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)9,913
United States202Yo La Tengo29I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (466th)9,747
United States203Aretha Franklin65I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (404th)9,618
United States204Sly & The Family Stone18There's A Riot Goin' On (413th)9,513
United States205Dream Theater36Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (761st)9,496
United Kingdom206Marillion40Misplaced Childhood (592nd)9,480
United Kingdom207The Jesus And Mary Chain16Psychocandy (292nd)9,454
United States208Jay-Z16The Blueprint (506th)9,415
United States209Violent Femmes13Violent Femmes (199th)9,404
United States210Grizzly Bear9Veckatimest (412th)9,366
France211Air13Moon Safari (247th)9,342
United Kingdom212Amy Winehouse6Back To Black (200th)9,257
United States213Big Star17#1 Record (417th)9,254
United States214Aerosmith32Toys In The Attic (783rd)9,212
United States215Blondie24Parallel Lines (279th)9,190
United States216Ween23The Mollusk (509th)9,061
United States217Hüsker Dü11Zen Arcade (418th)9,056
New Zealand (Aotearoa)218Lorde5Melodrama (316th)8,995
Canada219Mac DeMarco15Salad Days (443rd)8,962
United States220The Antlers10Hospice (281st)8,954
Total artists: 1,000. Page 11 of 50
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