Top-ranked artists from United States

The top-ranked artists from United States that appear most prominently in over 55,000 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 (28th)129,592
United States2The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)74,723
United States3Nirvana17Nevermind (13th)74,162
United States4Kendrick Lamar10To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)73,791
United States5Miles Davis121Kind Of Blue (37th)66,784
United States6The Beach Boys73Pet Sounds (11th)62,065
United States7Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)61,507
United States8R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)58,931
United States9Pixies27Doolittle (19th)58,164
United States10Jimi Hendrix70Are You Experienced (39th)57,319
United States11Bruce Springsteen149Born To Run (74th)56,250
United States12Talking Heads17Remain In Light (26th)56,005
United States13Sufjan Stevens29Illinois (43rd)53,058
United States14The Doors46The Doors (29th)52,555
United States15The Strokes7Is This It (24th)46,139
United States16Metallica30Master Of Puppets (100th)41,447
United States17The Smashing Pumpkins27Siamese Dream (55th)40,675
United States18Prince65Purple Rain (76th)39,841
United States19Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)38,653
United States20John Coltrane84A Love Supreme (75th)37,291
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