charts discussion Females with most Top 10 hits on the All time Top 5000 list

[Green]

Some artists can get a lot of top 10 hits these days thanks to album bombs and frontloaded sales/streams

 

But how many of them had enough longevity to rank in the top 5000 Hot 100 songs of all time list?

 

This list uses the same formula that Billboard uses for their all time charts and it's updated until the week of December 26th of 2020.

For this thread I only considered female artists with at least 10 top 10 hits on the all time list.

 

*For example: 33/38 for Madonna means that she scored 38 top 10 hits on the Hot 100, but only 33 of them rank on the top 5000 all-time list.

 

1. Madonna 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 33/38

Missing top 10 hits: "Hanky Panky", "Rescue Me", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Hung Up", "Give Me All Your Luvin'"

 

2. Rihanna  

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 29/31

Missing top 10 hits: "Break It Off", "Russian Roulette"

 

3. Mariah Carey 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 27/28  

Missing top 10 hits: "Loverboy"

 

3. Janet Jackson 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 27/27  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

5. Whitney Houston 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 22/23  

Missing top 10 hits: "The Star Spangled Banner"

 

6. The Supremes 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 17/20  

Missing top 10 hits: "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart", "I'm Livin' In Shame", "In And Out Of Love"

 

7. Beyoncé 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 16/19  

Missing top 10 hits: "Déjà Vu", "Formation", "Perfect Duet"*

* only credited for 5 weeks of "Perfect"'s chart run.

 

7. Aretha Franklin 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 16/17  

Missing top 10 hits: "Rock Steady"

 

9. P!nk 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 15/15  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

9. Olivia Newton John 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 15/15  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

11. Taylor Swift  

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 14/29

Missing top 10 hits: "Change", "Fearless", "Jump Then Fall", "Today Was a Fairytale", "Speak Now", "Back to December", "If This Was a Movie", "Begin Again", "Red", "...Ready for It?", "Lover", "Cardigan", "Exile", "The 1", "Willow"*.

* new single, currently charting on the Hot 100

 

11. Connie Francis 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 14/15  

Missing top 10 hits: "Vacation"

 

11. Donna Summer 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 14/14  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

14. Nicki Minaj 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 13/19  

Missing top 10 hits: "Till the World Ends" (The Femme Fatale Remix)*, "Make Me Proud", "Give Me All Your Luvin'", "Chun-Li", "Say So" (Remix)**, "Trollz"

* only credited for 1 week of "Till the World Ends"' chart run.

**  only credited for 2 weeks of "Say So"'s chart run.

 

14. Ariana Grande 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 13/18  

Missing top 10 hits: "Focus", "God Is a Woman", "Boyfriend", "Stuck with U", "34+35"*

* new single, currently charting on the Hot 100

 

14. Lady Gaga 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 13/17  

Missing top 10 hits: "Judas", "Dope", "Million Reasons", "Stupid Love"

 

14. Katy Perry 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 13/14  

Missing top 10 hits: "Chained to the Rhythm"

 

14. Brenda Lee 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 13/13  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

19. Barbra Streisand 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 12/12  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

19. Cher 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 12/12  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

19. Diana Ross 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 12/12  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

19. Dionne Warwick 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 12/12  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

23. Britney Spears 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 11/13  

Missing top 10 hits: "(You Drive Me) Crazy", "S&M" Remix*

* only credited for 1 week of "S&M"'s chart run.

 

24. Christina Aguilera 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 10/11  

Missing top 10 hits: "Keeps Gettin' Better"

 

24. Gloria Estefan 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 10/11  

Missing top 10 hits: "Music Of My Heart"

 

24. Missy Elliott 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 10/10  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

24. Ashanti 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 10/10  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

 

 

You can check the full Top 5000 list here:

 

https://sailorcharts.blogspot.com/2020/12/billboard-goat-list-12520-update.html

 

credits to: @tanooki for making the list   

[rihannabiggestfan]

I was gonna be like "Die Another Day made it but not Hung Up? Omg" but Die Another Day was 4948  really cutting it close. My favorite Madonna song deserves higher

 

that's an amazing top 10

[By the Water]

7 minutes ago, Green said:

Some artists can get a lot of top 10 hits these days thanks to album bombs and frontloaded sales/streams

Really? 'Cause this list shows Taylor is the only female artist can go top 10 with album tracks

[Green]

32 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

I was gonna be like "Die Another Day made it but not Hung Up? Omg" but Die Another Day was 4948  really cutting it close. My favorite Madonna song deserves higher

 

that's an amazing top 10

 

The US did Hung Up wrong  

[Enzolorenzo]

4 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

I was gonna be like "Die Another Day made it but not Hung Up? Omg" but Die Another Day was 4948  really cutting it close. My favorite Madonna song deserves higher

 

that's an amazing top 10

But Die Another Day was an actual radio hit while Hung Up was done dirty by radio. I’m pretty sure that if Die Another Day had been released in the digital era like Hang Up it would’ve gone at least top 5

[gotportugal]

this top5000 list is so epic  Tanooki MVP

[istan4badgalriri]

Rihanna having as many as 31 top 10s and nearly 95% of them made the list

[gotportugal]

this top5000 list is so epic  Tanooki MVP

[rihannabiggestfan]

Madonna, Rihanna, Mariah, Janet, Whitney, The Supremes,Beyonce, Aretha, P!nk, Ms. Newton-John, Connie, Donna, Katy, Brenda, Barbra, Cher, Diana, Dionne, Britney, Xtina, Gloria, Missy, and Ashanti with over 80% ratios

[Enzolorenzo]

7 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

I was gonna be like "Die Another Day made it but not Hung Up? Omg" but Die Another Day was 4948  really cutting it close. My favorite Madonna song deserves higher

 

that's an amazing top 10

But Die Another Day was an actual radio hit while Hung Up was done dirty by radio. I’m pretty sure that if Die Another Day had been released in the digital era like Hang Up it would’ve gone at least top 5

[Enzolorenzo]

I’m surprised that (You Drive Me) Crazy didn’t make it. Its chart run is pretty similar to Toxic and Oops and they made it. I’m surprised that Gimme More made it lol 

[Skirt]

Rihlegend. 

[Cosmikel]

Nicki 

[NumbSoul]

Rihanna  

[brenda-walsh]

53 minutes ago, Green said:

11. Taylor Swift  

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 14/29

Missing top 10 hits: "Change", "Fearless", "Jump Then Fall", "Today Was a Fairytale", "Speak Now", "Back to December", "If This Was a Movie", "Begin Again", "Red", "...Ready for It?", "Lover", "Cardigan", "Exile", "The 1", "Willow"*.

* new single, currently charting on the Hot 100

[Alice Abernathy]

1 hour ago, Green said:

11. Taylor Swift  

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 14/29

Missing top 10 hits: "Change", "Fearless", "Jump Then Fall", "Today Was a Fairytale", "Speak Now", "Back to December", "If This Was a Movie", "Begin Again", "Red", "...Ready for It?", "Lover", "Cardigan", "Exile", "The 1", "Willow"*.

* new single, currently charting on the Hot 100

[selena_lavigne]

Selena has 5!! a hitmaker. coming for 10 on there by 2025 

[Cosmikel]

Nicki 

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

1 hour ago, Enzolorenzo said:

But Die Another Day was an actual radio hit while Hung Up was done dirty by radio. I’m pretty sure that if Die Another Day had been released in the digital era like Hang Up it would’ve gone at least top 5

 

1 hour ago, Green said:

 

The US did Hung Up wrong  

However...

 

”Die Another Day” was Madonna’s first single post the “Music” era which was very successful in the U.S thus Pop radio was much more receptive towards it and embraced it.

 

”Hung Up” was Madonna’s first single post the “American Life” era whereby every single completely BOMBED on Pop radio.

 

More often that not, when an artist heavily underperforms with a preceding era on radio, big stations are usually hesitant to play said artists new singles as quickly (unless they have a radio deal and even then the magic wears off after the first week). “HU” had a very slow start on Pop radio and was mostly played by smaller stations before Z100/KISS/B96 etc. got on board and even then airplay was minimal. 
 

Thankfully, “4 Minutes” did much better. 

Edited January 13, 2021 by GoodGuyGoneGhetto

[Aerosol]

Quote

3. Janet Jackson 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 27/27  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

Oh wow.

[TrieLz]

Impressive that Janet have 27/27 

 

Britney’s Gimme More made the top 5000? But not Crazy? 

[Rey]

Kelly Clarkson

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 9/11

Missing top 10 hits: Never Again and Piece by Piece 

Top 20 Hits on the all-time list: 2 (Walk Away and Already Gone).

 

Total of 11 songs on the all-time list. 

 

Edited January 14, 2021 by Rey
Miscalculation.

[Stankonia]

21 hours ago, Green said:

3. Janet Jackson 

 

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 27/27  

Missing top 10 hits: None

 

 

Organic hits ONLY

 

21 hours ago, Green said:

11. Taylor Swift  

Top 10 hits on the all-time list: 14/29

Missing top 10 hits: "Change", "Fearless", "Jump Then Fall", "Today Was a Fairytale", "Speak Now", "Back to December", "If This Was a Movie", "Begin Again", "Red", "...Ready for It?", "Lover", "Cardigan", "Exile", "The 1", "Willow"*.

* new single, currently charting on the Hot 100

 

[Kyoto]

wow Janet

[slw84]

So Taylor and Nicki exposed.

Janet, Pink, Olivia are the truest in the top 10