Okay, so yesterday I posted the Chris Doelle’s 2018 Top SongsĀ and will follow-up now with the artists themselves.

These are the 2018 Top Artists according to me:

Rank – Artist – plays (change from last year)

  1. Andy Grammer – 221 plays (+7 spots)
  2. Billy Currington – 162 plays (+5 spots)
  3. Train – 159 plays (-2 spots)
  4. Kenny Chesney – 145Ā plays (+12 spots)
  5. George Strait –Ā 135 plays (+7 spots)
  6. Maroon 5 – 129Ā plays (+4 spots)
  7. P!nk – 125Ā plays (-4 spots)
  8. Eagles –Ā 104 plays (NR)
  9. Luke Bryan –Ā 103Ā plays (+5 spots)
  10. Keith Urban –Ā 96 plays (-4 spots)
  11. Dierks Bentley – 90 plays (+9 spots)
  12. Rod Stewart –Ā 85Ā plays (-8 spots)
  13. Imagine Dragons – 85Ā plays (NR)
  14. Jim Croce – 82Ā plays (NR)
  15. Chris Stapleton –Ā 81Ā plays (-13 spots)
  16. Jake Owen – 80Ā plays (NR)
  17. Billy Joel –Ā 75Ā plays (–)
  18. Creedence Clearwater Revival –Ā 69Ā plays (NR)
  19. Eric Church –Ā 68 plays (NR)
  20. Matchbox 20 –Ā 64Ā plays (NR)
  21. Johnny Horton – 62 plays (NR)
  22. Gavin DeGraw –Ā 61Ā plays (NR)
  23. Zac Brown Band – 59 plays (-8 spots)
  24. Florida Georgia Line – 57 plays (NR)
  25. Ed Sheeren – 56 plays (-6)
  26. Elton John – 56 plays (NR)

Interesting facts from 2018

  • It took 20 more plays to make the top 20 this year than last and last year was 10 more than the previous
  • Andy Grammar notĀ only took the top spot in 2018, but his track Give Love was my most played songĀ of 2018
  • Train is on the list for the seventh straight year (#1 for 2012, 2013 and 2017)
  • Billy Currington‘s plays doubledĀ over thatĀ of last year and in doing so move up from #7 to #3
  • After two yearsĀ of being Top 5 ( #4 – 2016, #2 – 2017) Chris Stapleton slidĀ outĀ of the top 10 to #15
  • The highest ranking artist that wasn’t in last year’s chart was The Eagles at #8
  • 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.
  • This is the first time in several years theĀ Zac Brown Band didn’t make it into the Top 20.
  • This is the first time in four years that Roger Miller didn’t make it into the Top 20. He is my #2 played artist of all-time .
  • 9 of the top 20 are Country artists – the same as last year
  • There were 461 artists thatĀ only received 1 play all year.
  • 2017 Top Artists
  • 2016 Top Artists
  • 2015 Top Artists
  • 2014 Top Artists
  • 2013 Top Artists
  • 2012 Top Artists
  • 2011 Top Artists
  • 2010 Top Artists

by Chris Doelle