Who's Ruling 2016

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

In the 2015 Billboard year (mid-November 2014 to mid-November 2015) we saw a year that was dominated by Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd. 

Now in August of 2016, who has been ruling the Billboard 2016 year?

The names that stand out are Adele, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Drake. 

Let’s take a look at why (not listed in any order):

Adele

8,920,000 million albums of ’25’ sold. 

19 weeks in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100

Grossed over $76 million already with “Adele Live 2016” tour (49 shows)

 

 

Rihanna

516,000 albums sold of “ANTI”

31 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 as a LEAD artist

Grossed over $47 million already with “ANTI World Tour” (47 shows)

 

 

Drake

1,415,000 albums sold of “Views”

27 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 as a LEAD artist

 

 

Justin Bieber

1,765,000 albums sold of “Purpose"

52 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 as a LEAD artist

Grossed over $89 million already with “Purpose World Tour” (64 shows)

 

 

Surprised? OR no?

[Poissonche 12,365]

Yep. Those four are really dominating the year. Adele less than the others, but still. It's Adele. She's basically ruling the world.

[REALITY 77,347]

Not particularly surprised, they all did very well.

But Gaga will be coming for the charts next.

[weed 74,287]

I'm not surprised 

I almost wouldn't count Adele so much though, she's just early 2016 while the rest have consistently stayed relevant this year 

[GloZell Green 11,723]

Beyoncé

1,301,000 copies sold of Lemonade

I think she only spent one week in Top 10

"The Formation World Tour" has grossed $137.3 million from only 25 dates

...She may not have the most impressive Top 10 run, but her massive your gross, pure sales platinum plaque, and the fact that she has the best selling female album released this year make up for that.

[Mister Gaga 22,946]

Not surprised. Beyonce should be there too tho  

[Iwontell 7,312]

Sure, they're selling a lot...but Beyoncé delivered better music, she'll probably collect every award there is and the attention her release got is only comparable to the attention 25's release drew from the media and the public. I think in the long run what Bey did in 2016 will be way more influential than what any of those 4 did...

But congrats to them all.

[ryanripley 86,575]

the countess party  

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

1 minute ago, GloZell Green said:

Beyoncé

1,301,000 copies sold of Lemonade

I think she only spent one week in Top 10

"The Formation World Tour" has grossed $137.3 million from only 25 dates

...She may not have the most impressive Top 10 run, but her massive your gross, pure sales platinum plaque, and the fact that she has the best selling female album released this year make up for that.

A valid point. 

I'll be interested to see where she places on the Top artist chart at the end of the year. It does include albums, singles and touring. I wonder if she'll place higher or lower than Rihanna. I'm thinking Rihanna's album streams will keep her above Beyonce...as well as her dominance on the singles charts. Billboard counts features too, so "This Is What You Came For" will be added to the charting sum. 

[Spock 20,290]

Taylor Swift still is too apparently  

Only the biggest popstar on the planet would have people still talking about her so actively on her quiet period between eras  

Not forgetting her second AOTY win in February 

[GloZell Green 11,723]

2 minutes ago, DiscoHeaven23 said:

A valid point. 

I'll be interested to see where she places on the Top artist chart at the end of the year. It does include albums, singles and touring. I wonder if she'll place higher or lower than Rihanna. I'm thinking Rihanna's album streams will keep her above Beyonce...as well as her dominance on the singles charts. Billboard counts features too, so "This Is What You Came For" will be added to the charting sum. 

Probably. Still wondering why her team hasn't put the album on streaming services. She'll probably end up lower than Rih because she has massive streams for ANTI on Spotify.

[RadioIsOurs 13,876]

Definitely Drake. And yet more than half of Gaga Daily haven't heard of Views yet. We are so out of touch. 

[Thomas P 18,479]

[Americano 31,061]

Drake and Justin Bieber. Both of them have had unstoppable success-- Especially Bieber. Everything he touches goes #1.

[Thomas P 18,479]

8 minutes ago, Iwontell said:

Sure, they're selling a lot...but Beyoncé delivered better music, she'll probably collect every award there is and the attention her release got is only comparable to the attention 25's release drew from the media and the public. I think in the long run what Bey did in 2016 will be way more influential that what any of those 4 did...

But congrats to them all.

This.