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)21,899
United States102Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (174th)21,860
United States103Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,709
United States104Interpol10Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)21,479
United States105Beck19Odelay (254th)21,338
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)21,266
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,817
United States108A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (138th)20,306
United States109Jeff Buckley14Grace (57th)20,302
United States110Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (183rd)20,264
United Kingdom111Peter Gabriel27So (226th)19,551
United States112Joanna Newsom7Ys (170th)19,442
113Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (160th)19,419
Jamaica114Bob Marley45Exodus (272nd)19,358
United Kingdom115Slowdive9Souvlaki (116th)19,281
United States116Love18Forever Changes (73rd)19,071
United Kingdom117Massive Attack10Mezzanine (149th)19,070
United Kingdom118Jethro Tull43Thick As A Brick (292nd)18,938
United Kingdom119Dire Straits16Brothers In Arms (219th)18,780
United Kingdom120Cocteau Twins17Heaven Or Las Vegas (161st)18,721
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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