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)6,815
United States282The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (308th)6,786
United Kingdom283Franz Ferdinand7Franz Ferdinand (375th)6,737
284Scott Walker23Scott 4 (788th)6,716
Germany285Nico12Chelsea Girl (633rd)6,714
United States286Weyes Blood7Titanic Rising (334th)6,711
Canada287Destroyer17Kaputt (473rd)6,703
United States288Curtis Mayfield24Superfly (529th)6,694
United States289Guided By Voices61Bee Thousand (534th)6,691
United States290Ray Charles55Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1,111th)6,691
Brazil291Jorge Ben19A Tábua De Esmeralda (642nd)6,658
United States292James Brown88James Brown Live At The Apollo (694th)6,638
United States293Brockhampton10Saturation III (881st)6,634
United States294Ornette Coleman34The Shape Of Jazz To Come (463rd)6,578
United States295Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (696th)6,560
Canada296Alvvays3Alvvays (686th)6,558
Sweden297ABBA24Arrival (1,184th)6,516
298Derek & The Dominos4Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (273rd)6,487
United Kingdom299Yusuf Islam27Tea For The Tillerman (522nd)6,449
United States300Linkin Park19Hybrid Theory (662nd)6,421
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