Top Artists of the Decade
Dec 20, 2009 1:13:17 GMT -5
Post by northerncountry on Dec 20, 2009 1:13:17 GMT -5
I know Jonsolo will be posting his list of top artists in a few weeks based on the Whitburn point total for each artist, but in the interim I will post the list that I came up with based on the point formula that I used to calculate the top songs of the decade.
Just a reminder, it was an inverse formula for points on the chart - #1 gets 60, #2 gets 59..., #60 gets 1 and 125 bonus points for each week a song was at #1.
I just took all the songs for each artist and totalled all of the points for each song to come up with a point total for each artist. In total, there were 427 artists who had a song reach the Top 60 of the Country chart between 1/1/00 and 12/26/09. Ties are broken by bonus points.
Here's the Top 100:
1. Kenny Chesney (46 songs charted) - 31,173 points + 6,125 bonus points = 37,298 total points
2. Toby Keith (40) - 30,528 + 6,000 = 36,528
3. Tim McGraw (34) - 29,011 + 3,000 = 32,011
4. Rascal Flatts (37) - 25,851 + 3,000 = 28,851
5. Brad Paisley (31) - 24,778 + 3,250 = 28,028
6. George Strait (33) - 25,797 + 2,125 = 27,922
7. Keith Urban (23) - 23,463 + 3,750 = 27,213
8. Alan Jackson (31) - 22,295 + 3,500 = 25,795
9. Brooks & Dunn (30) - 21,625 + 1,250 = 22,875
10. Montgomery Gentry (23) - 19,297 + 1,000 = 20,297
11. Lonestar (20) - 15,617 + 2,000 = 17,617
12. Trace Adkins (22) - 16,590 + 625 = 17,215
13. Martina McBride (24) - 16,360 + 250 = 16,610
14. Gary Allan (16) - 15,688 + 625 = 16,313
15. Blake Shelton (16) - 14,217 + 2,000 = 16,217
16. Dierks Bentley (15) - 14,395 + 1,375 = 15,770
17. Phil Vassar (19) - 13,813 + 375 = 14,188
18. Sara Evans (19) - 13,363 + 500 = 14,163
19. Faith Hill (24) - 12,642 + 1,375 = 14,017
20. Carrie Underwood (22) - 11,085 + 2,875 = 13,960
21. Sugarland (16) - 12,637 + 875 = 13,512
22. Joe Nichols (17) - 12,696 + 250 = 12,946
23. Craig Morgan (16) - 12,091 + 500 = 12,591
24. Jo Dee Messina (14) - 10,864 + 875 = 11,739
25. Reba McEntire (18) - 11,407 + 125 = 11,532
26. Darryl Worley (17) - 10,265 + 1,250 = 11,515
27. Billy Currington (10) - 10,274 + 875 = 11,149
28. Rodney Atkins (12) - 9,395 + 1,625 = 11,020
29. Taylor Swift (17) - 8,745 + 1,500 = 10,245
30. Lee Ann Womack (15) - 9,513 + 625 = 10,138
31. Jason Aldean (9) - 9,282 + 750 = 10,032
32. Dixie Chicks (17) - 9,261 + 625 = 9,886
33. Garth Brooks (19) - 9,035 + 125 = 9,160
34. Josh Turner (10) - 8,740 + 375 = 9,115
35. Chris Cagle (12) - 8,648 + 125 = 8,773
36. Travis Tritt (11) - 8,573 + 125 = 8,698
37. LeAnn Rimes (17) - 8,052 + 0 = 8,052 (highest ranked artist without a #1 song)
38. SHeDAISY (13) - 7,870 + 0 = 7,870
39. Diamond Rio (11) - 7,101 + 625 = 7,726
40. Pat Green (16) - 7,574 + 0 = 7,574
41. Emerson Drive (9) - 7,431 + 125 = 7,556
42. Terri Clark (12) - 7,332 + 125 = 7,457
43. Gretchen Wilson (14) - 6,704 + 625 = 7,329
44. Steve Holy (13) - 6,417 + 750 = 7,167
45. Jamie O'Neal (11) - 6,808 + 250 = 7,058
46. Andy Griggs (12) - 6,887 + 0 = 6,887
47. Clay Walker (14) - 6,801 + 0 - 6,801
48. Mark Wills (12) - 5,991 + 750 = 6,741
49. Josh Gracin (10) - 6,514 + 125 = 6,639
50. Shania Twain (14) - 6,595 + 0 = 6,595
51. Jimmy Wayne (9) - 6,056 + 250 = 6,306
52. Tracy Byrd (13) - 6,181 + 125 = 6,306
53. Trisha Yearwood (12) - 6,229 + 0 = 6,229
54. Big & Rich (12) - 5,958 + 250 = 6,208
55. Miranda Lambert (10) - 6,181 + 0 = 6,181
56. Tracy Lawrence (15) - 5,899 + 125 = 6,024
57. Little Big Town (11) - 5,981 + 0 = 5,981
58. Jack Ingram (8) - 5,843 + 125 = 5,968
59. Jake Owen (6) - 5,890 + 0 = 5,890
60. Lady Antebellum (5) - 4,672 + 750 = 5,422
61. Trick Pony (8) - 5,209 + 0 = 5,209
62. Keith Anderson (8) - 5,005 + 0 = 5,005
63. Clint Black (16) - 4,862 + 125 = 4,987
64. Kellie Pickler (7) - 4,835 + 0 = 4,835
65. Jason Michael Carroll (5) - 4,769 + 0 = 4,769
66. Darius Rucker (6) - 3,993 + 750 = 4,743
67. John Michael Montgomery (13) - 4,271 + 375 = 4,646
68. Carolyn Dawn Johnson (6) - 4,357 + 0 = 4,357
69. Aaron Tippin (10) - 3,990 + 250 = 4,240
70. Luke Bryan (5) - 3,995 + 0 = 3,995
71. Zac Brown Band (4) - 3,434 + 500 = 3,934
72. Eric Church (8) - 3,913 + 0 = 3,913
73. Vince Gill (9) - 3,904 + 0 = 3,904
74. Jimmy Buffett (4) - 2,838 + 1,000 = 3,838
75. Kenny Rogers (12) - 3,705 + 125 = 3,830
76. Jessica Andrews (10) - 3,391 + 375 = 3,766
77. Bucky Covington (5) - 3,720 + 0 = 3,720
78. Joe Diffie (6) - 3,568 + 0 = 3,568
79. Jeff Bates (7) - 3,226 + 0 = 3,226
80. Mark Chesnutt (11) - 3,199 + 0 = 3,199
81. Trent Tomlinson (5) - 3,115 + 0 = 3,155
82. Buddy Jewell (4) - 3,056 + 0 = 3,056
83. James Otto (7) - 2,769 + 250 = 3,019
84. Tammy Cochran (6) - 3,006 + 0 = 3,006
85. Willie Nelson (6) - 2,183 + 750 = 2,933
86. Kellie Coffey (5) - 2,817 + 0 = 2,817
87. Chad Brock (8) - 2,440 + 375 = 2,815
88. Cyndi Thomson (3) - 2,395 + 375 = 2,770
89. Steve Azar (7) - 2,732 + 0 = 2,732
90. Jamey Johnson (4) - 2,662 + 0 = 2,662
91. The Lost Trailers (7) - 2,650 + 0 = 2,650
92. The Wreckers (3) - 2,367 + 250 = 2,617
93. Chuck Wicks (3) - 2,597 + 0 = 2,597
94. Chely Wright (7) - 2,513 + 0 = 2,513
95. Patty Loveless (5) - 2,503 + 0 = 2,503
96. Randy Houser (3) - 2,439 + 0 = 2,439
97. Billy Ray Cyrus (11) - 2,365 + 0 = 2,365
98. Tim Rushlow (8) - 2,318 + 0 = 2,318 (credit for Tim Rushlow and Rushlow)
99. Randy Travis (8) - 2,175 + 125 = 2,300
100. Clay Davidson (3) - 2,225 + 0 = 2,225
In case you were wondering, there were 9 artists with only one point as their only effort in the decade peaked at #60 with only one week on the chart.
The 9 artists with 1 point:
1. Gene Autry - Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer had 1 week at #60
2. Eddy Raven - Cowboys Don't Cry
3. Rodney Crowell - Earthbound
4. Roxie Dean - Everyday Girl
5. Victor Sanz - Tell Me What You Gonna Do
6. Tift Merritt - Good Hearted Man
7. Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me (with Dolly Parton)
8. Joanna Cotten - The Prize
9. Rehab - Bartender Song (with Hank Williams Jr.)
If anyone is interested where their favorite artists showed up on the list (and they didn't make the Top 100), let me know and I can list their position with the points they earned.
Just a reminder, it was an inverse formula for points on the chart - #1 gets 60, #2 gets 59..., #60 gets 1 and 125 bonus points for each week a song was at #1.
I just took all the songs for each artist and totalled all of the points for each song to come up with a point total for each artist. In total, there were 427 artists who had a song reach the Top 60 of the Country chart between 1/1/00 and 12/26/09. Ties are broken by bonus points.
Here's the Top 100:
1. Kenny Chesney (46 songs charted) - 31,173 points + 6,125 bonus points = 37,298 total points
2. Toby Keith (40) - 30,528 + 6,000 = 36,528
3. Tim McGraw (34) - 29,011 + 3,000 = 32,011
4. Rascal Flatts (37) - 25,851 + 3,000 = 28,851
5. Brad Paisley (31) - 24,778 + 3,250 = 28,028
6. George Strait (33) - 25,797 + 2,125 = 27,922
7. Keith Urban (23) - 23,463 + 3,750 = 27,213
8. Alan Jackson (31) - 22,295 + 3,500 = 25,795
9. Brooks & Dunn (30) - 21,625 + 1,250 = 22,875
10. Montgomery Gentry (23) - 19,297 + 1,000 = 20,297
11. Lonestar (20) - 15,617 + 2,000 = 17,617
12. Trace Adkins (22) - 16,590 + 625 = 17,215
13. Martina McBride (24) - 16,360 + 250 = 16,610
14. Gary Allan (16) - 15,688 + 625 = 16,313
15. Blake Shelton (16) - 14,217 + 2,000 = 16,217
16. Dierks Bentley (15) - 14,395 + 1,375 = 15,770
17. Phil Vassar (19) - 13,813 + 375 = 14,188
18. Sara Evans (19) - 13,363 + 500 = 14,163
19. Faith Hill (24) - 12,642 + 1,375 = 14,017
20. Carrie Underwood (22) - 11,085 + 2,875 = 13,960
21. Sugarland (16) - 12,637 + 875 = 13,512
22. Joe Nichols (17) - 12,696 + 250 = 12,946
23. Craig Morgan (16) - 12,091 + 500 = 12,591
24. Jo Dee Messina (14) - 10,864 + 875 = 11,739
25. Reba McEntire (18) - 11,407 + 125 = 11,532
26. Darryl Worley (17) - 10,265 + 1,250 = 11,515
27. Billy Currington (10) - 10,274 + 875 = 11,149
28. Rodney Atkins (12) - 9,395 + 1,625 = 11,020
29. Taylor Swift (17) - 8,745 + 1,500 = 10,245
30. Lee Ann Womack (15) - 9,513 + 625 = 10,138
31. Jason Aldean (9) - 9,282 + 750 = 10,032
32. Dixie Chicks (17) - 9,261 + 625 = 9,886
33. Garth Brooks (19) - 9,035 + 125 = 9,160
34. Josh Turner (10) - 8,740 + 375 = 9,115
35. Chris Cagle (12) - 8,648 + 125 = 8,773
36. Travis Tritt (11) - 8,573 + 125 = 8,698
37. LeAnn Rimes (17) - 8,052 + 0 = 8,052 (highest ranked artist without a #1 song)
38. SHeDAISY (13) - 7,870 + 0 = 7,870
39. Diamond Rio (11) - 7,101 + 625 = 7,726
40. Pat Green (16) - 7,574 + 0 = 7,574
41. Emerson Drive (9) - 7,431 + 125 = 7,556
42. Terri Clark (12) - 7,332 + 125 = 7,457
43. Gretchen Wilson (14) - 6,704 + 625 = 7,329
44. Steve Holy (13) - 6,417 + 750 = 7,167
45. Jamie O'Neal (11) - 6,808 + 250 = 7,058
46. Andy Griggs (12) - 6,887 + 0 = 6,887
47. Clay Walker (14) - 6,801 + 0 - 6,801
48. Mark Wills (12) - 5,991 + 750 = 6,741
49. Josh Gracin (10) - 6,514 + 125 = 6,639
50. Shania Twain (14) - 6,595 + 0 = 6,595
51. Jimmy Wayne (9) - 6,056 + 250 = 6,306
52. Tracy Byrd (13) - 6,181 + 125 = 6,306
53. Trisha Yearwood (12) - 6,229 + 0 = 6,229
54. Big & Rich (12) - 5,958 + 250 = 6,208
55. Miranda Lambert (10) - 6,181 + 0 = 6,181
56. Tracy Lawrence (15) - 5,899 + 125 = 6,024
57. Little Big Town (11) - 5,981 + 0 = 5,981
58. Jack Ingram (8) - 5,843 + 125 = 5,968
59. Jake Owen (6) - 5,890 + 0 = 5,890
60. Lady Antebellum (5) - 4,672 + 750 = 5,422
61. Trick Pony (8) - 5,209 + 0 = 5,209
62. Keith Anderson (8) - 5,005 + 0 = 5,005
63. Clint Black (16) - 4,862 + 125 = 4,987
64. Kellie Pickler (7) - 4,835 + 0 = 4,835
65. Jason Michael Carroll (5) - 4,769 + 0 = 4,769
66. Darius Rucker (6) - 3,993 + 750 = 4,743
67. John Michael Montgomery (13) - 4,271 + 375 = 4,646
68. Carolyn Dawn Johnson (6) - 4,357 + 0 = 4,357
69. Aaron Tippin (10) - 3,990 + 250 = 4,240
70. Luke Bryan (5) - 3,995 + 0 = 3,995
71. Zac Brown Band (4) - 3,434 + 500 = 3,934
72. Eric Church (8) - 3,913 + 0 = 3,913
73. Vince Gill (9) - 3,904 + 0 = 3,904
74. Jimmy Buffett (4) - 2,838 + 1,000 = 3,838
75. Kenny Rogers (12) - 3,705 + 125 = 3,830
76. Jessica Andrews (10) - 3,391 + 375 = 3,766
77. Bucky Covington (5) - 3,720 + 0 = 3,720
78. Joe Diffie (6) - 3,568 + 0 = 3,568
79. Jeff Bates (7) - 3,226 + 0 = 3,226
80. Mark Chesnutt (11) - 3,199 + 0 = 3,199
81. Trent Tomlinson (5) - 3,115 + 0 = 3,155
82. Buddy Jewell (4) - 3,056 + 0 = 3,056
83. James Otto (7) - 2,769 + 250 = 3,019
84. Tammy Cochran (6) - 3,006 + 0 = 3,006
85. Willie Nelson (6) - 2,183 + 750 = 2,933
86. Kellie Coffey (5) - 2,817 + 0 = 2,817
87. Chad Brock (8) - 2,440 + 375 = 2,815
88. Cyndi Thomson (3) - 2,395 + 375 = 2,770
89. Steve Azar (7) - 2,732 + 0 = 2,732
90. Jamey Johnson (4) - 2,662 + 0 = 2,662
91. The Lost Trailers (7) - 2,650 + 0 = 2,650
92. The Wreckers (3) - 2,367 + 250 = 2,617
93. Chuck Wicks (3) - 2,597 + 0 = 2,597
94. Chely Wright (7) - 2,513 + 0 = 2,513
95. Patty Loveless (5) - 2,503 + 0 = 2,503
96. Randy Houser (3) - 2,439 + 0 = 2,439
97. Billy Ray Cyrus (11) - 2,365 + 0 = 2,365
98. Tim Rushlow (8) - 2,318 + 0 = 2,318 (credit for Tim Rushlow and Rushlow)
99. Randy Travis (8) - 2,175 + 125 = 2,300
100. Clay Davidson (3) - 2,225 + 0 = 2,225
In case you were wondering, there were 9 artists with only one point as their only effort in the decade peaked at #60 with only one week on the chart.
The 9 artists with 1 point:
1. Gene Autry - Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer had 1 week at #60
2. Eddy Raven - Cowboys Don't Cry
3. Rodney Crowell - Earthbound
4. Roxie Dean - Everyday Girl
5. Victor Sanz - Tell Me What You Gonna Do
6. Tift Merritt - Good Hearted Man
7. Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me (with Dolly Parton)
8. Joanna Cotten - The Prize
9. Rehab - Bartender Song (with Hank Williams Jr.)
If anyone is interested where their favorite artists showed up on the list (and they didn't make the Top 100), let me know and I can list their position with the points they earned.
