The Top Artists from The USA (Kentucky)
| 1 | Bonnie "Prince" Billy | |
| 2 | Loretta Lynn | |
| 3 | Slint | |
| 4 | My Morning Jacket | |
| 5 | Bill Monroe | |
| 6 | Lionel Hampton | |
| 7 | Tom T. Hall | |
| 8 | Jackie DeShannon | |
| 9 | Skeeter Davis | |
| Artists bubbling under: | ||
| Archer Prewitt | ||
| Gastr del Sol | ||
| Helen Humes | ||
| Joan Osborne | ||
| Johnny Smith | ||
| Keith Whitley | ||
| Monsters of Folk |