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)29,582
United States62Michael Jackson24Thriller (71st)29,505
United Kingdom63The Kinks61The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (151st)29,111
United States64Charles Mingus52The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)28,603
United States65Beach House10Teen Dream (135th)28,076
United States66Simon & Garfunkel20Bridge Over Troubled Water (109th)27,787
Canada67Rush37Moving Pictures (160th)27,734
United States68Red Hot Chili Peppers23Blood Sugar Sex Magik (183rd)27,456
Canada69Godspeed You! Black Emperor11Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (93rd)27,264
United Kingdom70Depeche Mode45Violator (105th)27,097
United States71Modest Mouse16The Moon & Antarctica (169th)26,564
United States72Frank Zappa122Hot Rats (223rd)26,230
United States73Bon Iver8For Emma, Forever Ago (117th)25,978
United States74Queens Of The Stone Age10Songs For The Deaf (128th)25,800
United States75LCD Soundsystem9Sound Of Silver (106th)25,717
United Kingdom76Talk Talk13Spirit Of Eden (131st)25,438
United Kingdom77The Stone Roses9The Stone Roses (34th)25,065
United States78Vampire Weekend7Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)25,053
United Kingdom79Portishead6Dummy (68th)25,024
United States80Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (48th)24,770
Total artists: 1,000. Page 4 of 50
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