Laurie Anderson 12 Big Science (1,097th)2,579 643 a-ha 20 Hunting High And Low (1,824th)2,577 644 Syd Barrett 8 The Madcap Laughs (1,035th)2,576 645 Archy Marshall 8 The Ooz (1,463rd)2,572 646 Common 14 Be (1,256th)2,565 647 Sturgill Simpson 9 A Sailor's Guide To Earth (1,851st)2,564 648 Mariah Carey 23 Butterfly (2,600th)2,559 649 Kyuss 6 Welcome To Sky Valley (1,148th)2,557 650 The Pretty Things 30 S.F. Sorrow (976th)2,557 651 Neko Case 12 Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (1,881st)2,549 652 Randy Newman 35 Sail Away (1,711th)2,543 653 Susanne Sundfør 9 Ten Love Songs (1,471st)2,542 654 Damien Rice 5 O (972nd)2,541 655 Big Brother And The Holding Company 9 Cheap Thrills (749th)2,540 656 Super Furry Animals 14 Rings Around The World (1,892nd)2,533 657 The Original Broadway Cast 83 Hamilton: An American Musical (2,786th)2,531 658 Squid (2020s) 4 Bright Green Field (947th)2,529 659 James Taylor 28 Sweet Baby James (1,547th)2,528 660 Magazine 8 Real Life (1,093rd)2,527