Rihanna named #1 Top 40 Artist in Billboard History
In Billboard's magazine last week, the issue celebrated the 20th anniversary of Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart.
Rihanna was named the #1 overall artist since the chart has begun
Some statistics
Artist with most "chart hits": 33, Rihanna
29, Mariah Carey
29, Britney Spears
28, Madonna
26, Lil Wayne
Artist with most top 10s: 21, Rihanna
17, Mariah Carey
16, Usher
15, Pink
15, Britney Spears
Artist with most #1s: 9, Rihanna
9, Katy Perry
8, Pink
7, Lady Gaga
7, Britney Spears
6, Beyonce
6, Mariah Carey
5, Christina Aguilera
5, Nelly
5, Avril Lavigne
5, Justin Timberlake
Well she has released more material, more albums and more singles than most of the other artists in question so this should be pretty expected Clearly one who released say 4 albums and 15 singles is going to have more material charting than one who released 2 albums and 6 singles