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)29,564
United States62Michael Jackson24Thriller (71st)29,489
United Kingdom63The Kinks61The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (151st)29,100
United States64Charles Mingus52The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)28,590
United States65Beach House10Teen Dream (135th)28,068
United States66Simon & Garfunkel20Bridge Over Troubled Water (109th)27,776
Canada67Rush37Moving Pictures (160th)27,720
United States68Red Hot Chili Peppers23Blood Sugar Sex Magik (183rd)27,436
Canada69Godspeed You! Black Emperor11Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (93rd)27,247
United Kingdom70Depeche Mode45Violator (105th)27,085
United States71Modest Mouse16The Moon & Antarctica (169th)26,548
United States72Frank Zappa122Hot Rats (223rd)26,221
United States73Bon Iver8For Emma, Forever Ago (117th)25,964
United States74Queens Of The Stone Age10Songs For The Deaf (128th)25,786
United States75LCD Soundsystem9Sound Of Silver (106th)25,701
United Kingdom76Talk Talk13Spirit Of Eden (131st)25,424
United Kingdom77The Stone Roses9The Stone Roses (34th)25,047
United States78Vampire Weekend7Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)25,040
United Kingdom79Portishead6Dummy (68th)25,010
United States80Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (48th)24,757
Total artists: 1,000. Page 4 of 50
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