Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Adele & LeAnn Rimes top the Greatest of All-Time Charts

As Billboard celebrates the accomplishments of Women in Music throughout the industry with this year’s festivities, the charts likewise reflect that female artists have achieved some of the biggest hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard 200 albums ranking.

In honor of this year’s Women in Music event, Billboard has compiled four special Greatest of All-Time charts: the top female artists and songs by women over the history of the Hot 100 and the top female artists and albums by women on the Billboard 200.

Madonna – who was named Billboard’s woman of the year in 2016 –  reigns as the all-time top-performing female artist since the Hot 100 launched in the issue dated Aug. 4, 1958. She boasts a record (among all acts) 38 top 10s, including 12 No. 1s.

Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Women Artists

1. 1. Madonna
   2. Mariah Carey
   3. Janet Jackson
   4. Whitney Houston
   5. Rihanna
   6. The Supremes
   7. Olivia Newton-John
   8. Aretha Franklin
   9.  Katy Perry
   10. Taylor Swift

Lee Ann Rimes’ How Do I Live tops the Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Songs by Women list; Madonna is features four times: at #38 with Like A Virgin, at #63 with Vogue, at #88 and #89 with Crazy For You and Take A Bow.

In the Greatest of All-Time Billboard 200 Women Artists Madonna is #5:

1. Barbra Streisand
2. Taylor Swift
3. Mariah Carey
4. Whitney Houston
5. Madonna
6. Adele
7. Celine Dion
8. Janet Jackson
9. Miley Cyrus
10. Carole King

In the Greatest of All-Time Billboard 200 Albums by Women – a list topped by Adele’s 21 – Madonna has two of her most acclaimed albums: True Blue at #48 and Like a Virgin at #65.

Methodology: The Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Songs by Women & Billboard 200 Albums by Women, as well as their respective Artists rankings, are based on weekly performance on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (from its Aug. 4, 1958, inception through Nov. 4, 2017) & Billboard 200 albums chart (from Aug. 17, 1963, through Nov. 4, 2017). Songs & Albums are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value & weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above, of all their respective chart entries. Songs included are sung entirely by a female credited as a lead artist or are duets in which a solo female is credited. Albums included are by solo females or groups in which vocals are primarily female. Artists include female soloists, as well as duos or groups in which vocals are primarily female.

Check out all of Billboard‘s Greatest of All-Time charts here.