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)133,721
United States2The Velvet Underground18The Velvet Underground & Nico (10th)78,509
United States3Kendrick Lamar9To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)76,797
United States4Nirvana17Nevermind (14th)76,042
United States5Miles Davis120Kind Of Blue (37th)67,955
United States6The Beach Boys72Pet Sounds (11th)64,378
United States7Kanye West14My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)63,742
United States8Pixies26Doolittle (18th)61,845
United States9R.E.M.35Automatic For The People (49th)59,645
United States10Jimi Hendrix67Are You Experienced (39th)59,076
United States11Bruce Springsteen148Born To Run (71st)57,878
United States12Talking Heads15Remain In Light (27th)57,549
United States13Sufjan Stevens27Illinois (42nd)55,168
United States14The Doors45The Doors (30th)53,753
United States15The Strokes7Is This It (24th)48,609
United States16Neutral Milk Hotel6In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)41,806
United States17The Smashing Pumpkins26Siamese Dream (54th)41,666
United States18Metallica30Master Of Puppets (105th)40,746
United States19Prince63Purple Rain (81st)39,308
United States20John Coltrane81A Love Supreme (75th)38,072
Total artists: 1,000. Page 1 of 50
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