The Artists With the Most Year-End Hits of All Time

Landing one song on a year-end chart means it outlasted thousands of others over twelve months. Doing it dozens of times puts an artist in rare company. Here are the 40 acts with the most year-end Top 100 entries since 1956, counting songs where they were the lead or a featured artist.

Drake leads with 74 entries, 29 of them as a featured artist. Streaming-era artists crowd the top of the list because modern charts reward long runs, and a song can now appear on two year-end lists in a row. Elvis Presley, Madonna and the Beatles show how strong the pre-streaming giants were: nearly every one of their entries is a different song.

The biggest act of each decade

Based on the year-end Top 100 singles charts, 1956–2025, as compiled on Wikipedia. Artist counts include lead and featured credits. How we handle the data.