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 States81The White Stripes15Elephant (111th)25,149
Australia82AC/DC28Back In Black (134th)25,084
United States83Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)25,063
United Kingdom84Portishead6Dummy (73rd)25,048
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,365
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (151st)24,078
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,039
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (211th)24,012
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (131st)23,810
Germany90Can32Tago Mago (150th)23,760
United Kingdom91Gorillaz12Demon Days (132nd)23,520
United States92Steely Dan21Aja (166th)23,501
France93Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,472
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (157th)23,178
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (177th)22,622
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (243rd)22,522
United Kingdom97PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,273
United States98Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,234
United States99Tool8Lateralus (184th)22,174
United Kingdom100Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)21,986
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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