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 States961Arthur Russell13World Of Echo (1,629th)1,547
United States962Monks (US)2Black Monk Time (1,151st)1,545
United States963John Zorn71Naked City (2,081st)1,545
United States964AFI13Sing The Sorrow (2,414th)1,541
United Kingdom965Free12Fire And Water (2,055th)1,541
United States966Against Me!13Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2,513th)1,540
United Kingdom967Richard Thompson38Mirror Blue (4,179th)1,538
United Kingdom968Orange Juice7You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (1,735th)1,537
Canada969Sum 419Chuck (3,798th)1,537
970Steppenwolf17Steppenwolf (2,587th)1,536
United Kingdom971Roy Harper26Stormcock (1,966th)1,536
United States972The Dandy Warhols12Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (1,673rd)1,532
United States973Jack Johnson10In Between Dreams (1,623rd)1,532
United States974Gang Starr9Moment Of Truth (1,977th)1,532
Canada975The Unicorns2Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (1,159th)1,532
United Kingdom976Metronomy8The English Riviera (1,634th)1,530
United Kingdom977Bert Jansch35Bert Jansch (2,070th)1,529
United States978Okkervil River13Black Sheep Boy (2,940th)1,529
United States979Count Basie38Basie (1,866th)1,528
United States980Madlib39The Unseen (2,816th)1,526
Total artists: 1,000. Page 49 of 50
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