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 Kingdom61Muse18Absolution (200th)30,433
United Kingdom62The Kinks61The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (152nd)29,908
United States63Michael Jackson24Thriller (77th)29,853
United States64Charles Mingus52The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)29,130
Canada65Rush37Moving Pictures (154th)29,074
United States66Beach House10Teen Dream (136th)29,059
United States67Simon & Garfunkel20Bridge Over Troubled Water (107th)28,914
United States68Modest Mouse16The Moon & Antarctica (148th)28,773
Canada69Godspeed You! Black Emperor10Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (88th)28,423
United States70Bon Iver6For Emma, Forever Ago (112th)28,201
United States71Red Hot Chili Peppers23Blood Sugar Sex Magik (186th)27,859
United States72LCD Soundsystem9Sound Of Silver (96th)27,469
United States73Queens Of The Stone Age10Songs For The Deaf (128th)27,328
United Kingdom74Depeche Mode44Violator (115th)27,276
United Kingdom75The Stone Roses9The Stone Roses (34th)26,933
United Kingdom76Talk Talk13Spirit Of Eden (135th)26,414
United States77Frank Zappa116Hot Rats (223rd)25,950
United States78Frank Ocean4Blond (91st)25,722
United States79Fleet Foxes9Fleet Foxes (133rd)25,529
United States80Vampire Weekend7Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)25,329
Total artists: 1,000. Page 4 of 50
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