Posted September 28, 2024Sep 28 This is the Top 100 chart-performing artists from the Top 20 Singles charts, November 1952 to September 2024 inclusive, in the UK and the USA, combined. I have used the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the USA, mirroring the UK charts in time. There have been 4,754 different acts to have entered the UK Top 20; in the USA, they have had 3,117 different artists over the same period. 1,564 of those acts have made the Top 20 on both sides of the Atlantic. The Top 5 UK acts, in order of success in the UK, NOT to have registered a USA Top 20 hit single are: 1. Cliff Richard and the Shadows (Cliff made it as a solo artist); 2. Shadows; 3. Little Mix; 4. Robbie Williams; 5. Shakin' Stevens The Top 5 USA acts who have similarly failed in the UK are: Morgan Wallen (as a solo artist); 2. John Cougar (Mellencamp); 3. T.I.; 4. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band; 5. Linda Ronstadt The Top 5 acts to have made both charts for at least 1 week, least successfully, in order of least success, are: 1. Hipsway; 2= Pigmeat Markham and Ferko String Band; 4. Blind Melon; 5. Paul Russell In the list below, Elvis is the unsurprising winner, he has a huge lead over Madonna; there is a fair gap between Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson as well. Enjoy. If you are curious about other artists, let me know. Columns are: Ranking overall ** UK ranking ** USA ranking ** Artist. 1 ** 1 ** 1 ** Elvis Presley 2 ** 3 ** 6 ** Madonna 3 ** 10 ** 2 ** Taylor Swift 4 ** 8 ** 3 ** Drake 5 ** 4 ** 7 ** Beatles 6 ** 7 ** 5 ** Rihanna 7 ** 2 ** 21 ** Ed Sheeran 8 ** 25 ** 4 ** Mariah Carey 9 ** 9 ** 17 ** Michael Jackson 10 ** 53 ** 9 ** Maroon 5 11 ** 32 ** 12 ** Weeknd 12 ** 70 ** 8 ** Post Malone 13 ** 45 ** 13 ** Katy Perry 14 ** 19 ** 15 ** Elton John 15 ** 108 ** 10 ** Usher 16 ** 26 ** 16 ** Justin Bieber 17 ** 24 ** 19 ** Ariana Grande 18 ** 55 ** 14 ** Whitney Houston 19 ** 11 ** 28 ** Eminem 20 ** 33 ** 18 ** Beyoncé 21 ** 177 ** 11 ** Janet Jackson 22 ** 21 ** 25 ** Rolling Stones 23 ** 51 ** 20 ** Stevie Wonder 24 ** 34 ** 23 ** Perry Como 25 ** 36 ** 24 ** Lady Gaga 26 ** 27 ** 27 ** Bee Gees 27 ** 20 ** 38 ** Pat Boone 28 ** 14 ** 47 ** Everly Brothers 29 ** 35 ** 29 ** Black Eyed Peas 30 ** 75 ** 22 ** Bruno Mars 31 ** 18 ** 50 ** Rod Stewart 32 ** 60 ** 26 ** P!nk 33 ** 38 ** 40 ** Paul McCartney 34 ** 57 ** 42 ** Adele 35 ** 6 ** 766 ** Cliff Richard 36 ** 5 ** ** Cliff Richard and the Shadows 37 ** 95 ** 30 ** Chris Brown 38 ** 82 ** 37 ** Flo Rida 39 ** 104 ** 33 ** Supremes / Diana Ross and the 40 ** 102 ** 36 ** Justin Timberlake 41 ** 138 ** 31 ** Prince 42 ** 37 ** 84 ** Dua Lipa 43 ** 54 ** 64 ** Jason Derulo 44 ** 50 ** 72 ** Britney Spears 45 ** 48 ** 77 ** Connie Francis 46 ** 187 ** 35 ** Nelly 47 ** 129 ** 44 ** Jennifer Lopez 48 ** 62 ** 76 ** Harry Styles 49 ** 56 ** 86 ** Sam Smith 50 ** 15 ** 290 ** Calvin Harris 51 ** 87 ** 59 ** Phil Collins 52 ** 13 ** 360 ** Frankie Laine 53 ** 28 ** 164 ** Queen 54 ** 139 ** 46 ** Miley Cyrus 55 ** 125 ** 49 ** Brenda Lee 56 ** 85 ** 69 ** Nat King Cole 57= ** 77 ** 79 ** Beach Boys 57= ** 31 ** 176 ** David Guetta 59 ** 231 ** 41 ** Destiny's Child 60 ** 17 ** 358 ** Abba 61 ** 49 ** 117 ** Frank Sinatra 62 ** 109 ** 60 ** Céline Dion 63 ** 154 ** 51 ** Kanye West 64 ** 59 ** 118 ** Billie Eilish 65 ** 198 ** 48 ** Eddie Fisher 66 ** 76 ** 94 ** Diana Ross 67 ** 186 ** 52 ** Donna Summer 68 ** 521 ** 34 ** TLC 69= ** 265 ** 45 ** Kelly Clarkson 69= ** 155 ** 57 ** R Kelly 71 ** 41 ** 185 ** Roy Orbison 72 ** 638 ** 32 ** Boyz II Men 73 ** 113 ** 83 ** Paul Anka 74 ** 72 ** 115 ** Dean Martin 75 ** 12 ** 1468 ** Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group 76 ** 99 ** 93 ** Olivia Rodrigo 77 ** 402 ** 43 ** Chicago 78 ** 16 ** 1022 ** Kylie Minogue 79 ** 120 ** 88 ** Duran Duran 80 ** 159 ** 71 ** Jackson 5; Jacksons 81 ** 101 ** 99 ** George Michael 82 ** 44 ** 232 ** Wham! 83 ** 207 ** 62 ** Doja Cat 84 ** 29 ** 386 ** David Bowie 85 ** 266 ** 54 ** 50 Cent 86 ** 230 ** 58 ** Four Seasons; Wonder Who 87 ** 200 ** 65 ** Ricky Nelson 88 ** 52 ** 207 ** Bill Haley and his Comets 89 ** 43 ** 277 ** Lewis Capaldi 90 ** 117 ** 100 ** Bryan Adams 91 ** 299 ** 53 ** Marvin Gaye 92 ** 215 ** 70 ** Lil Nas X 93 ** 123 ** 101 ** Cher 94= ** 325 ** 55 ** Alicia Keys 94= ** 40 ** 330 ** Tom Jones 96 ** 2060 ** 39 ** Daryl Hall and John Oates 97 ** 339 ** 56 ** Olivia Newton-John 98 ** 112 ** 123 ** Bobby Darin 99 ** 315 ** 63 ** Carpenters 100 ** 22 ** 1535 ** Take That Edited September 28, 2024Sep 28 by Tuttavilla
September 29, 2024Sep 29 Wow really interesting list. Thanks for posting. :) Although I'm sure T.I. has many top 20 hits in the UK? Live Your Life, Dead And Gone, Blurred Lines, Change Your Life and My Love off the top of my head. Probably missed some.
September 29, 2024Sep 29 Author How has the chart been compiled? Inverse points by position each week? Yes, but weighted by the number of weeks spent in higher positions.
October 1, 2024Oct 1 If this chart were based solely on sales would there be much difference in the Top 5 positions? Or is that just too difficult/impossible to research? Very likely that streams would greatly outnumber physical sales.
October 3, 2024Oct 3 Author If this chart were based solely on sales would there be much difference in the Top 5 positions? Or is that just too difficult/impossible to research? Very likely that streams would greatly outnumber physical sales. I have tried to get reliable data but I failed. If I knew where it was available, I would happily do the research, it would be fascinating to compare the results to the chart based statistics. And, yes, how to compare downloads to actual sales? Nurse...
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