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)29,573
United States62Michael Jackson24Thriller (71st)29,497
United Kingdom63The Kinks61The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (151st)29,105
United States64Charles Mingus52The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)28,597
United States65Beach House10Teen Dream (135th)28,070
United States66Simon & Garfunkel20Bridge Over Troubled Water (109th)27,781
Canada67Rush37Moving Pictures (160th)27,727
United States68Red Hot Chili Peppers23Blood Sugar Sex Magik (183rd)27,448
Canada69Godspeed You! Black Emperor11Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (93rd)27,255
United Kingdom70Depeche Mode45Violator (105th)27,091
United States71Modest Mouse16The Moon & Antarctica (169th)26,556
United States72Frank Zappa122Hot Rats (223rd)26,224
United States73Bon Iver8For Emma, Forever Ago (117th)25,971
United States74Queens Of The Stone Age10Songs For The Deaf (128th)25,793
United States75LCD Soundsystem9Sound Of Silver (106th)25,710
United Kingdom76Talk Talk13Spirit Of Eden (131st)25,431
United Kingdom77The Stone Roses9The Stone Roses (34th)25,056
United States78Vampire Weekend7Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)25,047
United Kingdom79Portishead6Dummy (68th)25,017
United States80Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (48th)24,762
Total artists: 1,000. Page 4 of 50
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