Top-rated artists of all time

Listed below are the top-rated artists of all time as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an artist must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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The Beatles

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94 (974 votes)

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The Velvet Underground

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89 (437 votes)

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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88 (270 votes)

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John Coltrane

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88 (148 votes)

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an artist has currently received.
n = number of ratings an artist has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an artist to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an artist (currently 75/100).

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Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Nirvana
10. The Velvet Underground
11. Kendrick Lamar
12. Neil Young
13. The Smiths
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. R.E.M.
18. Pixies
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Bruce Springsteen