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 Kingdom201alt-J7An Awesome Wave (228th)9,930
United States202Yo La Tengo29I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (464th)9,767
United States203Aretha Franklin65I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (404th)9,681
United States204Sly & The Family Stone18There's A Riot Goin' On (412th)9,534
United States205Dream Theater36Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (761st)9,498
United Kingdom206Marillion40Misplaced Childhood (591st)9,482
United Kingdom207The Jesus And Mary Chain16Psychocandy (293rd)9,474
United States208Jay-Z16The Blueprint (505th)9,459
United States209Violent Femmes13Violent Femmes (200th)9,418
United States210Grizzly Bear9Veckatimest (414th)9,372
France211Air13Moon Safari (247th)9,356
United Kingdom212Amy Winehouse6Back To Black (199th)9,271
United States213Big Star17#1 Record (416th)9,262
United States214Aerosmith32Toys In The Attic (784th)9,217
United States215Blondie24Parallel Lines (279th)9,210
United States216Ween23The Mollusk (513th)9,056
New Zealand (Aotearoa)217Lorde5Melodrama (316th)8,997
United States218The Antlers10Hospice (283rd)8,972
United States219Hüsker Dü11Zen Arcade (418th)8,961
Canada220Mac DeMarco15Salad Days (444th)8,933
Total artists: 1,000. Page 11 of 50
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