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)21,906
United States102Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (175th)21,847
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,697
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)21,460
United States105Beck19Odelay (253rd)21,353
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,250
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (311th)20,842
United States108A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,335
United States109Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (183rd)20,299
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (57th)20,263
United Kingdom111Peter Gabriel27So (226th)19,535
Jamaica112Bob Marley45Exodus (272nd)19,502
113Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (159th)19,449
United States114Joanna Newsom7Ys (170th)19,439
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,182
United Kingdom116Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)19,050
United States117Love18Forever Changes (73rd)19,046
United Kingdom118Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (292nd)18,915
United Kingdom119Dire Straits16Brothers In Arms (219th)18,760
United States120Paul Simon28Graceland (127th)18,678
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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