Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 55,000 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 States161Built To Spill13Perfect From Now On (281st)13,563
United States162Soundgarden13Superunknown (180th)13,506
United Kingdom163Roxy Music19For Your Pleasure (488th)13,477
United States164Slint2Spiderland (96th)13,440
United States165The Killers11Hot Fuss (209th)13,294
United States166Grateful Dead160American Beauty (364th)13,248
Japan167フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]19Long Season (325th)13,197
United States168Eminem17The Marshall Mathers LP (289th)12,767
United Kingdom169Pulp15Different Class (181st)12,410
United States170Tom Petty32Full Moon Fever (532nd)11,724
United Kingdom171Sex Pistols14Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (123rd)11,634
United States172Nina Simone46Pastel Blues (574th)11,446
United States173St. Vincent9St. Vincent (485th)11,443
United States174The Shins6Chutes Too Narrow (355th)11,431
United States175Madonna26Ray Of Light (643rd)11,417
United Kingdom176Manic Street Preachers18The Holy Bible (483rd)11,316
United States177Father John Misty13I Love You, Honeybear (307th)11,309
United Kingdom178Boards Of Canada11Music Has The Right To Children (329th)11,205
United States179MGMT10Oracular Spectacular (341st)11,186
United States180Patti Smith13Horses (188th)11,126
Total artists: 1,000. Page 9 of 50
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