Top-ranked bands from United States The top bands from United States that appear most prominently in over 9,600 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:
N.B. Artists 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 important than albums).
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Rank
Band
Albums
The number of albums by this band featuring in the greatest album charts.
Top Ranked Album
The top ranked album by this band and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Score
Total rank score for this band (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
1 Bob Dylan 52 Highway 61 Revisited (17th)145,557 2 Nirvana 14 Nevermind (6th)99,071 3 The Velvet Underground 12 The Velvet Underground And Nico (12th)76,237 4 The Beach Boys 46 Pet Sounds (13th)62,320 5 Pixies 10 Doolittle (21st)60,661 6 Jimi Hendrix 29 Are You Experienced (29th)57,887 7 Bruce Springsteen 25 Born To Run (36th)56,947 8 The Doors 18 The Doors (28th)49,015 9 R.E.M. 25 Automatic For The People (44th)48,377 10 Pearl Jam 23 Ten (34th)43,538 11 Neutral Milk Hotel 4 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (18th)41,784 12 The Strokes 5 Is This It (27th)41,150 13 Metallica 15 Master Of Puppets (74th)40,061 14 The Smashing Pumpkins 14 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (62nd)38,356 15 Miles Davis 68 Kind Of Blue (43rd)37,290 16 The White Stripes 7 Elephant (49th)35,170 17 Red Hot Chili Peppers 13 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (87th)34,219 18 The Flaming Lips 17 The Soft Bulletin (79th)31,752 19 Talking Heads 14 Remain in Light (70th)30,566 20 Sonic Youth 24 Daydream Nation (48th)29,799