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 States281Art Blakey64Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (509th)6,822
United States282The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (308th)6,805
United Kingdom283Franz Ferdinand7Franz Ferdinand (376th)6,741
284Scott Walker23Scott 4 (788th)6,719
United States285Ray Charles55Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1,111th)6,719
United States286Guided By Voices61Bee Thousand (534th)6,718
Germany287Nico12Chelsea Girl (633rd)6,715
United States288Weyes Blood7Titanic Rising (334th)6,712
United States289Curtis Mayfield24Superfly (529th)6,695
Canada290Destroyer17Kaputt (474th)6,685
Brazil291Jorge Ben19A Tábua De Esmeralda (641st)6,659
United States292James Brown88James Brown Live At The Apollo (692nd)6,655
United States293Brockhampton10Saturation III (881st)6,635
Sweden294ABBA24Arrival (1,184th)6,609
United States295Ornette Coleman34The Shape Of Jazz To Come (463rd)6,597
United States296Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (694th)6,562
Canada297Alvvays3Alvvays (686th)6,561
298Derek & The Dominos4Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (272nd)6,498
United States299Linkin Park19Hybrid Theory (662nd)6,458
United Kingdom300Yusuf Islam27Tea For The Tillerman (522nd)6,451
Total artists: 1,000. Page 15 of 50
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