Billboard Decade-End

''Billboard'' Decade-End is a series of music charts reflecting the most popular artists, albums, and songs in the United States throughout a decade. ''Billboard'' first published their first decade-end rankings in December 1970, listing the artists with the most number ones of the 1960s. The Beatles was named the Top Pop LP Artist of the Decade and the Top Pop Singles Artist of the Decade. In the 1980s, ''Billboard'' decade-end rankings were based on the magazine reader's votes, with Madonna becoming the Pop Artist of the Decade. In December 1999, ''Billboard'' published decade-end lists based on statistical performances on weekly ''Billboard'' charts, with Mariah Carey being dubbed the Pop Artist of Decade. Other artists receiving the honor in the following decades are Eminem (2000s) and Drake (2010s).

1960s

File:The Beatles members at New York City in 1964.jpg, The Beatles was named the Top Pop LP and Singles Artist of the Decade (1960s)
File:Buck Owens.jpg, Buck Owens was named the Top Country LP and Singles Artist of the Decade (1960s)
File:The-Temptations (1964 publicity photo by Kriegsmann).jpg, The Temptations was named the Top Soul LP Artist of the Decade (1960s)

1980s

In December 1989, ''Billboard'' published their lists of most popular artists, albums, and songs of the 1980s decade in various genres. The magazine readers submitted their votes through the December 23, 1989 edition of the magazine. A trophy was given to the winner of each categories. At the 55th anniversary of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2013, ''Billboard'' retrospectively named Madonna the Artist of the 1980s based on the chart performance during the decade. In 2019, ''Billboard'' also named " Physical" by Olivia Newton-John as the Top Song of the 1980s based on an inverse point system on the Hot 100 chart.

File:Madonna in concert wearing fishnets 1987 colorized (cropped).jpg, Madonna was named the Pop Artist of the Decade (1980s)
File:Michael Jackson 1984 (enhanced).jpg, Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'' was named the Pop Album of the Decade (1980s)
File:The Police Clockwise (All Members).jpg, The Police's "Every Breath You Take" was named the Pop Single of the Decade (1980s)

1990s

Mariah Carey accepted the trophy during the ceremony of the 1999 ''Billboard'' Music Awards held on December 8, 1999. In 2013, ''Billboard'' retrospectively named Carey the Hot 100 Artist of the 1990s based on the chart performance of her singles throughout the decade. " One Sweet Day", a duet by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, was named the Pop Single of the 1990s in the original issue. However, ''Billboard'' later published another two lists of top songs of the 1990s using different calculation, with "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes topping the 2014 version and " Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas topping the 2019 version.

File:Mariah Carey 1999.jpg, Mariah Carey was named the Pop Artist of the Decade (1990s)
File:Alanis Morissette at Espacio Movistar 2 (cropped).jpg, Alanis Morissette's '' Jagged Little Pill'' was named the Pop Album of the Decade (1990s)
File:Mariah Carey One Sweet Day Madison Square 1995 (cropped).jpg, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's " One Sweet Day" was named the Hot 100 Single of the Decade (1990s)

2000s

Eminem never accepted the trophy of the Artist of the Decade from the ''Billboard'' Music Awards due to the absence of the ceremony between 2007 and 2010.

File:Eminem at DJ hero party with d12-2.jpg, Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade (2000s)
File:NSYNC.jpg, NSYNC's '' No Strings Attached'' was named the ''Billboard'' 200 Album of the Decade (2000s)
File:Mariah Carey by David Shankbone.jpg, Mariah Carey's " We Belong Together" was named the Hot 100 Song of the Decade (2000s)

2010s

Drake accepted the trophy during the ceremony of the 2021 ''Billboard'' Music Awards held on May 23, 2021.

File:Drake July 2016.jpg, Drake was named the Artist of the Decade (2010s)
File:Adele 2016.jpg, Adele's '' 21'' was named the ''Billboard'' 200 Album of the Decade (2010s)
File:Mark Ronson and Jennifer Su, 2011 (cropped).jpg, Mark Ronson's " Uptown Funk" was named the Hot 100 Song of the Decade (2010s)

References

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