Top-ranked artists from Japan

The top-ranked artists from Japan 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)
Japan1フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]1898.12.28 男達の別れ [98.12.28 Otokotachi No Wakare] (319th)13,346
Japan2ボリス [Boris]40Flood (1,346th)3,181
Japan3ボアダムス [Boredoms]23Vision Creation Newsun (1,249th)2,468
Japan4瀬葉 淳 [Nujabes]4Modal Soul (1,471st)1,904
Japan5青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]130 (3,270th)1,714
Japan6山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]14For You (1,915th)1,354
Japan7Yellow Magic Orchestra10Solid State Survivor (2,504th)1,244
Japan8植松 伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]18Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack (5,474th)1,189
Japan9山岡 晃 [Akira Yamaoka]6Silent Hill 2 (2,512th)1,086
Japan10Mono16Hymn To The Immortal Wind (3,999th)1,051
Japan11Ryuichi Sakamoto36Thousand Knives (6,725th)1,027
Japan12コーネリアス [Cornelius]9Fantasma (1,973rd)1,010
Japan13譲 久石 [Joe Hisaishi]27Spirited Away (4,981st)938
Japan14椎名 林檎 [Sheena Ringo]17加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana] (3,243rd)880
Japan15吉村弘 [Hiroshi Yoshimura]10Wave Notation 1: Music For Nine Post Cards (4,795th)782
Japan16シートベルツ [The Seatbelts]7Cowboy Bebop (2,311th)741
Japan17Yoko Ono19Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (7,408th)723
Japan18Melt-Banana10Fetch (3,768th)704
Japan19福居良 [Ryo Fukui]5Scenery (2,631st)693
Japan20The Pillows21FLCL: Original Sound Track No. 3 (5,217th)684
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
 
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