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 Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)300,962
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)257,849
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)215,638
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)156,604
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)133,505
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)126,330
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,410
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)82,787
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,292
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,779
United States11Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,536
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)73,162
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,811
United States14Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)68,275
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,323
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,470
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,354
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,633
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)59,041
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (72nd)58,042
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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