It's been a while since my All-Time Global Album Longevity thread that ranked artists based on the time they spent in album top 20s around the world.
I thought it would be fun to do an update. I'm limiting it to the past 20 years (1996-2015) to focus more on modern artists, and I'm also using a different point system to mix up the results a bit.
A total of 19 countries were analyzed in this study. To reduce Europe's importance, some countries were added together. Each column in the result table has the same weight.
US = United States
UK = United Kingdom
AU = Australia (0.8) / New Zealand (0.2)
CA = Canada
DE = Germany
FR = France (0.9) / Wallonia (0.1)
IT = Italy
IB = Iberia: Spain (0.8) / Portugal (0.2)
NL = Netherlands (0.8) / Flanders (0.2)
CH = Switzerland (0.5) / Austria (0.5)
SD = Scandinavia: Sweden (0.3) / Norway (0.3) / Denmark (0.2) / Finland (0.2)
JP = Japan
The point system is fairly simple: a week at #1 = 2.0, a week at #2 = 1.9, ..., a week at #20 = 0.1
Points in the table are rounded. A 0 means it is more than 0 but less than 0.5. An X means chart data was unavailable for that year in that country.
Local artists have been excluded: an artist needs to have charted in three or more territories.
Japan's charts have a few gaps, and all the data is in katakana so it was difficult to match it with the rest. Japanese data might be missing for lower ranking artists. I can provide it upon request.
All of the results are generated by a script. If you notice data is missing, tell me and I'll try to fix it right away.
I can post the rank and result table of artists who are not in the top 100 upon request.
Recap:
100. Ricky Martin
99. Lana Del Rey
98. Sting
97. Christina Aguilera
96. Savage Garden
95. Cher
94. Bee Gees
93. Daft Punk
92. No Doubt
91. Amy Macdonald
90. Pink Floyd
89. Destiny's Child
88. Limp Bizkit
87. Radiohead
86. Duffy
85. Lenny Kravitz
84. Jack Johnson
83. Jamiroquai
82. Rod Stewart
81. Enrique Iglesias
80. Kelly Clarkson
79. 50 Cent
78. Phil Collins
77. Foo Fighters
76. Mark Knopfler
75. Rolling Stones
74. Zucchero
73. Moby
72. Simply Red
71. Katy Perry
70. Offspring
69. Depeche Mode
68. Kings Of Leon
67. Mika
66. Sam Smith
65. Whitney Houston
64. R.E.M.
63. Laura Pausini
62. AC/DC
61. Katie Melua
60. Jennifer Lopez
59. Tiziano Ferro
58. Usher
57. Justin Timberlake
56. Metallica
55. George Michael
54. Oasis
53. Muse
52. Mariah Carey
51. Mumford and Sons
50. David Guetta
49. Alicia Keys
48. Beatles
47. Maroon 5
46. Justin Bieber
45. Nelly Furtado
44. Helene Fischer
43. Beyoncé
42. Evanescence
41. Enya
40. Corrs
39. Il Divo
38. Bruno Mars
37. Nickelback
36. Santana
35. Green Day
34. Bon Jovi
33. One Direction
32. Dido
31. Avril Lavigne
30. Spice Girls
29. James Blunt
28. Bruce Springsteen
27. Anastacia
26. Alanis Morissette
25. Taylor Swift
24. Ed Sheeran
23. Amy Winehouse
22. Rihanna
21. Shania Twain
20. Shakira
19. Linkin Park
18. Britney Spears
17. Backstreet Boys
16. Eros Ramazzotti
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers
14. Black Eyed Peas
13. Norah Jones
12. U2
11. Andrea Bocelli
10. Lady Gaga
9. Michael Bublé
8. P!nk
7. Michael Jackson
6. Madonna
5. Coldplay
4. Robbie Williams
3. Eminem
2. Adele
1. Céline Dion
