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 States21Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,245
United States22Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (43rd)54,986
Ireland23U235The Joshua Tree (52nd)54,272
United Kingdom24King Crimson89In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (25th)54,157
United Kingdom25The Cure37Disintegration (31st)53,885
United States26The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,853
United Kingdom27The Who48Who's Next (40th)52,695
United Kingdom28The Clash19London Calling (20th)48,478
United States29The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,196
30Fleetwood Mac41Rumours (21st)44,465
United Kingdom31Joy Division12Unknown Pleasures (38th)43,651
United Kingdom32Genesis34Selling England By The Pound (125th)43,305
United Kingdom33Black Sabbath45Paranoid (54th)42,376
Iceland34Björk25Homogenic (94th)41,872
35My Bloody Valentine9Loveless (22nd)41,858
United States36The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (55th)41,793
United States37Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,505
United Kingdom38Arctic Monkeys10Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (67th)41,096
United States39Metallica30Master Of Puppets (104th)40,731
United States40Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,450
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