In November, Billboard weirdly named Beyonce the “biggest pop star” of the 21st century.
What made it strange is Billboard does the charts. If you go by music sales — the perfect measure of pop success — Bey certainly isn’t the biggest pop star of the century, even though her career spans all 25 years of it.
Billboard sorta corrected this by announcing a new, chart-based list of the “biggest of artists of the century.”
This one was more friendly to two of your favorite rappers, Drake and Eminem.
Biggest artists of the century, according to Billboard:
1. Taylor Swift
2. Drake
3. Rihanna
4. Post Malone
5. Eminem
6. The Weeknd
7. Beyoncé
8. Justin Bieber
9. Bruno Mars
10. Usher— chart data (@chartdata) January 8, 2025
What do you think of the list? Are you surprised Post Malone is so high? Here’s their weird, vibe-based list:
Billboard crowns Beyoncé as the greatest pop star of the 21st century.
An unsurprising and easily-deserved recognition. Queen @beyonce. 👑
2. Taylor Swift
3. Rihanna
4. Drake
5. Lady Gaga
6. Britney Spears
7. Kanye West
8. Justin Bieber
9. Ariana Grande
10. Adele pic.twitter.com/drBcOfibqA— BEYONCÉ LEGION 𐚁 (@BeyLegion) November 26, 2024