Billboard Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Top 100 Songs/Artists

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biggest Hot 100 hits ever.

10 "Hey Jude" - The BeatlesHot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (1968)
The first single released on the Beatles' own Apple label, and the longest-running No. 1 (nine weeks) for the group on the Hot 100. It is also the longest No. 1 in terms of running time, at seven minutes and 11 seconds.


9 "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 10 weeks (1977)
Years after it was a hit, Boone told Billboard: "Because the lyrics really lent themselves to how I felt about my relationship with the Lord, that's the way I chose to sing it. I never thought anyone would know."


8 "Physical" - Olivia Newton-John
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 10 weeks (1981)
Tame by today's standards, in 1981 "Physical" was considered too risqué for airplay by some radio programmers. One music director told Billboard, "Once the words sank in, it caused an uncomfortableness among listeners."


7 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" - Los Del Rio
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 14 weeks (1996)
The original version was recorded in 1993, entirely in Spanish. Miami's Power 96 only played songs in English and asked Carlos De Yarza and Mike Triay, the Bayside Boys, to do a remix. Singer Patricia Alfaro recorded their new English lyrics and the song became a national phenomenon.


6 "I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 14 weeks (2009)
The Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" was No. 1 for 12 weeks and was immediately succeeded by "I Gotta Feeling," which ruled for 14 weeks. The combined 26-week reign is the longest for any artist in Hot 100 history.


5 "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for six weeks (2011)
The song recorded by Motown founder Berry Gordy's son (Redfoo, a.k.a. Stefan Kendal Gordy) and grandson (SkyBlu, a.k.a. Skyler Husten Gordy) became a bigger hit than any single released by Motown. ("Party" was released on Interscope.) Born in Kent, England, Bennett is the highest-ranking British artist on the all-time Hot 100.


4 "How Do I Live" - LeAnn Rimes
Hot 100 Peak: No. 2 (1997)
Diane Warren wrote the song for Rimes to sing in the film "Con Air," but the producers preferred Trisha Yearwood for the soundtrack. Both versions were released as singles and both charted. Rimes' single remained on the Hot 100 for 69 weeks, a record at the time.


3 "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (1959)
Inspired by Louis Armstrong's version of the song from "The Threepenny Opera," Darin recorded "Mack the Knife" for his album "That's All," but didn't want it released as a single. Atco issued it anyway and it became his biggest hit and signature song.


2 "Smooth" - Santana feat. Rob Thomas
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 12 weeks (1999)
"Smooth" went to No. 1 30 years to the week after Santana's debut on the Hot 100 with "Jingo." It was the longest wait in history from chart debut to first No. 1.


1 "The Twist" - Chubby Checker
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for three weeks (1960, 1962)
The only single to be No. 1 twice on the Hot 100, in two different chart runs. After topping the chart in 1960, the dance caught on with the older generation. Checker was invited to perform "The Twist" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Oct. 22, 1961, prompting a re-release of the single and a full-page ad in Billboard that proclaimed, "‘The Twist' dance rage explodes into the adult world!" The grown-ups bought enough copies to send the song back to No. 1 in early 1962.

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The complete list


5Y TY Title
1 1 "The Twist" – Chubby Checker
2 2 "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
3 3 "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin
4 4 "How Do I Live" – LeAnn Rimes
NEW 5 "Party Rock Anthem" - Featuring Lauren Bennet & Goonrock
NEW 6 "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas
5 7 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" – Los del Río
6 8 "Physical" – Olivia Newton-John
7 9 "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone
8 10 "Hey Jude" – The Beatles
9 11 "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey
10 12 "Un-Break My Heart" – Toni Braxton
11 13 "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
12 14 "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes
13 15 "Endless Love" – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
14 16 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – Rod Stewart
15 17 "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" – Jewel
16 18 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams
17 19 "I'll Make Love to You" – Boyz II Men
18 20 "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith & His Orchestra
19 21 "Le Freak" – Chic
20 22 "How Deep Is Your Love" – The Bee Gees
21 23 "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
NEW 24 "We Found Love" - Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
23 25 "Low" – Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
22 26 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" – Andy Gibb
24 27 "Too Close" – Next
25 28 "Every Breath You Take" – The Police
NEW 29 "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye Featuring Kimbra
26 30 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Irene Cara
NEW 31 "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
27 32 "Tossin' and Turnin'" – Bobby Lewis
28 33 "The Battle of New Orleans" – Johnny Horton
29 34 "One Sweet Day" – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
30 35 "Truly Madly Deeply" – Savage Garden
31 36 "Silly Love Songs" – Paul McCartney & Wings
32 37 "Let's Get It On" – Marvin Gaye
33 38 "Night Fever" – The Bee Gees
34 39 "Another One Bites the Dust" – Queen
35 40 "Say Say Say" – Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
36 41 "How You Remind Me" – Nickelback
37 42 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando
38 43 "It's All in the Game" – Tommy Edwards
39 44 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
40 45 "Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb
NEW 46 "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
41 47 "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" – Elton John
42 48 "No One" – Alicia Keys
68 49 "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
43 50 "End of the Road" – Boyz II Men
NEW 51 "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas
44 52 "Call Me" – Blondie
45 53 "Let Me Love You" – Mario
46 54 "Stayin' Alive" – The Bee Gees
47 55 "Lady" – Kenny Rogers
NEW 56 "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha
48 57 "I'm a Believer" – The Monkees
49 58 "Gold Digger" – Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
50 59 "Apologize" – Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
51 60 "The Sign" – Ace Of Base
52 61 "Centerfold" – The J. Geils Band
53 62 "(Just Like) Starting Over" – John Lennon
54 63 "The Boy Is Mine" – Brandy & Monica
55 64 "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" – Stevie B
56 65 "I Love Rock N' Roll" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
57 66 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension
58 67 "Whoomp! (There It Is)" – Tag Team
NEW 68 "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
59 69 "Ebony and Ivory" – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
60 70 "Rush, Rush" – Paula Abdul
61 71 "That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder
62 72 "Upside Down" – Diana Ross
63 73 "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
NEW 74 "Just The Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
64 75 "Dilemma" – Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
65 76 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" – Marvin Gaye
66 77 "You're Still the One" – Shania Twain
67 78 "Hot Stuff" – Donna Summer
69 79 "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio featuring L.V.
70 80 "Abracadabra" – Steve Miller Band
71 81 "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson
72 82 "You're So Vain" – Carly Simon
73 83 "Play That Funky Music" – Wild Cherry
74 84 "Say You, Say Me" – Lionel Richie
75 85 "My Sharona" – The Knack
76 86 "All Night Long (All Night)" – Lionel Richie
77 87 "Nothing Compares 2 U" – Sinéad O'Connor
78 88 "I Swear" – All-4-One
79 89 "Family Affair" – Mary J. Blige
80 90 "Waiting for a Girl Like You" – Foreigner
81 91 "Are You Lonesome Tonight" – Elvis Presley
82 92 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack
83 93 "Hurts So Good" – John Mellencamp
84 94 "I'll Be Missing You" – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
85 95 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" – B.J. Thomas
86 96 "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins
NEW 97 "One More Night" - Maroon 5
87 98 "Best of My Love" – The Emotions
NEW 99 "We Are Young" - fun.
88 100 "You Make Me Wanna..." – Usher
89 0 "Big Girls Don't Cry" – Fergie
90 0 "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand
91 0 "Another Night" – The Real McCoy
92 0 "It's Now or Never" – Elvis Presley
93 0 "Do That to Me One More Time" – Captain & Tennille
94 0 "A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
95 0 "Like a Virgin" – Madonna
96 0 "Maria Maria" (Album Version) – Santana featuring The Product G&B
97 0 "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor
98 0 "I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles
99 0 "U Got It Bad" – Usher
100 0 "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night

[HolidayGuy]

Both of the new entries are higher than we initially figured (I think we were figuring IGAF to be around No. 9).

Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Chubby Checker, Rihanna, LMFAO Highlight New All-Time Rankings
By Gary Trust | August 02, 2013

Upon the Billboard Hot 100's 55th birthday, new artists and songs rank among the top 100 in each category since we celebrated the chart's golden anniversary in 2008. Meanwhile, a historic classic remains the survey's all-time top song.

"The Twist" by Chubby Checker is still the Billboard Hot 100's all-time top song but there are some additional twists in the rankings of the top songs and artists since the last time we celebrated a milestone in the chart's storied archives.


In 2008, Billboard looked back at the Hot 100's first 50 years, dating to its premiere the week of Aug. 4, 1958. Upon its launch, Billboard branded the chart as "the fastest, most complete and most sensitive index to the popularity of recorded music in America." Fifty-five years later, the tally has transformed from a measurement of radio airplay, sales of 45s and jukebox activity to one of airplay, digital (and minimal physical) sales and online streams.

While 55 years has brought major change to the chart's methodology, even the past five years have seen a swell of rising artists make their mark, while new (party rock) anthems have likewise taken their place among the Hot 100's all-time top songs.

And through it all, a song that made history more than five decades ago remains the Hot 100's No. 1 title.

THEY FOUND LOVE

By early August 2008, Rihanna had racked 11 Hot 100 hits, eight of which had reached the top 10, including three No. 1s. An impressive start, for sure, but not enough to place her among the top 100 artists of the chart's first 50 years.

Just five years later, Rihanna ranks as the No. 15 artist on the list, vaulting in as the highest-ranking newcomer on the tally. Her ascent has been extraordinary: With 12 No. 1s, she trails only the Beatles – still the No. 1 act all-time – with 20; Mariah Carey (who moves up from No. 6 to No. 5), with 18; and Michael Jackson (again at No. 8), with 13. Madonna (who remains at No. 2) and the Supremes (14-16) also boast 12 leaders apiece. (Sadly, the past five years have also begat loss: Jackson died in 2009 and Whitney Houston passed away last year; she notched 11 No. 1s and again ranks as the chart's No. 9 artist. Her "I Will Always Love You," meanwhile, jumps from No. 68 in 2008 to No. 49 after it re-entered following her death and rose as high as No. 3 in an additional sales-fueled three-week run.)

Rihanna's 24 Hot 100 top 10s to date, meanwhile, mark the ninth-best sum among all acts, with only three women sporting higher totals: Madonna (38) and Carey and Janet Jackson (27 each).

Further proof that just five years can be enough for an artist to forge a historic entrance comes in the form of the artist at No. 39: Katy Perry. At the time of the Hot 100's 50th anniversary, Perry held the No. 1 spot on the weekly survey with her debut entry, "I Kissed a Girl." As with Rihanna, signs foretold further success. "Kissed" remained on top for seven weeks, tying the Beatles' iconic "I Want to Hold Your Hand" for a Capitol Records act's longest-reigning first chart hit.

That was only the start for Perry. With her second Capitol set, Teenage Dream, she posted five No. 1s: "California Girls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), the title cut, "Firework," "E.T." (featuring Kanye West) and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." Only one other album has yielded five leaders: Michael Jackson's Bad (1987-88).

In all, 12 artists appear on the rundown of the top 100 acts of the Hot 100's first 55 years that had yet to rack enough accomplishments to make the grade five years ago. Included are the Black Eyed Peas, at No. 42, after linking a record 26 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2009 with "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling"; Taylor Swift, whose No. 87 rank is bolstered by her 58 Hot 100 hits, second among women only to Aretha Franklin's 73; and Maroon 5, at No. 94, fueled in part by its longest-commanding No. 1, last year's nine-week leader "One More Night."

Of special note: while it doesn't rank among the top 100 artists, the cast of Fox's "Glee" arrived in 2009 and has since tallied a record-obliterating 206 Hot 100 appearances. The series' model of releasing multiple tracks with each new episode found favor with its avid fans (aka, "Gleeks"), enabling the act to, in less than two years, dethrone prior record-holder Elvis Presley (108). (Lil Wayne, now up to 119 visits, has also since passed the King; 73 of the rapper's appearances, however, have come in a featured role.)

Still, because the "Glee" Cast has spent just one week on the chart with 172 of its entries, it hasn't accrued enough chart points to make the top 100 artist ranking.

SHUFFLIN' THE LIST

LMFAO had yet to appear on the Hot 100 in 2008, bowing the next year with the No. 51-peaking "I'm in Miami Trick." The duo's next four entries would peak between Nos. 31 and 84 before "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) roared to a six-week domination in summer 2011. It ranks as the fifth-biggest hit of the Hot 100's first five-and-a-half decades. With 68 weeks on the Hot 100, "Anthem" is the longest-charting No. 1 in the list's history.

The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" likewise shakes up the top 10 by claiming the No. 6 spot, while Rihanna's "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) ranks at No. 24; with 10 weeks at the summit in 2011-12, the track is Rihanna's longest-leading No. 1. Also new in the top 40 are the top songs of 2012 and 2011, respectively: Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) (No. 29) and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" (No. 31).

Five years ago, neither Gotye or Adele yet appeared on the Hot 100, reinforcing that change is one of the few constants over the Hot 100's first 50 years.

Another stable Hot 100 force? Chubby Checker's "The Twist." Having topped the chart the week of Sept. 24, 1960, and, following renewed popularity, for another two weeks (Jan. 13 and 20) in 1962, the song remains the only of the Hot 100's 1,027 all-time leaders to reign in two separate chart cycles.

"It's a great honor. I'm humbled for all that I've achieved in the music industry," Checker says. (He continues to be a chart competitor, as his current single "Changes" is approaching Adult Contemporary. He's also an active performer, playing approximately 100 concerts annually.)

"I'm so proud of how 'The Twist' has endured and even more thankful for how long my career has endured."

[HolidayGuy]

Billboard hasn't released the full list, but these are some revelations in regards to the Top 100 Acts.

Hot 100 All-Time Acts- 2013 UPDATE
(positional change in parentheses)

1. The Beatles (=)
2. Madonna (=)
3. Elton John (=)
4. Elvis Presley (=)
5. Mariah Carey (+1)
8. Michael Jackson (=)
9. Whitney Houston (=)

15. Rihanna (NEW)
16. The Supremes (-2)

39. Katy Perry (NEW)

42. Black Eyed Peas (NEW)

87. Taylor Swift (NEW)

94. Maroon 5 (NEW)

Glee Cast does not rank, as expected.

So, there are seven other newbies to this list- Britney Spears and Beyonce, I'd' expect to appear.

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Good thing, on a straight points basis it would be somewhere around #2 or #3. (Joel Whitburn had them at #2)

[HolidayGuy]

^Yah- why the straight-points thing really isn't the greatest methodology.

Top 10 Acts With Activity Since the Last Update (this goes through, I'm presuming, the July 27, 2013 chart):
Madonna: 10 weeks on the Hot 100 (nine of those as lead act on "featurings")
Mariah Carey: 54 weeks on the Hot 100 (11 weeks as lead act on a "featuring," four weeks as a featured act on a "featuring" and one week on a duet)
Michael Jackson: 9 weeks on the Hot 100 (all as lead act on a "featuring")
Whitney Houston: 15 weeks (all solo credits)

[HolidayGuy]

Hot 100: Top 100 Artists
(rank in 2008 list in parentheses; I wouldn't mind someone checking my work, though)

1. THE BEATLES (=)
2. MADONNA (=)
3. ELTON JOHN (=)
4. ELVIS PRESLEY (=)
5. MARIAH CAREY (6)
6. STEVIE WONDER (5)
7. JANET JACKSON (=)
8. MICHAEL JACKSON (=)
9. WHITNEY HOUSTON (=)
10. THE ROLLING STONES (=)
11. PAUL MCCARTNEY/WINGS (=)
12. BEE GEES (=)
13. CHICAGO (=)
14. USHER (21)
15. RIHANNA (NEW)
16. THE SUPREMES (14)
17. DARYL HALL JOHN OATES (15)
18. PRINCE (16)
19. ROD STEWART (17)
20. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (18)
21. ARETHA FRANKLIN (19)
22. MARVIN GAYE (21)
23. PHIL COLLINS (22)
24. BILLY JOEL (23)
25. DIANA ROSS (25)
26. THE 4 SEASONS (26)
27. THE TEMPTATIONS (27)
28. DONNA SUMMER (24)
29. THE BEACH BOYS (28)
30. LIONEL RICHIE (29)
31. NEIL DIAMOND (30)
32. CARPENTERS (31)
33. BOYZ II MEN (32)
34. JACKSON 5/THE JACKSONS (33)
35. CONNIE FRANCIS (34)
36. BRENDA LEE (35)
37. BARBRA STREISAND (36)
38. KENNY ROGERS (37)
39. KATY PERRY (NEW)
40. BRYAN ADAMS (38)
41. CHER (39)
42. THE BLACK EYED PEAS (NEW)
43. GEORGE MICHAEL (40)
44. BOBBY VINTON (41)
45. JOHN MELLENCAMP (42)
46. BEYONCE (NEW)
47. THREE DOG NIGHT (43)
48. HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (44)
49. GLORIA ESTEFAN (45)
50. BON JOVI (46)
51. RAY CHARLES (47)
52. P!NK (NEW)
53. CHUBBY CHECKER (48)
54. FOREIGNER (49)
55. KOOL & THE GANG (50)
56. RICK NELSON (51)
57. DURAN DURAN (52)
58. COMMODORES (53)
59. EAGLES (54)
60. PAUL ANKA (55)
61. TLC (56)
62. BARRY MANILOW (57)
63. DIONNE WARWICK (58)
64. GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS (59)
65. HEART (60)
66. THE EVERLY BROTHERS (61)
67. BOBBY DARIN (63)
68. JAMES BROWN (64)
69. R. KELLY (62)
70. PAULA ABDUL (65)
71. NELLY (84)
72. ALICIA KEYS (80)
73. RICHARD MARX (66)
74. STARSHIP (67)
75. KELLY CLARKSON (NEW)
76. DESTINY'S CHILD (68)
77. LINDA RONSTADT (69)
78. CHRIS BROWN (NEW)
79. CELINE DION (70)
80. THE MIRACLES (71)
81. LADY GAGA (NEW)
82. BRUNO MARS (NEW)
83. BOB SEGER (72)
84. FLEETWOOD MAC (73)
85. NEIL SEDAKA (98)
86. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (74)
87. TAYLOR SWIFT (NEW)
88. THE POINTER SISTERS (75)
89. JOHN DENVER (76)
90. FOUR TOPS (77)
91. TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (78)
92. KANYE WEST (NEW)
93. 50 CENT (88)
94. MAROON 5 (NEW)
95. THE 5TH DIMENSION (79)
96. CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (81)
97. ANDY GIBB (82)
98. AIR SUPPLY (83)
99. ROY ORBISON (85)
100. THE SPINNERS (86)

The 55th anniversary edition of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and Artists charts are based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, since the chart’s inception in August 1958 through the July 27, 2013 rankings. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the Hot 100's 55 years (i.e., the inclusion of Nielsen Entertainment airplay monitoring and point-of-sales tracking and the recent inclusion of streaming data, among earlier modifications), certain eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. The Artist chart utilizes the same point system and adjusted weighting as the Songs list, but aggregates all titles for each act that charted over the course of its career.

[HolidayGuy]

Things that make you go hmmm:

1. R. Kelly dropped below Bobby Darin and James Brown.
2. Neil Sedaka climbing 13 spots

Surprised Britney Spears didn't make the cut.

[Myth X]

Aug 2, 2013 10:35:03 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Surprised Britney Spears didn't make the cut.

I'm more surprised about Eminem not making it this time after the success of Love the way you lie and Not Afraid.

[HolidayGuy]

^Eminem does have a lot of featurings, keep in mind- if he's the lead act, he gets 70% of the total points for a track's run- and if he's a featured act, 30% is split between him and whoever else features (if he's the only one, he gets 30%).

[Myth X]

Aug 2, 2013 10:52:23 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^Eminem does have a lot of featurings, keep in mind- if he's the lead act, he gets 70% of the total points for a track's run- and if he's a featured act, 30% is split between him and whoever else features (if he's the only one, he gets 30%).

I guess that's why acts like Jay-Z and Lil Wayne didn't make it neither.

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Aug 2, 2013 10:35:03 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Things that make you go hmmm:
1. R. Kelly dropped below Bobby Darin and James Brown.
2. Neil Sedaka climbing 13 spots

Surprised Britney Spears didn't make the cut.

So where is C&C Music Factory? I Liked them. ;)

[HolidayGuy]

I can exclusively reveal that C&C Music Factory placed No. 233.

Donna Summer also lost a couple of positions- must have been some revisions in terms of points, like Kelly and Sedaka.

[when the pawn...]

So based on that...

BANDS
1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stone
3. Wings
4. Bee Gees
5. Chicago
6. The Supremes
7. Hall & Oats
8. The 4 Seasons
9. The Temptations
10. The Beach Boys

MALE SOLO ARTISTS
1. Elton John
2. Elvis Presley
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Michael Jackson
5. Paul McCartney
6. Usher
7. Prince
8. Rod Stewart
9. Marvin Gaye
10. Rod Stewart

FEMALE SOLO ARTISTS
1. Madonna
2. Mariah Carey
3. Janet Jackson
4. Whitney Houston
5. Rihanna
6. Olivia Newton John
7. Aretha Franklin
8. Diana Ross
9. Donna Summer
10. Connie Francis
11. Brenda Lee
12. Barbara Streisand
13. Katy Perry
14. Cher
15. Beyonce
16. Gloria Estefan
17. P!nk
18. Dionne Warwick
19. Paula Abdul
20. Alicia Keys
21. Kelly Clarkson
22. Linda Ronsdadt
23. Celine Dion
24. Lady Gaga
25. Taylor Swift

RAP ARTISTS
1. The Black Eyed Peas
2. Nelly
3. Kanye West
4. 50 Cent
*Have to assume Eminem, Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne, Flo Rida would be in the top 10. Sean Paul? T.I.? Drake? Nicki Minaj?

[RadioBeatz]

So many statistics, I'm going crazy :o lol

That was fun, I expected IGF to pull ahead of PRA, what happened there?

Billboard also posted the list of #1s 1958-2013. :)

Rihanna is the TOP ARTIST OF THE 2000s so far, wow.

[Keelzit]

How on earth did Kelly Clarkson and P!nk make it but not Britney ?

[Push The Button]

Britney has had 13 top 10 hits on the Hot 100. Kelly has had 10 and P!nk has had 14.

Their singles probably stayed on the chart longer. Sometimes Britney's singles tend to drop out pretty quickly. One of her singles, "Hold It Against Me," only spent 6 weeks in the top 10 despite debuting at #1.

[HolidayGuy]

Putting Wings at No. 3 may be tricky, as the PM/Wings hits are counted together. Some of the overall points would be hits credited only to Paul McCartney.

Other entries in which the solo act and credited-as-group hits are combined:

Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band
Kenny Rogers/First Edition

[die Lotterie]

What an epic top 10!

[Myth X]

Aug 2, 2013 12:22:53 GMT -5 Keelzit said:

How on earth did Kelly Clarkson and P!nk make it but not Britney ?

P!nk and Kelly Clarkson's hits have more longevity than Britney's hits.

[Caviar]

Aug 2, 2013 10:30:38 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Hot 100: Top 100 Artists
(rank in 2008 list in parentheses; I wouldn't mind someone checking my work, though)

1. THE BEATLES (=)
2. MADONNA (=)
3. ELTON JOHN (=)
4. ELVIS PRESLEY (=)
5. MARIAH CAREY (6)
6. STEVIE WONDER (5)
7. JANET JACKSON (=)
8. MICHAEL JACKSON (=)
9. WHITNEY HOUSTON (=)
10. THE ROLLING STONES (=)

The world doesn't produce legends like these anymore.

[RadioBeatz]

Nice one, Billboard.

[HolidayGuy]

Fun video countdown. :)

[Myth X]

According to the list of #1's it seems like Billboard doesn't credit Britney Spears for S&M.

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5149230/hot-100-55th-anniversary-every-no-1-song-1958-2013?page=0%2C4

[HolidayGuy]

^It probably just forgot to list her. Spears would only get the points for the single week at No. 1, anyhow.

[Arrow]

Aug 2, 2013 12:22:53 GMT -5 Keelzit said:

How on earth did Kelly Clarkson and P!nk make it but not Britney ?

The Hot 100 chart has never been a good barometer in regards to Spears' popularity. Half of her singles weren't available for purchase prior to the digital era anyway, her most impressive feats have been on Billboard's 200 chart.

[HolidayGuy]

^Well, that also goes for a number of other acts and/or hits from 1999-2004; airplay was the dominant factor, and it wasn't much of a friend to her for certain tracks.

She undoubtedly would have had higher chart peaks and greater longevity if Jive was interested in that, but, alas, the trade was huge album sales for the first two albums. The third album also would have produced higher chart peaks if there were CD singles, but, again, Jive opted not to play the singles game (it did release 12-inch vinyl singles for several tracks from the first few albums, though).

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General drawback about comparing statistics over time when the methodology is constantly changing

[ListenToItTwice]

Aug 2, 2013 12:06:20 GMT -5 RadioBeatz said:

So many statistics, I'm going crazy :o lol

That was fun, I expected IGF to pull ahead of PRA, what happened there?

I was realllllly shocked by that.. I think it goes to show that the point system doesn't quite work.


You know what I would like? A version of the list that somehow includes the recurrent/catalog success of the songs.. It would make for a more interesting ongoing climb for recent songs, and might better reflect the "bigness" of certain hits

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Party Rock had a 68 week run in the Hot 100 (3rd longest ever) and a 28 week run in the top 10 (3rd longest ever) as well as a lengthy #1 stay