Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 53,000 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)
Australia81AC/DC28Back In Black (137th)25,093
United Kingdom82Portishead6Dummy (76th)24,964
United States83Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,747
United States84The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)24,681
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,541
United Kingdom86Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,279
Canada87Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (149th)24,191
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (211th)24,066
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)24,044
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,677
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,549
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (142nd)23,514
Germany93Can32Tago Mago (153rd)23,464
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,294
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (176th)22,749
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (241st)22,518
United Kingdom97Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (120th)22,232
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,216
United Kingdom99PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (284th)22,198
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)22,155
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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