Billboard Top Artists of 1991, 1992, 1993

[Myth X]

Does anyone have the complete lists of the Top artists of 1991, 1992 & 1993? according to the Billboard year-end charts. Thanks in advance :)

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1993

1 garth brooks
2 kenny g
3 pearl jam
4 eric clapton
5 billy ray cyrus
6 janet jackson
7 michael bolton
8 dr. dre
9 spin doctors
10 reba mcentire

11 brooks & dunn
12 george strait
13 u2
14 swv
15 sade
16 stone temple pilots
17 alan jackson
18 aerosmith
19 rod stewart
20 mariah carey

21 shai
22 sting
23 cypress hill
24 arrested development
25 r.e.m.
26 billy joel
27 silk
28 wynonna
29 ice cube
30 gloria estefan

31 nirvana
32 jon secada
33 soul asylum
34 michael jackson
35 mary j. blige
36 snow
37 madonna
38 en vogue
39 metallica
40 kriss kross

41 wreck-n-effect
42 vince gill
43 queen
44 duran duran
45 boys ii men
46 lenny kravitz
47 alice in chains
48 bon jovi
49 neil young
50 blind melon

[Myth X]

Oct 31, 2014 12:32:28 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Top Pop Artists 1993

1 garth brooks
2 kenny g
3 pearl jam
4 eric clapton
5 billy ray cyrus
6 janet jackson
7 michael bolton
8 dr. dre
9 spin doctors
10 reba mcentire

11 brooks & dunn
12 george strait
13 u2
14 swv
15 sade
16 stone temple pilots
17 alan jackson
18 aerosmith
19 rod stewart
20 mariah carey

21 shai
22 sting
23 cypress hill
24 arrested development
25 r.e.m.
26 billy joel
27 silk
28 wynonna
29 ice cube
30 gloria estefan

31 nirvana
32 jon secada
33 soul asylum
34 michael jackson
35 mary j. blige
36 snow
37 madonna
38 en vogue
39 metallica
40 kriss kross

41 wreck-n-effect
42 vince gill
43 queen
44 duran duran
45 boys ii men
46 lenny kravitz
47 alice in chains
48 bon jovi
49 neil young
50 blind melon

Thank you so much. Surprised that Whitney isn't in the Top 50 :o
That's really weird because I Will Always Love You was really huge that year.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1992

1 garth brooks
2 mariah carey
3 guns 'n roses
4 boys ii men
5 michael bolton
6 michael jackson
7 genesis
8 en vogue
9 red hot chili peppers
10 color me badd

11 u2
12 kris kross
13 nirvana
14 tlc
15 metallica
16 bonnie raitt
17 bryan adams
18 amy grant
19 hammer
20 bill ray cyrus

21 six mix-a-lot
22 jodeci
23 vanessa williams
24 def leppard
25 queen
26 pearl jam
27 prince and the n.p.g.
28 eric clapton
29 arrested development
30 richard marx

31 mr. big
32 elton john
33 paula abdul
34 madonna
35 jon secada
36 celine dion
37 cece peniston
38 natalie cole
39 the black crowes
40 p.m. dawn

41 enya
42 travis tritt
43 ozzy osbourne
44 bobby brown
45 reba mcentire
46 bruce springsteen
47 wtnonna
48 house of pain
49 ugly kid joe
50 naughty by nature

[Caviar]

I can't at all the Whitney shade.

[areyoureadytojump]

The Bodyguard Sdtk. wasn't credited to Whitney so she did not get any chart points from it.

She just got points from her singles. She had 4 singles chart in 1992.

[Myth X]

Oct 31, 2014 19:00:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

The Bodyguard Sdtk. wasn't credited to Whitney so she did not get any chart points from it.

She just got points from her singles. She had 4 singles chart in 1992.

Oh I see. I guess albums sales were more important back then for the ranking of the Pop Artists of the year.

However it seems like they changed the credits of The Bodyguard Soundtrack later because by the decade end chart published at the end of 1999 they counted The Bodyguard as a Whitney Houston album in the Top albums of the 90's list.


By the way could you also post the ranking of the Top Pop Artists of 1991 and 1995 if you have it please? :)

[85la]

Oct 31, 2014 19:00:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

The Bodyguard Sdtk. wasn't credited to Whitney so she did not get any chart points from it.

She just got points from her singles. She had 4 singles chart in 1992.

But wasn't she the #1 Singles Artist that year? Surely that would be enough to land her in the top 50. Maybe she was ineligible because she had no charting albums credited to her.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1991

1 mariah carey
2 garth brooks
3 c&c music factory
4 michael bolton
5 wilson phillips
6 whitney houston
7 vanilla ice
8 paula abdul
9 amy grant
10 madonna

11 the black crowes
12 r.e.m.
13 extreme
14 hammer
15 queensryche
16 color me badd
17 ll cool j
18 boyz ii men
19 bette midler
20 another bad creation

21 jesus jones
22 roxette
23 nelson
24 tesla
25 rod stewart
26 ac/dc
27 scorpions
28 bonnie raitt
29 luther vandross
30 hi-five

31 gloria estefan
32 firehouse
33 emf
34 poison
35 janet jackson
36 warrant
37 chris issak
38 damn yankees
39 bell biv devoe
40 bryan adams

41 clint black
42 phil collins
43 ub40
44 cathy dennis
45 natalie cole
46 george michael
47 enigma
48 harry connick jr
49 ralph tresvant
50 inxs

[onebuffalo]

The decade review had Mariah Carey at #1, Janet Jackson at #2, and Garth Brooks at #3. Impressive ranking for Brooks as his chart performance on the Hot 100 was nonexistent. Just his performance on the top 200 chart was the reason he ranked so high.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1990

1 new kids on the block
2 janet jackson
3 phil collins
4 paula abdul
5 michael bolton
6 m.c. hammer
7 aerosmith
8 bell biv devoe
9 taylor dayne
10 wilson phillips

11 milli vanilli
12 madonna
13 motley crue
14 the b-52s
15 billy joel
16 roxette
17 depeche mode
18 sinead o'connor
19 don henley
20 lisa stansfield

21 mariah carey
22 heart
23 babyface
24 technotronic
25 johnny gill
26 soul ii soul
27 luke featuring 2 live crew
28 gloria estefan
29 richard marx
30 tom petty

31 bonnie raitt
32 alannah myles
33 seduction
34 bobby brown
35 linda ronstadt & aaron neville
36 slaughter
37 young m.c.
38 bad english
39 billy idol
40 poison

41 after 7
42 en vogue
43 luther vandross
44 cher
45 rod stewart
46 skid row
47 faith no more
48 eric clapton
49 jon bon jovi
50 warrant

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1989

1 new kids on the block
2 bobby brown
3 guns n roses
4 paula abdul
5 milli vanilli
6 bon jovi
7 fine young cannibals
8 madonna
9 richard marx
10 debbie gibson

11 def leppard
12 tone loc
13 skid row
14 karyn white
15 warrant
16 anita baker
17 poison
18 rod stewart
19 tom petty
20 the bangles

21 roxette
22 living colour
23 winger
24 great white
25 edie brickell & new bohemians
26 traveling wilburys
27 r.e.m.
28 prince
29 white lion
30 jody watley

31 the cure
32 martika
33 gloria estefan
34 cher
35 simply red
36 kenny g
37 cinderella
38 u2
39 roy orbison
40 mike + the mechanics

41 metallica
42 don henley
43 tiffany
44 love & rockets
45 taylor dayne
46 janet jackson
47 dino
48 tracy chapman
49 neneh cherry
50 expose

[CookyMonzta]

Nov 1, 2014 5:53:41 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Oct 31, 2014 19:00:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

The Bodyguard Sdtk. wasn't credited to Whitney so she did not get any chart points from it.

She just got points from her singles. She had 4 singles chart in 1992.

Oh I see. I guess albums sales were more important back then for the ranking of the Pop Artists of the year.

However it seems like they changed the credits of The Bodyguard Soundtrack later because by the decade end chart published at the end of 1999 they counted The Bodyguard as a Whitney Houston album in the Top albums of the 90's list.


By the way could you also post the ranking of the Top Pop Artists of 1991 and 1995 if you have it please? :)

At one point, it used to be an all-or-nothing thing with Billboard; that is, if you are the primary vocalist on the soundtrack, and even one song was not attributed to you, you got absolutely no credit for the album, not even partial credit. This, I believe, was true with the soundtrack to The Preacher's Wife, where all but one of the songs were Whitney songs (if I remember correctly, her mother Cissy sang one of the songs on the album). No credit for Whitney.

If she were to have received half credit for The Bodyguard (because half the songs were hers), Billboard would have ranked her number 1 in 1993, hands down.

[Musicguy]

areyoureadytojump do you by any chance have the Top Artists of 1988? That's one of my favorite years, and would like to have the list. Thanks. :)

[areyoureadytojump]

Yes. I have all the year end issues from 1977-2012.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1988

1 george michael
2 def leppard
3 inxs
4 michael jackson
5 debbie gibson
6 guns 'n roses
7 whitney houston
8 richard marx
9 gloria estefan and the miami sound machine
10 rick astley

11 terrence trent d'arby
12 steve winwood
13 tiffany
14 aerosmith
15 poison
16 elton john
17 belinda carlisle
18 taylor dayne
19 cheap trick
20 tracy chpman

21 john cougar mellencamp
22 u2
23 van halen
24 pebbles
25 keith sweat
26 dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince
27 bruce springsteen
28 the jets
29 whitesnake
30 george harrison

31 foreigner
32 white lion
33 pet shop boys
34 robert plant
35 jody watley
36 billy ocean
37 sting
38 midnight oil
39 bruce hornsby & the range
40 robert palmer

41 rod stewart
42 breathe
43 al b. sure
44 bobby mcferrin
45 bon jovi
46 salt-n-pepa
47 expose
48 bobby brown
49 prince
50 new edition

[Musicguy]

Thank you!!!
I have my BB Music Yearbooks, but they're across the ocean.

[tshawn74]

AreYouReadyToJump could you please post Top Artists for '87 and '86

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1987

1 bon jovi
2 u2
3 whitney houston
4 madonna
5 white snake
6 huey lewis & the news
7 janet jackson
8 bruce hornsby & the range
9 genesis
10 beastie boys

11 europe
12 steve winwood
13 paul simon
14 poison
15 kenny g
16 expose
17 lisa lisa & cult jam featuring full force
18 billy idol
19 heart
20 anita baker

21 boston
22 cinderella
23 crowded house
24 bruce sprinsgteen
25 fleetwood mac
26 bangles
27 robbie nevil
28 prince
29 lionel richie
30 jody watley

31 robert cray band
32 club nouveau
33 peter gabriel
34 gloria estefan & the miami sound machine
35 luther vandross
36 randy travis
37 smokey robinson
38 the jets
39 freddie jackson
40 bryan adams

41 cameo
42 cutting crew
43 kool & the gang
44 georgia satellites
45 motley crue
46 eddie money
47 stryper
48 run-d.m.c.
49 cyndi lauper
50 reo speedwagon

[onebuffalo]

36 randy travis

I'm surprised he ranked so high and the ONLY country artist here. His Always & Forever CD hit #19 on the top 200 chart. No singles crossed over to the Hot 100.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1986

1 whitney houston
2 madonna
3 john cougar mellencamp
4 sade
5 zz top
6 phil collins
7 heart
8 janet jackson
9 miami sound machine
10 mr. mister

11 robert palmer
12 billy ocean
13 dire straits
14 van halen
15 the monkees
16 lionel richie
17 mike & the mechanics
18 bob seger
19 starship
20 the outfield

21 bruce springsteen
22 talking heads
23 bangles
24 genesis
25 simple minds
26 inxs
27 stevie wonder
28 wham!
29 prince
30 billy joel

31 peter gabriel
32 journey
33 pet shop boys
34 run-d.m.c.
35 new edition
36 barbra streisand
37 bon jovi
38 fabulous thunderbirds
39 simply red
40 patti labelle

41 the hooters
42 tears for fears
43 stevie nicks
44 huey lewis & the news
45 steve winwood
46 falco
47 aretha franklin
48 loverboy
49 moody blues
50 freddie jackson

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1985

1 madonna
2 bruce springsteen
3 prince & the revolution
4 phil collins
5 bryan adams
6 wham!
7 tears for fears
8 tins turner
9 billy ocean
10 pointer sisters

11 hall & oates
12 u2
13 kool & the gang
14 don henley
15 survivor
16 reo speedwagon
17 billy joel
18 foreigner
19 john fogerty
20 huey lewis & the news

21 whitney houston
22 lionel richie
23 chicago
24 new edition
25 dire straits
26 talking heads
27 stevie wonder
28 julian lennon
29 glenn frey
30 john cafferty & the beaver brown band

31 power station
32 debarge
33 sade
34 duran duran
35 cyndi lauper
36 howard jones
37 sting
38 night ranger
39 motley crue
40 corey hart

41 diana ross
42 run d.m.c.
43 paul young
44 rick springfield
45 eurythmics
46 sheean easton
47 george thorogood
48 david lee roth
49 commodeores
50 ratt

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Pop Artists 1984

1 lionel richie
2 michael jackson
3 culture club
4 prince
5 duran duran
6 huey lewis & the news
7 billy idol
8 van halen
9 the police
10 billy joel

11 cyndi lauper
12 eurythmics
13 the pointer sisters
14 john cougar mellencamp
15 night ranger
16 kenny rogers
17 the cars
18 motley crue
19 madonna
20 quiet riot

21 zz top
22 hall & oates
23 yes
24 def leppard
25 u2
26 elton john
27 bruce springsteen
28 tina turner
29 kinda ronstatdt
30 jeffrey osborne

31 thompson twins
32 julio iglesias
33 scorpions
34 genesis
35 the pretenders
36 laura branigan
37 alan parsons project
38 herbie hancock
39 midnight star
40 david bowie

41 kool & the gang
42 steve perry
43 the fixx
44 ratt
45 the romantics
46 .38 special
47 big country
48 chicago
49 barbra streisand
50 rick sprinfield

[brucelover]

1 madonna
2 bruce springsteen
3 prince & the revolution

The SLAYAGE.