Billboard releases top ten artists of all time list

[Miggs]

Elton John at no time in history was ever a bigger pop star than the Jackson’s or cracker ass Elvis if we are being real. shyt Prince was way bigger too. The Top 5 being damn near all white is a damn slap in the face.

He was probably bigger than Elvis in the 70s...

 

[NZA]

elton, janet and rihanna dont belong in the top 10. michael should be somewhere in the top 3 and im not even really a fan of him.

 

[bigde09]

They love downplaying black artists

 

[Michael's Black Son]

LMAO @ Rihanna

 

[Taadow]

If this is Billboard it's probably spins-based, so I get it.

and I overstand "greatest" /= "best"

 

[FunkDoc1112]

They're based entirely off charts yall lmao

 

[R=G]

Yikes...no Sam Cooke in the top 3 and Michael Jackson below yokels...lol

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I love Rihanna. I mean I love that chic and want to eat her out passionately while maintaining steady eye contact.

With that being said, what the HELL is she doing on this list?

 

[CourtesyFlush]

Madonna is so fukking overrated

 

[breakfuss]

They're based entirely off charts yall lmao

That could mean a ton of things. OP needs to clarify because I'm not understanding this list.

 

[prime]

mike got 32 top 10 hits and 13 number one hits but is fukking 8th on the list but elton john got 27 top ten hits and 9 number ones and is number 3

 

[JJ Lions]

Not reading this whole thread so it probably could have already been mentioned, but you could have simply checked how they came about that list:

It's based on how many top 100 hits they have, purely numbers. Drake is at #11 right now:

"Meanwhile, The Beatles defend their No. 1 ranking on Billboard‘s Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Artists chart (among close to 8,000 acts ever to appear on the weekly Hot 100). The icons, who also led the 2008, 2013 and 2018 all-time iterations, boast a record 20 No. 1s on the weekly Hot 100, among 34 top 10s, the most among groups.

Madonna, with 38 Hot 100 top 10s, the most among women, ranks second on Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Artists, followed in the top five by, at No. 3, Elton John, currently at his highest rank on the weekly Hot 100 since 1998 with “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” with Dua Lipa; at No. 4, Elvis Presley, even with his career having predated the Hot 100’s inception by two years; and, at No. 5, Mariah Carey, who leads all soloists with 19 Hot 100 No. 1s, through her latest, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” her 1994 carol that jingled to the apex at last in 2019, and leads Billboard‘s new Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart.

While the Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Artists recap’s top 10 mirrors that of the 2018 tabulation, Drake jumps to within the edge of the tier, bounding from No. 22 to No. 11.............."

The Weeknd & The Beatles Top Billboard’s All-Time Hot 100 Charts – Billboard

 

[Po pimp]

Bullshyt. I grew up in the 80’s. No way in hell is MJ not number one.

I can’t really speak on Elvis or the Beatles. But I know for damn sure MJ was bigger than fukking Madonna.

shyt, Whitney Houston and Prince were bigger than Madonna. Janet might’ve been as well.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

How Michael Jackson ain’t 1 or 2

read number 1

 

[Black Lightning]

Real top 10.

1. James Brown(the father of modern music)
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Prince
5. Michael Jackson
6. Aretha Franklin
7. The Isley Brothers
8. Earth, Wind & Fire
9. Whitney Houston
10. Pac