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In 2019, American music magazine Billboard began publishing a list of the greatest pop star of every year since 1981, with essay tributes for each artist. [1] The first year of 1981 was chosen as "the year that forever changed modern stardom", with the premiere of MTV which established music videos as an essential element for popular music iconicity. [1]
American music magazine Billboard had previously named the greatest pop star of every year since 1981, with essay tributes for each artist. In 2024, to mark the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, Billboard decided to make a list of the artists who have defined popular culture, music and stardom, and been the "most important and most impactful" over the past 25 years.
The 2011 Year-End Top Artist was Adele, but Eminem received the Top Artist trophy at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Other Year-End Top Artists who did not win the trophy include One Direction in 2014, when Justin Timberlake won instead. Taylor Swift has been named the Year-End Top Artist four times, more than any other act. She achieved the ...
The list of acts with the most Hot 100 top 10s was compiled from the chart's Aug. 4, 1958 inception through the chart dated Oct. 10, 2015. Billboard Greatest of All Time More from Billboard
Artists from multiple different genres — pop, country, instrumental jazz, rap, metal — have earned their spots on this list. Keep scrolling to see the 50 best-selling music artists of all time ...
David Bowie was an early adopter of music videos long before they were a standard promotional tool for all artists, dating back to the “Space Oddity” video he shot for the song’s 1973 ...
Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Luminate, is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. Another similar chart is the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, which follows the same formula except it covers all territories excluding the US. The two charts launched on September 19, 2020.
In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list. [5] Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.