"The sustained performance of Swift's albums (four of which are on the all-time titles list) enable her to rank at No. 8 on the all-time artists list. She is the only act among the all-time top 30 to have started their chart career since 2000."
Full List has been revealed http://www.billboard.com/charts/grea...ot-100-artists
Hot100 (atrl notables)
#2 Madonna (=)
#5 Mariah (=)
#7 Janet (=)
#8 Michael (=)
#9 Whitney (=)
#13 Rihanna (+2) since 2013
#14 Usher (=)
#24 Katy Perry (+15)
#34 Taylor Swift (+53)
#39 Beyonce (+7)
#41 Barbra (-4)
#44 Maroon 5 (+50)
#46 Black Eyed Peas (-4)
#53 Pink (-1)
#60 Bruno (+22)
#67 Gaga (+14)
#75 Paula (-5)
#76 Alicia Keys (-4)
#78 Kelly C (-3)
#81 DC (-5)
#84 Eminem (NEW)
#85 Jay (NEW)
#88 Kanye (+4)
#89 JT (NEW)
All Time BB200 http://www.billboard.com/charts/grea...rd-200-artists
1) Beatles
3) Barbra
4) Garth
6) Mariah
8) Taylor
10) MIchael
14) Eminem
15) Whitney ( she beat madge)
17) Madonna
23) Celine
28) Janet
31) Miley (so high for a disney girl)
33) Tim McGraw
37) Adele (coming for tay )
38) Elvis
39) Britney
40) Usher
43) Jay
47) shania
48) carrie
53) Alicia
69) Backstreet boys
73) Arethra
77) Beyonce
83) Justin (MESS)
88) Pink
96) Gaga
#14 Shania Twain - Come on Over
#41 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
#50 Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
#52 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
#72 Janet Jackson - Control
#87 Mariah Carey - Music Box
#94 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
#119 Janet Jackson - janet.
The sustained performance of Swift's albums (four of which are on the all-time titles list) enable her to rank at No. 8 on the all-time artists list. She is the only act among the all-time top 30 to have started their chart career since 2000.
Oh now make sense why Come On Over is low on the chart since it missed a lot of weeks on the chart, because of the old rules despite being able to.
They have weighted different times differently, because of changes like that in the methodology.
So longevity before that change got you more points than longevity now.