Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Artists
These all-time rankings are based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 (from its launch on Aug. 4, 1958 through Oct. 10, 2015) and Billboard 200 (from Aug. 17, 1963 — when we combined our two leading pop album album charts for stereo and mono releases into one all-encompassing weekly chart — through Oct. 10, 2015). Titles are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower rungs earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are ranked based on the combined point totals, as outlined above, of all their Hot 100 or Billboard 200 chart entries.
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THE BEATLES
5
ELTON JOHN
9
CHICAGO
10
MICHAEL JACKSON
13
ROD STEWART
14
EMINEM
17
MADONNA
18
SANTANA
19
EAGLES
24
ERIC CLAPTON
29
PRINCE
35
THE BEACH BOYS
38
ELVIS PRESLEY
40
USHER
46
GUNS N' ROSES
51
JAMES TAYLOR
52
THE SUPREMES
58
JOURNEY
67
ANDY WILLIAMS
80
THE WHO
81
PAUL SIMON
86
NELLY
91
FRANK SINATRA
94
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
95
