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)
61 Michael Jackson 24 Thriller (66th)28,849 62 Sigur Rós 21 Ágætis Byrjun (81st)28,003 63 Beach House 10 Teen Dream (128th)27,944 64 The Kinks 62 The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (149th)27,852 65 Charles Mingus 54 The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (91st)27,224 66 Simon & Garfunkel 20 Bridge Over Troubled Water (104th)26,945 67 Depeche Mode 46 Violator (99th)26,778 68 Red Hot Chili Peppers 23 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (183rd)26,526 69 Godspeed You! Black Emperor 10 Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (93rd)26,451 70 Rush 38 Moving Pictures (161st)26,135 71 Modest Mouse 17 The Moon & Antarctica (167th)25,300 72 Bon Iver 7 For Emma, Forever Ago (119th)25,028 73 Queens Of The Stone Age 11 Songs For The Deaf (126th)24,971 74 Frank Zappa 123 Hot Rats (230th)24,945 75 LCD Soundsystem 9 Sound Of Silver (108th)24,626 76 Portishead 6 Dummy (65th)24,259 77 Vampire Weekend 7 Modern Vampires Of The City (131st)24,212 78 Talk Talk 13 Spirit Of Eden (129th)24,045 79 Iron Maiden 38 The Number Of The Beast (271st)23,898 80 Fleet Foxes 9 Fleet Foxes (127th)23,595