Billboard has compiled a list of what it considers the 2009 “Artists of the Year”. It did so by looking at album sales figures and analyzing the Hot 100/Billboard 200 charts for those “who traveled further and faster than all the others”. Because this is Billboard, there’s no denying that the list contains only the most successful and popular acts of the year. You’ll find country, pop, hip-hop, R&B, adult alternative and alternative rock represented, but only those with the most crossover appeal.
Billboard’s Top 20 Artists of 2009
1. Taylor Swift
You Belong With Me
2. Beyonce
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
3.Lady Gaga
Poker Face
4. Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling
5. Miley Cyrus
It’s All Right Here
6. Kanye West
Heartless
7. Britney Spears
3
8. T.I.
Live Your Life [Featuring Rihanna]
9. Nickelback
If Today Was Your Last Day
10. Pink
Please Don’t Leave Me
11. Kings of Leon
Use Somebody
12. Katy Perry
One Of The Boys
13. Flo Rida
Right Round
14. Kelly Clarkson
Already Gone
15. Jason Mraz
I’m Yours
16. The Fray
You Found Me
17. Ne-Yo
Mad
18. Lil Wayne
A Milli
19. Rascal Flatts
Here Comes Goodbye
20. Zac Brown Band
Toes
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