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 States101Beck20Odelay (259th)20,901
United States102Nas21Illmatic (65th)20,843
United States103Pavement16Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (177th)20,841
United Kingdom104Brian Eno51Another Green World (175th)20,834
United States105Interpol9Turn On The Bright Lights (89th)20,570
United States106Lou Reed37Transformer (137th)20,566
United Kingdom107Elvis Costello37This Year's Model (313th)20,541
United States108Creedence Clearwater Revival23Cosmo's Factory (182nd)20,246
United States109A Tribe Called Quest13The Low End Theory (135th)19,993
United States110Nine Inch Nails23The Downward Spiral (153rd)19,591
United States111Jeff Buckley14Grace (60th)19,551
United Kingdom112Peter Gabriel29So (230th)19,299
Jamaica113Bob Marley44Exodus (266th)19,238
United States114Lana Del Rey11Norman Fucking Rockwell! (221st)19,206
United Kingdom115Massive Attack10Mezzanine (147th)18,956
United States116Joanna Newsom7Ys (173rd)18,873
United Kingdom117Slowdive9Souvlaki (117th)18,850
United Kingdom118Cocteau Twins17Heaven Or Las Vegas (151st)18,797
United States119Love18Forever Changes (75th)18,557
United States120The Stooges16Fun House (199th)18,352
Total artists: 1,000. Page 6 of 50
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