Sunday, May 5, 2024

U.S.A.’s Albums with Most Top Ten Hits

U.S.A. Albums:

Most Top Ten Hits

These are the albums with the most top-ten hits (five or more) on the Billboard Hot 100. They are ranked based on most top-ten hits with ties broken by the albums’ overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

Check out other album lists based on charts and sales.

10 Top Ten Hits

1) Taylor Swift Midnights (2022)
2) Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

9 Top Ten Hits

3) Drake Certified Lover Boy (2021)

8 Top Ten Hits

4) Drake & 21 Savage Her Loss (2022)

7 Top Ten Hits

5) Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
6) Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
7) Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
8) Drake For All the Dogs (2023)

6 Top Ten Hits

9) Michael Jackson Bad (1987)
10) George Michael Faith (1987)
11) Katy Perry Teenage Dream (2010)
12) Janet Jackson janet. (1993)
13) Morgan Wallen One Thing at a Time (2023)
14) Drake Scorpion (2018)
15) Juice Wrld Legends Never Die (2020)

5 Top Ten Hits

16) Taylor Swift 1989 (2014)
17) Lionel Richie Can’t Slow Down (1983)
18) Madonna True Blue (1986)
19) Whitney Houston Whitney (1987)
20) Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019)

21) Janet Jackson Control (1986)
22) Various Artists Waiting to Exhale soundtrack (1995)
23) Bobby Brown Don’t Be Cruel (1988)
24) SZA SOS (2022)
25) Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl (1988)
26) Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (2009)
27) Bon Jovi New Jersey (1988)
28) Genesis Invisible Touch (1986)
29) New Kids on the Block Hangin’ Tough (1988)
30) Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It’s True (aka All or Nothing) (1989)

31) Huey Lewis & the News Fore! (1986)
32) Fergie The Dutchess (2006)
33) J. Cole The Off Season (2021)

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Dave’s Music Database: Top 10 Songs by Year (1970-2023)

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 10 Songs by Year
(1970-2023)

These are the top 10 songs for each year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists and charts. You can also click on the “decade” buttons to see the top 100 songs for each decade.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

Click on a button below to go straight to that decade.

2023

  1. Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
  2. Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
  3. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire”
  4. Billie Eilish “What Was I Made For?”
  5. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red”
  6. Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
  7. Jack Harlow “Lovin’ on Me”
  8. Luke Combs “Fast Car”
  9. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night”
  10. Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

2022

  1. Harry Styles “As It Was”
  2. Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”
  3. Lizzo “About Damn Time”
  4. SZA “Kill Bill”
  5. Steve Lacy “Bad Habit”
  6. Sam Smith & Kim Petras “Unholy”
  7. Jack Harlow “First Class”
  8. SZA “Snooze”
  9. Rema with Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
  10. Beyoncé “Break My Soul”

2021

  1. The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay”
  2. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
  3. Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak) “Leave the Door Open”
  4. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U”
  5. Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
  6. Adele “Easy on Me”
  7. Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
  8. Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby”
  9. Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches”
  10. BTS “Butter”

2020

  1. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating”
  2. Glass Animals “Heat Waves”
  3. Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
  4. Xiao Zhan “Spotlight”
  5. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood”
  6. The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
  7. BTS “Dynamite”
  8. DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”
  9. Jawsh 685 with Jason Derulo “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”
  10. Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage” (remix)

2019

  1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”
  2. Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
  3. Post Malone “Circles”
  4. Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita”
  5. Tones and I “Dance Monkey”
  6. Ariana Grande “7 Rings”
  7. Roddy Ricch “The Box”
  8. Jonas Brothers “Sucker”
  9. Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
  10. Harry Styles “Watermelon Sugar”

2018

  1. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
  2. Drake “God’s Plan”
  3. Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
  4. Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower”
  5. Drake “In My Feelings”
  6. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next”
  7. Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved”
  8. Cardi B with Bad Bunny & J. Balvin “I Like It”
  9. Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle”
  10. Childish Gambino “This Is America”

2017

  1. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
  2. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito”
  3. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect”
  4. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You”
  5. Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana”
  6. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar”
  7. Kendrick Lamar “Humble”
  8. Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
  9. Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
  10. Lizzo “Truth Hurts”

2016

  1. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer”
  2. Drake with WizKid & Kyla “One Dance”
  3. Rihanna with Drake “Work”
  4. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
  5. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills”
  6. The Weeknd with Daft Punk “Starboy”
  7. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like”
  8. Pinkfong! “Baby Shark”
  9. Twenty One Pilots “Heathens”
  10. Rae Sremmurd with Gucci Mane “Black Beatles”

2015

  1. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
  2. Adele “Hello”
  3. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
  4. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”
  5. Justin Bieber “Sorry”
  6. Drake “Hotline Bling”
  7. The Weeknd “The Hills”
  8. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?”
  9. Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out”
  10. Lukas Graham “7 Years”

2014

  1. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
  2. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud”
  3. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off”
  4. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass”
  5. Taylor Swift “Blank Space”
  6. Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy”
  7. Sam Smith “Stay with Me”
  8. Maroon 5 “Sugar”
  9. OMI “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)”
  10. Sia “Chandelier”

2013

  1. Pharrell Williams “Happy”
  2. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines”
  3. Lorde “Royals”
  4. John Legend “All of Me”
  5. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky”
  6. Katy Perry “Roar”
  7. One Republic “Counting Stars”
  8. Avici with Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up!”
  9. Idina Menzel “Let It Go”
  10. Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse”

2012

  1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  2. Psy “Gangnam Style”
  3. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven”
  4. The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
  5. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive”
  6. Passenger “Let Her Go”
  7. Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
  8. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason”
  9. Rihanna “Diamonds”
  10. Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

2011

  1. Gotye & Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know”
  2. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
  3. LMFAO, Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
  4. Rihanna & Calvin Harris “We Found Love”
  5. Adele “Someone Like You”
  6. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger”
  7. Fun. & Janelle Monáe “We Are Young”
  8. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us”
  9. LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It”
  10. Lady Gaga “Born This Way”

2010

  1. Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
  2. Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie”
  3. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)”
  4. Katy Perry “Firework”
  5. Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg “California Gurls”
  6. Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)”
  7. Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks”
  8. Rihanna “Only Girl in the World”
  9. Bruno Mars “Grenade”
  10. Taio Cruz “Dynamite”

2009

  1. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling”
  2. Ke$ha “Tik Tok”
  3. Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind”
  4. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
  5. Lady Gaga “Bad Romance”
  6. Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.”
  7. Train “Hey, Soul Sister”
  8. Flo Rida with Ke$ha “Right Round”
  9. Owl City “Fireflies”
  10. Jay Sean & Lil Wayne “Down”

2008

  1. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
  2. Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
  3. Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
  4. Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow”
  5. Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”
  6. Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis “Just Dance”
  7. Taylor Swift “Love Story”
  8. Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl”
  9. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop”
  10. Kings of Leon “Use Somebody”

2007

  1. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella”
  2. Flo Rida & T-Pain “Low”
  3. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”
  4. Alicia Keys “No One”
  5. Kanye West with Daft Punk “Stronger”
  6. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”
  7. M.I.A. “Paper Planes”
  8. Kid Rock “All Summer Long”
  9. Sara Bareilles “Love Song”
  10. Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend”

2006

  1. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
  2. Justin Timberlake “Sexyback”
  3. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize”
  4. Shakira & Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie”
  5. Amy Winehouse “Rehab”
  6. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable”
  7. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)”
  8. Nelly Furtado & Timbaland “Promiscuous”
  9. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars”
  10. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”

2005

  1. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger”
  2. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together”
  3. Daniel Powter “Bad Day”
  4. Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah”
  5. Gorillaz with De La Soul “Feel Good Inc.”
  6. Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”
  7. The Fray “How to Save a Life”
  8. 50 Cent with Olivia “Candy Shop”
  9. Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
  10. Madonna “Hung Up”

2004

  1. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!”
  2. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
  3. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
  4. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out”
  5. Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl”
  6. Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone”
  7. Mario “Let Me Love You”
  8. Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
  9. Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
  10. U2 “Vertigo”

2003

  1. OutKast “Hey Ya!”
  2. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love”
  3. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army”
  4. The Killers “Mr. Brightside”
  5. Britney Spears “Toxic”
  6. Evanescence with Paul McCoy “Bring Me to Life”
  7. Hoobastank “The Reason”
  8. Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake “Where Is the Love?”
  9. Jay-Z “99 Problems”
  10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”

2002

  1. Eminem “Lose Yourself”
  2. 50 Cent “In Da Club”
  3. Nelly “Hot in Herre”
  4. Coldplay “Clocks”
  5. Nelly & Kelly Rowland “Dilemma”
  6. Johnny Cash “Hurt”
  7. Avril Lavigne “Complicated”
  8. Eminem “Without Me”
  9. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish”
  10. Christina Aguilera “Beautiful”

2001

  1. Nickelback “How You Remind Me”
  2. Alicia Keys “Fallin’”
  3. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
  4. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On”
  5. Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)”
  6. The Strokes “Last Nite”
  7. Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil’ Kim & Mya “Lady Marmalade”
  8. The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl”
  9. Staind “It’s Been Awhile”
  10. Enrique Iglesias “Hero”

2000

  1. U2 “Beautiful Day”
  2. Eminem with Dido “Stan”
  3. Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
  4. Madonna “Music”
  5. OutKast “Ms. Jackson”
  6. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women”
  7. Eminem “The Real Slim Shady”
  8. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite”
  9. Coldplay “Yellow”
  10. Linkin Park “In the End”

1999

  1. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth”
  2. Lonestar “Amazed”
  3. TLC “No Scrubs”
  4. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca”
  5. Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way”
  6. Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)”
  7. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name”
  8. Faith Hill “Breathe”
  9. Creed “With Arms Wide Open”
  10. Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle”

1998

  1. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time”
  2. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
  3. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris”
  4. Cher “Believe”
  5. Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
  6. Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine”
  7. Eminem “My Name Is…”
  8. Madonna “Ray of Light”
  9. Barenaked Ladies “One Week”
  10. Sixpence None the Richer “Kiss Me”

1997

  1. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On”
  2. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)”
  3. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
  4. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You”
  5. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One”
  6. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn”
  7. Blur “Song 2”
  8. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
  9. Hanson “Mmmbop”
  10. Savage Garden “Truly, Madly, Deeply”

1996

  1. Spice Girls “Wannabe”
  2. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me”
  3. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart”
  4. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity”
  5. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever”
  6. R. Kelly “I Believe I Can Fly”
  7. Fugees “Killing Me Softly”
  8. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads”
  9. Eric Clapton “Change the World”
  10. Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home”

1995

  1. Oasis “Wonderwall”
  2. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
  3. Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”
  4. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day”
  5. No Doubt “Don’t Speak”
  6. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know”
  7. Pulp “Common People”
  8. Alanis Morissette “Ironic”
  9. Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
  10. Mariah Carey “Fantasy”

1994

  1. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You”
  2. Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
  3. TLC “Waterfalls”
  4. Seal “Kiss from a Rose”
  5. Oasis “Live Forever”
  6. All-4-One “I Swear”
  7. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”
  8. Jeff Buckley “Hallelujah”
  9. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia”
  10. Green Day “Basket Case”

1993

  1. Beck “Loser”
  2. Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
  3. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes”
  4. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do”
  5. Ace of Base “The Sign”
  6. Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is”
  7. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover”
  8. Mariah Carey “Hero”
  9. Nirvana “All Apologies”
  10. Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box”

1992

  1. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”
  2. Radiohead “Creep”
  3. Boyz II Men “End of the Road”
  4. Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven”
  5. Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back”
  6. House of Pain “Jump Around”
  7. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts”
  8. Kris Kross “Jump”
  9. Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”
  10. Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart”

1991

  1. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
  2. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”
  3. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
  4. U2 “One”
  5. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge”
  6. Metallica “Enter Sandman”
  7. Pearl Jam “Jeremy”
  8. Guns N’ Roses “November Rain”
  9. Nirvana “Come As You Are”
  10. Natalie Cole with Nat “King” Cole “Unforgettable”

1990

  1. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”
  2. Madonna “Vogue”
  3. MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This”
  4. Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places”
  5. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby”
  6. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love”
  7. Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence”
  8. C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
  9. Deee-Lite “Groove Is in the Heart”
  10. Roxette “It Must Have Been Love”

1989

  1. Madonna “Like a Prayer”
  2. The B-52’s “Love Shack”
  3. Public Enemy “Fight the Power”
  4. Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise”
  5. Tom Petty “Free Fallin’”
  6. Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”
  7. Young MC “Bust a Move”
  8. Alannah Myles “Black Velvet”
  9. Depeche Mode “Personal Jesus”
  10. Soul II Soul “Back to Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)”

1988

  1. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car”
  2. Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
  3. 1988: The La’s “There She Goes”
  4. Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
  5. Metallica “One”
  6. Bangles “Eternal Flame”
  7. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock “It Takes Two”
  8. Tone Loc “Wild Thing”
  9. Bobby Brown “My Prerogative”
  10. Phil Collins “A Groovy Kind of Love”

1987

  1. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
  2. U2 “With or Without You”
  3. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me”
  4. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle”
  5. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
  6. Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
  7. George Michael “Faith”
  8. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”
  9. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”
  10. Whitesnake “Here I Go Again”

1986

  1. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer”
  2. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way”
  3. Prince “Kiss”
  4. Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer”
  5. Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party”
  6. Berlin “Take My Breath Away”
  7. Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian”
  8. Peter Gabriel “In Your Eyes”
  9. Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
  10. Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name”

1985

  1. U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World”
  2. Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
  3. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”
  4. Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget about Me”
  5. Dionne & Friends “That's What Friends Are For”
  6. Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls”
  7. Lionel Richie “Say You Say Me”
  8. Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”
  9. Huey Lewis & the News “The Power of Love”
  10. Madonna “Into the Groove”

1984

  1. Prince “When Doves Cry”
  2. A-ha “Take on Me”
  3. Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is”
  4. George Michael “Careless Whisper”
  5. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”
  6. Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain”
  7. Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
  8. Madonna “Like a Virgin”
  9. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.”
  10. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark”

1983

  1. The Police “Every Breath You Take”
  2. Van Halen “Jump”
  3. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This”
  4. Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)”
  5. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
  6. New Order “Blue Monday”
  7. Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”
  8. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’”
  9. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
  10. Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax”

1982

  1. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”
  2. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
  3. Michael Jackson “Beat It”
  4. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message”
  5. Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen”
  6. Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
  7. Toto “Africa”
  8. 1982: John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane”
  9. Michael Jackson “Thriller”
  10. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing”

1981

  1. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll”
  2. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’”
  3. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love”
  4. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?”
  5. Soft Cell “Tainted Love”
  6. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
  7. Olivia Newton-John “Physical”
  8. Men at Work “Down Under”
  9. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight”
  10. The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up”

1980

  1. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
  2. AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long”
  3. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
  4. Blondie “Call Me”
  5. Kool & the Gang “Celebration”
  6. Kenny Rogers “Lady”
  7. AC/DC “Back in Black”
  8. Diana Ross “Upside Down”
  9. Dolly Parton “9 to 5”
  10. REO Speedwagon “Keep on Loving You”

1979

  1. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II”
  2. The Clash “London Calling”
  3. The Knack “My Sharona”
  4. Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
  5. Sister Sledge “We Are Family”
  6. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown”
  7. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight”
  8. Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb”
  9. Chic “Good Times”
  10. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

1978

  1. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive”
  2. Blondie “Heart of Glass”
  3. Chic “Le Freak”
  4. Village People “Y.M.C.A.”
  5. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want”
  6. Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing”
  7. Commodores “Three Times a Lady”
  8. Earth, Wind & Fire “September”
  9. The Police “Roxanne”
  10. Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”

1977

  1. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”
  2. Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions”
  3. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love”
  4. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life”
  5. Bee Gees “Night Fever”
  6. David Bowie “Heroes”
  7. Fleetwood Mac “Dreams”
  8. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen”
  9. Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight”
  10. Commodores “Brick House”

1976

  1. Eagles “Hotel California”
  2. Abba “Dancing Queen”
  3. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music”
  4. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.”
  5. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way”
  6. Boston “More Than a Feeling”
  7. Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)”
  8. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
  9. Chicago “If You Leave Me Now”
  10. Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”

1975

  1. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  2. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run”
  3. Led Zeppelin “Kashmir”
  4. Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here”
  5. Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
  6. Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together”
  7. 10cc “I’m Not in Love”
  8. Van McCoy “The Hustle”
  9. Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road”
  10. Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite”

1974

  1. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama”
  2. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry”
  3. Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You”
  4. Bachman-Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
  5. Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting”
  6. George McCrae “Rock Your Baby”
  7. Bachman-Turner Overdrive “Takin’ Care of Business”
  8. Joe Cocker “You Are So Beautiful”
  9. Harry Chapin “Cat’s in the Cradle”
  10. Barry White “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything”

1973

  1. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird”
  2. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On”
  3. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
  4. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
  5. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were”
  6. Aerosmith “Dream On”
  7. Billy Joel “Piano Man”
  8. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia”
  9. Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun”
  10. The Rolling Stones “Angie”

1972

  1. Stevie Wonder “Superstition”
  2. Neil Young “Heart of Gold”
  3. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side”
  4. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
  5. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
  6. Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water”
  7. Bill Withers “Lean on Me”
  8. Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”
  9. Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again (Naturally)”
  10. Eagles “Take It Easy”

1971

  1. John Lennon “Imagine”
  2. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven”
  3. Don McLean “American Pie”
  4. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
  5. Rod Stewart “Maggie May”
  6. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together”
  7. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
  8. The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar”
  9. Harry Nilsson “Without You”
  10. The Who “Baba O’Riley”

1970

  1. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
  2. The Beatles “Let It Be”
  3. Derek & the Dominos “Layla”
  4. Elton John “Your Song”
  5. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
  6. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There”
  7. Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
  8. James Taylor “Fire and Rain”
  9. The Jackson 5 “ABC”
  10. The Kinks “Lola”

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First posted 1/7/2024; last updated 5/1/2024.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Ranked

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Ranked:

1986-2024

With every year’s announcement of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, there are two guarantees – there will be a slew of complaints about who hasn’t been inducted and who has been inducted who shouldn’t have been. This challenged me to come up with an objective rating of the inductees to determine just who has earned it most and who hasn’t. These rankings consolidate multiple best-artists-of-all-time lists along with sales figures, chart statistics, and other awards and honors. In the event of ties, earliest inductees are listed first. Here are the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ranked.

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1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Bob Dylan
5. Paul McCartney
6. Elton John
7. David Bowie
8. Michael Jackson
9. Bruce Springsteen
10. Stevie Wonder

11. John Lennon
12. Prince
13. U2
14. Madonna
15. Led Zeppelin
16. Eric Clapton
17. The Who
18. Pink Floyd
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Queen

21. Aretha Franklin
22. R.E.M.
23. Ray Charles
24. Neil Young
25. James Brown
26. Marvin Gaye
27. Billy Joel
28. The Beach Boys
29. George Harrison
30. Rod Stewart

31. George Martin
32. Eagles
33. Louis Armstrong
34. Fleetwood Mac
35. Smokey Robinson
36. Irving Azoff
37. Johnny Cash
38. Berry Gordy Jr.
39. Sam Phillips
40. Radiohead

41. Lou Reed
42. The Bee Gees
43. Aerosmith
44. Nat “King” Cole
45. Whitney Houston
46. Jerry Wexler
47. Ringo Starr
48. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
49. Chuck Berry
50. Jay-Z

51. Pearl Jam
52. Bob Marley
53. Tina Turner
54. Willie Nelson
55. Guns N’ Roses
56. The Police
57. Dolly Parton
58. The Supremes
59. Nirvana
60. Eminem

61. The Temptations
62. Rush
63. Van Morrison
64. John Mellencamp
65. Yes
66. Carole King
67. Elvis Costello
68. Genesis
69. Eddie Holland
70. Journey

71. Fats Domino
72. Brian Holland
73. Paul Simon
74. Peter Gabriel
75. Lionel Richie
76. Lamont Dozier
77. Simon & Garfunkel
78. Metallica
79. The Doors
80. Van Halen

81. Billie Holiday
82. Jerry Leiber
83. Sam Cooke
84. Roy Orbison
85. Chicago
86. Herb Alpert
87. Mike Stoller
88. Phil Spector
89. The Kinks
90. Clive Davis

91. Bon Jovi
92. Velvet Underground
93. Ahmet Ertegun
94. B.B. King
95. Jimmy Iovine
96. Santana
97. Little Richard
98. Janet Jackson
99. AC/DC
100. Buddy Holly

101. Nesuhi Ertegun
102. Leonard Chess
103. Neil Diamond
104. Stevie Nicks
105. Brian Epstein
106. Crosby, Stills & Nash
107. Kenny Gamble
108. Green Day
109. Def Leppard
110. Leon Huff

111. Miles Davis
112. Bob Seger
113. Black Sabbath
114. Kiss
115. Bernie Taupin
116. Hank Williams
117. Creedence Clearwater Revival
118. Otis Redding
119. The Miracles
120. The Jackson 5

121. The Allman Brothers Band
122. Todd Rundgren
123. The Clash
124. Foreigner
125. Frank Zappa
126. ZZ Top
127. George Michael
128. Dire Straits
129. Deep Purple
130. Lynyrd Skynyrd

131. Jerry Lee Lewis
132. Muddy Waters
133. Abba
134. Linda Ronstadt
135. The Everly Brothers
136. The Byrds
137. The Moody Blues
138. Red Hot Chili Peppers
139. Andrew Loog Oldham
140. Sheryl Crow

141. Cream
142. The Band
143. The Cure
144. Electric Light Orchestra
145. Glyn Johns
146. Brenda Lee
147. Cher
148. Ozzy Osbourne
149. Quincy Jones
150. The Drifters

151. David Geffen
152. Daryl Hall & John Oates
153. Depeche Mode
154. Barry Mann
155. Sly & the Family Stone
156. Sex Pistols
157. James Taylor
158. The Ink Spots
159. Jim Stewart
160. Foo Fighters

161. Bessie Smith
162. Cynthia Weil
163. T-Rex
164. Eurythmics
165. Robert Johnson
166. Tom Waits
167. Al Green
168. Grateful Dead
169. Gerry Goffin
170. Clarence Avant

171. Duran Duran
172. Chris Blackwell
173. Jeff Barry
174. The Doobie Brothers
175. John Hammond
176. Blondie
177. Talking Heads
178. Jac Holzman
179. Terry Lewis
180. Jimmy Jam

181. Jon Landau
182. Patti Smith
183. Tom Dowd
184. Jerry Moss
185. Pat Benatar
186. Mo Ostin
187. Steely Dan
188. The Cars
189. The Platters
190. Louis Jordan

191. Bill Graham
192. Milt Gabler
193. Dave Bartholomew
194. Seymour Stein
195. Beastie Boys
196. Joni Mitchell
197. Four Tops
198. Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship
199. Ramones
200. Earth, Wind & Fire

201. Art Rupe
202. Gladys Knight & the Pips
203. Carly Simon
204. Ellie Greenwich
205. Public Enemy
206. Donna Summer
207. Syd Nathan
208. Cat Stevens
209. The Righteous Brothers
210. Pretenders

211. Bonnie Raitt
212. Bobby Darin
213. Ike Turner
214. Les Paul
215. Curtis Mayfield
216. Kool & the Gang
217. Dionne Warwick
218. The Yardbirds
219. Roxy Music
220. Tupac Shakur (2pac)

221. The Animals
222. Nine Inch Nails
223. Heart
224. Jackson Browne
225. The Four Seasons
226. Bobby “Blue” Bland
227. Kate Bush
228. Parliament/Funkadelic
229. Bo Diddley
230. Jeff Beck

231. Mary J. Blige
232. Dave Matthews Band
233. Norman Whitfield
234. Otis Blackwell
235. Janis Joplin
236. Ricky Nelson
237. Jackie Wilson
238. Doc Pomus
239. Harry Belafonte
240. John Lee Hooker

241. Isaac Hayes
242. LL Cool J
243. Bill Haley
244. Judas Priest
245. Howlin’ Wolf
246. Randy Newman
247. The Stooges
248. Jimmy Buffett
249. Bill Black
250. Joan Jett

251. Run-D.M.C.
252. Mort Shuman
253. Traffic
254. Etta James
255. Kraftwerk
256. Alice Cooper
257. Steve Miller Band
258. Woody Guthrie
259. Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter
260. Cheap Trick

261. Jimmie Rodgers
262. Leonard Cohen
263. The Hollies
264. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
265. Dinah Washington
266. Charlie Christian
267. Wilson Pickett
268. The Shirelles
269. Big Joe Turner
270. Isley Brothers

271. The Spinners
272. The Mamas & the Papas
273. Don Kirshner
274. The Impressions
275. Alan Freed
276. Rage Against the Machine
277. The Coasters
278. Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton
279. Dion & The Belmonts
280. Pete Seeger

281. Chaka Khan/Rufus
282. Buffalo Springfield
283. Willie Dixon
284. Chet Atkins
285. Dick Clark
286. Dave Clark Five
287. The O’Jays
288. Scotty Moore
289. James Burton
290. Missy Elliott

291. Peter Frampton
292. The (Young) Rascals
293. N.W.A.
294. Booker T. & the MG’s
295. Dusty Springfield
296. DJ Fontana
297. Don Cornelius
298. Clyde McPhatter
299. Bob Wills
300. Nina Simone

301. T-Bone Walker
302. Joan Baez
303. Martha & the Vandellas
304. Sylvia Robinson
305. The Notorious B.I.G.
306. Bill Withers
307. Elmore James
308. A Tribe Called Quest
309. The Ronettes
310. Tom Donahue

311. Ruth Brown
312. Bill Monroe
313. Charley Patton
314. Eddie Cochran
315. Buddy Guy
316. John Mayall
317. Lovin’ Spoonful
318. The Flamingos
319. The Go-Go’s
320. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

321. Donovan
322. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
323. Al Kooper
324. Freddy King
325. The Dells
326. The Faces
327. Del Shannon
328. Duane Eddy
329. Lloyd Price
330. Percy Sledge

331. Ma Rainey
332. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
333. The MC5
334. LaVern Baker
335. Ritchie Valens
336. The Staple Singers
337. Little Walter
338. Carl Perkins
339. Nile Rodgers
340. The Zombies

341. Sam & Dave
342. Little Anthony & the Imperials
343. Solomon Burke
344. Albert King
345. Mahalia Jackson
346. Gene Pitney
347. The Small Faces
348. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
349. Billy Preston
350. Charles Brown

351. The Orioles
352. Jimmy Reed
353. Bobby Womack
354. Gene Vincent
355. Little Willie John
356. The Ventures
357. Professor Longhair
358. Big Mama Thornton
359. The Moonglows
360. The E Street Band

361. Link Wray
362. Allen Toussaint
363. Leon Russell
364. James Jamerson
365. Johnny Otis
366. Dr. John
367. Randy Rhoads
368. Wanda Jackson
369. Lou Adler
370. Jimmy Cliff

371. Darlene Love
372. Hal Blaine
373. Floyd Cramer
374. Gil Scott-Heron
375. Earl Palmer
376. The Soul Stirrers
377. The Five Royales
378. Johnnie Johnson
379. Cosimo Matassa
380. Laura Nyro

381. Spooner Oldham
382. Ralph Bass
383. Bennie Benjamin
384. Steve Douglas
385. Jesse Stone
386. King Curtis
387. Leo Fender
388. Paul Ackerman
389. DJ Kool Herc
390. Eilzabeth Cotten

391. Bert Berns
392. Jimmy Yancey
393. Paul Butterfield Blues Band
394. Jann Wenner
395. Neil Giraldo
396. Frank Barsalona
397. Allen Grubman
398. Alexis Korner
399. Suzanne De Passe

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First posted 12/14/2018; last updated 4/23/2024.
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