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)57,385
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,075
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,362
United Kingdom24King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)54,240
United States25The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,944
United Kingdom26The Cure37Disintegration (31st)53,937
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)52,997
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,698
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,454
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,449
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (37th)43,857
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (124th)43,459
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (54th)42,462
34My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)42,125
Iceland35Björk25Homogenic (95th)41,951
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (55th)41,880
United States37Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,739
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (66th)41,298
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,803
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,253
Total artists: 1,000. Page 2 of 50
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