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 Kingdom101Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (123rd)21,918
United States102Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (175th)21,860
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,699
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,476
United States105Beck19Odelay (253rd)21,360
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,259
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (310th)20,850
United States108A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,319
United States109Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (183rd)20,307
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (57th)20,276
United Kingdom111Peter Gabriel27So (226th)19,543
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (170th)19,447
113Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (160th)19,435
Jamaica114Bob Marley45Exodus (272nd)19,393
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,198
United Kingdom116Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)19,060
United States117Love18Forever Changes (73rd)19,058
United Kingdom118Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (292nd)18,926
United Kingdom119Dire Straits16Brothers In Arms (219th)18,769
United States120Paul Simon28Graceland (126th)18,715
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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