It’s the biggest honor that an act can claim on Billboard’s charts each year: the coveted No. 1 spot on the annual Top Artists recap. As of 2025, the category ranks the year’s best-performing acts ...

Women artists etched some of the most vaunted records ever on Billboard's charts over the first quarter of the 21st century, sparking their status among the 100 Top Women Artists of the 21st Century, ...

Streaming stats and chart debuts have defined music in the 21st century—but what’s even more remarkable is how many of today’s most impactful artists weren’t even alive when the century began. Here's ...

Every artist who charted on the Hot 100 ranking for the first time last year, including Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, sombr and Leon Thomas.

Upwards of 10 a week, or more … times 52 … equals more than 500 acts new to Billboard charts every year. Rock ruled the Top New Artists retrospective’s first ...