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 (124th)21,812
United States102Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (177th)21,720
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,691
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (88th)21,419
United States105Beck19Odelay (254th)21,305
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (138th)21,213
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (314th)20,876
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (183rd)20,349
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (137th)20,309
United States110Jeff Buckley14Grace (57th)20,232
Jamaica111Bob Marley45Exodus (267th)19,598
United Kingdom112Peter Gabriel27So (225th)19,484
113Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (160th)19,412
United States114Joanna Newsom7Ys (170th)19,389
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,126
United Kingdom116Massive Attack10Mezzanine (146th)19,074
United States117Love18Forever Changes (75th)19,027
United Kingdom118Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (290th)18,903
United Kingdom119Dire Straits16Brothers In Arms (219th)18,702
United States120The Stooges14Fun House (204th)18,648
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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