All-Time Hot 100 Artists (Unofficial Update)

[iHype.]

Last official list was recently actually, in December:
www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-artists/

This is a small update, in addition I have expanded to a top 150 to see which artists are close/just missed.

Position	Picture	Artist	Points
1		The Beatles	18,057,000
2		Madonna	17,209,000
3		Elton John	16,095,240
4		Elvis Presley	15,744,000
5		Mariah Carey	15,532,000
6		Stevie Wonder	14,472,000
7		Janet Jackson	13,469,000
8		Michael Jackson	12,969,000
9		Whitney Houston	12,582,000
10		Drake	12,258,000
11		Rihanna	12,079,000
12		The Rolling Stones	11,609,000
13		Paul McCartney	11,209,000
14		Bee Gees	10,939,000
15		Usher	10,301,000
16		Chicago	10,226,000
17		The Supremes	10,046,000
18		Prince	9,910,000
19		Daryl Hall & John Oates	9,901,000
20		Rod Stewart	9,749,000
21		Taylor Swift	9,295,000
22		Olivia Newton-John	9,013,000
23		Maroon 5	8,351,000
24		Aretha Franklin	8,330,000
25		Marvin Gaye	8,247,000
26		Katy Perry	8,153,000
27		Phil Collins	8,017,000
28		Bruno Mars	7,899,000
29		Billy Joel	7,892,000
30		Diana Ross	7,832,000
31		The 4 Seasons	7,742,000
32		The Temptations	7,729,000
33		Justin Bieber	7,727,000
34		Donna Summer	7,718,000
35		The Beach Boys	7,680,000
36		Lionel Richie	7,380,000
37		Neil Diamond	7,259,000
38		Carpenters	7,108,000
39		Brenda Lee	6,964,000
40		Beyoncé	6,961,000
41		The Jacksons	6,953,000
42		Boyz II Men	6,949,000
43		Connie Francis	6,937,000
44		The Weeknd	6,670,000
45		Chris Brown	6,492,000
46		Kenny Rogers	6,364,000
47		Barbra Streisand	6,345,000
48		Bryan Adams	6,289,000
49		Cher	6,266,000
50		The Black Eyed Peas	6,185,000
51		George Michael	6,143,000
52		P!nk	6,134,000
53		Bobby Vinton	6,059,000
54		John Mellencamp	6,048,000
55		Ed Sheeran	5,982,000
56		Lady Gaga	5,903,000
57		Three Dog Night	5,869,000
58		Huey Lewis & The News	5,830,000
59		Gloria Estefan	5,820,000
60		Bon Jovi	5,794,000
61		Chubby Checker	5,788,000
62		Ray Charles	5,750,000
63		Foreigner	5,709,000
64		Ariana Grande	5,695,000
65		Kool & The Gang	5,686,000
66		Gladys Knight & The Pips	5,675,000
67		Ricky Nelson	5,672,000
68		Duran Duran	5,632,000
69		Justin Timberlake	5,591,000
70		Commodores	5,588,000
71		Eagles	5,560,000
72		TLC	5,518,000
73		Post Malone	5,513,000
74		Paul Anka	5,473,000
75		Eminem	5,466,000
76		Barry Manilow	5,463,000
77		Dionne Warwick	5,456,000
78		Nelly	5,400,000
79		Heart	5,398,000
80		Kanye West	5,320,000
81		The Everly Brothers	5,313,000
82		Bobby Darin	5,300,000
83		R. Kelly	5,293,000
84		Kelly Clarkson	5,240,000
85		James Brown	5,237,000
86		Paula Abdul	5,204,000
87		Adele	5,162,000
88		Alicia Keys	5,162,000
89		Linda Ronstadt	5,098,000
90		Richard Marx	5,083,000
91		Destiny's Child	5,016,000
92		Céline Dion	4,995,000
93		Jay-Z	4,975,000
94		The Miracles	4,958,000
95		Dion	4,895,000
96		Fleetwood Mac	4,877,000
97		Bob Seger	4,862,000
98		Neil Sedaka	4,850,000
99		Bruce Springsteen	4,766,000
100		The Pointer Sisters	4,733,000
101		John Denver	4,720,000
102		Four Tops	4,700,000
103		Tony Orlando & Dawn	4,698,000
104		50 Cent	4,668,000
105		The 5th Dimension	4,643,000
106		Flo Rida	4,628,000
107		Captain & Tennille	4,575,000
108		Andy Gibb	4,549,000
109		Air Supply	4,544,000
110		Roy Orbison	4,494,000
111		Queen	4,456,000
112		The Spinners	4,440,000
113		Britney Spears	4,386,000
114		Aerosmith	4,317,000
115		Billy Ocean	4,307,000
116		Tommy James	4,306,000
117		Brook Benton	4,290,000
118		Michael Bolton	4,288,000
119		Styx	4,276,000
120		Earth, Wind & Fire	4,227,000
121		Toni Braxton	4,207,000
122		Herman's Hermits	4,163,000
123		Simon & Garfunkel	4,151,000
124		Nicki Minaj	4,114,000
125		Jennifer Lopez	4,108,000
126		KC And The Sunshine Band	4,087,000
127		Christina Aguilera	4,082,000
128		Roxette	4,035,000
129		The Monkees	4,025,000
130		New Kids On The Block	4,010,000
131		Monica	3,991,000
132		Helen Reddy	3,990,000
133		Eric Clapton	3,977,000
134		Bobby Brown	3,936,000
135		Genesis	3,910,000
136		Cyndi Lauper	3,906,000
137		Ludacris	3,906,000
138		Journey	3,867,000
139		Kenny Loggins	3,850,000
140		Santana	3,839,000
141		Johnny Rivers	3,793,000
142		Glen Campbell	3,784,000
143		Creedence Clearwater Revival	3,769,000
144		Rick Springfield	3,748,000
145		Taylor Dayne	3,693,000
146		T.I.	3,667,000
147		Nickelback	3,641,000
148		Roberta Flack	3,626,000
149		Mary J. Blige	3,610,000
150		P. Diddy	3,604,000

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for the update.

Like Billboard, you use that less-than-grand photo of Madonna. With all of the great/iconic shots out there...

[iHype.]

Jul 3, 2022 13:21:13 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Thanks for the update.

Like Billboard, you use that less-than-grand photo of Madonna. With all of the great/iconic shots out there...

Hmm I never thought it was unflattering. I've changed it though 

[HolidayGuy]

^That's a good one. :)

The Hard Candy shoot was not one of her best looks/shoots- yeah, we'll go with that. :)

Look at Taylor Dayne ranking inside that top 150.

[jenglisbe]

Is there a multiplier or other adjustment for the streaming era (and even digital era) as it relates to artists being able to chart every album track when that wasn't really a possibility pre-00s?

[iHype.]

Jul 5, 2022 7:13:00 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Is there a multiplier or other adjustment for the streaming era (and even digital era) as it relates to artists being able to chart every album track when that wasn't really a possibility pre-00s?

Album tracks charting for 1-2 weeks makes no difference really.

Charting at like #37 for one week is… barely 3,000 points? And you need over 4,700,000 to even make top 100.

Even for Drake who had the biggest album bombs they were only 100-200k points that week.

Furthermore, theoretically - if album tracks were never allowed to chart then there’s plenty of weeks when official singles by Drake/Taylor/Rihanna/etc would’ve rank much higher as a result anyways. Thus they’d probably still end up gaining similar points they lost when being pushed down or sent recurrent due to others albums bombs.