Shine bright like a f*cking diamond, indeed!!!
To celebrate the Billboard Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs chart’s 20th year of monitoring and informing popular music trends, Billboard released a list of the top forty pop songs artists since 1992…
And Rihanna reigns supreme!
YEP, Princess, nay, Queen Riri, beat out Madonna, Britney Spears, Pink and Kelly Clarkson for the top spot, and we couldn’t be more thrilled for the spunky hitmaker!
Rihanna tweeted her enthusiasm over the decision, posting:
Billboard crowned me #1 top 40 artist of the decade just 7 years into this!! My fans just majorly shat on ur existence billboard.com/column/chartbe…
— Rihanna (@rihanna) October 8, 2012
HA!!
Oh Riri, always so feisty… and we LOVE IT!
Now, let’s see if girl can maintain her Billboard royalty status for the NEXT twenty years!
For the FULL list of Billboard’s top forty POPular songs artists from the past two decades, click …AFTER THE JUMP!!!
1. Rihanna
2. Pink
3. Britney Spears
4. Kelly Clarkson
5. Mariah Carey
6. Katy Perry
7. Usher
8. Black Eyed Peas
9. Janet Jackson
10. Madonna
11. Lady Gaga
12. Christina Aguilera
13. Justin Timberlake
14. Nickelback
15. Matchbox Twenty
16. Beyonce
17. Backstreet Boys
18. Jennifer Lopez
19. Maroon 5
20. Avril Lavigne
21. Nelly
22. Chris Brown
23. Eminem
24. ‘N Sync
25. Alanis Morissette
26. Destiny’s Child
27. Flo Rida
28. Celine Dion
29. Boyz II Men
30. 3 Doors Down
31. Goo Goo Dolls
32. Bruno Mars
33. No Doubt
34. Sheryl Crow
35. TLC
36. Hootie & the Blowfish
37. Ke$ha
38. Fergie
39. Taylor Swift
40. Jewel
[Image via Retna LTD.]
