Top American HAC Artists 1994-2007

[Hot AC Archiver]

As I listened to the July 4, 1991 AT40 Special "The Top 40 American Acts of the Past 10 Years", I was inspired to calculate the top American Acts on the Hot AC chart since Radio and Records started it in 1994. (Mediabase data is used from August 2006-present).

Each song by the artist was awarded points based on an inverse point system for each week on the chart (just like the method used for my calculation of the Top 100 songs). Each artist's song's points are then combined to give a total for the artist.

If I've made any errors, please let me know:

1. Matchbox 20
2. Goo Goo Dolls
3. Sheryl Crow
4. Train
5. 3 Doors Down
6. John Mayer
7. Rob Thomas
8. Hootie & the Blowfish
9. Jewel
10. Madonna
11. Kelly Clarkson
12. Lifehouse
13. Smash Mouth
14. Sugar Ray
15. Melissa Etheridge
16. Creed
17. Third Eye Blind
18. No Doubt
19. Michelle Branch
20. Lenny Kravitz
21. Maroon 5
22. Five for Fighting
23. Vertical Horizon
24. Counting Crows
25. Natalie Merchant
26. Mariah Carey
27. The Fray
28. Uncle Kracker
29. Green Day
30. Bon Jovi
31. John Mellencamp
32. The Calling
33. Fastball
34. Sister Hazel
35. Evanescence
36. Sixpence None the Richer
37. Faith Hill
38. Backstreet Boys
39. Boyz II Men
40. Paula Cole

[Kid Pulse]

This is a fantastic list, thanks for posting it!

Glad to see Matchbox Twenty pearched up on top, with The Goo Goo Dolls in seccond. I'm surprised to see that Nickelback is not in the top 40 yet. Another surprise is to see Train way up at #4. :o


This is really cool though and it's nice to see how 90s artists (like Jewel) stack up against artists of the 00s (like Kelly Clarkson).

[Hot AC Archiver]

Nickelback is Canadian, so that's why you won't see them on the Top American Artists chart.

Train is so high mainly because "Drops of Jupiter" was such a huge hit.

[Kid Pulse]

Oh, I read over the paragraph too fast!! I thought you meant "American Hot AC Chart", not "American Artists on Hot AC" .


As for Train, that song spent 70 weeks in the top 20, right?

[shocker]

at20fantoo isn't too far off from the actual top Hot AC artists since the rankings began in the mid-'90s.

Here are the official rankings of the top Hot AC artists (American and otherwise) according to Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Songs 1961-2006 book. I put a plus next to the artists that would probably rank higher if these calculations were done today because of their newer releases.
1. Matchbox Twenty
2. Goo Goo Dolls
3. Sheryl Crow
4. Alanis Morissette
5. Train
6. Nickelback (+)
7. Santana
8. Jewel
9. Sarah McLachlan
10. 3 Doors Down
11. Dave Matthews Band
12. No Doubt
13. Avril Lavigne (+)
14. Smash Mouth
15. Rob Thomas (+)
16. Kelly Clarkson (+)
17. Sugar Ray
18. Celine Dion
19. Barenaked Ladies
20. John Mayer (+)
21. Michelle Branch
22. Hootie & the Blowfish
23. Lenny Kravitz
24. Madonna
25. Lifehouse (+)
26. Maroon5 (+)
27. Third Eye Blind
28. Green Day
29. U2
30. Vertical Horizon
31. Creed
32. Backstreet Boys
33. Coldplay
34. Counting Crows
35. Savage Garden
36. Dido
37. The Calling
38. Sting
39. Uncle Kracker
40. The Wallflowers

[Topay]

Thanks, shocker, for the Whitburn info. I've been looking into buying and was wondering if it's good. I know the Country book is great, so I'd imagine the AC/Hot AC book is also.

[Hot AC Archiver]

"Drops of Jupiter" did spend 70 weeks in the top 20 (counting the holiday break).

The Whitburn HAC/AC book is a great reference for Billboard info. Definitely worth the $$ if you have it.