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 States281The Notorious B.I.G.7Ready To Die (308th)6,819
United States282Art Blakey64Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (509th)6,818
United Kingdom283Franz Ferdinand7Franz Ferdinand (376th)6,739
United States284Guided By Voices61Bee Thousand (534th)6,734
285Scott Walker23Scott 4 (788th)6,727
United States286Ray Charles54Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1,113th)6,725
Germany287Nico12Chelsea Girl (634th)6,717
United States288Curtis Mayfield24Superfly (529th)6,704
United States289Weyes Blood7Titanic Rising (334th)6,702
Brazil290Jorge Ben19A Tábua De Esmeralda (637th)6,672
United States291James Brown88James Brown Live At The Apollo (692nd)6,655
United States292Brockhampton10Saturation III (880th)6,644
Canada293Destroyer17Kaputt (478th)6,644
Sweden294ABBA24Arrival (1,179th)6,622
United States295Red House Painters9Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (693rd)6,608
United States296Ornette Coleman34The Shape Of Jazz To Come (460th)6,606
Canada297Alvvays3Alvvays (687th)6,557
298Derek & The Dominos4Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (272nd)6,508
United States299Linkin Park19Hybrid Theory (662nd)6,470
United Kingdom300Yusuf Islam27Tea For The Tillerman (520th)6,455
Total artists: 1,000. Page 15 of 50
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