Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #4 – Bruno Mars        Total Points –             223 Charted Songs: 19        Grenade – Bruno Mars            82 points 39        The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars  62 points 58        Lighters – Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars      43 points 70        Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars 31 points 96        [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #5 – Katy Perry          Total Points –             265 Charted Songs: 17        Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry      84 points 27        E.T. – Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West        74 points 44        Firework – Katy Perry 57 points 95        The One That Got Away – Katy Perry           6 points Last [...]

  Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #6 – Pitbull      Total Points –             219 Charted Songs: 18        Give Me Everything – Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer  83 points 23        On The Floor – Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull        78 points 43        DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love – Usher Featuring Pitbull  58 points Last Year’s [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #7 – Rihanna  Total Points –             213 Charted Songs: 6          S&M – Rihanna           95 points 34        We Found Love – Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris   67 points 57        Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna   44 points 94        Fly – Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna  7 points Last Year’s Rank:     1 [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #8 – Selena Gomez & The Scene      Total Points –             182 Charted Songs: 14        Who Says – Selena Gomez & The Scene        87 points 8          Love You Like A Love Song – Selena Gomez & The Scene 93 points Last Year’s Rank:     25   Selena Gomez is a Disney [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #9 – Maroon 5 / Adam Levine          Total Points –             177 Charted Songs: 5          Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera 96 points 20        Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine  81 points   Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   Adam Levine is a very yummy [...]

  Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #10 – LMFAO Total Points –             160 Charted Songs: 13        Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock      88 points 29        Sexy And I Know It – LMFAO         72 points   Last Year’s Rank:        N/A     Damn you for being so catchy. I liked LMFAO [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #11 – Bad Lip Reading          Total Points –             154 Charted Songs: 30        GANG FIGHT — a Bad Lip Reading           71 points 48        (ROCKIN’) ALL NITE LONG — A Bad Lip Reading       53 points 71        BLACK UMBRELLA (The Right Stuff) — a Bad Lip Reading     30 points   Last Year’s [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #12 – OneRepublic / Ryan Tedder   Total Points –             124 Charted Songs: 42        Good Life – OneRepublic       59 points 36        Rocketeer – Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder        65 points Last Year’s Rank:        N/A     I will continue to argue that Ryan Tedder is better at writing for [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #13 – Nicki Minaj       Total Points –             108 Charted Songs: 41        Super Bass – Nicki Minaj        60 points 69        Moment 4 Life – Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake           32 points 92        Where Them Girls At – David Guetta Featuring Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj     9 points 94        Fly – Nicki [...]

I love infographics, here’s one before I contiunue the top 30. This top 30 will get done soon dammit. From: MastersInIt.org

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #14 – Nicole Scherzinger Total Points –             105 Charted Songs: 37        Right There – Nicole Scherzinger        64 points 60        Don’t Hold Your Breath – Nicole Scherzinger           41 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A It’s funny, both Kelly Clarkson and Nicole Scherzinger had average songs that had decent impacts and neither [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #15 – Kelly Clarkson Total Points –             103 Charted Songs: 31        Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson      70 points 68        Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson            33 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   I don’t care that Kelly Clarkson has gotten fat. It doesn’t [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #16 – Foster the people Total Points –             100 Charted Songs: 1 Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People        100 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A “Pumped up Kicks” is one of those songs that kinda popped up out of nowhere and just dominated. Another one of those damned whistle [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #17 – Jessie J Total Points –             99 Charted Songs: 21        Price Tag – Jessie J      80 points 82        Domino – Jessie J        19 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   It’s come to my attention that Jessie J is really just a British Katy Perry. Now there’s nothing necessarily [...]

  Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #18 – Alexandra Stan Total Points –             97 Charted Songs: 4          Mr. Saxobeat – Alexandra Stan          97 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   I love me some good techno-dance-pop and I think “Mr. Saxobeat” was the definition of some of the best techno that came out this year. [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #19 – Christina Aguilera Total Points –             96 Charted Songs: 5          Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera 96 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A     Dear Christina,   Please go back to your ballad singing ways. Experimenting with cool people like Sia may fit for one [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #20 – Kayne West Total Points – 95 Charted Songs: 27 E.T. – Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West 74 points 80 All Of The Lights – Kanye West 21 points Last Year’s Rank: N/A I still think that Kanye West is an arrogant and prickly person, but I can’t deny [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #21 – The Band Perry Total Points –             94 Charted Songs: 7          If I Die Young – The Band Perry       94 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   The Band Perry reminds me of Lady Antebellum but without the longing. I loved their song “If I Die Young” but their [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #22 – Colbie Caillat Total Points –             94 Charted Songs: 46        I Do – Colbie Caillat   55 points 62        Brighter Than The Sun – Colbie Caillat          39 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   To me Colbie Caillat was that girl in high school that everyone knew, but no one [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: 24 Hot Chelle Rae Total Points –             92 Charted Songs: 9          Tonight Tonight -  Hot Chelle Rae      (92 points) Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   La, La, La, Whatever. – That line basically sums up the whole song. The song’s pretty standard: work sucks, lets party this weekend. I’m convinced [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #25 – Martin Solveig & Dragonette Total Points –             90 Charted Songs: 11        Hello – Martin Solveig & Dragonette  (90 points) Last Year’s Rank:     N/A First of all, I loved the music video for this song. The first time I saw the video, I was stuck in line for [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #26 Cobra Starship Total Points –             86 Charted Songs: 15        You Make Me Feel… – Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi (86 points) Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   Cobra Starship is kinda that techno-pop that can transcend a handful of music categories and is able to target that moneymaking top 40 [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: 27 Rebecca Black Total Points – 85 Charted Songs: 16 Friday – Rebecca Black      (85 points) Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   What can I say about Rebecca Black that hasn’t been said? I dunno. I actually find “Friday” to be catchy in the most annoying internet music kind of way. [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #28 Ne-Yo Total Points – 83 Charted Songs: 18 Give Me Everything – Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (83 points) Last Year’s Rank: N/A   Ne-Yo didn’t have to do anything this year, but just sit back and ride the wave of Pitbull. Granted, Pitbull does that a lot. [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:    29 Gym Class Heroes Total Points – 81 Charted Songs: 20 Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine         (81 points) Last Year’s Rank:     20*   Gym Class Heroes works as a bit of a question mark to me. Like Danger Mouse, I consider Cee-Lo Green to be more of [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: 30 P!nk Total Points – 79 Charted Songs : 26        F**kin’ Perfect – P!nk  (75 points) 97        Raise Your Glass – P!nk (4 points) Last Year’s Rank:     27   I have a feeling if I watched Happy Feet 2, she would have been a few notches higher, but I never [...]