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 Kingdom1The Beatles68The U.S. Singles Collection (Volume 1) (-)301,458
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,395
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)215,925
United Kingdom4David Bowie92No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) (-)156,783
United States5Bob Dylan78The 1966 Live Recordings (-)133,492
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (-)126,491
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Bridges To Buenos Aires (-)94,357
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)82,962
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,302
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,796
United States11Kendrick Lamar9Training Day (-)76,528
Canada12Neil Young91Way Down In The Rust Bucket (-)72,674
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,934
United States14Miles Davis120Miles Davis Plays For Lovers (-)68,223
United States15The Beach Boys72The Very Best Of The Beach Boys (-)64,342
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,551
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,474
United States18R.E.M.35R.E.M. At The BBC (-)59,652
United States19Jimi Hendrix68"Live" (Vol. 1) "I'm A Man" (-)59,043
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Wembley Arena, November 11, 2006 (-)58,037
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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