Discussion: Top Hot 100 Artists of the Decade (so far)

umich

SUMMARY:

The ranking that will be presented is, so far, the top Hot 100 (singles) artists of the decade - those acts that have dominated the Billboard Hot 100 since January 2010. All data is up to date (which includes the latest Hot 100 chart for this week) and I will continue to update each week as a new chart gets presented by Billboard. NOTE: this is obviously not the final decade-end list (nor is it 100% accurate), but it will provide a general idea as to where your faves currently stand in terms of hitmaking in the US.

METHODOLOGY:

For each week that an act appears on the Hot 100, they will receive the following points that correspond to the Hot 100 position (based on the inverse method used by Billboard when compiling decade-end charts). Number-one singles receive 100 points; number-one-hundred singles receive 1 point.

1... 100 pts
2... 99 pts
3... 98 pts
4... 97 pts
5... 96 pts
[...]
96... 5 pts
97... 4 pts
98... 3 pts
99... 2 pts
100... 1 pts

Examples:

For solo acts:
Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream" (Katy receives 100% of points each week the song charts on the Hot 100)

For collaborations:
Katy Perry f/ Snoop Dogg - "California Gurls" (Katy receives 70% and Snoop Dogg receives 30% of points each week the song charts)
Drake f/ Jay Z & Kanye West - "Pop Style" (Drake receives 70% of the points; Jay-Z and Kanye West each receive 15% of the points)
A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - "Say Something" (both AGBW and Christina Aguilera receive 50% (each) of points each week the song charts)
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj - "Bang Bang" (each act receives one-third of points each week)
Jay Z & Kanye West f/ Otis Redding - "Otis" (Jay Z & Kanye West both receive 35% of points each; Otis Redding receives 30%)

*the percentage breakdowns are the same that BB uses for their tabulations.*

I will countdown the top 100 acts (to date), but I will post everyone below the top 100 so you have an idea of where the rest of the folks may be.

umich

Hot 100 Acts: 1-100

Hot 100 Acts: 101-199

Hot 100 Acts: 200-299

Hot 100 Acts: 300-399

Hot 100 Acts: 400-

umich

Reserved. [2]

Chaos Angel

Perched for this

Arcane_Sky

Green

Can't wait

Tsuko

AMAZING work! Can't wait to see the list.

Tsuko

I hope Rihanna is #1.

SeanET

Katy #1

Florges

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Originally posted by Tsuko

I hope Rihanna is #1.

Not with that collab rule
I see Katy getting it

umich

Here's 400-end --

Top Artists - 400-end

Tsuko

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Originally posted by Florges

Not with that collab rule
I see Katy getting it

lol.

Also, Sylveon >>>> Florges

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574 Rebecca Black 177

She may only be #574, but she's probably one of the most iconic. Let's all pay tribute to her. Rebecca Black.

Nemo

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531 Madonna 235.2
676 Janet Jackson 60.6

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618 Christina Grimmie 100.5

umich

Quote:

Originally posted by Tsuko

lol.

Also, Sylveon >>>> Florges

She may only be #574, but she's probably one of the most iconic. Let's all pay tribute to her. Rebecca Black.

Only if she had the streaming rule

slw84

I bet Katy is #1, Rihanna #2
Taylor top 5
Adele top 10 due to breaks
Bruno's probably #3 but can reach #2 after his new era.
Drake probably is top 10

hmm let's see I'd guess...
1) Katy
2) Rihanna or Bruno
3) Bruno or Rihanna
4) Taylor
5) Drake
6) Adele
7) Bieber
8) Pitbull
9) Nicki
10) Maroon 5, Pink or Gaga

Legend Umich you should do one for albums later in the summer.

Nemo

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489 Miranda Cosgrove 316

umich

Quote:

Originally posted by slw84

I bet Katy is #1, Rihanna #2
Taylor top 5
Adele top 10 due to breaks
Bruno's probably #3 but can reach #2 after his new era.
Drake probably is top 10

hmm let's see I'd guess...
1) Katy
2) Rihanna or Bruno
3) Bruno or Rihanna
4) Taylor
5) Drake
6) Adele
7) Bieber
8) Pitbull
9) Pink
10) Maroon 5 or Gaga

Legend Umich you should do one for albums later in the summer.

Hopefully someone else can help me. This took me 4 months to complete

umich

300-399

slw84

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Originally posted by umich

Hopefully someone else can help me. This took me 4 months to complete

Yeah, one of the chart gurus should assist you with billboard 200 since the SPS vs Pure might be interesting.

Thanks again for putting this together.

I feel as though the top 10 can see major movement all depending on the artists' next era. I don't many will have two more full eras before the cutoff.

UnusualBoy

Britney is gonna be so low