Billboard just released a feast of information for chart junkies.
The venerable music mag (and website) has dropped a large cache of all time charts, including some based on the data they’ve been collecting since 1958.
Perhaps the most prestigious is their list of Greatest All Time Billboard 200 Artists, which measures acts by how much time their albums have spent on Billboard’s charts. It’s no great surprise that the Beatles finished first, followed by the Rolling Stones. The highest charting Hip Hop act is Eminem, who finished 14th. Jay Z was next at 42nd.
Billboard also revealed their ranking of the ten best rappers of all time. This list wasn’t exclusively based on chart data, but rather it also took into account the opinion of Billboard’s staff. Here are the results.
10. Lil Wayne
9. Kendrick Lamar
8. Ghostface Killah
7. Lauryn Hill
6. Andre 3000
5. Nas
4. Rakim
3. Emimen
2. Jay Z
1. Notorious B.I.G.
Here is their list of the best selling artists of all-time:
1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Barbara Streisand
4. Garth Brooks
5. Elton John
6. Mariah Carey
7. Herb Alpert
8. Taylor Swift
9. Chicago
10. Michael Jackson
11. Led Zeppelin
12. Bruce Springsteen
13. Rod Stewart
14. Eminem
15. Whitney Houston
16. Billy Joel
17. Madonna
18. Santana
19. Eagles
20. Fleetwood Mack
40. Usher
42. Jay Z
53. Alicia Keys
66. Kid Rock
77. Beyonce
97. R. Kelly
Perhaps the most prestigious is their list of Greatest All Time Billboard 200 Artists, which measures acts by how much time their albums have spent on Billboard’s charts. It’s no great surprise that the Beatles finished first, followed by the Rolling Stones. The highest charting Hip Hop act is Eminem, who finished 14th. Jay Z was next at 42nd.
Billboard also revealed their ranking of the ten best rappers of all time. This list wasn’t exclusively based on chart data, but rather it also took into account the opinion of Billboard’s staff. Here are the results.
10. Lil Wayne
9. Kendrick Lamar
8. Ghostface Killah
7. Lauryn Hill
6. Andre 3000
5. Nas
4. Rakim
3. Emimen
2. Jay Z
1. Notorious B.I.G.
Here is their list of the best selling artists of all-time:
1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Barbara Streisand
4. Garth Brooks
5. Elton John
6. Mariah Carey
7. Herb Alpert
8. Taylor Swift
9. Chicago
10. Michael Jackson
11. Led Zeppelin
12. Bruce Springsteen
13. Rod Stewart
14. Eminem
15. Whitney Houston
16. Billy Joel
17. Madonna
18. Santana
19. Eagles
20. Fleetwood Mack
40. Usher
42. Jay Z
53. Alicia Keys
66. Kid Rock
77. Beyonce
97. R. Kelly
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