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 (227th)9,949
United States202Yo La Tengo29I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (461st)9,775
United States203Aretha Franklin65I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (404th)9,682
United States204Sly & The Family Stone18There's A Riot Goin' On (413th)9,553
United States205Dream Theater36Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (761st)9,529
United Kingdom206Marillion40Misplaced Childhood (590th)9,502
United States207Jay-Z16The Blueprint (504th)9,464
United Kingdom208The Jesus And Mary Chain16Psychocandy (294th)9,442
United States209Violent Femmes13Violent Femmes (200th)9,421
United States210Grizzly Bear9Veckatimest (414th)9,389
France211Air13Moon Safari (247th)9,352
United Kingdom212Amy Winehouse6Back To Black (199th)9,293
United States213Big Star17#1 Record (416th)9,288
United States214Blondie24Parallel Lines (275th)9,264
United States215Aerosmith32Toys In The Attic (782nd)9,125
United States216Ween23The Mollusk (511th)9,075
United States217Hüsker Dü11Zen Arcade (418th)8,994
New Zealand (Aotearoa)218Lorde5Melodrama (316th)8,991
United States219The Antlers10Hospice (283rd)8,984
United Kingdom220Black Country, New Road3Ants From Up There (321st)8,933
Total artists: 1,000. Page 11 of 50
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