Billboard has announced its latest chart Artist 100, the first-ever ranking dedicated to measuring artist activity across the most influential Billboard charts.
Updated weekly, the Artist 100 chart combines analytics from album sales, track sales, radio airplay, streaming, and social media to provide a multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
“Never in the history of music have artists had so many ways to reach fans as they do today,” said John Amato, Co-President, Billboard. “Now, for the first time, Billboard will chart an artist’s collective reach, utilizing data that informs such influential charts as the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Social 50, among others. The Artist 100 chart is revolutionizing how artists are ranked in a way that is very relevant to music fans and pop culture enthusiasts.”
R&B singer Trey Songz makes history as the first artist to be No. 1 on the Artist 100 chart. “Billboard is incredible at tracking and reporting the influence of artists across different avenues and I could not be happier to be No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and the very first No. 1 on The Billboard Artist 100 at the same time. They’ve found innovative ways to measure artist activity and I applaud their forward thinking. Thank you to Billboard, to my fans, my angels, and everyone that made this happen,” said Songz.
The Artist 100 chart is the second new chart Billboard has unveiled this year. In May, the company announced its Twitter Real-Time Charts, which ranks he most popular songs being shared and talked about on Twitter in the U.S.
