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)
United States641Xiu Xiu23A Promise (2,836th)2,600
United States642William Basinski21The Disintegration Loops I (1,597th)2,594
United States643Solange5A Seat At The Table (928th)2,594
United Kingdom644CHVRCHES8The Bones Of What You Believe (1,353rd)2,590
United States645James Taylor26Sweet Baby James (1,484th)2,588
Italy646Ennio Morricone58Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] (1,581st)2,586
United Kingdom647Hot Chip12The Warning (2,556th)2,584
648The Original Broadway Cast82Hamilton: An American Musical (2,620th)2,581
United Kingdom649Underworld30Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1,472nd)2,580
United States650Harry Nilsson25Nilsson Schmilsson (1,408th)2,576
Norway651Susanne Sundfør9Ten Love Songs (1,449th)2,568
United Kingdom652John Martyn28Solid Air (1,225th)2,557
United States653A Perfect Circle8Thirteenth Step (1,510th)2,552
United States654Eric Dolphy16Out To Lunch! (853rd)2,552
United States655Waxahatchee7Saint Cloud (1,687th)2,550
United States656Converge11Jane Doe (1,055th)2,546
United States657Magdalena Bay5Imaginal Disk (1,160th)2,543
United States658Dio18Holy Diver (1,084th)2,541
United Kingdom659The Specials11Specials (878th)2,541
United States660Gillian Welch9Time (The Revelator) (1,313th)2,537
Total artists: 1,000. Page 33 of 50
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