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YEAR

ARTIST

YEAR-END SINGLE CHART

YEAR-END ALBUM CHART

OTHER TOP 5 ARTISTS

Female Artist of the decade 1980s - Madonna

1982

Olivia Newton-John

#1 Physical

#84 Make a Move on Me

#15 Physical

#2 Juice Newton

#3 Diana Ross

#4 Stevie Nicks

#5 Pat Benatar

1983

Laura Branigan

#56 Gloria

#59 Solitaire

#61 How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

#60 Branigan

#2 Stevie Nicks

#3 Pat Benatar

#4 Olivia Newton-John

#5 Jane Fonda

 

1984

Cyndi Lauper

#15 Girls Just Want to Have Fun

#17 Time After Time

#34 She Bop

#11 She’s so Unusual

#2 Madonna

#3 Tina Turner

#4 Linda Ronstadt

#5 Laura Branigan

1985

Madonna

#2 Like a Virgin

#9 Crazy for you

#58 Material Girl

#81 Angel

#98 Dress You Up

#3 Like A Virgin

#25 Madonna

#2 Tina Turner

#3 Whitney Houston

#4 Sade

#5 Cyndi Lauper

1986

Whitney Houston

#6 How Will I Know

#11 Greatest Love of All

#1 Whitney Houston

#2 Madonna

#3 Sade

#4 Janet Jackson

#5 Barbra Streisand

1987

Whitney Houston

#4 I wanna Dance with Somebody

#22 Didn’t We Almost Have It All

#22 Whitney Houston

#23 Whitney

#2 Madonna

#3 Janet Jackson

#4 Anita Baker

#5 Jody Watley

1988

Debbie Gibson

#22 Shake Your Love

#32 Foolish Beat

#54 Out of the Blue

#7 Out of the Blue

#2 Whitney Houston

#3 Tiffany

#4 Belinda Carlisle

#5 Taylor Dayne

1989

Paula Abdul

#4 Straight Up

#6 Cold Hearted

#30 Forever Your Girl

#3 Forever Your Girl

#2 Madonna

#3 Debbie Gibson

#4 Karyn White

#5 Anita Baker

Female Artist of the decade 1990s - Mariah Carey

1990

Janet Jackson

#15 Escapade

#38 Rhythm Nation

#44 Alright

#49 Come Back to Me

#49 Black Cat

#1 Rhythm Nation 1814

#2 Paula Abdul

#3 Taylor Dayne

#4 Madonna

#5 Sinead O’ Connor

1991

Mariah Carey

#12 Someday

#22 Emotions

#26 I Don’t Wanna Cry

#69 Live Takes Time

#1 Mariah Carey

#2 Whitney Houston

#3 Paula Abdul

#4 Amy Grant

#5 Madonna

1992

Mariah Carey

#16 I’ll Be There

#23 Can’t Let Go

#42 Make It Happen

#22 Emotions

#35 Mtv Unplugged EP

#2 Bonnie Raitt

#3 Amy Grant

#4 Vanessa Williams

#5 Paula Abdul

1993

Janet Jackson

#4 That’s the Way Love Goes

#19 If

#74 Again

#4 Janet

#2 Reba McEntire

#3 Mariah Carey

#4 Wynonna

#5 Gloria Estefan

1994

Mariah Carey

#5 Hero

#16 Without You / Never Forget You

#47 Anytime You Need a Friend

#56 Endless Love

#2 Music Box

#2 Toni Braxton

#3 Janet Jackson

#4 Celine Dion

#5 Aaliyah

1995

Sheryl Crow

#30 Strong Enough

#67 All I wanna Do

#15 Tuesday Night Music Club

#2 Madonna

#3 Brandy

#4 Melissa Etheridge

#5 Mary J.Blige

1996

Alanis Morissette

#13 Ironic

#29 You Learn / You Oughta Know

#1 Jagged Little Pill

#2 Mariah Carey

#3 Celine Dion

#4 Tract Chapman

#5 Toni Braxton

1997

LeAnn Rimes

#9 How Do I Live

#6 Blue

#21 Unchain Melody / The Early Years

#2 Jewel

#3 Toni Braxton

#4 Celine Dion

#5 Sheryl Crow

1998

Shania Twain

#3 You’re Still the One

#5 Come On Over

#2 LeAnn Rimes

#3 Celine Dion

#4 Janet Jackson

#5 Monica

1999

Britney Spears

#5 ...Baby One More Time

# 86 Sometimes

#2 ...Baby One More Time

 

#2 Shania Twain

#3 Cher

#4 Whitney Houston

#5 Sarah McLachlan

Female Artist of the decade 2000s - Beyoncé

2000

Christina Aguilera

#19 What a Girl Wants

#38 Come On Over Baby(All I Want Is You)

#42 I Turn To You

#8 Christina Aguilera

 

#2 Faith Hill

#3 Britney Spears

#4 Pink

#5 Celine Dion

2001

Jennifer Lopez

#5 I’m Real (Murder Remix)

#26 Love Don’t Cost a Thing

#72 Play

#22 J.Lo

#2 Janet Jackson

#3 Alicia Keys

#4 Dido

#5 Faith Hill

2002

Ashanti

#2 Foolish

#26 What’s Luv?

#12 Always On Time

#41 Happy

#44 Down 4 U

#81 Baby

#12 Ashanti

#2 P!nk

#3 Avril Lavigne

#4 Jennifer Lopez

#5 Shakira

2003

Christina Aguilera

#16 Beautiful

#67 Can’t Hold US Down

#79 Fighter

#10 Stripped

#2 Beyoncé

#3 Norah Jones

#4 Avril Lavigne

#5 Shania Twain

2004

Alicia Keys

#3 If I Ain’t Got You

#24 My Boo

#29 You Don’t Know My Name

#34 Diary

#4 The Diary Of Alicia Keys

 

#2 Beyoncé

#3 Britney Spears

#4 Norah Jones

#5 Sheryl Crow

2005

Kelly Clarkson

#4 Since U Been Gone

#10 Behind These Hazel Eyes

#27 Breakaway

#72 Because of You

#5 Breakaway

#2 Maria Carey

#3 Gwen Stefani

#4 Ciara

#5 Fantasia Barrino

2006

Rihanna

#19 SOS

#28 Unfaithful

#49 A Girl Like Me

#2 Mary J.Blige

#3 Beyoncé

#4 Kelly Clarkson

#5 Carrie Underwood

2007

Fergie

#4 Big Girls Don’t Cry

#10 Glamorous

#19 Fergalicious

#3 The Dutchess

#2 Carrie Underwood

#3 Beyoncé

#4 Avril Lavigne

#5 Gwen Stefani

2008

Rihanna

#12 Take a Bow

#16 Disturbia

#17 Don’t stop the Music

#37 Live Your Lige

#62 Hate That I Love You

#21 Good Girl Gone Bad

#2 Alicia Keys

#3 Taylor Swift

#4 Leona Lewis

#5 Miley Cyrus

2009

Taylor Swift

#5 Love Story

#11 You Belong with Me

#76 White Horse

#1 Fearless

#24 Taylor Swift

#2 Beyoncé

#3 Lady Gaga

#4 Miley Cyrus

#5 Britney Spears

Female Artist of the decade 2010s - Taylor Swift

2010

Lady Gaga

#8 Bad Romance

#16 Telephone

#33 Alejandro

#64 Paparazzi

#4 The Fame

#14 The Fame Monster(EP)

#2 Taylor Swift

#3 Ke$ha

#4 Rihanna

#5 Katy Perry

2011

Adele

#1 Rolling in the Deep

#24 Someone Like You

#1 21

#37 19

#2 Rihanna

#3 Katy Perry

#4 Lady Gaga

#5 Nicki Minaj

2012

Adele

#12 Set Fire to the Rain

#43 Someone Like You

#64 Rumour Has It

#71 Rolling in the Deep

#1 21

#16 19

#2 Rihanna

#3 Taylor Swift

#4 Nicki Minaj

#5 Katy Perry

2013

Taylor Swift

#16 I Knew You Were Trouble

#71 22

#77 HIghway Don’t Care

#2 Red

#2 Rihanna

#3 P!nk

#4 Miley Cyrus

#5 Katy Perry

2014

Katy Perry

#2 Dark Horse

#46 Roar

#80 Birthday

#8 PRISM

#2 Beyoncé

#3 Taylor Swift

#4 Iggy Azalea

#5 Ariana Grande

2015

Taylor Swift

#7 Blank Space

#15 Bad Blood

#18 Shake It Off

#29 Style

#57 Wildest Dreams

#1 1989

#111 Red

#2 Meghan Trainor

#3 Nicki Minaj

#4 Ariana Grande

#5 Selena Gomez

2016

Adele

#7 Hello

#26 Send My Love(To Your New Lover)

#83 When We Were Young

#1 25

#24 21

#126 19

#2 Beyoncé

#3 Rihanna

#4 Ariana Grande

#5 Selena Gomez

2017

 Ariana Grande

#43 Side to Side

#38 Dangerous Woman

#2 Rihanna

#3 Halsey

#4 Taylor Swift

#5 Lady Gaga

2018

Taylor Swift

#24 Delicate

#1 reputation

#82 1989

#2 Cardi B

#3 Camila Cabello

#4 Ariana Grande

#5 Dua Lipa

2019

 Ariana Grande

#7 7 Rings

#12 Thank U, Next

#36 Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored

#72 Breathin

#98 Boyfriend

#2 Thank U, Next

#32 Sweetener

#192 Dangerous Woman

#2 Billie Eilish

#3 Taylor Swift

#4 Halsey

#5 Cardi B

2020

Taylor Swift

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#5 folklore

#15 Lover

#105 1989

#2 Billie Eilish

#3 Dua Lipa

#4 Megan TheE Stallion

#5 Doja Cat

2021

Olivia Rodrigo

#5 Good 4 U

#8 Driver License

#13 Deja vu

#38 Traitor

#2 Sour

#2 Taylor Swift

#3 Ariana Grande

#4 Doja Cat

#5 Dua Lipa

2022

Taylor Swift

#76 All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)

#4 Midnights

#5 Red (Taylor’s Version)

#41 folklore

#49 Lover

#68 evermore

#75 1989

#108 Reputation

#126 Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

#2 Doja Cat

#3 Adele

#4 Dua Lipa

#5 Olivia Rodrig

2023

Taylor Swift

#4 Anti-Hero

# 18 Cruel Summer

#27 Karma

#32 Lavender Haze

#2 Midnights

#9 Lover

#11 Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

#12 Folklore

#16 1989

#17 Red (Taylor's Version)

#21 Reputation

#29 Evermore

#43 Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

#115 Speak Now

#2 SZA

#3 Miley Cyrus

#4 Olivia Rodrigo

#5 Beyonce

 

 

Bold&Red - Top Artist (Overall #1)

*Only count solo female artist, group like TLC and DC is not included

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Klein Grand Master

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Taylor Swift since 2006:

OUT - OUT - 3 - 1 - 2 - OUT - 3 - 1 - 3 - 1 - OUT - 4 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1

 

Six times #1, and the seventh is pretty much on lock :clap3:

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Strawberry Bubble

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Taylor's domination in the U.S. is quite scary

awong918 Rising Star

awong918

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Beyonce #5 26 years after her debut:clap3:

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HappierJealousy Experienced

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What’s happened with female artists in 2006 and 2017 :deadbanana4: especially 2017, I can’t believe Ariana took the top spot with those tragic stats

And it surprises me that Nelly Furtado never made the top 5

And Xtina has more #1 than Britney :dies:

Blade Runner Grand Master

Blade Runner

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Taylor, Gaga and Adele the only new girls to be #1 overall. Whew... :WAP:

Støned Experienced

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Ashanti really owned 2002 :clap3:

 

6 songs in the Year End singles chart. The most of any MPG on this list..

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Beyonce blocked from #1 5 times :rip:

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Peak Now Grand Master

Peak Now

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No shade but I am a bit surprised at Taylor for 2018, I'd think it would have been Cardi with ease...

Klein Grand Master

Klein

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22 minutes ago, AndThenTheCocaine said:

No shade but I am a bit surprised at Taylor for 2018, I'd think it would have been Cardi with ease...

Tours are counted if I'm not mistaken. And the Reputation tour was the most successful ever in the US at the time. 

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2 hours ago, Ron Ng said:

Beyonce blocked from #1 5 times :rip:

she really got bad luck on these charts

but she snatch Female artist of the decade which is way more memorable so she still won

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roso Experienced

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3 hours ago, Ron Ng said:

Beyonce blocked from #1 5 times :rip:

Madonna too :rip: both over two decades, the longevity :heart:

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Jon Snow Veteran

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4 hours ago, Ron Ng said:

Beyonce blocked from #1 5 times :rip:

Top 2 and she ain't number 1 :rip:

 

At least she ended up being the number 1 female artist of the decade 

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Mom owning da 80's with Whitney 

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Green Grand Master

Green

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5 hours ago, AndThenTheCocaine said:

No shade but I am a bit surprised at Taylor for 2018, I'd think it would have been Cardi with ease...

 

Because Billboard year-end charts include the November-December sales so Reputation finished as the #1 album of 2018 thanks to its 2017 sales

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Beyonce tends to release albums at the middle or end of the year, thats always the thing with charting.  Hers is usually cut up way too much!

 

The longevity is so insane, what a legend!

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6 hours ago, HappierJealousy said:

What’s happened with female artists in 2006 and 2017 :deadbanana4: especially 2017, I can’t believe Ariana took the top spot with those tragic stats

And it surprises me that Nelly Furtado never made the top 5

And Xtina has more #1 than Britney :dies:

 

2017 was tragic for females. If you look at the top 20 singles of the year the only females in the top 20 are Halsey and Alessia Cara as featured acts, the rest are male artists. The highest female song is Bodak Yellow at #24  :rip: 

 

https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/hot-100-songs/

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Adele having the #1 song and album in 2011, the only female to do :clap3:

 

Taylor doing Taylor things :clap3: 

 

Rihanna, Gaga, Katy and Britney snatching 1 or more too :clap3: 

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Queen Janet! :heart:

1986- #4

1987 - #3

1990 - #1

1993 - #1

1994 - #3

1998 - #4

2001 - #2

She would have dominated more even she had released more albums during her peak.

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Paula was such a force for a good number of years!

1989 - #1

1990 - #2

1991 - #3

1992 - #5

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14 minutes ago, robbyds said:

Queen Janet! :heart:

1986- #4

1987 - #3

1990 - #1

1993 - #1

1994 - #3

1998 - #4

2001 - #2

She would have dominated more even she had released more albums during her peak.

It kind of annoys me that she only made the top 5 during one year of the RN era! I feel like she should've been there in 1989 too with two big singles already (although I suppose "RN" is cutting it close for the 1989 tracking year).

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39 minutes ago, eli's_rhythm said:

It kind of annoys me that she only made the top 5 during one year of the RN era! I feel like she should've been there in 1989 too with two big singles already (although I suppose "RN" is cutting it close for the 1989 tracking year).

i feel you. Only MYM was credited on the 1989 hence her absence that year.

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Pleasantly surprised Britney managed to be in the top 5 for 4 times, she's never been a charts gal.

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On 11/30/2023 at 11:26 PM, HappierJealousy said:

What’s happened with female artists in 2006 and 2017 :deadbanana4: especially 2017, I can’t believe Ariana took the top spot with those tragic stats

And it surprises me that Nelly Furtado never made the top 5

And Xtina has more #1 than Britney :dies:

This charts also count touring stats, in 2017 Ariana was on the DW tour which grossed like 75 million, the other big female tours were from artists who barely had songs/albums charting, and the ones who had hits like Alesia Cara didn’t have tour numbers, Ariana had the edge with the tour and STS/Dw album 

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Soda Pop Queen

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On 12/1/2023 at 1:17 AM, awong918 said:

Beyonce #5 26 years after her debut:clap3:

 

On 12/1/2023 at 1:51 AM, Ron Ng said:

Beyonce blocked from #1 5 times :rip:

 

On 12/1/2023 at 4:26 AM, chiliam said:

she really got bad luck on these charts

but she snatch Female artist of the decade which is way more memorable so she still won

 

On 12/1/2023 at 5:04 AM, roso said:

Madonna too :rip: both over two decades, the longevity :heart:

 

On 12/1/2023 at 6:01 AM, Jon Snow said:

Top 2 and she ain't number 1 :rip:

 

At least she ended up being the number 1 female artist of the decade 

yea, she's also the only woman from the SoundScan peak age that managed to make the top 5 after the digital age girls showed up. Now, she's back in the top 5 during the streaming age girls' tenure. We love a cross generational queen.

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