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 Kingdom81Portishead6Dummy (72nd)25,106
Australia82AC/DC28Back In Black (135th)24,945
United States83The White Stripes15Elephant (113th)24,923
United States84Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)24,891
United States85Marvin Gaye42What's Going On (53rd)24,463
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (146th)24,105
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)23,951
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (212th)23,889
Germany89Can32Tago Mago (149th)23,768
United States90Elliott Smith10Either/Or (131st)23,736
United States91Steely Dan21Aja (166th)23,481
France92Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,394
United Kingdom93Gorillaz12Demon Days (134th)23,235
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (158th)23,060
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (177th)22,528
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (244th)22,494
United Kingdom97PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,153
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,148
United States99Tool8Lateralus (184th)22,073
United Kingdom100Paul McCartney46Band On The Run (257th)21,863
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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