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)25,158
Australia82AC/DC28Back In Black (134th)25,063
United States83The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)25,006
United States84Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,946
United States85Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (53rd)24,546
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (149th)24,099
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (268th)23,964
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (211th)23,921
Germany89Can32Tago Mago (148th)23,832
United States90Elliott Smith10Either/Or (131st)23,784
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (166th)23,492
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,443
United Kingdom93Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,325
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (157th)23,160
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (178th)22,569
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (244th)22,542
United Kingdom97PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,233
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,183
United States99Tool8Lateralus (185th)22,054
United Kingdom100Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (256th)21,887
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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