Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 54,000 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 States101Nas21Illmatic (65th)21,099
United Kingdom102Brian Eno51Another Green World (175th)20,876
United States103Beck20Odelay (262nd)20,876
United States104Interpol9Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)20,810
United States105Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (181st)20,803
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (138th)20,611
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (312th)20,595
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (182nd)20,240
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (135th)20,108
United States110Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (151st)19,774
United States111Jeff Buckley14Grace (59th)19,678
Jamaica112Bob Marley44Exodus (266th)19,400
United Kingdom113Peter Gabriel29So (231st)19,247
United States114Lana Del Rey11Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)19,168
United Kingdom115Massive Attack10Mezzanine (143rd)19,020
United States116Joanna Newsom7Ys (176th)18,945
United Kingdom117Slowdive9Souvlaki (117th)18,900
United States118Love18Forever Changes (74th)18,630
United Kingdom119Cocteau Twins15Heaven Or Las Vegas (154th)18,548
United States120The Stooges16Fun House (199th)18,510
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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