Greatest Billboard 200 Artists of All Time

[jrny84]

Journey makes the greatest Billboard 200 artists at #58
http://www.billboard.com/charts/greates ... 00-artists

Here's the list ranked by BB:

GREATEST BILLBOARD 200 ARTISTS


1 THE BEATLES
2 THE ROLLING STONES
3 BARBRA 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 MAC
21 BOB DYLAN
22 STEVIE WONDER
23 CELINE DION
24 ERIC CLAPTON
25 NEIL DIAMOND
26 JOHN DENVER
27 PINK FLOYD
28 JANET JACKSON
29 PRINCE
30 CAROLE KING
31 MILEY CYRUS
32 NICKELBACK
33 TIM MCGRAW
34 VAN HALEN
35 THE BEACH BOYS
36 U2
37 ADELE
38 ELVIS PRESLEY
39 BRITNEY SPEARS
40 USHER
41 THE TEMPTATIONS
42 LINKIN PARK
43 JAY Z
44 ALAN JACKSON
45 BON JOVI
46 GUNS N' ROSES
47 SHANIA TWAIN
48 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
49 THE MONKEES
50 AEROSMITH
51 JAMES TAYLOR
52 THE SUPREMES
53 ALICIA KEYS
54 METALLICA
55 DEF LEPPARD
56 PAUL MCCARTNEY
57 LINDA RONSTADT
58 JOURNEY
59 MARY J. BLIGE
60 JETHRO TULL
61 RASCAL FLATTS
62 FOREIGNER
63 JOHN MELLENCAMP
64 SIMON & GARFUNKEL
65 KENNY CHESNEY
66 KID ROCK
67 ANDY WILLIAMS
68 GEORGE STRAIT
69 BACKSTREET BOYS
70 MICHAEL BOLTON
71 PETER, PAUL & MARY
72 LIONEL RICHIE
73 ARETHA FRANKLIN
74 CAT STEVENS
75 BOB SEGER
76 AC/DC
77 BEYONCE
78 PEARL JAM
79 TOBY KEITH
80 THE WHO
81 PAUL SIMON
82 THE MOODY BLUES
83 JUSTIN BIEBER
84 NORAH JONES
85 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
86 NELLY
87 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
88 P!NK
89 JOSH GROBAN
90 NEIL YOUNG
91 FRANK SINATRA
92 GREEN DAY
93 DIXIE CHICKS
94 EARTH, WIND & FIRE
95 HEART
96 LADY GAGA
97 R. KELLY
98 BOYZ II MEN
99 KENNY G
100 BEE GEES

[JourneyHard]

What criteria did they use to make this list? It can't be record sales because the new artists wouldn't be on this list. I am guessing they used concert sales mixed with record sales in some fashion.

[jrny84]

What criteria did they use to make this list? It can't be record sales because the new artists wouldn't be on this list. I am guessing they used concert sales mixed with record sales in some fashion.

Billboard didn't use sales information as part of their methodology for ranking artists and albums. Here's what they posted about compiling the lists:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/event ... album-acts

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS

Billboard vp charts and data development Silvio Pietroluongo explains the methodology behind the all-time charts.

How did you assemble these charts?

First, we used a sliding scale to rank each title: A No. 1 record would get X amount of points, a No. 2 a little less and so on. Second, since chart rules and chart behavior changed over time, we weighed the years and eras differently. For example, songs and albums moved up and down the charts faster in the 1970s than in other eras, so a record that was No. 1 for five weeks in 1975 would be granted a higher point value than a record that was No. 1 for the same duration in 2010.

Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, according to the RIAA. So why isn't it No. 1 on the all-time Billboard 200?

These lists reflect the behavior of albums and songs on our charts, not overall sales. Albums such as Thriller continue to sell for quite some time even if they're no longer on the weekly Billboard 200.

How else has chart behavior changed?

Things changed dramatically in 1991 when Billboard introduced Nielsen-based point-of-purchase sales data. Before '91, only six albums had debuted at No. 1. Now, that's normal.

[4everkop]

Pure shit. Taylor Swift is number 8? Before Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and Prince??? Gtfo.

[jrny84]

Pure shit. Taylor Swift is number 8? Before Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and Prince??? Gtfo.

Yeah, I agree. The methodology behind the rankings doesn't make much sense to me. Usher, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, and Jay Z are all ahead of AC/DC and Journey, now that's a joke.