Maroon 5 Score Position: #6 Longevity Score: 9/10 Potency Ranking: 82.17 (#11) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 100% Best Year: 2012 Other Awards: Artist of the Year 2012, Artist of the Summer 2012Adam Levine and crew found themselves at a payphone trying to call home to let...

Katy Perry Score Position: #5 Longevity Score: 5/10 Potency Ranking: 97.64 (#6) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 100% Best Year: 2010 & 2011 Other Awards: Artist of the Year 2011, Artist of the Summer 2010, Artist of the Summer 2011, Song of the Summer 2010 (“California...

Justin Bieber Score Position: #4 Longevity Score: 8/10 Potency Ranking: 78.38 (#13) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 50% Best Year: 2015 Other Awards: Artist of the Year 2016, Artist of the Year 2017, Artist of the Summer 2017, Song of the Summer 2017 (“Despacito”) The whole...

Drake Score Position: #3 Longevity Score: 9/10 Potency Ranking: 42.03 (#22) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 61.76% Best Year: 2018 Other Awards: Highest Yearly Score of the Decade (2018), Artist of the Year 2018, Artist of the Summer 2016, Artist of the Summer 2018, Most...

Flo Rida Score Position: #25 Longevity Score: 5/10 Potency Ranking: 49.57 (#17) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 100% Best Year: 2011 & 2012I wonder which state he’s from? Flo Rida is an American rapper and singer who gained widespread popularity in the late 2000s and...

Rihanna Score Position: #2 Longevity Score: 7/10 Potency Ranking: 78.68 (#12) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 73.68% Best Year: 2010   Other Awards: Artist of the Year 2010 Known for putting in that work, work, work, work, work, our favourite bad girl, Rihanna was a...

Bruno Mars Score Position: #1 Longevity Score: 8/10 Potency Ranking: 104.33 (#3) Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 66.67% Best Year: 2010 & 2011Don’t believe him? Just watch. Bruno Mars was a wildly popular artist in the 2010s, known for his soulful vocals, catchy pop...

Welcome to the Sound of Music blog series! Ranked using a scoring system based on overall chart performance, this series highlights the statistical top artists and songs throughout popular music.  This instalment focuses on the top ranking artists from the 2010s...