Top-ranked artists from United States

The top-ranked artists from United States that appear most prominently in over 53,000 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)133,519
United States2The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,419
United States3Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,832
United States4Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,505
United States5Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (38th)68,169
United States6The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,399
United States7Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,669
United States8Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,641
United States9R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,630
United States10Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)58,991
United States11Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (71st)58,012
United States12Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,309
United States13Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,035
United States14The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,984
United States15The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,399
United States16The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (55th)41,919
United States17Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,683
United States18Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,757
United States19Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,254
United States20John Coltrane82A Love Supreme (75th)38,307
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