Billboard: Consecutive Years in the Top 10

On the Hot 100

This list only takes into account a credited artists listed single. For example, Drake made an appearance on Sicko Mode which appeared on the 2019 year-end. However, since he was not credited he is not taken into consideration for a 2018-2020 listing. There have been 5 artists to achieve the feat of existing in a Top 10 YEC for three or more consecutive years.

TRIVIA

• Elton John, Mariah Carey and Post Malone all have lead-songwriter credits on all the below releases.

• Elton and Mariah released the majority of their below records with few co-writers.

• Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (appeared first July 3), Dreamlover (appeared first August 7), I’ll Make Love To You (July 30) and Fantasy (appeared first September 30) performed extraordinarily as they were released extremely late into the tracking period (December X1-November X2) but still made Top 10 placements.

• This list does not take into account sales to verify their popularity/strength during the year as it is difficult to track either the annual sales or reliable RIAA certifications.

• Post Malone’s Congratulations, Better Now and Wow peaked at #8, #3 and #2 respectively, making them the only entries in this list to not hit the top spot. This indicates he must have had a very strong Top 10 / 20 performance - with so many entries it is potentially attributable to streaming and newer types of radio deals.

• Post Malone’s Sunflower, Wow and Circles were released from the same parent project Hollywood’s Bleeding. The first of the songs was debuted in October 2018 and the latter made its last appearance more than 2 years later in November 2020, ultimately dropping earlier than expected due to the 52/25 rule.

1/5. Elton John (DJM / MCA); AOTD #1

1973 - #7 - Crocodile Rock

1974 - #9 - Bennie and the Jets

1975 - #3 - Philadelphia Freedom

1976 - #2 - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

2/5. Whitney Houston (Arista); AOTD #4

1986 - #6 - Greatest Love of All

1987 - #4 - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

1988 - #6 - So Emotional

3/5. Mariah Carey (Columbia); AOTD #1

1993 - #8 - Dreamlover

1994 - #5 - Hero

1995 - #7 - Fantasy

1996 - #2 - One Sweet Day + #5 - Always Be My Baby

4/5. Boys II Men (Motown); AOTD #4

1994 - #1 - I’ll Make Love To You

1995 - #5 - On Bended Knee

1996 - #2 - One Sweet Day*

*(released by Columbia, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment)

5/5. Post Malone (Republic); AOTD #10 (2010s)

2017 - #10 - Congratulations

2018 - #5 - Rockstar + #6 - Better Now

2019 - #2 - Sunflower + #5 - Wow

2020 - #2 - Circles

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On the BB200

TRIVIA

• Billy Joel has the distinction of being the only songwriter on his listed projects.

• There have been 2 soundtracks and 18 artists to achieve the feat of existing in a Top 10 YEC for three or more consecutive years.

• Both soundtracks both appeared in the Top 5 of the Year End for 3 consecutive years demonstrating the longevity of its interest.

• The Beatles lead with 6 consecutive years of top entries from new projects.

• Taylor Swift leads with 8 consecutive years overall.

• Since Nielsen Soundscan Tracking, SONY were the most successful parent company with pushing artists into 3 or more years. UMG then took over in the 2010s.

• Elton John and Post Malone are the only artists to succeed in getting a Top 10 year-end album and a Top 10 year-end single for 3 years consecutively. Post Malone achieved 2 each in 2018 and 2019. Both are credited lead songwriters on all their projects.

• On The Border (#17), Loud (#3), Talk That Talk (#3) and Stoney (#4) are the only projects not to reach the top spot, but still earned a year-end position.

• Projects to receive a main category award have also been recognised.

1/2. West Side Story SOUNDTRACK (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

1962 - #1

1963 - #1

1964 - #5

1/18. The Beatles (Capitol / Parlophone, then Apple); AOTD #1

1965 - #2 - Beatles ‘65

1966 - #4 - Rubber Soul

1967 - #10 - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band - AOTY

1968 - #4 - Magic Mystery Tour + #6 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band

1969 - #8 - The Beatles: The White Album

1970 - #4 - Abbey Road

2/2. Sound of Music SOUNDTRACK (RCA Victor)

1965 - #3

1966 - #2

1967 - #4

2/18. Elton John (DJM / MCA); AOTD #1

1973 - #8 - Don’t Shoot Me I’m the Only Player

1974 - #1 - GoodBye Yellow Brick Road

1975 - #1 - Greatest Hits + #6 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

3/18. The Eagles (Asylum)

1975 - #9 - On the Border

1976 - #4 - Greatest Hits

1977 - #4 - Hotel California - contains ROTY

4/18. Fleetwood Mac (Reprise, then Warner Bros.)

1976 - #2 Fleetwood Mac

1977 - #1 Rumours - AOTY + #10 - Fleetwood Mac

1978 - #3 Rumours

5/18. Billy Joel (Columbia)

1978 - #4 - The Stranger - contains SOTY & ROTY

1979 - #1 - 52nd Street - AOTY

1980 - #4 - Glass Houses

6/18. The Police (A&M)

1981 - #9 - Zenyatta Mondatta

1982 - #10 - Ghost in the Machine

1983 - #3 - Synchronicity

1984 - #8 - Synchronicity

7/18. MC Hammer (EMI / Capitol)

1990 - #5 - Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em

1991 - #7 - Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em

1992 - #9 - Too Legit to Quit

8/18. Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville); AOTD #3

1991 - #2 - No Fences

1992 - #1 - Ropin’ The World + #6 - No Fences

1993 - #9 - The Chase

9/18. Pearl Jam (Epic); AOTD #18

1993 - #8 - Ten

1994 - #6 - V.S.

1995 - #6 - Vitalogy

10/18. Celine Dion (Columbia); AOTD #5

1996 - #3 - Falling Into You - AOTY

1997 - #3 - Falling Into You

1998 - #2 - Let’s Talk About Love - contains ROTY

11/18. Backstreet Boys (Jive); AOTD #13 (1990s)

1998 - #4 - Backstreet Boys

1999 - #1 - Millenium

2000 - #9 - Millenium

2001 - #3 - Black and Blue

12/18. NSYNC (RCA / Jive); AOTD #21

1999 - #4 - NSYNC

2000 - #1 - No Strings Attached

2001 - #9 - Celebrity

13/18. Taylor Swift (Big Machine Group / Republic); AOTD #2 (2010s)

FIRST RUN

2008 - #5 - Taylor Swift

2009 - #1 - Fearless - AOTY

2010 - #7 - Fearless

2011 - #2 - Speak Now

2012 - #4 - Red

2013 - #2 - Red

2014 - #3 - 1989 - AOTY

2015 - #1 - 1989

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SECOND RUN

2018 - #1 - Reputation

2019 - #4 - Lover

2020 - #5 - Folklore

14/18. Lady Gaga (Interscope); AOTD #11 (2010s)

2009 - #8 - The Fame

2010 - #4 - The Fame*

2011 - #3 - Born This Way

*(combined sales with The Fame Monster)

15/18. Rihanna (Def Jam); AOTD #4

2011 - #9 - Loud

2012 - #8 - Talk That Talk

2013 - #10 - Unapologetic

16/18. One Direction (Syco); AOTD #19

2012 - #5 - Up All Night

2013 - #3 - Take Me Home

2014 - #4 - Midnight Memories

2015 - #10 - Four

2016 - #8 - Made it in the A.M.

17/18. Drake (OVO Sound / Republic); AOTD #1

2015 - #4 - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late

2016 - #2 - Views

2017 - #5 - More Life

2018 - #2 - Scorpion

2019 - #6 - Scorpion

18/18. Post Malone (Republic); AOTD #10 (2010s)

2017 - #7 - Stoney

2018 - #3 - Beerbongs and Bentleys + #8 - Stoney

2019 - #5 - Beerbongs and Bentleys + #9 - Hollywood’s Bleeding

2020 - #1 - Hollywood's Bleeding