Google has launched Top Charts, allowing users to visualize and share the most-searched people, places, and things in more than 40 categories, all the way back to 2004.

Derived from Google’s Knowledge Graph, the data is featured in Google Trends and updates dynamically. Users can choose from categories such as musical artists, actors, animals, and athletes to scientists, software technology and sports cars.

http://www.google.com/trends/topcharts

As you can see there's a chart for musical artists and here are the most searched artists in the US since 2004

#1 Britney Spears (100)
#2 Janet Jackson (83)
#3 Usher (65)
#4 Lindsay Lohan (57)
#5 Eminem (54)
#6 Jessica Simpson (49)
#7 Ashlee Simpson (45)
#8 Hilary Duff (40)
#9 The Beatles (39)
#10 Jennifer Lopez (36)

#1 Britney Spears (100)
#2 Jessica Simpson (92)
#3 50 Cent (81)
#4 Green Day (81)
#5 Lindsay Lohan (61)
#6 Eminem (59)
#7 Mariah Carey (55)
#8 The Beatles (54)
#9 Hilary Duff (48)
#10 Kanye West (47)

#1 Britney Spears (100)
#2 Jessica Simpson (42)
#3 Beyoncé Knowles (33)
#4 Lindsay Lohan (32)
#5 The Beatles (31)
#6 Chris Brown (30)
#7 Panic! at the Disco (29)
#8 Eminem (26)
#9 Tupac Shakur (23)
#10 Shakira (22)

#1 Britney Spears (100)
#2 Lil Wayne (46)
#3 Miley Cyrus (35)
#4 Beyoncé Knowles (34)
#5 Chris Brown (32)
#6 The Beatles (29)
#7 Kanye West (29)
#8 Lindsay Lohan (29)
#9 Jessica Simpson (25)
#10 Fergie (25)

#1 Lil Wayne (100)
#2 Miley Cyrus (86)
#3 Britney Spears (59)
#4 Jonas Brothers (47)
#5 Chris Brown (41)
#6 Taylor Swift (35)
#7 Beyoncé Knowles (34)
#8 Kanye West (33)
#9 Rihanna (32)
#10 Lindsay Lohan (32)

#1 Michael Jackson (100)
#2 Lil Wayne (66)
#3 Lady Gaga (57)
#4 Miley Cyrus (51)
#5 Taylor Swift (51)
#6 Rihanna (45)
#7 Beyoncé Knowles (36)
#8 Kanye West (34)
#9 Eminem (33)
#10 Chris Brown (32)

#1 Justin Bieber (100)
#2 Lady Gaga (77)
#3 Lil Wayne (70)
#4 Drake (57)
#5 Eminem (56)
#6 Miley Cyrus (53)
#7 Nicki Minaj (53)
#8 Taylor Swift (45)
#9 Katy Perry (34)
#10 Rihanna (34)

#1 Justin Bieber 100
#2 Lil Wayne (77)
#3 Drake (64)
#4 Lady Gaga (57)
#5 Nicki Minaj (56)
#6 Selena Gomez (43)
#7 Rihanna (40)
#8 Chris Brown (39)
#9 Beyoncé Knowles (39)
#10 Eminem (38)

#1 Justin Bieber (100)
#2 One Direction (82)
#3 Drake (70)
#4 Nicki Minaj (67)
#5 Whitney Houston (65)
#6 Taylor Swift (61)
#7 Rihanna (60)
#8 Lil Wayne (55)
#9 Chris Brown (50)
#10 Beyoncé Knowles (45)

#1 Justin Bieber (100)
#2 Taylor Swift (62)
#3 One Direction (61)
#4 Beyoncé Knowles (49)
#5 Rihanna (47)
#6 Nicki Minaj (43)
#7 Lil Wayne (32)
#8 Drake (29)
#9 Selena Gomez (29)
#10 Chris Brown (27)

#1 Beyoncé Knowles (100)
#2 Rihanna (58)
#3 Justin Bieber (54)
#4 Taylor Swift (44)
#5 One Direction (40)
#6 Mindy McCready (39)
#7 Drake (35)
#8 Lil Wayne (34)
#9 Nicki Minaj (30)
#10 Chris Brown (24)

#1 Lil Wayne (100)
#2 Justin Bieber (59)
#3 Rihanna (50)
#4 Justin Timberlake (39)
#5 One Direction (38)
#6 Taylor Swift (38)
#7 Selena Gomez (36)
#8 Beyoncé Knowles (36)
#9 Nicki Minaj (34)
#10 Drake (32)

#1 Justin Bieber (100)
#2 Rihanna (85)
#3 Beyoncé Knowles (80)
#4 Lil Wayne (73)
#5 Selena Gomez (69)
#6 Drake (66)
#7 Taylor Swift (62)
#8 One Direction (61)
#9 Nicki Minaj (59)
#10 Jay-Z (43)

#1 Justin Bieber (100)
#2 Beyoncé Knowles (85)
#3 Rihanna (84)
#4 Lil Wayne (77)
#5 Selena Gomez (76)
#6 Drake (72)
#7 Taylor Swift (68)
#8 Nicki Minaj (61)
#9 One Direction (60)
#10 Kanye West (54)
#11 Miley Cyrus (50)
#12 Daft Punk (48)
#13 Chris Brown (47)
#14 Eminem (46)
#15 Justin Timberlake (41)
#16 Ariana Grande (37)
#17 Mariah Carey (36)
#18 Jay-Z (35)
#19 Bruno Mars (33)
#20 Demi Lovato (31)

Score= A score of 100 indicates the topic with the highest search interest in a given chart. Other scores are calculated relative to the maximum of 100.

*if it's on the wrong category move it please

Lil Wayne in the top 3 from 2007 to 2011. HOW?

Originally posted by Rivington Reject Gaga slaying 2009-2011. I can't wait for news about her album to come out. She'll shoot up in the top search results.

I can't wai for the WW chart