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 Kingdom1The Beatles68The U.S. Singles Collection (Volume 1) (-)301,636
United Kingdom2Radiohead22OK Computer (1st)258,597
United Kingdom3Pink Floyd35The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)216,000
United Kingdom4David Bowie92The World Of David Bowie (-)156,857
United States5Bob Dylan78The 1966 Live Recordings (-)133,537
United Kingdom6Led Zeppelin23Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (-)126,497
United Kingdom7The Rolling Stones99Bridges To Buenos Aires (-)94,447
Canada8Arcade Fire7Funeral (15th)83,070
United States9The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,340
United States10Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,809
United States11Kendrick Lamar9Training Day (-)76,625
Canada12Neil Young91Way Down In The Rust Bucket (-)72,316
United Kingdom13The Smiths15The Queen Is Dead (17th)70,915
United States14Miles Davis120Miles Davis Plays For Lovers (-)68,125
United States15The Beach Boys72The Very Best Of The Beach Boys (-)64,373
United States16Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,621
United States17Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,555
United States18R.E.M.35R.E.M. At The BBC (-)59,669
United States19Jimi Hendrix67"Live" (Vol. 1) "I'm A Man" (-)59,004
United States20Bruce Springsteen148Wembley Arena, November 11, 2006 (-)58,068
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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