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Beyonce, Rihanna & Nicki Minaj Exceed Expectations On ‘Billboard Year End Chart’

 Beyonce, Rihanna & Nicki Minaj  Exceed Expectations On Billboard Year End Chart

It’s that time of the year again guys!

Yes, after a year of a notable music releases, Billboard have finally released their ‘Year End Chart‘, which tallies the highest selling projects of the year and lists them according to units moved this year.

How did your favorite act fare?

Prepare to be surprised below…

Top Artist

1. Adele

2. Rihanna

3. Taylor Swift

4. Drake

5. Justin Bieber

6. Nicki Minaj

7. Katy Perry

8. Maroon 5

9. LMFAO

10. One Direction

Top New Artists

1. One Direction

2. Carly Rae Jepsen

3. Gotye

4. The Wanted

5. Ellie Goulding

6. Calvin Harris

7. PSY

8. 2 Chainz

9. Hunter Hayes

10. Alex Clare

Top Billboard 200 Albums

1. Adele – ’21′

2.  Michael Buble – ‘Christmas’

3. Drake – ‘Take Care’

4. Taylor Swift – ‘Red’

5. One Direction – ‘Up All Night’

6. Luke Bryan – ‘Tailgates & Tanlines’

7. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’

8. Rihanna – ‘Talk That Talk’

9. Lionel Richie – ‘Tuskegee’

10. The Black Keys – ‘El Camino’

Top Hot 100 Songs

1. Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’

2. Carley Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’

3. fun. – ‘We Are Young (Ft. Janelle Monae)’

4. Maroon 5 – ‘Payphone (Ft. Wiz Khalifa)’

5. Ellie Goulding – ‘Lights’

6. The Wanted – ‘Glad You Came’

7. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’

8. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love (Ft. Calvin Harris)’

9. Nicki Minaj – ‘Starships’

10. One Direction – ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists

1. Drake

2. Rihanna

3. Nicki Minaj

4. Lil Wayne

5. Chris Brown

6. Beyonce

7. Tyga

8. Usher

9. 2 Chainz

10. Kanye West

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

1. Beyonce – ‘Love on Top’

2. Usher – ‘Climax’

3. Wale – ‘Lotus Flower Bomb (Ft. Miguel)’

4. Drake – ‘The Motto (Ft. Lil Wayne)’

5. Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz – ‘Mercy’

6. Miguel – ‘Adorn’

7. Trey Songz – ‘Heart Attack’

8. 2 Chainz – ‘No Lie (Ft. Drake)’

9. Chris Brown – ‘Strip (Ft. Kevin McCall)’

10. Drake – ‘Make Me Proud (Ft. Nicki Minaj)’

Though all should be commended for their efforts this year, ‘extra’ kudos should go to Beyonce for landing as many Top Ten spots as she did despite the fact that her last album ’4′ was released last year.

As well as this, we tip our hats to Ms. Nicki Minaj whose success on many a tally will come as a surprise to any who had written her sophomore effort ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ off as a commercial failure, despite current US sales edging closer to the 1 million mark less than a year after release.

More Year End Charts here!

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