Top-ranked artists

The top-ranked artists that appear most prominently in over 56,000 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 States601Kyuss6Welcome To Sky Valley (1,041st)2,782
United Kingdom602Wolf Alice4My Love Is Cool (1,591st)2,781
United States603Eric B. & Rakim5Paid In Full (914th)2,771
United Kingdom604The Pretty Things30S.F. Sorrow (938th)2,770
United Kingdom605David Sylvian15Secrets Of The Beehive (1,296th)2,768
United States606Primus15Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1,740th)2,765
United States607Laurie Anderson12Big Science (1,015th)2,765
United States608Misfits14Walk Among Us (1,792nd)2,762
United States609Evanescence9Fallen (1,087th)2,755
United Kingdom610Syd Barrett8The Madcap Laughs (1,012th)2,744
United States611Brian Wilson15Brian Wilson Presents Smile (760th)2,740
United States612Randy Newman35Sail Away (1,558th)2,738
Germany613Popol Vuh (DE)19Hosianna Mantra (1,104th)2,737
United States614The Afghan Whigs14Gentlemen (1,316th)2,730
Mexico615Café Tacvba12Re (953rd)2,724
Norway616a-ha20Hunting High And Low (1,751st)2,724
United States617Mobb Deep8The Infamous (714th)2,724
618The Traveling Wilburys3Volume One (799th)2,712
United States619Styx38The Grand Illusion (1,779th)2,702
Germany620Klaus Schulze72Irrlicht (1,941st)2,701
Total artists: 1,000. Page 31 of 50
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