The Beatles and Madonna are recognized as the best among the best performers

The influential music edition of Billboard decided to analyze the data of its charts for the whole history of their existence and make several ratings.

The analysts of the magazine had to do a tremendous job, after all, 57 years have passed since the first Billboard charts appeared. For the evaluation, a complex score system was used, evaluating each song of the musician.

The Greatest Performers

Musicians The Beatles topped the list of "great", and pop queen Madonna took second place. Elton John, as a true British gentleman, missed the lady ahead and is content with third place.

The five leaders are Elvis Presley and Mariah Carey, followed by Stevie Wonder.

It is interesting that the incorruptible ranking algorithms brought Janet Jackson to the seventh line, and her famous late brother is only the eighth. Another star, who died in the prime of life, Whitney Houston in ninth place.

The Rolling Stones close the top ten.

Not all modern artists were able to break into the top 10. Rihanna was able to take the 13th position, Katy Perry - 24, Taylor Swift - 34, Beyonce - 39, Lady Gaga - 67, Kelly Clarkson - 78, Justin Timberlake - 89.

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The most popular album was the album Adel "21", released in 2011, and the most successful song was recognized as the song of Chubby Chekker "The Twist" in 1960.

Legendary The Beatles were able to conquer two more peaks, becoming the best-selling artists in the category albums and in the category of songs.