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 States981Wild Nothing8Nocturne (2,217th)1,503
United States982Injury Reserve5By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1,572nd)1,502
United States983John Williams (US)40Star Wars (3,378th)1,500
United Kingdom984Badfinger18Straight Up (2,295th)1,497
United States985Joey Bada$$61999 (2,251st)1,496
Germany986Manuel Göttsching4E2-E4 (1,318th)1,495
United States987The Dandy Warhols12Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (1,722nd)1,495
United Kingdom988Frank Turner17Tape Deck Heart (4,128th)1,490
United Kingdom989Jamiroquai9Emergency On Planet Earth (3,962nd)1,487
United Kingdom990Orbital16Orbital (1993) (3,360th)1,487
United States991Linda Ronstadt34Heart Like A Wheel (4,614th)1,485
United States992Okkervil River13Black Sheep Boy (3,063rd)1,485
United States993Taking Back Sunday10Tell All Your Friends (2,623rd)1,484
United States994A$AP Rocky4Long.Live.A$AP (2,984th)1,483
United States995Purple Mountains1Purple Mountains (1,190th)1,482
United States996Count Basie43Basie (1,977th)1,481
United States997Black Star2Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1,217th)1,477
United States998Madlib39The Unseen (3,018th)1,477
United Kingdom999Badly Drawn Boy8The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (1,961st)1,472
Canada1000Glenn Gould18J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) (1,884th)1,470
Total artists: 1,000. Page 50 of 50
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