Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 59,000 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 Help The number of albums by this artist featuring on this site. Top Ranked Album Help The top-ranked album by this artist and where it ranks in the overall chart (N.B. some artists might not have a top-ranked album, if their albums are ranked outside the top 100,000) Score Help Total rank score for this artist (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
United States81Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (48th)23,443
United Kingdom82The Stone Roses10The Stone Roses (33rd)23,214
Australia83AC/DC28Back In Black (133rd)23,144
United States84The White Stripes16Elephant (114th)22,864
United Kingdom85Blur25Parklife (203rd)22,715
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (140th)22,530
United States87Green Day26American Idiot (148th)22,117
United States88Steely Dan21Aja (151st)22,060
United States89Tool8Lateralus (164th)22,004
United States90Elliott Smith9Either/Or (130th)22,002
United States91Frank Ocean4Blond (94th)21,879
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (132nd)21,765
United Kingdom93PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (278th)21,647
United States94Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (162nd)21,231
United Kingdom95Gorillaz12Demon Days (144th)21,063
Germany96Can33Tago Mago (156th)20,931
United Kingdom97Paul McCartney49Band On The Run (260th)20,733
United States98Lana Del Rey11Norman Fucking Rockwell! (196th)20,262
United States99Beck21Odelay (273rd)19,933
United States100Television6Marquee Moon (44th)19,847
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