Okay, so yesterday I posted the Chris Doelle’s 2017 Top SongsĀ and will follow-up now with the artists themselves.
These are the 2017 Top Artists according to me:
Rank – Artist – plays (change from last year)
- Train – 217 plays (+1 spot)
- Chris Stapleton – 126 plays (+2)
- P!nk -116 plays (+4)
- Rod Stewart – 114 plays (+5)
- Chuck Berry – 99 plays (NR)
- Keith Urban – 78 plays (-3)
- Billy Currington – 78 plays (+3)
- Andy Grammar – 75 plays (NR)
- Roger Miller – 75 plays (+2)
- Maroon 5 – 74 plays (-9)
- Tim McGraw – 70 plays (+5)
- George Strait – 68 (+1)
- Luke Bryan – 66 plays (NR)
- Queen – 64 plays (NR)
- Zac Brown Band – 64 plays (-7)
- Kenny Chesney – 62 plays (NR)
- Billy Joel – 57 plays (-12)
- Paul Simon – 53 plays (NR)
- Ed Sheeran – 48 plays (NR)
- Dierks Bentley – 47 plays (NR)
- Prince – 47 plays (NR)
- The Beatles – 47 plays (NR)
Interesting facts from 2017
- It took 10 more plays to make the top 20 this year than last
- Train is on the list for the sixth straight year (#1 for 2012, 2013 and 2017) and they climbed to #4 all-time just ahead of George Strait
- Maroon 5 dropped from #1 last year to #10 as their plays plummeted
- After being the highest debuting artist last year at #4, Chris Stapleton climbed up to #2 this time around
- Chuck Berry made it into the list with 99 plays thanks to a Berry kick I had in the summer. He is the highest ranked artist that wasn’t in last year’s list
- 10 of the Top 20 were not in last years list – last year that number was 9. This is a bit misleading because 5 of this year’s newcomers were tied for the last spot.
- After jumping 7 spots last year, Rod Stewart climbed 5 more this year
- P!nk remains my #1 all-time but continues to slide on a yearly basis. I think this is a result of her changing music being much more political and much less spunky fun.
- The Zac Brown Band continues to slide in total plays (-2) and ranking (-7)
- Roger Miller had more plays this year than last and climbed 2 spots
- After being in the list for three straight years, Johnny Cash dropped out
- 9 of the top 16 are Country artists – only 1 of the top 3 however
- 2016 Top Artists
- 2015 Top Artists
- 2014 Top Artists
- 2013 Top Artists
- 2012 Top Artists
- 2011 Top Artists
- 2010 Top Artists
by Chris Doelle
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