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).

Customise chart
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 Kingdom1The Beatles68Abbey Road (3rd)299,418
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)256,706
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)214,869
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (9th)156,171
United States5Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)133,113
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (12th)125,880
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Exile On Main St. (44th)94,203
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)82,363
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,078
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,443
United States11Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,295
Canada12Neil Young91After The Gold Rush (82nd)73,487
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,691
United States14Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (38th)68,006
United States15The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,146
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,332
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,126
United States18R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,527
United States19Jimi Hendrix68Are You Experienced (39th)58,852
United States20Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (72nd)57,847
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
Back to Top