Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 56,000 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 States161Wu-Tang Clan15Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (98th)13,419
United States162Soundgarden13Superunknown (175th)13,357
United Kingdom163Roxy Music19Avalon (491st)13,303
United States164Slint2Spiderland (99th)13,120
United States165Grateful Dead162American Beauty (367th)13,003
United States166The Killers11Hot Fuss (211th)12,954
Japan167フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]20Long Season (312th)12,919
United Kingdom168Pulp16Different Class (181st)12,295
United States169Eminem17The Marshall Mathers LP (302nd)12,206
United States170System Of A Down5Toxicity (266th)11,614
United States171Tom Petty32Full Moon Fever (515th)11,566
United States172Nina Simone46Pastel Blues (550th)11,524
United States173Madonna26Ray Of Light (628th)11,499
United Kingdom174Sex Pistols14Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (122nd)11,340
United States175St. Vincent9St. Vincent (485th)11,270
United States176The Shins7Chutes Too Narrow (354th)11,156
United States177Father John Misty14I Love You, Honeybear (311th)11,112
United Kingdom178Manic Street Preachers18The Holy Bible (487th)11,057
United States179Patti Smith13Horses (187th)10,994
United States180MGMT9Oracular Spectacular (348th)10,956
Total artists: 1,000. Page 9 of 50
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