all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100
by paladisiac

01/07/2021 = top 4000 update, then XTC/van morrison update (van morrison leaps into my top 100 artists!)
01/08/2021-and-0n = first-listens to albums by artists 76-100
01/19/2021 = onto artists 101-125 (incl. van morrison, marvin gaye & animal collective)
04/08/2021 = "back to the egg"
07/02/2021 = top 4300 updates
09/13/2021 = top 4400 updates
12/21/2021 = top 4500 update INCLUDING 2021 albums; then updated 101-195 which promoted sufjan stevens and the killers into this top 100!
03/22/2022 = bob dylan ("modern times" added)
07/12/2022 = top 4800 update!
10/28/2022 = top 4900 update
12/19/2022 = top 5000 update INCLUDE 2022 albums
09/20/2023 = REREVIEWED my entire top 900 albums
01/03/2025 = top 5400 update incl. top 2500 rereview update

Here i'm ranking my favorite artists of all-time by an artist-album-points method, current through new albums released in the year *2020*. I'm ranking artists by giving points to each artist based on where their albums rank within my top 4300 albums (updated 07/02/2021). The #1 album ("mellon collie...") is worth 4300 points and the #4300 album is worth 1 point.

I just felt like having another perspective on my favorite artists of all-time. The official list of my all-time fav artists is called "my all-time fav artists" (with companion list of #101-200) and factors in total impact of that artist IMO (regardless of album catalog breadth).

Obviously, a lengthy album catalog will garner a higher ranking on this list than an artist with a handful of strong material. Also, there are some artists of which i grouped albums of other monikers; for example, prince & the npg and prince & the revolution both count as prince, ryan adams along with his cardinals count as ryan adams, etc. (I generally did that when that 1 artist was the dominant, creative force or focal point of the artist's popularity.)

This does not count "current year" albums. Once a year is complete, i will add ranking points for those artists' albums to this list.

For each artist, i will be including my fav album of theirs. In the comment section, i will give their point total.

There is a continuation of this chart, named "all-time fav arteests (pts) #101-195 and #196-290

• Chart updated: 10/25/2025 03:45
• (Created: 04/26/2017 21:42).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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PTS = 90823*
* counting tin machine

I was quite surprised how CLOSE Bowie came to surpassing Genesis on my initial run of this chart. But at a top 2300, he eclipsed Genesis. Now (02/01/2018) I have a top 2500.

RIP David Bowie [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

3,018 charts

Rank Score:

43,392

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (3,543 votes)

Comments:

304

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Purple Rain 
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 Prince And The Revolution

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PTS = 81025*

* Counting albums by Prince, Prince & The Revolution, Prince & the new power generation, Prince & 3rd eye girl

RIP Prince [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,440 charts

Rank Score:

15,916

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

9

Overall Rank:

72

Average Rating:

 83 (1,661 votes)

Comments:

131

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Weezer (White Album) 

 Weezer

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PTS = 79204 [First added to this chart: 04/27/2017]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

1,782

Rank in 2016:

17

Rank in 2010s:

142

Overall Rank:

972

Average Rating:

 77 (556 votes)

Comments:

38

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Selling England By The Pound 

 Genesis

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PTS = 74230

By almost any measure, genesis is my favorite artist of all-time. But on this chart, Bowie edges 'em out. [First added to this chart: 09/22/2023]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,006 charts

Rank Score:

10,570

Rank in 1973:

4

Rank in 1970s:

33

Overall Rank:

124

Average Rating:

 84 (1,269 votes)

Comments:

94

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Heartbreaker 

 Ryan Adams

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PTS = 70315*

* Counts both Ryan Adams + Ryan Adams & the Cardinals

Guy has to be pretty prolific if he's in the top 10 of a countdown like this given the names listed above. [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

323 charts

Rank Score:

1,527

Rank in 2000:

21

Rank in 2000s:

169

Overall Rank:

1,136

Average Rating:

 77 (396 votes)

Comments:

19

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Some Girls 

 The Rolling Stones

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PTS = 68280

RIP charlie watts [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

617 charts

Rank Score:

3,172

Rank in 1978:

8

Rank in 1970s:

123

Overall Rank:

546

Average Rating:

 80 (964 votes)

Comments:

49

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Full Moon Fever 

 Tom Petty

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PTS = 63304*

* Counts Tom Petty + Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I really didn't become a big Tom Petty fan until about 2009 when i started to closely examine the history of pop/rock music.

RIP Tom Petty [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

3,311

Rank in 1989:

9

Rank in 1980s:

79

Overall Rank:

523

Average Rating:

 79 (584 votes)

Comments:

35

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Harvest 

 Neil Young

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PTS = 62088*
* Counting Neil Young + him w/ Crazy Horse [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,382 charts

Rank Score:

12,430

Rank in 1972:

5

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

99

Average Rating:

 85 (1,729 votes)

Comments:

96

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Automatic For The People 

 R.E.M.

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PTS = 61883

There was a time in college when i didn't like R.E.M. Go figure. [First added to this chart: 04/26/2017]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,831 charts

Rank Score:

19,148

Rank in 1992:

1

Rank in 1990s:

6

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 84 (2,216 votes)

Comments:

177

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Running With Scissors 

 "Weird Al" Yankovic

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PTS = 57723

One thing said about him over-and-over again that is so true -- he's had a great career that has outlasted nearly every artist that he's ever parodied. This is my favorite artist on this list that I've seen live twice. [First added to this chart: 09/22/2023]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 1999:

101

Rank in 1990s:

1,147

Overall Rank:

7,060

Average Rating:

 73 (53 votes)

Comments:

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all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100 composition

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	25	25%
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	3	3%
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90/100  !	02/04/2025 14:25	SomethingSpecial	1,104	85/100
100/100  !	12/20/2020 20:08	DJENNY	4,365	100/100
80/100  !	09/28/2017 04:38	JulianR	570	75/100
100/100  !	07/07/2017 06:29	animals0809	57	93/100
85/100  !	05/23/2017 17:18	bobbyb5	725	90/100

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From JulianR 09/28/2017 04:38 | #198839

super interesting

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From bobbyb5 05/23/2017 17:25 | #191293

I give you so much credit for figuring out a way to do this. I tried to do something similar, and was just too much work and too overwhelming. And it didn't come out anything like the way I figured it would. By ranking them from my charts, it turned out that Bowie, Carole King, and Krafterk were my favorite artists. But theyre not!!! It just appears that way. I don't know what I did wrong. So I just gave up.

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