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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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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  • iTunes
  • Spotify
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Buy album United States
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Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

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).

Best Artists of 1984
1. Prince
2. Prince And The Revolution
3. The Smiths
4. Metallica
5. Bruce Springsteen
6. The Replacements
7. Minutemen
8. Talking Heads
9. Hüsker Dü
10. Cocteau Twins
11. Iron Maiden
12. U2
13. Echo & The Bunnymen
14. Bob Marley & The Wailers
15. Bob Marley
16. R.E.M.
17. Sade
18. Van Halen
19. Meat Puppets
20. Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
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