Top-ranked artists from United States

The top-ranked artists from United States that appear most prominently in over 52,000 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 States1Bob Dylan78Highway 61 Revisited (26th)134,853
United States2The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)79,461
United States3Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)77,310
United States4Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,659
United States5Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)68,433
United States6The Beach Boys70Pet Sounds (11th)64,927
United States7Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)64,143
United States8Pixies26Doolittle (18th)62,422
United States9R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,953
United States10Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,599
United States11Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (70th)58,237
United States12Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,664
United States13Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,413
United States14The Doors45The Doors (30th)54,206
United States15The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,726
United States16Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)42,051
United States17The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (56th)42,045
United States18Metallica29Master Of Puppets (105th)41,168
United States19Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,516
United States20John Coltrane81A Love Supreme (74th)38,177
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