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 States21Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,265
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (43rd)54,999
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,291
United Kingdom24King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)54,158
United Kingdom25The Cure37Disintegration (31st)53,911
United States26The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,852
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)52,699
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,479
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,196
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,476
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)43,668
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (125th)43,303
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (54th)42,376
Iceland34Björk25Homogenic (94th)41,909
35My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)41,867
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (55th)41,795
United States37Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,505
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (67th)41,095
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (104th)40,745
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,451
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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