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)25,108
United States82Animal Collective32Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)25,080
Australia83AC/DC28Back In Black (134th)25,065
United Kingdom84Portishead6Dummy (74th)25,002
United States85Marvin Gaye41What's Going On (53rd)24,372
Canada86Leonard Cohen27Songs Of Leonard Cohen (151st)24,089
United Kingdom87Iron Maiden36The Number Of The Beast (269th)24,057
United Kingdom88Blur24Parklife (210th)24,029
United States89Elliott Smith10Either/Or (131st)23,781
Germany90Can32Tago Mago (150th)23,769
France91Daft Punk15Discovery (140th)23,484
United States92Steely Dan21Aja (166th)23,478
United Kingdom93Gorillaz12Demon Days (133rd)23,419
United States94Green Day26American Idiot (157th)23,159
United Kingdom95Brian Eno51Another Green World (175th)22,588
United States96Swans37To Be Kind (243rd)22,536
United Kingdom97PJ Harvey22Let England Shake (280th)22,280
United States98Tool8Lateralus (184th)22,186
United States99Television6Marquee Moon (47th)22,184
United Kingdom100Belle And Sebastian20If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)21,998
Total artists: 1,000. Page 5 of 50
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