#07. Katy Perry
Notes:
- #7 Billboard Artist Of The Year
- Katy Perry is #8 at Forbes Celebrity list earning $45 million.
- Billboard Named Katy Woman Of The Year in September
- In July, Perry's part-biopic part-concert 3D film entitled Katy Perry: Part of Me it grossed $32 million worldwide.
- Teenage Dream sold 1.4 million world wide it had sold over 6.1 million World wide since 2010.
- Teenage Dream re-entered the top ten of the Billboard 200 after the re-release, jumping from #31 to #7 on the chart with sales of 33,000 copies. The Album sold over 600.000 at the US during 2012.
- Teenage Dream #25 Billboard 200 Year End chart.
- "The One That Got Away" #41 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 2 milion at the US.
- "Part of Me" #31 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 2,513,000 at the US.
- "Wide Awake" #15 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 2,792,000 at the US.
- "The One That Got Away", "Part of Me" & "Wide Awake" cross 100 million views ecah at VEVO.
- Katy Perry "Meow" second fragance was released during 2012.
Singles:
"The One That Got Away"
"Part of Me"
"Wide Awake"
Awards:
1 American Music Award
1 MTV Video Music Award
2 MuchMusic Video Awards
1 Kid Choice Award
2 Teen Choice Awards
5 Peoples Choice Awards
+ 1 nom 2013 Grammy Award
#06. Maroon 5
Notes:
- #8 Billboard Artist Of The Year
- Overexposed debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, and again behind Living Things, with sales of 222,000 copies
- Overexposed #21 Billboard 200 Year End Chart.
- "Payphone" #4 Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart & Sold over 4,760,000 at the US.
- "One More Night" #18 Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart & Sold over 3 million at the US.
- They tour Latin America, Asia & Australia with the Overexposed World Tour & they would continue during 2013 touring North America & Europe.
- One More Night Cross 100 million views at VEVO.
- Adam was coach at the poupular show The Voice season 2 & 3
Album:
Overexposed
Charts:
US:#2 CAN:#3 AUS:#4 UK:#2 FR:#5 GER:#4
WW Sales = 2.000.000
Us Sales = 970.000
Singles:
"Payphone"
"One More Night"
"Daylight"
Awards:
1 American Music Award
1 Peoples Choice Award
1 Teen Choice Award
+ 2 Grammy Noms
#05. Justin Bieber
Notes:
- #5 Billboard Artist Of the Year
- #3 at Forbes Celebrity list earning $55 million
- Believe debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 374,000. It was Bieber's fourth number-one album.
- Believe #11 Billboard Year End Chart
- Boyfirend #28 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 3,216,000 at the US.
- As Long As You Love Me #34 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 2,240,000 at the US.
- Justin began the Belive Tour in North America with a Gross Revenue of $40 millionduring 2012, he would continue at nothr America & Europe during 2013
- Beauty and a Beat & As Long As You Love Me cross 100 million views & Boyfriend 200million at VEVO.
- Bieber release "Girlfriend" second fragance & became one of the best selling of the year.
Album:
Believe
Charts:
US:#1 CAN:#1 AUS:#1 UK:#1 FR:#3 GER:#3
WW Sales = 2.400.000
Us Sales = 12.000.00
Singles:
"Boyfriend"
"As Long as You Love Me"
"Beauty and a Beat"
As featured artist
Far East Movement - "Live My Life"
Awards:
3 American Music Awards
3 MTV Europe Music Awards
4 Teen Choice Awards
1 Billboard Music Award
1 Juno Award
1 Kid Choice Award
2 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
#04. Taylor Swift
Notes:
- #3 Billboard Artist Of the Year
- #11 Forbes Celebrity list earning $57 million.
- Red became the fastest-selling album in over a decade after selling 1,208,000 copies in its first week, and earned Swift her third number one album on the Billboard 200 and fifth top ten album.
- Red #4 Billboard 200 year End Chart.
- "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" #33 Billnoard Hot 100 year end chart & sold over 3 million at the US.
- Taylor end the Speak Now World tour during 2012 & she would began Red Tour in 2013 wich is already sold out.
- Taylor dated Rory Kennedy & One Direction memeber Harry Styles during 2012
- She was Audrey voice on the animated Film The Lorax that grossed $350 million Worldwide.
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together cross 100 million views at VEVO.
Album:
Red
Charts:
US:#1 CAN:#1 AUS:#1 UK:#1 FR:#30 GER:#5
WW Sales = 3.800.000
Us Sales = 3.000.000
Singles:
"Safe & Sound"
"Eyes Open"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"Begin Again"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
As guest vocalist
B.o.B. - "Both of Us"
Awards:
2 Grammy Awards
3 MTV Europe Music Awards
1 American Music Award
5 Teen Choice Awards
1 Peoples Choice Award
1 CMA Awards
+ 3 noms 2013 Grammy Awards
#03. Nicki Minaj
Notes:
- #6 Billboard Artist of The Year
- Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart selling 253,000 copies in its first week.
- Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded #20 Billboard 200 Year End chart.
- "Starships" #9 Billboard Hot 100 year end Chart & sold over 4 million at the US.
- Pound the Alarm #75 Billboard Hot 100 year end Chart.
- Turn Me On #35 Billboard Hot 100 year end Chart.
- inaj began her first worldwide tour, the Pink Friday Tour, on May 16, 2012. It was followed by the Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour, which began in October all over Europe, Asia & Australia.
- Starships cross 100 million views at VEVO.
- Nicki MInaj performed the former during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show in Februaryas a fetruaded artist of Madonna show.
- On September 16, 2012, it was confirmed that Minaj would join the panel alongside Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Keith Urban to be part of American Idol.
- Minaj and Carey have received much media attention for their on-set tension, with a video released of the two in the midst of a heated argument during auditions in Charlotte.
- Minaj was the image of Viva Glam 2013 campaign.
- Minaj contracted an promotional deal with Pepsi in February 2012, in which she appeared in a commercial, which was shot in Argentina for the global LiveForNow campaign
- Minaj signed an endorsement deal with Adidas' fall and winter 2012 campaign to appear in Internet advertisements and commercials for Adidas Originals.
- Nicki release "Pink Friday" Minaj first fragance that became a huge sell succes.
Album:
Charts:
US:#1 CAN:#1 AUS:#5 UK:#1 FR:#20 GER:#44
WW Sales = 1.400.000
Us Sales = 750.000
Singles:
"Starships"
"Right by My Side"
"Beez in the Trap"
"Pound the Alarm"
"The Boys"
"Va Va Voom"
"Freedom"
As featured artist
David Guetta - "Turn Me On"
Madonna - "Give Me All Your Luvin'"
Justin Bieber - "Beauty and a Beat"
Alicia Keys - "Girl on Fire"
Awards:
2 American Music Awards
1 MTV Video Music Award
1 BET Award
1 MTV Europe Music Award
2 Teen Choice Awards
1 Billboard Music Award
#02. One Direction
Notes:
- #10 Billboard Artist of the Year
- Billboard best New Artist of the Year
- Up All NIght #5 Billboard 200 year End.
- Up All NIght went straight to number one on the United States Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,000 copies in its first week, which made One Direction the first UK group in US chart history to debut at number one with their first album.
- Take Me Home the album recorded the third-largest debut sales week of 2012 with 540,000 copies sold. As a result, the album bowed atop the Billboard 200 chart on the week ending 18 November 2012, becoming the group's second number-one album.
- "What Makes You Beautiful" #10 Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart & sold over 3,881,000 at the US.
- 1D sold over 7 million albums WW & 3 million at the US during 2012 with both hit albums.
- One Direction first tour "Up All Night Tour" hit England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada & Mexico with 62 sold out shows.
- Up All Night: The Live Tour DVD sold over 1 million arround the World.
- "What Makes You Beautiful" cross 300 million views and "One Thing" & "Live While We're Young" cross 100 million at VEVO.
- One Direction perfom at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London.
- One Direction became image of Pepsi campain during september 2013.
- One Direction already have a 100 show sold out Tour in 2013 & thye would release a 3D Film
Album:
Up All NIght
Charts:
US:#1 CAN:#1 AUS:#1 UK:#2 FR:#15 GER:#16
WW Sales = 4.100.000 million
Us Sales = 1.616.000 million
Take Me Home
Charts:
US:#2 CAN:#1 AUS:#1 UK:#1 FR:#1 GER:#1
WW Sales = 2.900.000 million
Us Sales = 1.340.000 million
Singles:
"What Makes You Beautiful"
"Gotta Be You"
"One Thing"
"More Than This"
"Live While We're Young"
"Little Things"
Awards:
3 MTV Video Music Awards
1 BRIT Award
3 MTV Europe Music Awards
3 Teen Choice Awards
1 Bambi Award
1 ARIA Award
#01. RIHANNA
Notes:
- #2 Billboard Artist Of The Year
- Talk That Talk #8 Billboard 200 Year End Chart
- #4 Forbes Celebrity list earning $53 million.
- American magazine Time named Rihanna one of the most influential people in the world.
- Talk That Talk album sold over 600 at the US & 1.6 million WW during 2012.
- "We Found Love" #8 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 4.8 million at the US.
- "You da One" #89 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 1 million at the US.
- "Take Care" #23 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 2.5 million at the US.
- "Birthday Cake" #79 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 1 million at the US.
- "Where Have You Been" #21 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 1.8 at the US.
- Unapologetic debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 238,000 copies, becoming Rihanna's first number one album on the chart and best-selling debut week of her career.
- "Diamonds" #94 Billboard Hot 100 Year End & sold over 2 million at the US.
- "Diamonds" became Rihannas 12th #1 single at the USA.
- She is the most popular person on the social network Facebook,[232] has the fourth most followers on Twitter and is the most-viewed female artist on video-sharing site YouTube,[
- We Found Love Cross 200 million views, Where Have You Been & Diamonds cross 100 million views at VEVO.
- Rihanna's first TV program, Styled to Rock, premiered in the UK in August 2012 on Sky Living.
- Rihanna debut as Actress in Battleship the Movie Grossed $302,836,260 worldwide.
- Rihanna release "Naked" second fragance.
- Rihanna embarked on the 777 Tour, a mini tour consisting of seven shows, in seven countries, lasting a duration of seven days & she did the Talk That Talk promo tour perfoming at big Festival at the UK, Europe & Japan.
- After big rumours Rihanna went back together with Chris Brown.
- Rihanna continue being the Armani image.
- Loud Tour Live at the O2, Rihannas second official video album was released a year later, on December 13, 2012.
Album:
Unapologetic
Charts:
US:#1 CAN:#1 AUS:#8 UK:#1 FR:#3 GER:#3
WW Sales = 1.600.000
Us Sales = 550.000
Singles:
"We Found Love"
"You da One"
"Talk That Talk"
"Birthday Cake"
"Where Have You Been"
"Diamonds"
As featured artist
Drake - "Take Care"
Coldplay - "Princess of China"
Awards:
1 American Music Award
1 Brit Award
1 Grammy Award
1 MTV Video Music Award
1 MTV Europe Music Award
1 NRJ Award
2 Peoples Choice Awards
1 Teen Choice Award
+ 3 noms 2013 Grammy Awards