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)
United Kingdom81Portishead6Dummy (73rd)25,045
Australia82AC/DC28Back In Black (137th)24,961
United States83Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,798
United States84The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)24,719
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,448
United Kingdom86Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,180
Canada87Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (150th)24,148
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (213th)23,954
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (129th)23,933
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,531
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,493
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,434
Germany93Can32Tago Mago (152nd)23,428
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,275
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,651
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (242nd)22,449
United States97Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,270
United Kingdom98PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,220
United Kingdom99Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (121st)22,106
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)22,031
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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