Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 57,000 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 Kingdom161XTC30Skylarking (381st)13,300
United States162Soundgarden13Superunknown (175th)13,192
United Kingdom163Roxy Music19Avalon (493rd)13,136
United States164The Killers11Hot Fuss (208th)12,952
United States165Slint2Spiderland (100th)12,856
Japan166フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]20Long Season (302nd)12,848
United States167Grateful Dead162American Beauty (371st)12,815
United Kingdom168Pulp16Different Class (177th)12,552
United States169Eminem17The Marshall Mathers LP (312th)11,984
United States170System Of A Down5Toxicity (253rd)11,735
United States171Tom Petty32Full Moon Fever (523rd)11,546
United States172Madonna27Ray Of Light (626th)11,527
United States173Nina Simone46Pastel Blues (555th)11,522
United Kingdom174Manic Street Preachers18The Holy Bible (477th)11,280
United States175Father John Misty14I Love You, Honeybear (319th)11,092
United States176St. Vincent9St. Vincent (501st)11,073
United States177MGMT10Oracular Spectacular (338th)11,038
United Kingdom178Sex Pistols14Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (123rd)11,021
United States179The Byrds26The Notorious Byrd Brothers (726th)11,008
United States180The Shins7Chutes Too Narrow (354th)10,965
Total artists: 1,000. Page 9 of 50
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