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Billboard Names Its Top Artists Of All-Time—Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey And Stevie Wonder Make The Top 10

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; the debate about the greatest artist&lpar;s&rpar; of all-time is one that will continue forever because we all have our faves and no one will change our minds&period; However&comma; the folks at<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-tops-billboard-charts-with-jesus-is-king-ties-record-with-eminem-for-9th-consecutive-number-1-album-in-history&sol;"> Billboard<&sol;a> have officially released the list of the top artists of all-time—and the top 10 is sure to have some people in their feelings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To celebrate its monumental 125<sup>th<&sol;sup> anniversary&comma; Billboard has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;business&sol;chart-beat&sol;8543378&sol;billboard-top-125-artists-of-all-time-the-beatles&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;instagram&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;later-linkinbio-billboard&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;later-4003591">unveiled the list<&sol;a> of the Top 125 Artists of All-Time based on history of the Hot 100 Songs Chart and the Billboard 200 Albums&period; To tease fans with a peek at the list&comma; Billboard posted the top 10 list on social media&comma; as you can expect&comma; some people were happy to see their favorites&comma; while others were questioning who was absent and the specific rankings of others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; who made the top 10 list&quest; Well&comma; here are the rankings&colon; &lpar;1&rpar; The Beatles&comma; &lpar;2&rpar; The Rolling Stones&comma; &lpar;3&rpar; Elton John&comma; &lpar;4&rpar; Mariah Carey&comma; &lpar;5&rpar; Madonna&comma; &lpar;6&rpar; Barbara Streisand&comma; &lpar;7&rpar; Michael Jackson&comma; &lpar;8&rpar; Taylor Swift&comma; &lpar;9&rpar; Stevie Wonder and &lpar;10&rpar; Chicago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B43HXqthMwV" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Billboard reportedly came up with the rankings using a formula blending all titles calculated on both the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and the Billboard 200 albums chart from 1958 until the present&period; The result is a list of music&&num;8217&semi;s all-time top artists based on sales and chart performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mariah Carey is notably the highest-ranking female on the list&comma; due to her amazing stats&period; She has 18 Hot 100 number 1s&comma; the most among any solo artist&comma; six Billboard 200 top spots&comma; the most consecutive years with a number 1 on the Hot 100 and most total weeks at number 1&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other notable rankings include Whitney Houston at number 11&comma; Janet Jackson at 14&comma; Prince at 17&comma; Rihanna at 18&comma; Usher at 23 and Beyoncé at 37&period; You can check out the full list <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;charts&sol;greatest-of-all-time-artists">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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