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 States81Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)25,198
United States82The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)25,138
United Kingdom83Portishead6Dummy (74th)25,009
Australia84AC/DC28Back In Black (136th)24,960
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,410
United Kingdom86Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,139
Canada87Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (150th)24,121
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (213th)23,934
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (130th)23,899
United Kingdom90Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,498
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (167th)23,470
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,436
Germany93Can32Tago Mago (151st)23,416
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (156th)23,240
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,632
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (242nd)22,386
United States97Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,246
United Kingdom98PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (278th)22,202
United Kingdom99Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)22,076
United States100Tool8Lateralus (186th)22,003
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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