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 Kingdom81Portishead6Dummy (71st)25,165
Australia82AC/DC28Back In Black (134th)25,069
United States83The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)25,012
United States84Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,954
United States85Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (53rd)24,554
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (149th)24,103
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (268th)23,964
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (211th)23,926
Germany89Can32Tago Mago (147th)23,840
United States90Elliott Smith10Either/Or (131st)23,790
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (166th)23,498
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,450
United Kingdom93Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,332
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (157th)23,167
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (176th)22,574
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (244th)22,548
United Kingdom97PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,237
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,190
United States99Tool8Lateralus (185th)22,068
United Kingdom100Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (256th)21,893
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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