Artists of the Decade for EVERY Decade (1960s - 2010s)

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The 2010s Decade-End was assembled based on an inverse point system (same point system used for all-time), this thread will be using that point system for every other decade so we have a form of Decade-End charts for every decade.

Billboard combined performance across 4 charts: Hot 100 + Billboard 200 + Hot Boxscores (Touring) + Social 50.
Ratios were around: Hot 100 (50%), Billboard 200 (42%), Touring (8%), Social 50 (less than 1%) when combining points for every artist.


First up, 

2010s Decade-End

I'm not changing anything, just providing a breakdown for the actual chart published. Also providing a Hot 100 Artists & Billboard 200 Artists list, which were never published.

Top Artists (Overall)

Position	Artist	Hot 100 Artist	Hot 100 Points	Billboard 200 Artist	Billboard 200 Points	Touring Artist	Touring Points	Total Points
1	Drake	#1	9,330,000	#1	7,250,000	#32	480,000	17,060,000
2	Taylor Swift	#4	6,460,000	#3	5,950,000	#2	1,550,000	13,960,000
3	Bruno Mars	#3	7,490,000	#6	3,920,000	#14	970,000	12,380,000
4	Rihanna	#2	7,630,000	#12	2,940,000	#38	450,000	11,020,000
5	Adele	#11	4,130,000	#2	6,140,000	-	290,000	10,560,000
6	Ed Sheeran	#9	4,260,000	#4	4,550,000	#4	1,440,000	10,250,000
7	Justin Bieber	#7	4,830,000	#5	4,410,000	#22	790,000	10,030,000
8	Katy Perry	#5	6,400,000	#27	1,960,000	#40	440,000	8,800,000
9	Maroon 5	#6	5,610,000	#20	2,330,000	#36	470,000	8,410,000
10	Post Malone	#10	4,250,000	#7	3,700,000	-	120,000	8,080,000
11	Lady Gaga	#14	3,640,000	#9	3,200,000	#17	890,000	7,730,000
12	Ariana Grande	#8	4,410,000	#21	2,270,000	-	320,000	7,000,000
13	Imagine Dragons	#16	3,100,000	#10	3,180,000	-	150,000	6,430,000
14	The Weeknd	#13	3,660,000	#18	2,540,000	-	170,000	6,360,000
15	Nicki Minaj	#12	3,960,000	#39	1,640,000	-	40,000	5,650,000
16	Eminem	#29	2,090,000	#11	3,150,000	-	200,000	5,440,000
17	Luke Bryan	#55	1,350,000	#8	3,400,000	#26	660,000	5,410,000
18	P!nk	#20	2,450,000	#36	1,780,000	#12	1,000,000	5,220,000
19	One Direction	#48	1,530,000	#16	2,670,000	#13	990,000	5,190,000
20	Justin Timberlake	#21	2,310,000	#40	1,610,000	#18	840,000	4,760,000
21	Kendrick Lamar	#39	1,720,000	#17	2,650,000	-	110,000	4,470,000
22	Lady Antebellum	#52	1,430,000	#13	2,900,000	-	110,000	4,430,000
23	Beyonce	#65	1,230,000	#23	2,140,000	#7	1,130,000	4,500,000
24	Jason Aldean	#69	1,110,000	#15	2,690,000	#32	500,000	4,300,000
25	Sam Smith	#30	2,080,000	#29	1,940,000	-	170,000	4,200,000
26	Ke$ha	#15	3,370,000	#79	790,000	-	10,000	4,180,000
27	Florida Georgia Line	#46	1,580,000	#24	2,120,000	-	320,000	4,020,000
28	twenty one pilots	#38	1,760,000	#26	1,980,000	-	150,000	3,890,000
29	Lil Wayne	#32	2,040,000	#38	1,670,000	-	120,000	3,820,000
30	Chris Brown	#24	2,180,000	#42	1,470,000	-	90,000	3,740,000
31	Blake Shelton	#74	1,070,000	#19	2,330,000	-	190,000	3,590,000
32	Travis Scott	#45	1,580,000	#33	1,810,000	-	110,000	3,500,000
33	Khalid	#43	1,590,000	#35	1,780,000	-	70,000	3,450,000
34	Shawn Mendes	#25	2,140,000	#57	1,060,000	-	190,000	3,380,000
35	Cardi B	#23	2,300,000	#59	1,030,000	-	10,000	3,340,000
36	Future	#66	1,160,000	#25	2,020,000	-	110,000	3,290,000
37	Mumford & Sons	-	280,000	#14	2,750,000	-	240,000	3,270,000
38	Selena Gomez	#28	2,120,000	#55	1,060,000	-	60,000	3,250,000
39	JAY-Z	#42	1,590,000	#61	1,000,000	#28	620,000	3,220,000
40	Meghan Trainor	#26	2,130,000	#58	1,040,000	-	10,000	3,180,000
41	J. Cole	#67	1,140,000	#34	1,800,000	-	130,000	3,070,000
42	Usher	#31	2,080,000	#75	850,000	-	150,000	3,070,000
43	Coldplay	#86	800,000	#60	1,010,000	#5	1,270,000	3,080,000
44	The Black Eyed Peas	#33	2,000,000	#78	840,000	-	150,000	2,990,000
45	Pitbull	#19	2,550,000	-	300,000	-	150,000	3,010,000
46	Flo Rida	#17	2,780,000	-	220,000	-	-	3,000,000
47	Michael Buble	-	170,000	#22	2,250,000	#30	560,000	2,980,000
48	Zac Brown Band	-	560,000	#28	1,950,000	#43	360,000	2,870,000
49	Jason Derulo	#18	2,620,000	-	270,000	-	20,000	2,910,000
50	The Chainsmokers	#22	2,310,000	-	530,000	-	20,000	2,860,000
51	Halsey	#27	2,130,000	-	580,000	-	30,000	2,740,000
52	Lorde	#49	1,510,000	#49	1,210,000	-	30,000	2,740,000
53	Kanye West	#61	1,270,000	#47	1,260,000	-	200,000	2,730,000
54	Kenny Chesney	-	630,000	#53	1,110,000	#16	950,000	2,690,000
55	Miley Cyrus	#44	1,580,000	#76	840,000	-	150,000	2,580,000
56	Carrie Underwood	#90	790,000	#41	1,570,000	-	300,000	2,660,000
57	Wiz Khalifa	#34	1,880,000	-	620,000	-	50,000	2,540,000
58	Migos	#75	1,070,000	#44	1,330,000	-	10,000	2,420,000
59	Kelly Clarkson	#58	1,300,000	#56	1,060,000	-	50,000	2,410,000
60	OneRepublic	#37	1,760,000	-	590,000	-	30,000	2,380,000
61	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	#51	1,430,000	#70	860,000	-	30,000	2,330,000
62	XXXTENTACION	-	630,000	#37	1,670,000	-	-	2,310,000
63	Eric Church	-	520,000	#43	1,470,000	-	330,000	2,310,000
64	Juice WRLD	#79	970,000	#45	1,300,000	-	10,000	2,280,000
65	fun.	#50	1,500,000	#84	770,000	-	10,000	2,280,000
66	Billie Eilish	#78	980,000	#48	1,230,000	-	10,000	2,220,000
67	LMFAO	#35	1,870,000	-	340,000	-	10,000	2,230,000
68	DJ Khaled	#62	1,240,000	#65	930,000	-	-	2,170,000
69	Chris Stapleton	-	110,000	#31	1,880,000	-	160,000	2,150,000
70	Calvin Harris	#36	1,830,000	-	250,000	-	-	2,090,000
71	Britney Spears	#56	1,340,000	-	380,000	#47	350,000	2,070,000
72	Fetty Wap	#47	1,560,000	-	510,000	-	-	2,070,000
73	Sia	#53	1,380,000	-	600,000	-	40,000	2,010,000
74	Pentatonix	-	60,000	#32	1,830,000	-	90,000	1,980,000
75	Kidz Bop Kids	-	-	#30	1,940,000	-	-	1,940,000
76	David Guetta	#40	1,680,000	-	200,000	-	10,000	1,890,000
77	U2	-	-	-	140,000	#1	1,730,000	1,870,000
78	Ellie Goulding	#41	1,630,000	-	200,000	-	30,000	1,860,000
79	The Lumineers	-	680,000	#54	1,100,000	-	40,000	1,830,000
80	Pharrell Williams	#54	1,370,000	-	440,000	-	10,000	1,820,000
81	The Rolling Stones	-	-	-	300,000	#3	1,540,000	1,840,000
82	Train	#59	1,290,000	-	420,000	-	70,000	1,780,000
83	Trey Songz	#80	960,000	#82	790,000	-	20,000	1,770,000
84	Demi Lovato	#73	1,080,000	-	580,000	-	80,000	1,740,000
85	Sam Hunt	#96	740,000	#64	970,000	-	40,000	1,750,000
86	Big Sean	#77	1,000,000	#97	700,000	-	-	1,700,000
87	Camila Cabello	#63	1,240,000	-	420,000	-	-	1,660,000
88	Lil Uzi Vert	#94	740,000	#67	910,000	-	-	1,660,000
89	Panic! At The Disco	#97	730,000	#81	790,000	-	140,000	1,660,000
90	Miranda Lambert	-	520,000	#63	980,000	-	140,000	1,640,000
91	Bruce Springsteen	-	-	-	390,000	#6	1,260,000	1,650,000
92	John Legend	#72	1,090,000	-	480,000	-	50,000	1,610,000
93	B.o.B	#60	1,290,000	-	320,000	-	-	1,610,000
94	21 Savage	-	700,000	#72	850,000	-	-	1,560,000
95	Thomas Rhett	-	600,000	#74	850,000	-	130,000	1,570,000
96	Meek Mill	-	380,000	#50	1,140,000	-	10,000	1,530,000
97	Keith Urban	-	540,000	#98	690,000	-	280,000	1,510,000
98	Bon Jovi	-	-	-	410,000	#8	1,110,000	1,510,000
99	5 Seconds Of Summer	-	600,000	#83	780,000	-	140,000	1,510,000
100	Paul McCartney	-	110,000	-	320,000	#9	1,090,000	1,510,000

Hot 100 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Drake	9,330,000	51	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	1,430,000
2	Rihanna	7,630,000	52	Lady Antebellum	1,430,000
3	Bruno Mars	7,490,000	53	Sia	1,380,000
4	Taylor Swift	6,460,000	54	Pharrell Williams	1,370,000
5	Katy Perry	6,400,000	55	Luke Bryan	1,350,000
6	Maroon 5	5,610,000	56	Britney Spears	1,340,000
7	Justin Bieber	4,830,000	57	Taio Cruz	1,330,000
8	Ariana Grande	4,410,000	58	Kelly Clarkson	1,300,000
9	Ed Sheeran	4,260,000	59	Train	1,290,000
10	Post Malone	4,250,000	60	B.o.B	1,290,000
11	Adele	4,130,000	61	Kanye West	1,270,000
12	Nicki Minaj	3,960,000	62	DJ Khaled	1,240,000
13	The Weeknd	3,660,000	63	Camila Cabello	1,240,000
14	Lady Gaga	3,640,000	64	Carly Rae Jepsen	1,240,000
15	Ke$ha	3,370,000	65	Beyonce	1,230,000
16	Imagine Dragons	3,100,000	66	Future	1,160,000
17	Flo Rida	2,780,000	67	J. Cole	1,140,000
18	Jason Derulo	2,620,000	68	Iggy Azalea	1,120,000
19	Pitbull	2,550,000	69	Jason Aldean	1,110,000
20	P!nk	2,450,000	70	Mike Posner	1,110,000
21	Justin Timberlake	2,310,000	71	Charlie Puth	1,090,000
22	The Chainsmokers	2,310,000	72	John Legend	1,090,000
23	Cardi B	2,300,000	73	Demi Lovato	1,080,000
24	Chris Brown	2,180,000	74	Blake Shelton	1,070,000
25	Shawn Mendes	2,140,000	75	Migos	1,070,000
26	Meghan Trainor	2,130,000	76	Bastille	1,000,000
27	Halsey	2,130,000	77	Big Sean	1,000,000
28	Selena Gomez	2,120,000	78	Billie Eilish	980,000
29	Eminem	2,090,000	79	Juice WRLD	970,000
30	Sam Smith	2,080,000	80	Trey Songz	960,000
31	Usher	2,080,000	81	Enrique Iglesias	930,000
32	Lil Wayne	2,040,000	82	Alessia Cara	930,000
33	The Black Eyed Peas	2,000,000	83	Avicii	920,000
34	Wiz Khalifa	1,880,000	84	Lil Nas X	920,000
35	LMFAO	1,870,000	85	Ludacris	820,000
36	Calvin Harris	1,830,000	86	Coldplay	800,000
37	OneRepublic	1,760,000	87	Robin Thicke	800,000
38	twenty one pilots	1,760,000	88	Nelly	790,000
39	Kendrick Lamar	1,720,000	89	Gotye	790,000
40	David Guetta	1,680,000	90	Carrie Underwood	790,000
41	Ellie Goulding	1,630,000	91	Rae Sremmurd	780,000
42	Jay-Z	1,590,000	92	Zedd	760,000
43	Khalid	1,590,000	93	Jonas Brothers	750,000
44	Miley Cyrus	1,580,000	94	Lil Uzi Vert	740,000
45	Travis Scott	1,580,000	95	Desiigner	740,000
46	Florida Georgia Line	1,580,000	96	Sam Hunt	740,000
47	Fetty Wap	1,560,000	97	Panic! At The Disco	730,000
48	One Direction	1,530,000	98	MAGIC!	720,000
49	Lorde	1,510,000	99	Jeremih	720,000
50	fun.	1,500,000	100	Zayn	720,000

Billboard 200 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Drake	7,250,000	51	The Black Keys	1,140,000
2	Adele	6,140,000	52	Queen	1,120,000
3	Taylor Swift	5,950,000	53	Kenny Chesney	1,110,000
4	Ed Sheeran	4,550,000	54	The Lumineers	1,100,000
5	Justin Bieber	4,410,000	55	Selena Gomez	1,060,000
6	Bruno Mars	3,920,000	56	Kelly Clarkson	1,060,000
7	Post Malone	3,700,000	57	Shawn Mendes	1,060,000
8	Luke Bryan	3,400,000	58	Meghan Trainor	1,040,000
9	Lady Gaga	3,200,000	59	Cardi B	1,030,000
10	Imagine Dragons	3,180,000	60	Coldplay	1,010,000
11	Eminem	3,150,000	61	JAY-Z	1,000,000
12	Rihanna	2,940,000	62	Lana Del Rey	990,000
13	Lady Antebellum	2,900,000	63	Miranda Lambert	980,000
14	Mumford & Sons	2,750,000	64	Sam Hunt	970,000
15	Jason Aldean	2,690,000	65	DJ Khaled	930,000
16	One Direction	2,670,000	66	A Boogie Wit da Hoodie	910,000
17	Kendrick Lamar	2,650,000	67	Lil Uzi Vert	910,000
18	The Weeknd	2,540,000	68	Luke Combs	910,000
19	Blake Shelton	2,330,000	69	Michael Jackson	900,000
20	Maroon 5	2,330,000	70	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	860,000
21	Ariana Grande	2,270,000	71	Rick Ross	860,000
22	Michael Buble	2,250,000	72	21 Savage	850,000
23	Beyonce	2,140,000	73	Josh Groban	850,000
24	Florida Georgia Line	2,120,000	74	Thomas Rhett	850,000
25	Future	2,020,000	75	Usher	850,000
26	twenty one pilots	1,980,000	76	Miley Cyrus	840,000
27	Katy Perry	1,960,000	77	Linkin Park	840,000
28	Zac Brown Band	1,950,000	78	The Black Eyed Peas	840,000
29	Sam Smith	1,940,000	79	Ke$ha	790,000
30	Kidz Bop Kids	1,940,000	80	Garth Brooks	790,000
31	Chris Stapleton	1,880,000	81	Panic! At The Disco	790,000
32	Pentatonix	1,830,000	82	Trey Songz	790,000
33	Travis Scott	1,810,000	83	5 Seconds Of Summer	780,000
34	J. Cole	1,800,000	84	fun.	770,000
35	Khalid	1,780,000	85	Kodak Black	770,000
36	P!nk	1,780,000	86	Andrea Bocelli	760,000
37	XXXTENTACION	1,670,000	87	G-Eazy	760,000
38	Lil Wayne	1,670,000	88	Logic	750,000
39	Nicki Minaj	1,640,000	89	Little Big Town	750,000
40	Justin Timberlake	1,610,000	90	Lil Baby	740,000
41	Carrie Underwood	1,570,000	91	Fall Out Boy	730,000
42	Chris Brown	1,470,000	92	Alicia Keys	730,000
43	Eric Church	1,470,000	93	Brantley Gilbert	720,000
44	Migos	1,330,000	94	Prince	720,000
45	Juice WRLD	1,300,000	95	2 Chainz	710,000
46	Susan Boyle	1,270,000	96	Daft Punk	710,000
47	Kanye West	1,260,000	97	Big Sean	700,000
48	Billie Eilish	1,230,000	98	Keith Urban	690,000
49	Lorde	1,210,000	99	Scotty McCreery	680,000
50	Meek Mill	1,140,000	100	Bryson Tiller	650,000

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2000s Decade-End
There is actually an Artist of the Decade (full top 100 list) that was published, using Hot 100 points + actual raw Billboard 200 sales combined. This one instead uses the Billboard 200 point system. 


Top Artists (Overall)
This is actually very different in results at the top from the actual list; Eminem was #1 but slips to #6 because his Hot 100 points were low. The actual list used raw sales which helped him due to peaking in 2000-2002, the highest years for raw album sales.

Position	Artist	Hot 100 Artist	Hot 100 Points	Billboard 200 Artist	Billboard 200 Points	Total Points
1	Usher	#1	5,960,000	#9	3,240,000	9,200,000
2	Nickelback	#14	3,530,000	#1	4,530,000	8,060,000
3	Alicia Keys	#3	4,700,000	#8	3,340,000	8,040,000
4	Beyonce	#2	5,610,000	#22	2,420,000	8,030,000
5	Nelly	#5	4,530,000	#7	3,390,000	7,920,000
6	Eminem	#18	3,270,000	#2	4,350,000	7,620,000
7	50 Cent	#6	4,500,000	#25	2,320,000	6,820,000
8	The Black Eyed Peas	#7	4,130,000	#28	2,190,000	6,320,000
9	Destiny's Child	#8	4,080,000	#31	2,140,000	6,220,000
10	Mariah Carey	#13	3,570,000	#21	2,550,000	6,120,000
11	Kelly Clarkson	#9	3,880,000	#27	2,230,000	6,110,000
12	Taylor Swift	#35	2,240,000	#4	3,850,000	6,090,000
13	Rihanna	#4	4,570,000	#58	1,460,000	6,030,000
14	Kanye West	#10	3,810,000	#34	2,080,000	5,880,000
15	Miley Cyrus	#63	1,460,000	#3	4,330,000	5,790,000
16	P!nk	#12	3,670,000	#35	2,030,000	5,700,000
17	Jay-Z	#23	2,890,000	#16	2,730,000	5,620,000
18	Ludacris	#19	3,090,000	#23	2,410,000	5,500,000
19	Linkin Park	#56	1,640,000	#5	3,710,000	5,350,000
20	Britney Spears	#36	2,190,000	#13	2,990,000	5,180,000
21	Avril Lavigne	#27	2,500,000	#19	2,680,000	5,170,000
22	Justin Timberlake	#16	3,310,000	#43	1,740,000	5,040,000
23	T.I.	#17	3,300,000	#45	1,700,000	5,010,000
24	Chris Brown	#11	3,780,000	#82	1,110,000	4,890,000
25	Akon	#15	3,320,000	#54	1,510,000	4,830,000
26	Rascal Flatts	#66	1,340,000	#6	3,450,000	4,790,000
27	Creed	#43	2,040,000	#18	2,690,000	4,720,000
28	Jennifer Lopez	#21	2,930,000	#44	1,730,000	4,660,000
29	Christina Aguilera	#26	2,730,000	#41	1,750,000	4,480,000
30	Toby Keith	#80	1,180,000	#10	3,220,000	4,400,000
31	Mary J. Blige	#38	2,150,000	#29	2,170,000	4,330,000
32	OutKast	#30	2,360,000	#36	1,970,000	4,320,000
33	Carrie Underwood	#65	1,350,000	#15	2,900,000	4,240,000
34	Kenny Chesney	#75	1,230,000	#12	2,990,000	4,220,000
35	Fergie	#20	2,880,000	#68	1,290,000	4,170,000
36	3 Doors Down	#28	2,480,000	#49	1,680,000	4,150,000
37	Ashanti	#24	2,800,000	#64	1,350,000	4,150,000
38	Ja Rule	#31	2,290,000	#46	1,690,000	3,990,000
39	Tim McGraw	#69	1,320,000	#20	2,650,000	3,970,000
40	Lil Wayne	#34	2,240,000	#51	1,640,000	3,870,000
41	R. Kelly	#39	2,140,000	#50	1,670,000	3,800,000
42	N Sync	#49	1,830,000	#40	1,780,000	3,610,000
43	Santana	#44	1,900,000	#48	1,690,000	3,590,000
44	Ne-Yo	#29	2,420,000	#79	1,150,000	3,580,000
45	Maroon 5	#42	2,100,000	#60	1,430,000	3,520,000
46	Kid Rock	-	510,000	#14	2,930,000	3,440,000
47	Sean Paul	#22	2,850,000	-	550,000	3,410,000
48	Gwen Stefani	#37	2,160,000	#77	1,170,000	3,330,000
49	Dixie Chicks	#96	920,000	#24	2,390,000	3,310,000
50	Coldplay	#86	1,090,000	#30	2,160,000	3,250,000
51	Daughtry	#87	1,090,000	#32	2,130,000	3,220,000
52	T-Pain	#25	2,740,000	-	480,000	3,220,000
53	Faith Hill	#45	1,860,000	#66	1,340,000	3,200,000
54	Norah Jones	-	90,000	#11	3,110,000	3,200,000
55	Green Day	#67	1,330,000	#38	1,850,000	3,170,000
56	Alan Jackson	-	780,000	#26	2,320,000	3,100,000
57	Missy Elliott	#32	2,280,000	-	790,000	3,080,000
58	Matchbox Twenty	#33	2,270,000	-	780,000	3,050,000
59	Lady Gaga	#40	2,140,000	-	870,000	3,010,000
60	Evanescence	-	850,000		2,100,000	2,950,000
61	Ciara	#41	2,130,000	-	740,000	2,880,000
62	Madonna	#54	1,680,000	#80	1,150,000	2,830,000
63	Nelly Furtado	#48	1,830,000	-	920,000	2,750,000
64	Josh Groban		20,000	#17	2,690,000	2,710,000
65	Janet Jackson	#52	1,710,000	#97	980,000	2,690,000
66	Snoop Dogg	#60	1,580,000	#91	1,050,000	2,630,000
67	George Strait	-	810,000	#42	1,750,000	2,560,000
68	Celine Dion	-	490,000	#37	1,960,000	2,450,000
69	Aaliyah	#50	1,770,000	-	670,000	2,430,000
70	The Fray	#55	1,680,000	-	730,000	2,400,000
71	The Pussycat Dolls	#53	1,700,000	-	700,000	2,400,000
72	Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz	#57	1,630,000	-	690,000	2,320,000
73	Staind	-	800,000	#55	1,500,000	2,290,000
74	John Mayer	#99	890,000	#61	1,410,000	2,290,000
75	Keith Urban	#88	1,000,000	#67	1,290,000	2,290,000
76	Shaggy	#98	890,000	#63	1,370,000	2,260,000
77	Shakira	#78	1,180,000	#92	1,050,000	2,230,000
78	Timbaland	#47	1,840,000	-	370,000	2,210,000
79	Fall Out Boy	#76	1,230,000	#99	970,000	2,200,000
80	Katy Perry	#51	1,750,000	-	430,000	2,170,000
81	Chingy	#61	1,490,000	-	680,000	2,170,000
82	Lifehouse	#59	1,570,000	-	580,000	2,150,000
83	Sugarland	-	440,000	#47	1,690,000	2,130,000
84	Brad Paisley	#89	990,000	#85	1,100,000	2,090,000
85	Flo Rida	#46	1,850,000	-	220,000	2,060,000
86	Backstreet Boys	-	830,000	#72	1,220,000	2,040,000
87	Enrique Iglesias	#70	1,300,000	-	720,000	2,020,000
88	Sheryl Crow	-	550,000	#59	1,460,000	2,010,000
89	Jamie Foxx	#92	960,000	#96	1,010,000	1,970,000
90	Fabolous	#74	1,270,000	-	680,000	1,950,000
91	Young Jeezy	-	770,000	#76	1,180,000	1,940,000
92	Jagged Edge	#72	1,290,000	-	650,000	1,940,000
93	Leona Lewis	#84	1,140,000	-	790,000	1,940,000
94	Jack Johnson	-	100,000	#39	1,830,000	1,930,000
95	Joe	#68	1,310,000	-	590,000	1,900,000
96	Jonas Brothers	-	410,000	#57	1,470,000	1,880,000
97	Dido	-	740,000	#81	1,130,000	1,870,000
98	Mario	#58	1,580,000	-	290,000	1,870,000
99	Enya	-	350,000	#56	1,480,000	1,830,000
100	Sisqo	#85	1,120,000	-	700,000	1,820,000

Hot 100 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Usher	5,960,000	51	Katy Perry	1,750,000
2	Beyonce	5,610,000	52	Janet Jackson	1,710,000
3	Alicia Keys	4,700,000	53	The Pussycat Dolls	1,700,000
4	Rihanna	4,570,000	54	Madonna	1,680,000
5	Nelly	4,530,000	55	The Fray	1,680,000
6	50 Cent	4,500,000	56	Linkin Park	1,640,000
7	The Black Eyed Peas	4,130,000	57	Lil Jon	1,630,000
8	Destiny's Child	4,080,000	58	Mario	1,580,000
9	Kelly Clarkson	3,880,000	59	Lifehouse	1,570,000
10	Kanye West	3,810,000	60	Snoop Dogg	1,580,000
11	Chris Brown	3,780,000	61	Chingy	1,490,000
12	P!nk	3,670,000	62	Diddy	1,470,000
13	Mariah Carey	3,570,000	63	Miley Cyrus	1,460,000
14	Nickelback	3,530,000	64	Soulja Boy Tell'em	1,410,000
15	Akon	3,320,000	65	Carrie Underwood	1,350,000
16	Justin Timberlake	3,310,000	66	Rascal Flatts	1,340,000
17	T.I.	3,300,000	67	Green Day	1,330,000
18	Eminem	3,270,000	68	Joe	1,310,000
19	Ludacris	3,090,000	69	Tim McGraw	1,320,000
20	Fergie	2,880,000	70	Enrique Iglesias	1,300,000
21	Jennifer Lopez	2,930,000	71	Sean Kingston	1,300,000
22	Sean Paul	2,850,000	72	Jagged Edge	1,290,000
23	Jay-Z	2,890,000	73	The All-American Rejects	1,290,000
24	Ashanti	2,800,000	74	Fabolous	1,270,000
25	T-Pain	2,740,000	75	Kenny Chesney	1,230,000
26	Christina Aguilera	2,730,000	76	Fall Out Boy	1,230,000
27	Avril Lavigne	2,500,000	77	Natasha Bedingfield	1,220,000
28	3 Doors Down	2,480,000	78	Shakira	1,180,000
29	Ne-Yo	2,420,000	79	Ginuwine	1,180,000
30	OutKast	2,360,000	80	Toby Keith	1,180,000
31	Ja Rule	2,290,000	81	Eve	1,170,000
32	Missy Elliott	2,280,000	82	Bow Wow	1,170,000
33	Matchbox Twenty	2,270,000	83	Lonestar	1,150,000
34	Lil Wayne	2,240,000	84	Leona Lewis	1,140,000
35	Taylor Swift	2,240,000	85	Sisqo	1,120,000
36	Britney Spears	2,190,000	86	Coldplay	1,090,000
37	Gwen Stefani	2,160,000	87	Daughtry	1,090,000
38	Mary J. Blige	2,150,000	88	Keith Urban	1,000,000
39	R. Kelly	2,140,000	89	Brad Paisley	990,000
40	Lady Gaga	2,140,000	90	No Doubt	970,000
41	Ciara	2,130,000	91	Jordin Sparks	960,000
42	Maroon 5	2,100,000	92	Jamie Foxx	960,000
43	Creed	2,040,000	93	Twista	940,000
44	Santana	1,900,000	94	Colbie Caillat	940,000
45	Faith Hill	1,860,000	95	Train	920,000
46	Flo Rida	1,850,000	96	Dixie Chicks	920,000
47	Timbaland	1,840,000	97	Mya	900,000
48	Nelly Furtado	1,830,000	98	Shaggy	890,000
49	N Sync	1,830,000	99	John Mayer	890,000
50	Aaliyah	1,770,000	100	Jason Mraz	880,000

Billboard 200 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Nickelback	4,530,000	51	Lil Wayne	1,640,000
2	Eminem	4,350,000	52	Dave Matthews Band	1,570,000
3	Miley Cyrus	4,330,000	53	The Beatles	1,560,000
4	Taylor Swift	3,850,000	54	Akon	1,510,000
5	Linkin Park	3,710,000	55	Staind	1,500,000
6	Rascal Flatts	3,450,000	56	Enya	1,480,000
7	Nelly	3,390,000	57	Jonas Brothers	1,470,000
8	Alicia Keys	3,340,000	58	Rihanna	1,460,000
9	Usher	3,240,000	59	Sheryl Crow	1,460,000
10	Toby Keith	3,220,000	60	Maroon 5	1,430,000
11	Norah Jones	3,110,000	61	John Mayer	1,410,000
12	Kenny Chesney	2,990,000	62	Shania Twain	1,410,000
13	Britney Spears	2,990,000	63	Shaggy	1,370,000
14	Kid Rock	2,930,000	64	Ashanti	1,350,000
15	Carrie Underwood	2,900,000	65	Limp Bizkit	1,350,000
16	JAY-Z	2,730,000	66	Faith Hill	1,340,000
17	Josh Groban	2,690,000	67	Keith Urban	1,290,000
18	Creed	2,690,000	68	Fergie	1,290,000
19	Avril Lavigne	2,680,000	69	Hilary Duff	1,250,000
20	Tim McGraw	2,650,000	70	Bruce Springsteen	1,250,000
21	Mariah Carey	2,550,000	71	Rod Stewart	1,220,000
22	Beyonce	2,420,000	72	Backstreet Boys	1,220,000
23	Ludacris	2,410,000	73	Michael Buble	1,210,000
24	Dixie Chicks	2,390,000	74	U2	1,190,000
25	50 Cent	2,320,000	75	Gretchen Wilson	1,180,000
26	Alan Jackson	2,320,000	76	Young Jeezy	1,180,000
27	Kelly Clarkson	2,230,000	77	Gwen Stefani	1,170,000
28	The Black Eyed Peas	2,190,000	78	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1,170,000
29	Mary J. Blige	2,170,000	79	Ne-Yo	1,150,000
30	Coldplay	2,160,000	80	Madonna	1,150,000
31	Destiny's Child	2,140,000	81	Dido	1,130,000
32	Daughtry	2,130,000	82	Chris Brown	1,110,000
33	Evanescence	2,100,000	83	Garth Brooks	1,100,000
34	Kanye West	2,080,000	84	Andrea Bocelli	1,100,000
35	P!nk	2,030,000	85	Brad Paisley	1,100,000
36	OutKast	1,970,000	86	Amy Winehouse	1,060,000
37	Celine Dion	1,960,000	87	Keyshia Cole	1,060,000
38	Green Day	1,850,000	88	Nas	1,060,000
39	Jack Johnson	1,830,000	89	Kidz Bop Kids	1,060,000
40	N Sync	1,780,000	90	DMX	1,050,000
41	Christina Aguilera	1,750,000	91	Snoop Dogg	1,050,000
42	George Strait	1,750,000	92	Shakira	1,050,000
43	Justin Timberlake	1,740,000	93	Disturbed	1,040,000
44	Jennifer Lopez	1,730,000	94	System Of A Down	1,020,000
45	T.I.	1,700,000	95	Metallica	1,020,000
46	Ja Rule	1,690,000	96	Jamie Foxx	1,010,000
47	Sugarland	1,690,000	97	Janet Jackson	980,000
48	Santana	1,690,000	98	The Killers	980,000
49	3 Doors Down	1,680,000	99	Fall Out Boy	970,000
50	R. Kelly	1,670,000	100	Korn	970,000

[iHype.]

1990s Decade-End
Billboard originally published a top 20 artists with a very odd and clunky point system; no Hot 100/Billboard 200 artist lists. 

Top Artists (Overall)
Mariah reigns in this one (as the published list), with an untouchable Hot 100 reign in addition to strong Billboard 200 performance.

Position	Artist	Hot 100 Artist	Hot 100 Points	Billboard 200 Artist	Billboard 200 Points	Total
1	Mariah Carey	#1	11,010,000	#2	6,040,000	17,050,000
2	Janet Jackson	#2	8,020,000	#7	2,780,000	10,800,000
3	Boyz II Men	#3	6,950,000	#5	3,080,000	10,020,000
4	Garth Brooks	-	110,000	#1	8,790,000	8,910,000
5	Whitney Houston	#5	5,860,000	#9	2,740,000	8,600,000
6	Celine Dion	#7	4,500,000	#3	3,860,000	8,360,000
7	Madonna	#4	6,110,000	#17	2,150,000	8,260,000
8	TLC	#6	5,360,000	#18	2,140,000	7,500,000
9	Michael Bolton	#8	3,740,000	#4	3,730,000	7,460,000
10	Toni Braxton	#9	3,660,000	#28	1,670,000	5,330,000
11	Backstreet Boys	#27	2,150,000	#12	2,510,000	4,670,000
12	Paula Abdul	#19	2,660,000	#23	1,950,000	4,610,000
13	Wilson Phillips	#13	3,050,000	#32	1,550,000	4,600,000
14	M.C. Hammer	#36	1,880,000	#10	2,670,000	4,540,000
15	Shania Twain	#40	1,750,000	#8	2,770,000	4,520,000
16	R. Kelly	#12	3,170,000	#57	1,160,000	4,330,000
17	Bryan Adams	#11	3,460,000	#94	770,000	4,230,000
18	Ace Of Base	#15	2,790,000	#41	1,360,000	4,140,000
19	LeAnn Rimes	#48	1,620,000	#14	2,420,000	4,050,000
20	Spice Girls	#38	1,810,000	#22	2,100,000	3,920,000
21	Aerosmith	#34	1,900,000	#24	1,920,000	3,820,000
22	Monica	#10	3,590,000	-	230,000	3,820,000
23	Pearl Jam	-	640,000	#6	2,990,000	3,640,000
24	Phil Collins	#21	2,490,000	#60	1,120,000	3,610,000
25	En Vogue	#14	2,830,000	#100	740,000	3,570,000
26	Hootie & The Blowfish	#62	1,410,000	#19	2,140,000	3,550,000
27	Michael Jackson	#24	2,230,000	#47	1,250,000	3,490,000
28	Eric Clapton	#68	1,350,000	#20	2,130,000	3,480,000
29	Brandy	#16	2,770,000	-	690,000	3,460,000
30	Alanis Morissette	#100	1,000,000	#13	2,440,000	3,450,000
31	Color Me Badd	#17	2,720,000	-	720,000	3,440,000
32	Elton John	#18	2,710,000	-	560,000	3,280,000
33	Prince	#22	2,410,000	#78	850,000	3,260,000
34	Keith Sweat	#28	2,140,000	#63	1,060,000	3,200,000
35	Jewel	#46	1,630,000	#33	1,520,000	3,150,000
36	Rod Stewart	#25	2,230,000	#76	910,000	3,140,000
37	Metallica	-	480,000	#11	2,580,000	3,060,000
38	R.E.M.	#83	1,200,000	#26	1,750,000	2,950,000
39	C+C Music Factory	#31	1,970,000	#66	980,000	2,950,000
40	Amy Grant	#29	2,070,000	#82	840,000	2,910,000
41	Roxette	#20	2,660,000	-	240,000	2,900,000
42	Usher	#23	2,240,000	-	550,000	2,790,000
43	Billy Joel	#58	1,490,000	#48	1,250,000	2,740,000
44	P. Diddy	#32	1,950,000	#97	760,000	2,700,000
45	SWV	#26	2,180,000	-	510,000	2,690,000
46	The Notorious B.I.G.	#33	1,910,000	#95	760,000	2,670,000
47	Bell Biv DeVoe	#42	1,720,000	#74	930,000	2,650,000
48	Mary J. Blige	#61	1,410,000	#50	1,230,000	2,640,000
49	Gloria Estefan	#37	1,860,000	-	720,000	2,590,000
50	Billy Ray Cyrus	-	470,000	#21	2,110,000	2,580,000
51	Bonnie Raitt	-	750,000	#25	1,830,000	2,580,000
52	Nirvana	-	380,000	#16	2,180,000	2,560,000
53	Sheryl Crow	#53	1,540,000	#67	980,000	2,520,000
54	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	#77	1,260,000	#53	1,210,000	2,470,000
55	2Pac	#96	1,050,000	#38	1,420,000	2,460,000
56	Savage Garden	#43	1,700,000	#98	750,000	2,450,000
57	All-4-One	#30	2,030,000	-	420,000	2,450,000
58	New Kids On The Block	#66	1,370,000	#62	1,060,000	2,430,000
59	Kenny G	-	200,000	#15	2,190,000	2,390,000
60	Tim McGraw	-	660,000	#27	1,730,000	2,380,000
61	Babyface	#35	1,890,000	-	460,000	2,350,000
62	Guns N' Roses	-	880,000	#36	1,450,000	2,340,000
63	LL Cool J	#39	1,790,000	-	540,000	2,330,000
64	Luther Vandross	#55	1,510,000	#96	760,000	2,280,000
65	Kris Kross	#97	1,040,000	#51	1,220,000	2,260,000
66	Red Hot Chili Peppers	-	860,000	#40	1,360,000	2,220,000
67	U2	-	680,000	#34	1,500,000	2,180,000
68	Sarah McLachlan	#72	1,290,000	#79	850,000	2,140,000
69	Britney Spears	-	850,000	#45	1,290,000	2,140,000
70	Vanilla Ice		1,160,000	#70	960,000	2,120,000
71	Cher		1,560,000	-	550,000	2,110,000
72	Dr. Dre	#78	1,260,000	#81	840,000	2,100,000
73	George Michael	#49	1,600,000	-	490,000	2,090,000
74	Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	-	710,000	#44	1,310,000	2,020,000
75	Coolio	#45	1,640,000	-	360,000	2,000,000
76	Salt-N-Pepa	#59	1,480,000	-	490,000	1,970,000
77	UB40	#44	1,660,000	-	300,000	1,960,000
78	Taylor Dayne	#41	1,730,000	-	170,000	1,900,000
79	Jodeci	#80	1,210,000	-	680,000	1,890,000
80	Bon Jovi	#64	1,390,000	-	420,000	1,820,000
81	Richard Marx	#54	1,530,000	-	260,000	1,790,000
82	George Strait	-	200,000	#31	1,590,000	1,790,000
83	Vanessa Williams	#48	1,600,000	-	180,000	1,790,000
84	Poison	#71	1,290,000	-	480,000	1,770,000
85	N Sync	-	470,000	#46	1,280,000	1,750,000
86	Snoop Dogg	-	490,000	#49	1,240,000	1,730,000
87	Hanson	-	740,000	#69	970,000	1,710,000
88	Seal	#67	1,360,000	-	350,000	1,710,000
89	K-Ci & JoJo	#85	1,170,000	-	520,000	1,680,000
90	The Offspring	-	40,000	#29	1,630,000	1,670,000
91	Bobby Brown	#92	1,090,000	-	580,000	1,670,000
92	Sinead O'Connor	-	990,000	-	670,000	1,660,000
93	Alan Jackson	-	160,000	#35	1,500,000	1,660,000
94	Extreme	#73	1,290,000	-	370,000	1,660,000
95	P.M. Dawn	#52	1,540,000	-	100,000	1,640,000
96	Hi-Five	#50	1,570,000	-	60,000	1,630,000
97	Meat Loaf	-	910,000	-	710,000	1,620,000
98	Real McCoy	#58	1,490,000	-	120,000	1,610,000
99	Jon Secada	#74	1,280,000	-	320,000	1,600,000
100	The Smashing Pumpkins	-	410,000	#55	1,190,000	1,590,000

Hot 100 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Mariah Carey	11,010,000	51	Cher	1,560,000
2	Janet Jackson	8,020,000	52	P.M. Dawn	1,540,000
3	Boyz II Men	6,950,000	53	Sheryl Crow	1,540,000
4	Madonna	6,110,000	54	Richard Marx	1,530,000
5	Whitney Houston	5,860,000	55	Luther Vandross	1,510,000
6	TLC	5,360,000	56	Stevie B	1,500,000
7	Celine Dion	4,500,000	57	Billy Joel	1,490,000
8	Michael Bolton	3,740,000	58	Real McCoy	1,490,000
9	Toni Braxton	3,660,000	59	Salt-N-Pepa	1,480,000
10	Monica	3,590,000	60	Next	1,450,000
11	Bryan Adams	3,460,000	61	Mary J. Blige	1,410,000
12	R. Kelly	3,170,000	62	Hootie & The Blowfish	1,410,000
13	Wilson Phillips	3,050,000	63	Los Del Rio	1,410,000
14	En Vogue	2,830,000	64	Bon Jovi	1,390,000
15	Ace Of Base	2,790,000	65	Montell Jordan	1,380,000
16	Brandy	2,770,000	66	New Kids On The Block	1,370,000
17	Color Me Badd	2,720,000	67	Seal	1,360,000
18	Elton John	2,710,000	68	Eric Clapton	1,350,000
19	Paula Abdul	2,660,000	69	Nelson	1,330,000
20	Roxette	2,660,000	70	Cathy Dennis	1,320,000
21	Phil Collins	2,490,000	71	Poison	1,290,000
22	Prince	2,410,000	72	Sarah McLachlan	1,290,000
23	Usher	2,240,000	73	Extreme	1,290,000
24	Michael Jackson	2,230,000	74	Jon Secada	1,280,000
25	Rod Stewart	2,230,000	75	Dru Hill	1,280,000
26	SWV	2,180,000	76	Goo Goo Dolls	1,260,000
27	Backstreet Boys	2,150,000	77	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	1,260,000
28	Keith Sweat	2,140,000	78	Dr. Dre	1,260,000
29	Amy Grant	2,070,000	79	Tevin Campbell	1,220,000
30	All-4-One	2,030,000	80	Jodeci	1,210,000
31	C+C Music Factory	1,970,000	81	Xscape	1,200,000
32	P. Diddy	1,950,000	82	Third Eye Blind	1,200,000
33	The Notorious B.I.G.	1,910,000	83	R.E.M.	1,200,000
34	Aerosmith	1,900,000	84	Snap!	1,190,000
35	Babyface	1,890,000	85	K-Ci & JoJo	1,170,000
36	M.C. Hammer	1,880,000	86	Shai	1,160,000
37	Gloria Estefan	1,860,000	87	Vanilla Ice	1,160,000
38	Spice Girls	1,810,000	88	After 7	1,140,000
39	LL Cool J	1,790,000	89	BLACKstreet	1,120,000
40	Shania Twain	1,750,000	90	Tony Toni Tone	1,100,000
41	Taylor Dayne	1,730,000	91	Aaliyah	1,090,000
42	Bell Biv DeVoe	1,720,000	92	Bobby Brown	1,090,000
43	Savage Garden	1,700,000	93	Deborah Cox	1,060,000
44	UB40	1,660,000	94	Heart	1,050,000
45	Coolio	1,640,000	95	98 Degrees	1,050,000
46	Jewel	1,630,000	96	2Pac	1,050,000
47	LeAnn Rimes	1,620,000	97	Kris Kross	1,040,000
48	Vanessa Williams	1,600,000	98	Tag Team	1,010,000
49	George Michael	1,600,000	99	Jesus Jones	1,000,000
50	Hi-Five	1,570,000	100	Alanis Morissette	1,000,000

Billboard 200 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Garth Brooks	8,790,000	51	Kris Kross	1,220,000
2	Mariah Carey	6,040,000	52	Natalie Cole	1,210,000
3	Celine Dion	3,860,000	53	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	1,210,000
4	Michael Bolton	3,730,000	54	Van Halen	1,200,000
5	Boyz II Men	3,080,000	55	The Smashing Pumpkins	1,190,000
6	Pearl Jam	2,990,000	56	Live	1,160,000
7	Janet Jackson	2,780,000	57	R. Kelly	1,160,000
8	Shania Twain	2,770,000	58	Brooks & Dunn	1,150,000
9	Whitney Houston	2,740,000	59	Dave Matthews Band	1,180,000
10	M.C. Hammer	2,670,000	60	Phil Collins	1,120,000
11	Metallica	2,580,000	61	Bush	1,080,000
12	Backstreet Boys	2,510,000	62	New Kids On The Block	1,060,000
13	Alanis Morissette	2,440,000	63	Keith Sweat	1,060,000
14	LeAnn Rimes	2,420,000	64	The Black Crowes	1,040,000
15	Kenny G	2,190,000	65	matchbox 20	1,010,000
16	Nirvana	2,180,000	66	C+C Music Factory	980,000
17	Madonna	2,150,000	67	Sheryl Crow	980,000
18	TLC	2,140,000	68	Lauryn Hill	970,000
19	Hootie & The Blowfish	2,140,000	69	Hanson	970,000
20	Eric Clapton	2,130,000	70	Vanilla Ice	960,000
21	Billy Ray Cyrus	2,110,000	71	John Michael Montgomery	950,000
22	Spice Girls	2,100,000	72	Eagles	940,000
23	Paula Abdul	1,950,000	73	Def Leppard	940,000
24	Aerosmith	1,920,000	74	Bell Biv DeVoe	930,000
25	Bonnie Raitt	1,830,000	75	Dixie Chicks	920,000
26	R.E.M.	1,750,000	76	Rod Stewart	910,000
27	Tim McGraw	1,730,000	77	Beastie Boys	860,000
28	Toni Braxton	1,670,000	78	Prince	850,000
29	The Offspring	1,630,000	79	Sarah McLachlan	850,000
30	Stone Temple Pilots	1,590,000	80	The Cranberries	850,000
31	George Strait	1,590,000	81	Dr. Dre	840,000
32	Wilson Phillips	1,550,000	82	Amy Grant	840,000
33	Jewel	1,520,000	83	Sting	800,000
34	U2	1,500,000	84	The Wallflowers	800,000
35	Alan Jackson	1,500,000	85	Fugees	800,000
36	Guns N' Roses	1,450,000	86	Spin Doctors	790,000
37	No Doubt	1,430,000	87	Alice In Chains	780,000
38	2Pac	1,420,000	88	Soundgarden	780,000
39	Reba McEntire	1,410,000	89	Master P	780,000
40	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1,360,000	90	Vince Gill	770,000
41	Ace Of Base	1,360,000	91	Barbra Streisand	770,000
42	Counting Crows	1,360,000	92	DMX	770,000
43	Green Day	1,340,000	93	JAY-Z	770,000
44	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	1,310,000	94	Bryan Adams	770,000
45	Britney Spears	1,290,000	95	The Notorious B.I.G.	760,000
46	N Sync	1,280,000	96	Luther Vandross	760,000
47	Michael Jackson	1,250,000	97	P. Diddy	760,000
48	Billy Joel	1,250,000	98	Savage Garden	750,000
49	Snoop Dogg	1,240,000	99	Ice Cube	750,000
50	Mary J. Blige	1,230,000	100	En Vogue	740,000

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1980s Decade-End

Top Artists (Overall)

Position	Artist	Hot 100 Artist	Hot 100 Points	Billboard 200 Artist	Billboard 200 Points	Total Points
1	Michael Jackson	#2	8,140,000	#1	4,470,000	12,610,000
2	Madonna	#1	9,390,000	#6	3,140,000	12,530,000
3	Prince	#4	7,350,000	#3	3,410,000	10,760,000
4	Lionel Richie	#5	7,220,000	#9	3,050,000	10,270,000
5	Daryl Hall John Oates	#3	7,760,000	#15	2,450,000	10,210,000
6	Whitney Houston	#6	6,130,000	#7	3,120,000	9,250,000
7	John Mellencamp	#9	5,330,000	#5	3,280,000	8,610,000
8	Bruce Springsteen	#19	4,200,000	#2	4,070,000	8,270,000
9	Billy Joel	#13	4,610,000	#4	3,300,000	7,920,000
10	Huey Lewis & The News	#8	5,510,000	#18	2,360,000	7,870,000
11	Phil Collins	#7	5,640,000	#32	1,840,000	7,470,000
12	Stevie Wonder	#11	4,820,000	#28	2,000,000	6,820,000
13	Bon Jovi	#20	4,150,000	#14	2,580,000	6,740,000
14	Journey	#34	3,440,000	#8	3,100,000	6,540,000
15	Kenny Rogers	#21	4,070,000	#23	2,150,000	6,220,000
16	Duran Duran	#10	4,930,000	#53	1,220,000	6,150,000
17	George Michael	#12	4,630,000	#44	1,360,000	5,990,000
18	The Police	#47	2,950,000	#10	2,990,000	5,940,000
19	Foreigner	#28	3,590,000	#21	2,200,000	5,790,000
20	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	#40	3,310,000	#19	2,320,000	5,630,000
21	Heart	#33	3,450,000	#22	2,180,000	5,630,000
22	Van Halen	#50	2,710,000	#12	2,840,000	5,560,000
23	Kool & The Gang	#16	4,400,000	#58	1,120,000	5,530,000
24	Def Leppard	#58	2,570,000	#11	2,890,000	5,460,000
25	REO Speedwagon	#41	3,280,000	#24	2,150,000	5,430,000
26	Janet Jackson	#26	3,730,000	#35	1,660,000	5,400,000
27	Air Supply	#14	4,540,000	#95	800,000	5,340,000
28	Chicago	#15	4,460,000	#88	860,000	5,330,000
29	The Rolling Stones	#55	2,640,000	#13	2,600,000	5,230,000
30	Billy Ocean	#18	4,220,000	#75	940,000	5,160,000
31	Genesis	#45	3,160,000	#30	1,930,000	5,090,000
32	Pat Benatar	#52	2,700,000	#17	2,380,000	5,090,000
33	Steve Winwood	#37	3,340,000	#34	1,690,000	5,030,000
34	Diana Ross	#23	3,930,000	#60	1,100,000	5,020,000
35	Elton John	#17	4,400,000	-	600,000	5,000,000
36	Cyndi Lauper	#24	3,900,000	#62	1,080,000	4,980,000
37	Olivia Newton-John	#25	3,860,000	#76	980,000	4,840,000
38	Gloria Estefan	#22	3,950,000	#97	780,000	4,740,000
39	Rick Springfield	#29	3,570,000	#56	1,150,000	4,720,000
40	Tina Turner	#39	3,310,000	#43	1,380,000	4,700,000
41	U2	#65	2,400,000	#27	2,050,000	4,440,000
42	Paul McCartney	#32	3,480,000	#73	960,000	4,430,000
43	Bryan Adams	#49	2,820,000	#39	1,530,000	4,360,000
44	The Pointer Sisters	#27	3,610,000	-	750,000	4,360,000
45	Fleetwood Mac	#62	2,510,000	#33	1,830,000	4,340,000
46	Culture Club	#42	3,270,000	#65	1,070,000	4,330,000
47	Wham!	#36	3,360,000	#72	970,000	4,330,000
48	Richard Marx	#30	3,550,000	#98	780,000	4,330,000
49	Barbra Streisand	#97	1,890,000	#16	2,390,000	4,290,000
50	Styx	#66	2,400,000	#31	1,840,000	4,240,000
51	Debbie Gibson	#38	3,330,000	#82	910,000	4,240,000
52	Bobby Brown	#48	2,840,000	#45	1,330,000	4,170,000
53	Survivor	#35	3,400,000	-	690,000	4,090,000
54	Men At Work	#64	2,440,000	#36	1,640,000	4,080,000
55	Rod Stewart	#43	3,270,000	-	750,000	4,020,000
56	The Cars	#67	2,350,000	#37	1,630,000	3,980,000
57	The Bangles	#44	3,250,000	-	650,000	3,900,000
58	Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	-	1,640,000	#20	2,250,000	3,890,000
59	Guns N' Roses	#100	1,870,000	#29	1,980,000	3,850,000
60	Sheena Easton	#31	3,500,000	-	330,000	3,820,000
61	Tears For Fears	#57	2,590,000	#54	1,160,000	3,750,000
62	Stevie Nicks	#78	2,140,000	#38	1,610,000	3,750,000
63	Queen	#61	2,520,000	#55	1,160,000	3,680,000
64	Christopher Cross	#53	2,670,000	#77	930,000	3,600,000
65	INXS	#54	2,660,000	#78	920,000	3,580,000
66	New Kids On The Block	#59	2,540,000	#67	1,030,000	3,570,000
67	Neil Diamond	#73	2,270,000	#49	1,270,000	3,540,000
68	Donna Summer	#56	2,610,000	#79	920,000	3,530,000
69	Kenny Loggins	#46	3,090,000	-	440,000	3,530,000
70	Paula Abdul	#60	2,530,000	#71	970,000	3,510,000
71	Starship	#51	2,710,000	-	610,000	3,320,000
72	Poison	#93	1,950,000	#50	1,250,000	3,200,000
73	Blondie	#63	2,470,000	-	580,000	3,060,000
74	Pink Floyd	-	940,000	#25	2,060,000	3,000,000
75	Dan Fogelberg	#98	1,880,000	#59	1,100,000	2,980,000
76	Milli Vanilli	#74	2,240,000	-	730,000	2,960,000
77	Toto	#80	2,100,000	#89	860,000	2,960,000
78	Eurythmics	#75	2,230,000	-	710,000	2,940,000
79	Dire Straits	-	1,380,000	#40	1,510,000	2,880,000
80	Kim Carnes	#72	2,270,000	-	610,000	2,870,000
81	The J. Geils Band	-	1,780,000	#63	1,080,000	2,860,000
82	John Lennon	#71	2,280,000	-	570,000	2,850,000
83	Bruce Hornsby & The Range	-	1,800,000	#70	980,000	2,780,000
84	Commodores	#83	2,060,000	-	710,000	2,770,000
85	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	#87	2,020,000	-	740,000	2,760,000
86	Tiffany	#81	2,080,000	-	670,000	2,760,000
87	Don Henley	#77	2,160,000	-	510,000	2,680,000
88	Billy Idol	#94	1,940,000	-	730,000	2,670,000
89	Whitesnake	-	1,420,000	#52	1,220,000	2,640,000
90	Juice Newton	#70	2,290,000	-	340,000	2,630,000
91	Go-Go's	-	1,320,000	#48	1,280,000	2,600,000
92	Expose	#69	2,320,000	-	280,000	2,600,000
93	Loverboy	-	1,260,000	#46	1,330,000	2,590,000
94	The Jets	#68	2,330,000	-	230,000	2,560,000
95	The Human League	#91	1,950,000	-	580,000	2,530,000
96	Sting	-	1,670,000	#94	840,000	2,500,000
97	Robert Palmer	#88	2,000,000	-	490,000	2,490,000
98	Smokey Robinson	#89	1,990,000	-	500,000	2,480,000
99	Mr. Mister	#99	1,870,000	-	600,000	2,480,000
100	David Bowie	-	1,740,000	-	670,000	2,410,000

Hot 100 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Madonna	9,390,000	51	Starship	2,710,000
2	Michael Jackson	8,140,000	52	Pat Benatar	2,700,000
3	Daryl Hall John Oates	7,760,000	53	Christopher Cross	2,670,000
4	Prince	7,350,000	54	INXS	2,660,000
5	Lionel Richie	7,220,000	55	The Rolling Stones	2,640,000
6	Whitney Houston	6,130,000	56	Donna Summer	2,610,000
7	Phil Collins	5,640,000	57	Tears For Fears	2,590,000
8	Huey Lewis & The News	5,510,000	58	Def Leppard	2,570,000
9	John Mellencamp	5,330,000	59	New Kids On The Block	2,540,000
10	Duran Duran	4,930,000	60	Paula Abdul	2,530,000
11	Stevie Wonder	4,820,000	61	Queen	2,520,000
12	George Michael	4,630,000	62	Fleetwood Mac	2,510,000
13	Billy Joel	4,610,000	63	Blondie	2,470,000
14	Air Supply	4,540,000	64	Men At Work	2,440,000
15	Chicago	4,460,000	65	U2	2,400,000
16	Kool & The Gang	4,400,000	66	Styx	2,400,000
17	Elton John	4,400,000	67	The Cars	2,350,000
18	Billy Ocean	4,220,000	68	The Jets	2,330,000
19	Bruce Springsteen	4,200,000	69	Expose	2,320,000
20	Bon Jovi	4,150,000	70	Juice Newton	2,290,000
21	Kenny Rogers	4,070,000	71	John Lennon	2,280,000
22	Gloria Estefan	3,950,000	72	Kim Carnes	2,270,000
23	Diana Ross	3,930,000	73	Neil Diamond	2,270,000
24	Cyndi Lauper	3,900,000	74	Milli Vanilli	2,240,000
25	Olivia Newton-John	3,860,000	75	Eurythmics	2,230,000
26	Janet Jackson	3,730,000	76	Irene Cara	2,230,000
27	The Pointer Sisters	3,610,000	77	Don Henley	2,160,000
28	Foreigner	3,590,000	78	Stevie Nicks	2,140,000
29	Rick Springfield	3,570,000	79	Eddie Rabbitt	2,100,000
30	Richard Marx	3,550,000	80	Toto	2,100,000
31	Sheena Easton	3,500,000	81	Tiffany	2,080,000
32	Paul McCartney	3,480,000	82	Laura Branigan	2,070,000
33	Heart	3,450,000	83	Commodores	2,060,000
34	Journey	3,440,000	84	Ray Parker Jr.	2,060,000
35	Survivor	3,400,000	85	Belinda Carlisle	2,040,000
36	Wham!	3,360,000	86	Jody Watley	2,030,000
37	Steve Winwood	3,340,000	87	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	2,020,000
38	Debbie Gibson	3,330,000	88	Robert Palmer	2,000,000
39	Tina Turner	3,310,000	89	Smokey Robinson	1,990,000
40	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	3,310,000	90	Taylor Dayne	1,970,000
41	REO Speedwagon	3,280,000	91	The Human League	1,950,000
42	Culture Club	3,270,000	92	Pet Shop Boys	1,950,000
43	Rod Stewart	3,270,000	93	Poison	1,950,000
44	The Bangles	3,250,000	94	Billy Idol	1,940,000
45	Genesis	3,160,000	95	Glenn Frey	1,920,000
46	Kenny Loggins	3,090,000	96	Rick Astley	1,900,000
47	The Police	2,950,000	97	Barbra Streisand	1,890,000
48	Bobby Brown	2,840,000	98	Dan Fogelberg	1,880,000
49	Bryan Adams	2,820,000	99	Mr. Mister	1,870,000
50	Van Halen	2,710,000	100	Guns N' Roses	1,870,000

Billboard 200 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Michael Jackson	4,470,000	51	Sade	1,230,000
2	Bruce Springsteen	4,070,000	52	Whitesnake	1,220,000
3	Prince	3,410,000	53	Duran Duran	1,220,000
4	Billy Joel	3,300,000	54	Tears For Fears	1,160,000
5	John Mellencamp	3,280,000	55	Queen	1,160,000
6	Madonna	3,140,000	56	Rick Springfield	1,150,000
7	Whitney Houston	3,120,000	57	Motley Crue	1,140,000
8	Journey	3,100,000	58	Kool & The Gang	1,120,000
9	Lionel Richie	3,050,000	59	Dan Fogelberg	1,100,000
10	The Police	2,990,000	60	Diana Ross	1,100,000
11	Def Leppard	2,890,000	61	Linda Ronstadt	1,090,000
12	Van Halen	2,840,000	62	Cyndi Lauper	1,080,000
13	The Rolling Stones	2,600,000	63	The J. Geils Band	1,080,000
14	Bon Jovi	2,580,000	64	Eagles	1,080,000
15	Daryl Hall John Oates	2,450,000	65	Culture Club	1,070,000
16	Barbra Streisand	2,390,000	66	Billy Squier	1,040,000
17	Pat Benatar	2,380,000	67	New Kids On The Block	1,030,000
18	Huey Lewis & The News	2,360,000	68	Paul Simon	1,020,000
19	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	2,320,000	69	Anita Baker	1,010,000
20	Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	2,250,000	70	Bruce Hornsby & The Range	980,000
21	Foreigner	2,200,000	71	Paula Abdul	970,000
22	Heart	2,180,000	72	Wham!	970,000
23	Kenny Rogers	2,150,000	73	Paul McCartney	960,000
24	REO Speedwagon	2,150,000	74	Alabama	940,000
25	Pink Floyd	2,060,000	75	Billy Ocean	940,000
26	AC/DC	2,060,000	76	Olivia Newton-John	980,000
27	U2	2,050,000	77	Christopher Cross	930,000
28	Stevie Wonder	2,000,000	78	INXS	920,000
29	Guns N' Roses	1,980,000	79	Donna Summer	920,000
30	Genesis	1,930,000	80	Cinderella	920,000
31	Styx	1,840,000	81	The Moody Blues	910,000
32	Phil Collins	1,840,000	82	Debbie Gibson	910,000
33	Fleetwood Mac	1,830,000	83	Fine Young Cannibals	890,000
34	Steve Winwood	1,690,000	84	Run-D.M.C.	880,000
35	Janet Jackson	1,660,000	85	Beastie Boys	870,000
36	Men At Work	1,640,000	86	Willie Nelson	870,000
37	The Cars	1,630,000	87	Scorpions	860,000
38	Stevie Nicks	1,610,000	88	Chicago	860,000
39	Bryan Adams	1,530,000	89	Toto	860,000
40	Dire Straits	1,510,000	90	Eric Clapton	860,000
41	Asia	1,450,000	91	Ozzy Osbourne	850,000
42	Rush	1,430,000	92	Robert Plant	850,000
43	Tina Turner	1,380,000	93	Peter Gabriel	840,000
44	George Michael	1,360,000	94	Sting	840,000
45	Bobby Brown	1,330,000	95	Air Supply	800,000
46	Loverboy	1,330,000	96	Boston	800,000
47	ZZ Top	1,290,000	97	Gloria Estefan	780,000
48	Go-Go's	1,280,000	98	Richard Marx	780,000
49	Neil Diamond	1,270,000	99	Pretenders	770,000
50	Poison	1,250,000	100	Jackson Browne	770,000

[iHype.]

1970s Decade-End

Top Artists (Overall)

Position	Artist	Hot 100 Artist	Hot 100 Points	Billboard 200 Artist	Billboard 200 Points	Total
1	Elton John	#2	8,790,000	#1	8,380,000	17,160,000
2	Paul McCartney	#3	7,590,000	#5	5,280,000	12,870,000
3	Chicago	#7	5,350,000	#2	7,040,000	12,380,000
4	Bee Gees	#1	9,330,000	#53	1,870,000	11,200,000
5	Carpenters	#4	6,950,000	#20	3,110,000	10,070,000
6	Stevie Wonder	#5	6,180,000	#17	3,460,000	9,640,000
7	John Denver	#13	4,520,000	#6	5,080,000	9,600,000
8	The Rolling Stones	#31	3,090,000	#3	5,720,000	8,810,000
9	Jackson 5	#6	6,140,000	#32	2,450,000	8,580,000
10	Eagles	#11	4,660,000	#16	3,510,000	8,170,000
11	Rod Stewart	#16	4,000,000	#13	3,620,000	7,620,000
12	Three Dog Night	#10	4,800,000	#33	2,440,000	7,240,000
13	Neil Diamond	#23	3,590,000	#14	3,620,000	7,210,000
14	Carole King	#63	2,100,000	#7	4,900,000	7,000,000
15	Earth, Wind & Fire	#28	3,270,000	#11	3,700,000	6,970,000
16	Donna Summer	#9	5,010,000	#51	1,940,000	6,950,000
17	Olivia Newton-John	#8	5,140,000	#64	1,630,000	6,770,000
18	Led Zeppelin	-	900,000	#4	5,720,000	6,620,000
19	Barbra Streisand	#20	3,820,000	#24	2,590,000	6,410,000
20	Barry Manilow	#14	4,390,000	#58	1,790,000	6,170,000
21	Linda Ronstadt	#27	3,390,000	#28	2,530,000	5,930,000
22	Diana Ross	#18	3,910,000	#50	1,990,000	5,890,000
23	Grand Funk	#44	2,650,000	#18	3,140,000	5,800,000
24	Fleetwood Mac	#61	2,230,000	#15	3,530,000	5,760,000
25	Roberta Flack	#30	3,110,000	#25	2,590,000	5,700,000
26	The Beatles	#71	1,930,000	#10	3,710,000	5,640,000
27	The Doobie Brothers	#43	2,670,000	#21	2,930,000	5,600,000
28	Commodores	#25	3,520,000	#46	2,060,000	5,580,000
29	James Taylor	#41	2,720,000	#22	2,840,000	5,560,000
30	Marvin Gaye	#22	3,610,000	#56	1,800,000	5,410,000
31	Cat Stevens	#80	1,740,000	#12	3,630,000	5,370,000
32	Helen Reddy	#17	3,990,000	#77	1,330,000	5,320,000
33	America	#38	2,770,000	#29	2,520,000	5,280,000
34	War	#33	2,940,000	#38	2,280,000	5,220,000
35	Al Green	#26	3,430,000	#59	1,780,000	5,210,000
36	The Temptations	#35	2,830,000	#39	2,220,000	5,050,000
37	Gladys Knight And The Pips	#15	4,100,000	-	920,000	5,020,000
38	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	#12	4,550,000	-	390,000	4,930,000
39	Santana	-	1,080,000	#8	3,830,000	4,910,000
40	Jim Croce	#51	2,490,000	#35	2,340,000	4,840,000
41	George Harrison	#65	2,080,000	#26	2,580,000	4,660,000
42	Carly Simon	#34	2,870,000	#57	1,790,000	4,660,000
43	Paul Simon	#48	2,520,000	#49	2,010,000	4,540,000
44	The Steve Miller Band	#49	2,520,000	#48	2,010,000	4,530,000
45	Elvis Presley	#46	2,600,000	#52	1,920,000	4,520,000
46	Creedence Clearwater Revival	#69	1,950,000	#27	2,550,000	4,500,000
47	Captain & Tennille	#21	3,640,000	-	740,000	4,370,000
48	Bread	#42	2,690,000	#66	1,600,000	4,290,000
49	Andy Gibb	#19	3,820,000	-	400,000	4,220,000
50	KC And The Sunshine Band	#24	3,570,000	-	630,000	4,190,000
51	Electric Light Orchestra	#50	2,510,000	#63	1,640,000	4,150,000
52	Jethro Tull	-	390,000	#9	3,720,000	4,110,000
53	Eric Clapton	#74	1,880,000	#43	2,150,000	4,030,000
54	The O'Jays	#39	2,750,000	#92	1,160,000	3,910,000
55	Aretha Franklin	#36	2,800,000	#96	1,070,000	3,870,000
56	The Spinners	#29	3,260,000	-	580,000	3,840,000
57	Ringo Starr	#32	3,000,000	-	830,000	3,830,000
58	Alice Cooper	#89	1,630,000	#40	2,180,000	3,810,000
59	Billy Joel	#79	1,790,000	#47	2,020,000	3,810,000
60	Foreigner	#64	2,080,000	#60	1,690,000	3,770,000
61	Peter Frampton	#85	1,650,000	#45	2,100,000	3,750,000
62	Barry White	#37	2,800,000	-	940,000	3,740,000
63	Bob Dylan	-	580,000	#19	3,120,000	3,710,000
64	The Who	-	860,000	#23	2,690,000	3,550,000
65	Ohio Players	#62	2,120,000	#76	1,360,000	3,480,000
66	Chic	#45	2,630,000	-	830,000	3,460,000
67	Jefferson Starship	-	1,240,000	#42	2,150,000	3,390,000
68	The Moody Blues	-	930,000	#30	2,450,000	3,390,000
69	Donny Osmond	#54	2,440,000	-	930,000	3,370,000
70	The Isley Brothers	#91	1,620,000	#61	1,670,000	3,290,000
71	Sly & The Family Stone	#82	1,700,000	#68	1,590,000	3,290,000
72	Michael Jackson	#59	2,260,000	-	900,000	3,170,000
73	Seals & Crofts	#96	1,510,000	#62	1,650,000	3,160,000
74	Simon & Garfunkel	#93	1,560,000	#71	1,540,000	3,100,000
75	The Osmonds	#56	2,340,000	-	730,000	3,070,000
76	Cher	#40	2,730,000	-	330,000	3,060,000
77	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	-	750,000	#36	2,300,000	3,050,000
78	Neil Young	-	740,000	#37	2,290,000	3,040,000
79	The Partridge Family	#84	1,670,000	#78	1,320,000	2,990,000
80	The Allman Brothers Band	-	610,000	#34	2,370,000	2,980,000
81	Gordon Lightfoot	#68	1,960,000	#99	980,000	2,940,000
82	The Stylistics	#53	2,460,000	-	470,000	2,930,000
83	John Lennon	-	1,270,000	#65	1,600,000	2,880,000
84	Steely Dan	#100	1,460,000	#75	1,380,000	2,840,000
85	Billy Preston	#48	2,580,000	-	250,000	2,830,000
86	Queen	#92	1,570,000	#85	1,250,000	2,820,000
87	David Bowie	-	1,360,000	#73	1,440,000	2,810,000
88	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	-	1,200,000	#67	1,590,000	2,780,000
89	ABBA	#52	2,460,000	-	300,000	2,760,000
90	Glen Campbell	#57	2,320,000	-	430,000	2,750,000
91	The Guess Who	#67	2,010,000	-	720,000	2,720,000
92	Bad Company	-	1,100,000	#70	1,550,000	2,650,000
93	The 5th Dimension	#77	1,860,000	-	770,000	2,630,000
94	Pink Floyd	-	170,000	#30	2,450,000	2,630,000
95	B.J. Thomas	#55	2,350,000	-	260,000	2,610,000
96	Anne Murray	#60	2,250,000	-	350,000	2,590,000
97	Styx	-	1,400,000	#89	1,180,000	2,570,000
98	Joni Mitchell	-	660,000	#54	1,850,000	2,510,000
99	KISS	-	1,260,000	#88	1,180,000	2,440,000
100	Yes	-	230,000	#41	2,170,000	2,410,000

Top Hot 100 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Bee Gees	9,330,000	51	Jim Croce	2,490,000
2	Elton John	8,790,000	52	ABBA	2,460,000
3	Paul McCartney	7,590,000	53	The Stylistics	2,460,000
4	Carpenters	6,950,000	54	Donny Osmond	2,440,000
5	Stevie Wonder	6,180,000	55	B.J. Thomas	2,350,000
6	Jackson 5	6,140,000	56	The Osmonds	2,340,000
7	Chicago	5,350,000	57	Glen Campbell	2,320,000
8	Olivia Newton-John	5,140,000	58	Dr. Hook	2,280,000
9	Donna Summer	5,010,000	59	Michael Jackson	2,260,000
10	Three Dog Night	4,800,000	60	Anne Murray	2,250,000
11	Eagles	4,660,000	61	Fleetwood Mac	2,230,000
12	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	4,550,000	62	Ohio Players	2,120,000
13	John Denver	4,520,000	63	Carole King	2,100,000
14	Barry Manilow	4,390,000	64	Foreigner	2,080,000
15	Gladys Knight And The Pips	4,100,000	65	George Harrison	2,080,000
16	Rod Stewart	4,000,000	66	Gilbert O'Sullivan	2,010,000
17	Helen Reddy	3,990,000	67	The Guess Who	2,010,000
18	Diana Ross	3,910,000	68	Gordon Lightfoot	1,960,000
19	Andy Gibb	3,820,000	69	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1,950,000
20	Barbra Streisand	3,820,000	70	The Staple Singers	1,940,000
21	Captain & Tennille	3,640,000	71	The Beatles	1,930,000
22	Marvin Gaye	3,610,000	72	Neil Sedaka	1,920,000
23	Neil Diamond	3,590,000	73	Daryl Hall John Oates	1,900,000
24	KC And The Sunshine Band	3,570,000	74	Eric Clapton	1,880,000
25	Commodores	3,520,000	75	The Miracles	1,880,000
26	Al Green	3,430,000	76	Eddie Kendricks	1,880,000
27	Linda Ronstadt	3,390,000	77	The 5th Dimension	1,860,000
28	Earth, Wind & Fire	3,270,000	78	Frankie Valli	1,830,000
29	The Spinners	3,260,000	79	Billy Joel	1,790,000
30	Roberta Flack	3,110,000	80	Cat Stevens	1,740,000
31	The Rolling Stones	3,090,000	81	Leo Sayer	1,700,000
32	Ringo Starr	3,000,000	82	Sly & The Family Stone	1,700,000
33	War	2,940,000	83	England Dan & John Ford Coley	1,680,000
34	Carly Simon	2,870,000	84	The Partridge Family	1,670,000
35	The Temptations	2,830,000	85	Peter Frampton	1,650,000
36	Aretha Franklin	2,800,000	86	James Brown	1,640,000
37	Barry White	2,800,000	87	The Supremes	1,630,000
38	America	2,770,000	88	Ray Stevens	1,630,000
39	The O'Jays	2,750,000	89	Alice Cooper	1,630,000
40	Cher	2,730,000	90	Bill Withers	1,630,000
41	James Taylor	2,720,000	91	The Isley Brothers	1,620,000
42	Bread	2,690,000	92	Queen	1,570,000
43	The Doobie Brothers	2,670,000	93	Simon & Garfunkel	1,560,000
44	Grand Funk	2,650,000	94	Little River Band	1,540,000
45	Chic	2,630,000	95	Lobo	1,510,000
46	Elvis Presley	2,600,000	96	Seals & Crofts	1,510,000
47	Billy Preston	2,580,000	97	Charlie Rich	1,510,000
48	Paul Simon	2,520,000	98	The Chi-lites	1,480,000
49	The Steve Miller Band	2,520,000	99	Silver Convention	1,470,000
50	Electric Light Orchestra	2,510,000	100	Steely Dan	1,460,000

Top Billboard 200 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	Elton John	8,380,000	51	Donna Summer	1,940,000
2	Chicago	7,040,000	52	Elvis Presley	1,920,000
3	The Rolling Stones	5,720,000	53	Bee Gees	1,870,000
4	Led Zeppelin	5,720,000	54	Joni Mitchell	1,850,000
5	Paul McCartney	5,280,000	55	Cheech & Chong	1,830,000
6	John Denver	5,080,000	56	Marvin Gaye	1,800,000
7	Carole King	4,900,000	57	Carly Simon	1,790,000
8	Santana	3,830,000	58	Barry Manilow	1,790,000
9	Jethro Tull	3,720,000	59	Al Green	1,780,000
10	The Beatles	3,710,000	60	Foreigner	1,690,000
11	Earth, Wind & Fire	3,700,000	61	The Isley Brothers	1,670,000
12	Cat Stevens	3,630,000	62	Seals & Crofts	1,650,000
13	Rod Stewart	3,620,000	63	Electric Light Orchestra	1,640,000
14	Neil Diamond	3,620,000	64	Olivia Newton-John	1,630,000
15	Fleetwood Mac	3,530,000	65	John Lennon	1,600,000
16	Eagles	3,510,000	66	Bread	1,600,000
17	Stevie Wonder	3,460,000	67	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	1,590,000
18	Grand Funk	3,140,000	68	Sly & The Family Stone	1,590,000
19	Bob Dylan	3,120,000	69	Deep Purple	1,560,000
20	Carpenters	3,110,000	70	Bad Company	1,550,000
21	The Doobie Brothers	2,930,000	71	Simon & Garfunkel	1,540,000
22	James Taylor	2,840,000	72	Supertramp	1,490,000
23	The Who	2,690,000	73	David Bowie	1,440,000
24	Barbra Streisand	2,590,000	74	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1,430,000
25	Roberta Flack	2,590,000	75	Steely Dan	1,380,000
26	George Harrison	2,580,000	76	Ohio Players	1,360,000
27	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2,550,000	77	Helen Reddy	1,330,000
28	Linda Ronstadt	2,530,000	78	The Partridge Family	1,320,000
29	America	2,520,000	79	George Benson	1,320,000
30	Pink Floyd	2,450,000	80	Curtis Mayfield	1,290,000
31	The Moody Blues	2,450,000	81	Isaac Hayes	1,280,000
32	Jackson 5	2,450,000	82	Janis Joplin	1,280,000
33	Three Dog Night	2,440,000	83	Boston	1,260,000
34	The Allman Brothers Band	2,370,000	84	Jimi Hendrix	1,260,000
35	Jim Croce	2,340,000	85	Queen	1,250,000
36	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	2,300,000	86	Don McLean	1,240,000
37	Neil Young	2,290,000	87	Average White Band	1,180,000
38	War	2,280,000	88	KISS	1,180,000
39	The Temptations	2,220,000	89	Styx	1,180,000
40	Alice Cooper	2,180,000	90	Blood, Sweat & Tears	1,170,000
41	Yes	2,170,000	91	Leon Russell	1,170,000
42	Jefferson Starship	2,150,000	92	The O'Jays	1,160,000
43	Eric Clapton	2,150,000	93	Stephen Stills	1,110,000
44	Wings	2,100,000	94	Loggins & Messina	1,090,000
45	Peter Frampton	2,100,000	95	Traffic	1,080,000
46	Commodores	2,060,000	96	Aretha Franklin	1,070,000
47	Billy Joel	2,020,000	97	The Beach Boys	1,020,000
48	The Steve Miller Band	2,010,000	98	The Band	1,010,000
49	Paul Simon	2,010,000	99	Gordon Lightfoot	980,000
50	Diana Ross	1,990,000	100	Tom Jones	970,000

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[Edith Puthie]

iHype. - cool data to see thanks for sharing.  how top heavy is the inverted point system for the billboard 200 albums? is the breakdown shown somewhere?

[iHype.]

Jul 26, 2022 18:45:05 GMT -5 Edith Puthie said:

iHype. - cool data to see thanks for sharing.  how top heavy is the inverted point system for the billboard 200 albums? is the breakdown shown somewhere?

Urm, basically top 10 weeks mean the most like Hot 100, but top 20/top 40 weeks do have more impact since albums can chart much longer than an individual song.

[thegreatdivine]

iHype. great job putting this together. It's amazing going back through the decades and seeing so many iconic names pop up in lists like this. It really is easy to forget how commercially successful some of them were.

What stuck out for me, though, was that up until the 2010s with Drake, no other artist was both the #1 Billboard 200/Hot 100 artist of the decade. That's wild. I feel no one ever really spoke about that when he got awarded with the honor.

[phieaglesfan712]

Jul 26, 2022 21:43:35 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

What stuck out for me, though, was that up until the 2010s with Drake, no other artist was both the #1 Billboard 200/Hot 100 artist of the decade. That's wild. I feel no one ever really spoke about that when he got awarded with the honor.

Although, if you combine Paul McCartney with The Beatles, then Sir Paul has the most points of any person on both the Billboard 200/Hot 100. Also, we haven’t done the 60s yet, which I’ll be quite frankly shocked if The Beatles don’t sweep the Billboard 200 and Hot 100.

[thegreatdivine]

Jul 27, 2022 5:47:19 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Jul 26, 2022 21:43:35 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

What stuck out for me, though, was that up until the 2010s with Drake, no other artist was both the #1 Billboard 200/Hot 100 artist of the decade. That's wild. I feel no one ever really spoke about that when he got awarded with the honor.

Although, if you combine Paul McCartney with The Beatles, then Sir Paul has the most points of any person on both the Billboard 200/Hot 100. Also, we haven’t done the 60s yet, which I’ll be quite frankly shocked if The Beatles don’t sweep the Billboard 200 and Hot 100.

Even if the Beatles take the #1 spots for the Hot 100 & the Billboard 200 for the 60s, it's still very noteworthy that no other act managed that feat for 4 decades until Drake, which is really my point. 

[Myth X]

Thanks for posting this

Michael Jackson and Madonna were really close in overall points for the 80s

The 2000s list looks so weird though so I'll stick with the original posted by them lol. Miley higher than Britney looks so random.

[Myth X]

Also I was shocked the see Wilson Phillips that high for the 90s. They were only big in 1990-1991 and then they were over. And it's not like their album was as massive as Ace of Base's The Sign.

[renfield75]

Aug 13, 2022 20:35:18 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Also I was shocked the see Wilson Phillips that high for the 90s. They were only big in 1990-1991 and then they were over. And it's not like their album was as massive as Ace of Base's The Sign.

It's not as far off as you might think...Wilson Phillips' debut album spent 10 weeks at number 2 and 125 weeks on the BB200. It produced 4 top 5 hits with three of them going to number one. For the pre-Soundscan era (which is weighted differently, even though they're only a couple of years apart) it's pretty comparable to the chart runs Ace Of Base had with The Sign and its singles. If it weren't for Mariah Carey Wilson Phillips would probably be remembered as the most dominant new pop act of the very early 90s.

[WolfSpear]

That album also spent a whole year in the top 10.

[iHype.]

Aug 13, 2022 20:35:18 GMT -5 Myth X said:

Also I was shocked the see Wilson Phillips that high for the 90s. They were only big in 1990-1991 and then they were over. And it's not like their album was as massive as Ace of Base's The Sign.

Because 1985-1991 is the most highly weighed period on Hot 100 due to the chart turnover, and so all the songs from that period are pretty much weighed much higher than they should be. I think the multiplier is a bit too high for them, but it's never going to be perfect regardless.

1985-1991 was also the period where labels were doing 5+ single campagins (Bad, Rhythm Nation, Forever Your Girl, etc) they were able to all have peak high due to the turnover/manipulation. Whereas in a year like 1997, an album would be lucky to have even 2 commercial singles eligible to chart at that point and there wasn't a new #1 single every other week for them to peak artificially much higher and thus get more chart points.

Wilson Phillips, Color Me Badd, Paula Abdul, Michael Bolton, etc were only relevant for like 3 years and pretty much fell off hard once Soundscan era came in play 1992 yet are all ranked high because the favorable points and longer single eras from 1990-1991, plus the fact so many huge hits had no chart runs for other artists throughout 1993-1998 or didn't peak as high once Soundscan slowed the chart down.

[iHype.]

I'll post 1960s soon, but I haven't really done so because the Billboard 200 weekly database starts in August 1963 -- so it'll be an incomplete decade-end in a sense (although Beatles debuted afterwards so the #1 artist doesn't change regardless).

[Private Dancer]

Curious to see where Barbra, Dionne,and Aretha rank

[renaboss]

How in the hell did the Bee Gees only make #53 for the albums chart in the 70s? I'm not familiar with their actual discography but wot?

[iHype.]

Aug 18, 2022 18:03:44 GMT -5 renaboss said:

How in the hell did the Bee Gees only make #53 for the albums chart in the 70s? I'm not familiar with their actual discography but wot?

Saturday Night Fever, which was their peak and contains 3 of their #1 hits was a multi-artist Soundtrack that is not credited to them.

Their other 1970s albums:
- #7 peak
- #12 peak
- #17 peak
- #20 peak
- #94 peak
- #32 peak
- #34 peak
- #35 peak
- #69 peak
- #178 peak
- #14 peak
- #8 peak
- #1 peak (released 1979, full chart run not counted)

[iHype.]

1960s Decade-End

Top Artists (Overall)

Position	Artist	Hot 100 Artist	Hot 100 Points	Billboard 200 Artist	Billboard 200 Points	Total
1	The Beatles	#1	15,750,000	#1	11,080,000	26,830,000
2	Elvis Presley	#2	10,510,000	#22	1,870,000	12,380,000
3	The Supremes	#3	8,420,000	#7	3,620,000	12,040,000
4	Herb Alpert	#51	2,180,000	#2	7,870,000	10,050,000
5	The Rolling Stones	#7	5,710,000	#5	3,910,000	9,620,000
6	The Beach Boys	#6	5,830,000	#8	3,490,000	9,320,000
7	The Monkees	#16	3,900,000	#4	3,980,000	7,880,000
8	The Temptations	#12	4,730,000	#12	2,320,000	7,050,000
9	The 4 Seasons	#5	6,200,000	#60	720,000	6,920,000
10	Brenda Lee	#4	6,450,000	-	50,000	6,500,000
11	Barbra Streisand	-	520,000	#3	5,540,000	6,060,000
12	Bobby Vinton	#10	5,280,000	#69	590,000	5,870,000
13	Herman's Hermits	#13	4,160,000	#24	1,710,000	5,870,000
14	Ray Charles	#11	5,080,000	#62	710,000	5,790,000
15	Aretha Franklin	#17	3,620,000	#15	2,170,000	5,790,000
16	Chubby Checker	#8	5,580,000	-	1,000	5,581,000
17	Peter, Paul & Mary	#65	1,840,000	#6	3,630,000	5,470,000
18	Connie Francis	#9	5,420,000	-	30,000	5,450,000
19	Andy Williams	#69	1,780,000	#9	3,370,000	5,150,000
20	Simon & Garfunkel	#42	2,530,000	#16	2,090,000	4,620,000
21	The Mamas & The Papas	#41	2,530,000	#18	2,040,000	4,570,000
22	The Dave Clark Five	#22	3,330,000	#28	1,220,000	4,550,000
23	Frank Sinatra	#60	1,960,000	#11	2,520,000	4,480,000
24	The Doors	#54	2,130,000	#21	1,990,000	4,120,000
25	Marvin Gaye	#15	3,990,000	-	50,000	4,040,000
26	Dion	#14	4,010,000	-	-	4,010,000
27	Dionne Warwick	#26	3,090,000	#41	900,000	3,990,000
28	Roy Orbison	#18	3,570,000	-	300,000	3,870,000
29	James Brown	#25	3,110,000	#55	740,000	3,850,000
30	Stevie Wonder	#21	3,450,000	-	310,000	3,760,000
31	Four Tops	#29	3,020,000	#65	700,000	3,720,000
32	Tommy James	#19	3,530,000	-	180,000	3,710,000
33	Johnny Rivers	#33	2,870,000	#48	800,000	3,670,000
34	Glen Campbell	#94	1,410,000	#14	2,180,000	3,590,000
35	The Miracles	#27	3,070,000	#81	480,000	3,550,000
36	The Righteous Brothers	#43	2,500,000	#37	980,000	3,480,000
37	Bobby Vee	#20	3,450,000	-	10,000	3,460,000
38	Bob Dylan	-	1,370,000	#19	2,030,000	3,400,000
39	Cream	-	800,000	#10	2,550,000	3,350,000
40	The 5th Dimension	#36	2,780,000	#75	510,000	3,290,000
41	The Association	#45	2,370,000	#42	890,000	3,260,000
42	The Shirelles	#23	3,240,000	-	10,000	3,250,000
43	Dean Martin	#77	1,630,000	#25	1,610,000	3,240,000
44	Petula Clark	#32	2,970,000	-	250,000	3,220,000
45	The Rascals	#87	1,470,000	#23	1,740,000	3,210,000
46	The Everly Brothers	#24	3,120,000	-	-	3,120,000
47	Gary Lewis And The Playboys	#34	2,830,000	-	280,000	3,110,000
48	Bobby Rydell	#28	3,060,000	-	10,000	3,070,000
49	Ricky Nelson	#30	3,010,000	-	1,000	3,011,000
50	Bobby Darin	#31	3,000,000	-	3,000	3,003,000
51	Sam Cooke	#35	2,810,000	-	130,000	2,940,000
52	Paul Revere & The Raiders	#55	2,120,000	#47	810,000	2,930,000
53	Donovan	#58	2,060,000	#44	870,000	2,930,000
54	The Lovin' Spoonful	#47	2,340,000	#72	550,000	2,890,000
55	Tom Jones	#71	1,690,000	#33	1,050,000	2,740,000
56	Creedence Clearwater Revival	#66	1,820,000	#46	820,000	2,640,000
57	The Drifters	#37	2,590,000	-	40,000	2,630,000
58	Brook Benton	#38	2,580,000	-	-	2,580,000
59	Jackie Wilson	#39	2,550,000	-	2,000	2,552,000
60	Neil Sedaka	#40	2,540,000	-	-	2,540,000
61	The Turtles	#50	2,240,000	-	300,000	2,540,000
62	Tommy Roe	#44	2,470,000	-	40,000	2,510,000
63	Gene Pitney	#46	2,340,000	-	90,000	2,430,000
64	Blood, Sweat & Tears	-	1,240,000	#29	1,190,000	2,430,000
65	Gary Puckett And The Union Gap	#53	2,150,000	-	230,000	2,380,000
66	The Impressions	#62	1,930,000	#87	450,000	2,380,000
67	Nancy Sinatra	#64	1,860,000	#77	500,000	2,360,000
68	Roger Miller	#76	1,640,000	#63	710,000	2,350,000
69	Jimi Hendrix	-	140,000	#13	2,210,000	2,350,000
70	Bill Cosby	-	260,000	#17	2,070,000	2,330,000
71	Lesley Gore	#48	2,280,000	-	30,000	2,310,000
72	Otis Redding	#82	1,550,000	#61	720,000	2,270,000
73	Paul Anka	#49	2,250,000	-	10,000	2,260,000
74	Jan & Dean	#56	2,090,000	-	120,000	2,210,000
75	Johnny Tillotson	#52	2,160,000	-	20,000	2,180,000
76	Steppenwolf	-	1,160,000	#36	980,000	2,140,000
77	Nat King Cole	#98	1,390,000	#58	740,000	2,130,000
78	Al Martino	-	1,360,000	#54	750,000	2,110,000
79	Al Hirt	-	110,000		1,990,000	2,100,000
80	Martha & The Vandellas	#57	2,070,000	-	10,000	2,080,000
81	Sonny & Cher	#89	1,460,000	#68	600,000	2,060,000
82	Bobby Goldsboro	#74	1,650,000	#90	400,000	2,050,000
83	The Young Rascals	#87	2,040,000	-	-	2,040,000
84	The Ventures	#100	1,370,000	#66	640,000	2,010,000
85	The Byrds	#85	1,490,000	#76	510,000	2,000,000
86	The Animals	-	1,220,000	#53	750,000	1,970,000
87	The Lettermen	-	1,190,000	#50	770,000	1,960,000
88	The Marvelettes	#61	1,930,000	-	10,000	1,940,000
89	Johnny Cash	-	910,000	#35	990,000	1,900,000
90	Mary Wells	#63	1,880,000	-	10,000	1,890,000
91	Nancy Wilson	-	270,000	#26	1,600,000	1,870,000
92	Jay & The Americans	#68	1,810,000	-	50,000	1,860,000
93	Del Shannon	#67	1,810,000	-	20,000	1,830,000
94	Trini Lopez	-	680,000	#31	1,110,000	1,790,000
95	Jerry Butler	#70	1,700,000	-	70,000	1,770,000
96	Peter And Gordon	#75	1,650,000	-	80,000	1,730,000
97	Sly & The Family Stone	#78	1,630,000	-	100,000	1,730,000
98	Steve Lawrence	#72	1,670,000	-	10,000	1,680,000
99	Bee Gees	-	1,120,000	#73	550,000	1,670,000
100	Johnny Mathis	-	910,000	#51	760,000	1,670,000

Hot 100 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	The Beatles	15,750,000	51	Herb Alpert	2,180,000
2	Elvis Presley	10,510,000	52	Johnny Tillotson	2,160,000
3	The Supremes	8,420,000	53	Gary Puckett And The Union Gap	2,150,000
4	Brenda Lee	6,450,000	54	The Doors	2,130,000
5	The 4 Seasons	6,200,000	55	Paul Revere & The Raiders	2,120,000
6	The Beach Boys	5,830,000	56	Jan & Dean	2,090,000
7	The Rolling Stones	5,710,000	57	Martha & The Vandellas	2,070,000
8	Chubby Checker	5,580,000	58	Donovan	2,060,000
9	Connie Francis	5,420,000	59	The Young Rascals	2,040,000
10	Bobby Vinton	5,280,000	60	Frank Sinatra	1,960,000
11	Ray Charles	5,080,000	61	The Marvelettes	1,930,000
12	The Temptations	4,730,000	62	The Impressions	1,930,000
13	Herman's Hermits	4,160,000	63	Mary Wells	1,880,000
14	Dion	4,010,000	64	Nancy Sinatra	1,860,000
15	Marvin Gaye	3,990,000	65	Peter, Paul & Mary	1,840,000
16	The Monkees	3,900,000	66	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1,820,000
17	Aretha Franklin	3,620,000	67	Del Shannon	1,810,000
18	Roy Orbison	3,570,000	68	Jay & The Americans	1,810,000
19	Tommy James	3,530,000	69	Andy Williams	1,780,000
20	Bobby Vee	3,450,000	70	Jerry Butler	1,700,000
21	Stevie Wonder	3,450,000	71	Tom Jones	1,690,000
22	The Dave Clark Five	3,330,000	72	Steve Lawrence	1,670,000
23	The Shirelles	3,240,000	73	Marty Robbins	1,660,000
24	The Everly Brothers	3,120,000	74	Bobby Goldsboro	1,650,000
25	James Brown	3,110,000	75	Peter And Gordon	1,650,000
26	Dionne Warwick	3,090,000	76	Roger Miller	1,640,000
27	The Miracles	3,070,000	77	Dean Martin	1,630,000
28	Bobby Rydell	3,060,000	78	Sly & The Family Stone	1,630,000
29	Four Tops	3,020,000	79	The Box Tops	1,600,000
30	Ricky Nelson	3,010,000	80	The Vogues	1,560,000
31	Bobby Darin	3,000,000	81	The Crystals	1,560,000
32	Petula Clark	2,970,000	82	Otis Redding	1,550,000
33	Johnny Rivers	2,870,000	83	Ray Charles	1,530,000
34	Gary Lewis And The Playboys	2,830,000	84	Fats Domino	1,510,000
35	Sam Cooke	2,810,000	85	The Byrds	1,490,000
36	The 5th Dimension	2,780,000	86	The Orlons	1,480,000
37	The Drifters	2,590,000	87	The Rascals	1,470,000
38	Brook Benton	2,580,000	88	The Cowsills	1,460,000
39	Jackie Wilson	2,550,000	89	Sonny & Cher	1,460,000
40	Neil Sedaka	2,540,000	90	Brian Hyland	1,450,000
41	The Mamas & The Papas	2,530,000	91	The Buckinghams	1,420,000
42	Simon & Garfunkel	2,530,000	92	Dee Dee Sharp	1,420,000
43	The Righteous Brothers	2,500,000	93	Floyd Cramer	1,410,000
44	Tommy Roe	2,470,000	94	Glen Campbell	1,410,000
45	The Association	2,370,000	95	Neil Diamond	1,400,000
46	Gene Pitney	2,340,000	96	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	1,400,000
47	The Lovin' Spoonful	2,340,000	97	Dusty Springfield	1,390,000
48	Lesley Gore	2,280,000	98	Nat King Cole	1,390,000
49	Paul Anka	2,250,000	99	Wilson Pickett	1,370,000
50	The Turtles	2,240,000	100	The Ventures	1,370,000

Billboard 200 Artists

Position	Artist	Points	Position	Artist	Points
1	The Beatles	11,080,000	51	Johnny Mathis	760,000
2	Herb Alpert	7,870,000	52	Lou Rawls	750,000
3	Barbra Streisand	5,540,000	53	The Animals	750,000
4	The Monkees	3,980,000	54	Al Martino	750,000
5	The Rolling Stones	3,910,000	55	James Brown	740,000
6	Peter, Paul & Mary	3,630,000	56	Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra	740,000
7	The Supremes	3,620,000	57	Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto	740,000
8	The Beach Boys	3,490,000	58	Nat King Cole	740,000
9	Andy Williams	3,370,000	59	Vanilla Fudge	740,000
10	Cream	2,550,000	60	The 4 Seasons	720,000
11	Frank Sinatra	2,520,000	61	Otis Redding	720,000
12	The Temptations	2,320,000	62	Ray Charles	710,000
13	Jimi Hendrix	2,210,000	63	Roger Miller	710,000
14	Glen Campbell	2,180,000	64	Engelbert Humperdinck	710,000
15	Aretha Franklin	2,170,000	65	Four Tops	700,000
16	Simon & Garfunkel	2,090,000	66	The Ventures	640,000
17	Bill Cosby	2,070,000	67	Tony Bennett	600,000
18	The Mamas & The Papas	2,040,000	68	Sonny & Cher	600,000
19	Bob Dylan	2,030,000	69	Bobby Vinton	590,000
20	Al Hirt	1,990,000	70	John Gary	560,000
21	The Doors	1,990,000	71	Ed Ames	560,000
22	Elvis Presley	1,870,000	72	The Lovin' Spoonful	550,000
23	The Rascals	1,740,000	73	Bee Gees	550,000
24	Herman's Hermits	1,710,000	74	Allan Sherman	540,000
25	Dean Martin	1,610,000	75	The 5th Dimension	510,000
26	Nancy Wilson	1,600,000	76	The Byrds	510,000
27	Iron Butterfly	1,550,000	77	Nancy Sinatra	500,000
28	The Dave Clark Five	1,220,000	78	The New Christy Minstrels	490,000
29	Blood, Sweat & Tears	1,190,000	79	Jack Jones	490,000
30	Henry Mancini	1,180,000	80	Jimmy Smith	480,000
31	Trini Lopez	1,110,000	81	The Miracles	480,000
32	Joan Baez	1,050,000	82	Robert Goulet	470,000
33	Tom Jones	1,050,000	83	Ramsey Lewis Trio	470,000
34	Sergio Mendes	1,050,000	84	Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra	460,000
35	Johnny Cash	990,000	85	The Chambers Brothers	460,000
36	Steppenwolf	980,000	86	Eddy Arnold	460,000
37	The Righteous Brothers	980,000	87	The Impressions	450,000
38	Louis Armstrong	940,000	88	Bobbie Gentry	420,000
39	Ray Conniff	930,000	89	Judy Collins	410,000
40	Jefferson Airplane	920,000	90	Bobby Goldsboro	400,000
41	Dionne Warwick	900,000	91	Blind Faith	390,000
42	The Association	890,000	92	Roger Williams	390,000
43	Big Brother And The Holding Company	880,000	93	The Kingsmen	390,000
44	Donovan	870,000	94	SSgt Barry Sadler	380,000
45	Jose Feliciano	830,000	95	The Smothers Brothers	370,000
46	Creedence Clearwater Revival	820,000	96	Led Zeppelin	350,000
47	Paul Revere & The Raiders	810,000	97	The Kingston Trio	330,000
48	Johnny Rivers	800,000	98	John Fitzgerald Kennedy	330,000
49	The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)	770,000	99	Jim Reeves	320,000
50	The Lettermen	770,000	100	Stevie Wonder	310,000

[85la]

It's not even close, the Beatles winning by a landslide with more than double the overall artist points of runner-up Elvis! His album points are surprisingly low btw (only #22). Were all his soundtracks included?

[Private Dancer]

Nice to see Dionne at #27 and Aretha at #15. The Supremes really dominated the 60s fr!

[iHype.]

Aug 28, 2022 13:27:39 GMT -5 85la said:

It's not even close, the Beatles winning by a landslide with more than double the overall artist points of runner-up Elvis! His album points are surprisingly low btw (only #22). Were all his soundtracks included?

Any titles Billboard has credited to him on his chart history page were included.
www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/chart-history/tlp/

He only had 3 #1 albums in the Billboard 200 era (August 1963-present), with 2 being after the 1960s. 

If 1960-1963 were included he'd obviously be higher on Billboard 200 artists, but I still think he'd be the #2 artist overall regardless.

[iHype.]

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[85la]

Aug 28, 2022 13:50:58 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Aug 28, 2022 13:27:39 GMT -5 85la said:

It's not even close, the Beatles winning by a landslide with more than double the overall artist points of runner-up Elvis! His album points are surprisingly low btw (only #22). Were all his soundtracks included?

Any titles Billboard has credited to him on his chart history page were included.
www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/chart-history/tlp/

He only had 3 #1 albums in the Billboard 200 era (August 1963-present), with 2 being after the 1960s. 

If 1960-1963 were included he'd obviously be higher on Billboard 200 artists, but I still think he'd be the #2 artist overall regardless.

Oh interesting, so you only included album points after the Billboard 200 started in 1963? Yes, as you mention that does skew things a bit, and you probably should include album points pre-Billboard 200, because it's the same thing obviously but just a different name, but yes it would be more work for you. But also as you mention, Elvis would still most likely be the #2 artist, not enough to beat the Beatles. The question is how high up would he go on the album chart? From just glancing at the chart histories, maybe not enough to beat Herb Alpert, but possibly competing with Barbra Streisand for #3

[iHype.]

Aug 28, 2022 14:20:52 GMT -5 85la said:

Aug 28, 2022 13:50:58 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Any titles Billboard has credited to him on his chart history page were included.
www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/chart-history/tlp/

He only had 3 #1 albums in the Billboard 200 era (August 1963-present), with 2 being after the 1960s. 

If 1960-1963 were included he'd obviously be higher on Billboard 200 artists, but I still think he'd be the #2 artist overall regardless.

Oh interesting, so you only included album points after the Billboard 200 started in 1963? Yes, as you mention that does skew things a bit, and you probably should include album points pre-Billboard 200, because it's the same thing obviously but just a different name, but yes it would be more work for you. But also as you mention, Elvis would still most likely be the #2 artist, not enough to beat the Beatles. The question is how high up would he go on the album chart? From just glancing at the chart histories, maybe not enough to beat Herb Alpert, but possibly competing with Barbra Streisand for #3

Hot 100 archives go back to August 1958, and Billboard 200 archives go back to August 1963.

The charts prior to 1963 are not available online and do not count towards any all-time rankings.