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)23,474
United Kingdom82The Stone Roses10The Stone Roses (33rd)23,302
Australia83AC/DC28Back In Black (132nd)23,160
United States84The White Stripes16Elephant (114th)22,843
United Kingdom85Blur25Parklife (203rd)22,700
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (143rd)22,515
United States87Green Day26American Idiot (147th)22,192
United States88Steely Dan21Aja (150th)22,163
United States89Frank Ocean4Blond (95th)21,947
France90Daft Punk15Discovery (130th)21,853
United States91Elliott Smith9Either/Or (133rd)21,776
United States92Tool8Lateralus (171st)21,584
United Kingdom93PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (279th)21,525
United States94Animal Collective33Merriweather Post Pavilion (161st)21,231
United Kingdom95Gorillaz12Demon Days (145th)21,089
Germany96Can33Tago Mago (156th)21,028
United Kingdom97Paul McCartney49Band On The Run (257th)20,728
United States98Lana Del Rey11Norman Fucking Rockwell! (198th)20,183
United States99Television6Marquee Moon (44th)19,996
United States100Pavement17Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (175th)19,852
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