CHR/Pop #1 Female Artists, 1990-2004

[Vanilla Bean]

Thanks to this amazing website, www.popradiotop20.com/

I have been able to compile the top female artists of each year based on top 20 inverse points (#1=20 points, #20=1 point). Now remember this may not be 100% accurate because it's only based on the top 20, not the top 40, meaning all the hits by these females that peaked outside the top 20 didn't go into their final totals.

1990

Janet Jackson=570 points 
Mariah Carey=305 points
Madonna=263 points

1991

Mariah Carey=497 points
Paula Abdul=466 points
Amy Grant=435 points

1992

Mariah Carey=471 points
Celine Dion=257 points
Vanessa Williams=244 points

1993

Janet Jackson=612 points
Mariah Carey=468 points
Whitney Houston=369 points

1994

Mariah Carey=500 points
Madonna=469 points
Toni Braxton=402 points

1995

Mariah Carey=571 points
Madonna=423 points
Sheryl Crow=315 points

1996

Alanis Morissette-951 points
Celine Dion=614 points
Donna Lewis=430 points

1997

Jewel=687 points
Robyn=577 points
Paula Cole=382 points

1998

Natale Imbruglia=454 points
Alanis Morissette=434 points
Janet Jackson=302 points

1999

Britney Spears=743 points
Jennifer Lopez=424 points
Christina Aguilera=334 points

2000

Christina Aguilera=556 points
Pink=437 points
Britney Spears=314 points

2001

Jennifer Lopez=685 points
Pink=602 points
Janet Jackson=485 points

2002

Jennifer Lopez=582 points
Avril Lavigne=558 points
Pink=501 points

2003

Christina Aguilera=655 points
Beyonce=536 points
Kelly Clarkson=317 points

2004

Britney Spears=429 points
JoJo=407 points
Jessica Simpson=365 points

I wanted to compile all their totals together and give you a list of the top females of all time but then i realized it wouldn't be fair to Madonna, Janet, and Whitney who had tons of hits before 1990, so instead i settled with a list of the top female artists of the last 5 years, from 1999-2004. And the results were...

1. Jennifer Lopez: 1993
2. Christina Aguilera: 1983
3. Pink: 1713
4. Britney Spears: 1544
5. Avril Lavigne: 1198

[KikiMets]

Caramel said:

Thanks to this amazing website, www.popradiotop20.com/

If I'm not mistaken, that site is run by DuckHead, one of the members here.

[GiggaWho]

That is DuckHead's site. It's great. Very useful.

[DuckHead]

Cool list, Caramel Frappichino! And thanks for the compliments of my site.

I had contemplated making "artists of the year" charts, but I hadn't done it yet. My problem with doing them arose from whether or not to count featured artists, and if so, how many points do I give them. I wonder what you guys think of this?

Here's the example: Smooth- Santana f/ Rob Thomas (410 points). Do I:

1. Give Santana 410 points and Rob Thomas 0.
2. Give Santana 410 points and Rob Thomas 410.
3. Give Santana 410 points and Rob Thomas 205 (half).

This was my stumbling point, and why I hadn't done the artists charts. I personally favor method # 1, but what do you guys think?

Also, I have no idea how to tally up "Lady Marmalade", in which 4 artists are credited equally.

[Vanilla Bean]

Your sight is great. Thanks for all the work you put into it. What i think you should do next is do what you did for Avril Lavigne (a list of all their singles and where they peaked) for other artists. Unless a website like that already exists that i am unaware of.

As for your question...


I don't think f/ should be counted as points for any artists.

But then again some people will debate with you what's a f/ and what's not. When i compiled my list i gave full credit to Christina Aguilera and Pink on "Lady Marmalade", and also full credit to Christina on "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" because neither of those were features (I have the CD single for "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" and it said & Christina Aguilera on the title).

[GiggaWho]

I think it depends on the collaboration. Like if it's Fabolous' song and Ashanti is just singing the hook, go with method #1. For Smooth, I would probably give both artists full points. Because while Rob Thomas is really just sitting in on Santana's song, the casual listener who heard it on the radio would probably think it was a Rob Thomas song, since he does all the vocals and is so prominent in it. If it's a duet, where both artists are the draws of the song, #3.

Basically, I guess what I'm saying is I'd do it based on who people would identify the song with. So, in theory, who was the driving force behind the success of the song. It does make things a little more subjective than just picking one of the methods and staying with it across the board though.

[DuckHead]

Caramel said:

I don't think f/ should be counted as points for any artists.

But then again some people will debate with you what's a f/ and what's not. When i compiled my list i gave full credit to Christina Aguilera and Pink on "Lady Marmalade", and also full credit to Christina on "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" because neither of those were features (I have the CD single for "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" and it said & Christina Aguilera on the title).

Regarding "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely", I was unsure whether to give it the featuring title or not. I eventually decided to count it as featuring because the song appears on Ricky Martin's album and not on any of Christina Aguilera's albums. Also, R&R officially credited it as featuring.

[Vanilla Bean]

I can't wait until Kelly Clarkson tops this list in 2005!

[bluenote]

J.Lo is #1

[DuckHead]

Caramel said:

Your sight is great. Thanks for all the work you put into it. What i think you should do next is do what you did for Avril Lavigne (a list of all their singles and where they peaked) for other artists. Unless a website like that already exists that i am unaware of.

There is a site that lists R&R data for song peaks listed by artists (which is basically the same as mine would be, since I use R&R for 1990-2005). The link is www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/chart.html.

And the reason I even have that Avril section on my site is because Avril's my fave!  :)

[Vanilla Bean]

Oh, that's another great site! Thanks for the link. Is there any site that has spins from every week?

[DuckHead]

Caramel said:

Oh, that's another great site! Thanks for the link. Is there any site that has spins from every week?

I don't know of any site that has spins data. I highly doubt that one exists, as that data would be next to impossible to obtain.

[kellydicted]

Caramel said:

I can't wait until Kelly Clarkson tops this list in 2005!

fo sho