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)134,895
United States2The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)79,490
United States3Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)77,335
United States4Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,687
United States5Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)68,452
United States6The Beach Boys70Pet Sounds (11th)64,949
United States7Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)64,164
United States8Pixies26Doolittle (18th)62,444
United States9R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,967
United States10Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,617
United States11Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (70th)58,253
United States12Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,681
United States13Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,429
United States14The Doors45The Doors (30th)54,222
United States15The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,743
United States16Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)42,069
United States17The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (56th)42,058
United States18Metallica29Master Of Puppets (105th)41,180
United States19Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,526
United States20John Coltrane81A Love Supreme (74th)38,186
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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