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)
United States81Fleet Foxes9Fleet Foxes (130th)24,327
United Kingdom82Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (268th)24,193
United States83Frank Ocean4Blond (91st)23,960
Australia84AC/DC28Back In Black (133rd)23,901
Canada85Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (142nd)23,771
United States86The White Stripes15Elephant (115th)23,500
United Kingdom87Blur25Parklife (210th)23,487
United States88Steely Dan21Aja (157th)23,217
United States89Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (149th)23,217
United States90Green Day26American Idiot (154th)23,169
Germany91Can33Tago Mago (148th)22,850
United States92Tool8Lateralus (176th)22,511
United States93Elliott Smith10Either/Or (132nd)22,391
France94Daft Punk15Discovery (141st)22,288
United Kingdom95Gorillaz11Demon Days (139th)22,115
United Kingdom96PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (291st)21,876
United Kingdom97Paul McCartney48Band On The Run (251st)21,708
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (45th)21,479
United States99Swans39To Be Kind (246th)21,301
United States100Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (172nd)20,851
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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