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)24,320
United Kingdom82Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,188
United States83Frank Ocean4Blond (91st)23,952
Australia84AC/DC28Back In Black (133rd)23,896
Canada85Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (142nd)23,766
United Kingdom86Blur25Parklife (210th)23,495
United States87The White Stripes15Elephant (115th)23,494
United States88Steely Dan21Aja (157th)23,211
United States89Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (149th)23,209
United States90Green Day26American Idiot (154th)23,161
Germany91Can33Tago Mago (147th)22,891
United States92Tool8Lateralus (176th)22,505
United States93Elliott Smith10Either/Or (132nd)22,384
France94Daft Punk15Discovery (141st)22,282
United Kingdom95Gorillaz11Demon Days (139th)22,108
United Kingdom96PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (291st)21,872
United Kingdom97Paul McCartney48Band On The Run (251st)21,703
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (45th)21,472
United States99Swans39To Be Kind (246th)21,296
United States100Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (172nd)20,845
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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