| Albums | Songs | 1900-49 | 50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | 00s | ||
| 1 |
The Beatles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 94 | |||||
| 2 |
The Rolling Stones | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 104 | ||||
| 3 |
Bob Dylan | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 164 | 40 | 18 | ||
| 4 |
David Bowie | 4 | 8 | 108 | 1 | 46 | ||||
| 5 |
Led Zeppelin | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 265 | ||||
| 6 |
Bruce Springsteen | 6 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 173 | 92 | |||
| 7 |
Prince | 14 | 7 | 1 | 161 | |||||
| 8 |
The Who | 9 | 11 | 9 | 19 | |||||
| 9 |
Elvis Presley | 37 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 239 | ||||
| 10 |
Jimi Hendrix | 12 | 13 | 4 | 155 | |||||
| 11 |
The Beach Boys | 24 | 5 | 5 | 109 | |||||
| 12 |
The Velvet Underground | 8 | 36 | 7 | 51 | 195 | ||||
| 13 |
R.E.M. | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 253 | ||||
| 14 |
Marvin Gaye | 33 | 4 | 36 | 8 | 68 | ||||
| 15 |
U2 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 28 | ||||
| 16 |
The Clash | 21 | 16 | 6 | 43 | |||||
| 17 |
Neil Young | 7 | 75 | 55 | 5 | 80 | 42 | |||
| 18 |
Nirvana | 23 | 17 | 129 | 1 | |||||
| 19 |
Radiohead | 10 | 51 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 20 |
Stevie Wonder | 19 | 27 | 127 | 3 | 268 | ||||
| Albums | Songs | 1900-49 | 50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | 00s | ||
| 21 |
Pink Floyd | 13 | 62 | 31 | 9 | |||||
| 22 |
Bob Marley and The Wailers | 20 | 39 | 227 | 4 | 161 | ||||
| 23 |
Elvis Costello | 16 | 61 | 13 | 14 | 157 | 213 | |||
| 24 |
Van Morrison | 18 | 60 | 20 | 23 | 112 | ||||
| 25 |
Aretha Franklin | 45 | 10 | 8 | 100 | |||||
| 26 |
Talking Heads | 22 | 58 | 27 | 10 | |||||
| 27 |
The Smiths | 28 | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| 28 |
The Byrds | 29 | 33 | 6 | ||||||
| 29 |
Public Enemy | 32 | 35 | 6 | 28 | |||||
| 30 |
The Doors | 35 | 47 | 12 | 65 | |||||
| 31 |
Miles Davis | 15 | 320 | 2 | 25 | 41 | 334 | |||
| 32 |
James Brown | 61 | 15 | 45 | 13 | 59 | ||||
| 33 |
The Kinks | 55 | 19 | 11 | 138 | |||||
| 34 |
Beastie Boys | 31 | 59 | 18 | 12 | |||||
| 35 |
Beck | 36 | 65 | 4 | 74 | |||||
| 36 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | 66 | 21 | 14 | 72 | |||||
| 37 |
Sex Pistols | 93 | 12 | 10 | ||||||
| 38 |
Michael Jackson | 54 | 25 | 66 | 11 | |||||
| 39 |
Otis Redding | 53 | 29 | 10 | 248 | |||||
| 40 |
Sly and the Family Stone | 57 | 26 | 21 | 34 | |||||
| Albums | Songs | 1900-49 | 50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | 00s | ||
| 41 |
John Lennon | 52 | 34 | 226 | 14 | 145 | ||||
| 42 |
Roxy Music | 27 | 114 | 17 | 95 | |||||
| 43 |
Johnny Cash | 64 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 103 | 32 | |||
| 44 |
Pixies | 40 | 72 | 7 | 99 | |||||
| 45 |
Madonna | 86 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 38 | ||||
| 46 |
Joni Mitchell | 25 | 181 | 12 | ||||||
| 47 |
Lou Reed | 39 | 77 | 21 | 63 | 147 | ||||
| 48 |
Sonic Youth | 30 | 126 | 12 | 49 | 62 | ||||
| 49 |
Blur | 60 | 46 | 6 | 61 | |||||
| 50 |
Ramones | 50 | 64 | 15 | 252 | |||||
| 51 |
Simon and Garfunkel | 70 | 48 | 22 | 53 | |||||
| 52 |
Oasis | 79 | 40 | 5 | ||||||
| 53 |
OutKast | 68 | 50 | 95 | 2 | |||||
| 54 |
Joy Division | 62 | 55 | 61 | 17 | |||||
| 55 |
The Band | 38 | 120 | 15 | 135 | |||||
| 56 |
Ray Charles | 98 | 24 | 8 | 26 | |||||
| 57 |
Kraftwerk | 49 | 93 | 22 | 126 | |||||
| 58 |
New Order | 85 | 45 | 8 | 153 | 109 | ||||
| 59 |
Tom Waits | 26 | 521 | 176 | 19 | 71 | 33 | |||
| 60 |
John Coltrane | 34 | 290 | 18 | 17 | 416 | 343 | |||
| Albums | Songs | 1900-49 | 50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | 00s | ||
| 61 |
P J Harvey | 43 | 132 | 8 | 36 | |||||
| 62 |
The Police | 67 | 63 | 52 | 24 | |||||
| 63 |
Massive Attack | 56 | 80 | 7 | ||||||
| 64 |
The Jam | 88 | 54 | 35 | 32 | |||||
| 65 |
Steely Dan | 42 | 184 | 18 | 284 | 341 | ||||
| 66 |
The Stooges | 48 | 141 | 48 | 33 | |||||
| 67 |
Al Green | 87 | 56 | 20 | ||||||
| 68 |
Björk | 46 | 170 | 10 | 40 | |||||
| 69 |
Chuck Berry | 244 | 14 | 3 | 138 | |||||
| 70 |
Eminem | 104 | 52 | 63 | 4 | |||||
| 71 |
The White Stripes | 72 | 88 | 1 | ||||||
| 72 |
The Cure | 71 | 106 | 150 | 13 | 233 | ||||
| 73 |
Parliament/Funkadelic | 63 | 145 | 425 | 24 | |||||
| 74 |
Frank Sinatra | 51 | 274 | 110 | 4 | 80 | ||||
| 75 |
AC/DC | 83 | 89 | 55 | 33 | |||||
| 76 |
Metallica | 59 | 196 | 27 | 48 | |||||
| 77 |
Black Sabbath | 69 | 140 | 25 | 371 | |||||
| 78 |
Brian Eno | 41 | 1013 | 31 | 103 | 412 | ||||
| 79 |
Fleetwood Mac | 82 | 117 | 109 | 32 | |||||
| 80 |
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | 47 | 795 | 32 | 99 | 172 | ||||
| Albums | Songs | 1900-49 | 50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | 00s | ||
| 81 |
Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention | 44 | 1337 | 19 | 312 | |||||
| 82 |
Patti Smith | 84 | 127 | 26 | 351 | |||||
| 83 |
Primal Scream | 91 | 102 | 15 | 71 | |||||
| 84 |
Nick Cave | 73 | 197 | 36 | 22 | 54 | ||||
| 85 |
Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 247 | 32 | 5 | ||||||
| 86 |
Pavement | 76 | 191 | 9 | ||||||
| 87 |
Leonard Cohen | 80 | 168 | 46 | 118 | 100 | 317 | |||
| 88 |
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott | 160 | 57 | 98 | 7 | |||||
| 89 |
Guns N' Roses | 96 | 96 | 22 | 107 | |||||
| 90 | ||||||||||