Top-ranked artists from United States

The top-ranked artists from United States that appear most prominently in over 57,000 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 Dylan80Highway 61 Revisited (27th)123,430
United States2Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)70,785
United States3The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)70,192
United States4Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)68,990
United States5Miles Davis125Kind Of Blue (37th)64,673
United States6The Beach Boys76Pet Sounds (11th)58,863
United States7R.E.M.36Automatic For The People (48th)58,347
United States8Kanye West15My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)57,718
United States9Pixies28Doolittle (18th)54,719
United States10Bruce Springsteen155Born To Run (77th)54,249
United States11Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (39th)54,083
United States12Talking Heads17Remain In Light (26th)53,439
United States13The Doors48The Doors (29th)50,826
United States14Sufjan Stevens29Illinois (43rd)50,653
United States15The Strokes7Is This It (23rd)43,772
United States16Metallica30Master Of Puppets (98th)40,880
United States17The Smashing Pumpkins28Siamese Dream (55th)38,907
United States18Prince66Purple Rain (72nd)38,704
United States19John Coltrane88A Love Supreme (75th)36,277
United States20Stevie Wonder39Songs In The Key Of Life (73rd)35,725
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