Top 10 Artists of the Decade

 

Hey guys how you doin? I know I'm late but I'm here. So I was just thinking like how time seems to go slow but it's actually going really fast. Like this decade we never knew when it started and when it ended right? And this decade was huge for music and I'm not exaggerating like many new artists showed up and they became the face of music and stuff like that. There were many artists but only some of them will be there in the long run. Their songs are just like opening the gates to heaven. We are going to dive into that today and see who made the top ten artists of the decade list. we made this list by using several official resources like Vevo and billboard, so it is going to be according to their rise to fame, their fanbase, and other factors. So let's go into that, shall we?

Top 10 Artists of the Decade who are totally worth it:

10.  The Weeknd

The Weeknd is a Canadian singer who is relatively new but his songs say another story. His popularity grew when he was mentioned by one of the greatest rappers, drake. His duet with pop star Ariana Grande, “Love me harder” reached the top 10 making him popular beyond his fan base. he has won 4 American music awards,9 billboard music awards, and 3 Grammys. His most famous albums are beauty behind the madness and starboy. I am sure that he is going to move to the top 5 spots next decade.

9. Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande is a pop artist who gained fame when she starred in the nickelodeon show victorious. Her debut album yours truly went no 1 on the charts. Her third album Dangerous Woman made her the first artist to have the lead singles from her first three albums debut in the top 10. She has won 3 American music awards, 2 Billboard awards, and 1 grammy. Her most famous albums are sweetener, dangerous woman, and thank u,next.

8. Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj is one of the most known female rappers of all-time, her first studio album Pink Friday made records, and her songs starships and super bass are still one of my favorite songs. she became the first solo female rapper to ever perform at the grammy awards. in 2016 she was included in the annual time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Her music video "Anaconda" has more than 1 billion views on youtube. she has won 6 American music awards, 4 billboard music awards and she is yet to win a grammy award. Her most known album is Pink Friday.

7. Rihanna

Rihanna is an awesome singer and businesswoman. She was first recognized by the American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the US to record some tapes. Her first two albums gained her recognition in the music industry and they peaked on the US Billboard 200 chart. Her third album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) really marked her name in the industry. Its chart-topping single “umbrella” earned Rihanna her first Grammy and catapulted her to global stardom. With sales of over 250 million, Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time and she is the wealthiest female musician. She has 13 American music awards,13 Billboard awards, and 9 Grammys. Her most famous albums are anti and Good Girl Gone Bad.

6. Beyonce

Beyonce, the queen!!!. She is an American singer/actress. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny’s child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Her debut album dangerously in love (2003) featured four Billboard Hot 100 top 5 songs including the number-one singles crazy in love featuring rapper Jay-Z and Baby Boy featuring singer-rapper Sean Paul. Her third album I Am…Sasha Fierce (2008) which earned a record-setting six grammy awards in 2010. It spawned us number-one single “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on  It). She has so many achievements that we can go on and on. She has American music awards,13 billboard awards and 23 Grammys. Her most famous album is I Am…Sasha Fierce.

5. Katy Perry

Katy Perry is an American singer and an “American Idol”

judge. Perry rose to fame in 2008 with her second album One of the Boys containing the number 1 single “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot n Cold”. The disco-influenced Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five chart-topping US Billboard Hot 100 singles- “California gurls”, “Teenage Dream”, “Firework”, “E.T”, and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F). its follow up record Prism (2013) also had chart-topping singles “Roar” and “Dark Horse”. She became the first artist to have multiple videos reach one billion views on Vevo. She has 5 American music awards,5 billboard awards and she is yet to win a grammy. Her most famous albums are Teenage Dream and Prism.

4. Chris Brown

Chris Brown is an American singer-songwriter and actor. With his first single “Run It!” peaking atop the Billboard Hot 100, Brown became the first male artist since 1997 to have his debut single top the chart. Brown’s fourth album F.A.M.E (2011) became his first to top the Billboard 200 and earned him the Grammy award for Best R&B Album. His 9^th studio album Indigo (2019) became his third Billboard 200  number one album. It included his biggest hit in years “No Guidance”.He has won 4 American Music Awards, 4 Billboard Music Awards, and one grammy award. His most famous albums are Indigo and F.A.M.E.

3. Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. With biebers debut EP My World, released in late 2009, bieber became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. At 16 years old, Bieber released his debut studio album My World 2.0 (2010), which contained the hit single "Baby". The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making Bieber the youngest solo male act to top the chart in 47 years. In late 2015, Bieber's fourth studio album Purpose was released, which became his most commercially successful album. It produced three Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: "What do you mean?", "Sorty", and "Love yourself". Bieber released his fifth studio album, Changes. It became his seventh chart-topper in the US, making him, at the age of 25, the youngest solo artist to achieve seven number-one albums in the US. In 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2016, Bieber became the first artist from Vevo to surpass 10 billion total video views^. He has 15 American Music Awards,19 billboard music awards and 1 grammy. His most famous album is purpose.

2. Eminem

EMINEM, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America, Eminem's global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997)  achieved mainstream popularity in 1999.His next two releases The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002) were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Recovery was the best-selling album worldwide of 2010, making it Eminem's second album, after The Eminem Show in 2002, to be the best-selling album of the year worldwide. his track "Lose Yourself" from its soundtrack won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making him the first hip hop artist to ever win the award.[4]  He has won numerous awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards,.His most famous album is The Marshall Mathers LP.

1. Taylor Swift

Finally, we love to see women in the top spot right?. She is awesome let me tell you.Taylor Swift  is an American singer-songwriter. Her narrative songwriting, which often centers around her personal life, has received widespread critical plaudits and media coverage. Her 2006 eponymous debut studio album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s on the Billboard 200. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008) won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Buoyed by the success of crossover singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Speak Now (2010) spawned the top-10 singles "Mine" and "Back to December".Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012) It included the top-five singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, and "I Knew You Were Trouble". her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014)  made Swift the first female solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year twice and amassed three Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits—"Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood Lover (2019), which was the world's best-selling studio album of 2019. Swift's indie folk and alternative rock eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), and its lead single, "Cardigan", made her the first act to debut atop both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously.She has won 28 American music awards,23 billboard music awards and 10 grammy awards. Her most famous albums are 1989 and fearless.

This list and its information are from Wikipedia. What a roller coaster it has been. I look forward to the next decade and i'm sure that the music will be just as good or even better. This is the longest blog we have written yet. If you liked this post make sure to follow our blog and leave a comment below. Bye!