Top Selling Billborad Artists of the Decade

This is a list of best selling artists of the past decade. I really didn't try to go by genre but it seems they are related in some way or another in music. Hope you enjoy and please visit the artists mentioned website's if you're a fan.

1. 2000: Destiny's Child: A Grammy-Award winning American R&B girl group consisting of lead singer Beyoncé Knowles as well as Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. They began in 1997 in Houston, Texas. Destiny's Child members started their musical careers in their pre-teens under the group name Girls' Tyme. Then consisting of Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. After years of staging for performances underground, they contracted to Columbia Records and altered their group name. Destiny's Child was put into limelight acknowledgment after the release of their best-selling second album, The Writing's on the Wall, which enclosed the number-one singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name".

The first time I heard of Destiny's Child, I was living in Washington state and helping a friend weed a neighbors yard. She basicly introduced me to Destiny's Child. When they became popular in their second album, I already knew who they were.

In sight of critical and commercial triumph, the group was overwhelmed by domestic disagreement and legal turbulence, as Roberson and Luckett made an attempt to split off the group's manager Mathew Knowles. They were quickly exchanged with Williams and Farrah Franklin; conversely, in 2000, Franklin also separated from the group, parting them as a trio. Their third album, Survivor, which holds subject matters the public understood to be a connection to the group's encounters. The album withholds the worldwide hits "Independent Women", "Survivor" and "Bootylicious".

Destiny's Child on MySpace: www.myspace.com/destinyschild

2. 2001: Destiny's Child

3. 2002: Nelly: Known more by his stage name Nelly is a rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly made his solo debut in 2000 with Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. With his following albums, Nellyville (2002)

Nelly on MySpace: www.myspace.com/nelly
Nelly on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Nelly_Mo
Nelly Homepage: www.nelly.net

4. 2003: 50 Cent: Known by his stage alias 50 Cent is an American rapper. He came to popularity with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums recieved multi-platinum victory, selling more than twenty-one million copies collectively.

Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Jackson started out drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack craze. After ending his drug dealing to tail a rap profession, he was shot at and hit by nine bullets during an occurrence in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was founded by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first most important marketable accomplishments, Jackson turned out to be one of the world's uppermost selling rappers. In 2003, he set up the record label G-Unit Records, which contracted a handful of successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.

50 Cent on MySpace: www.myspace.com/50cent
50 Cent on Twitter: http://twitter.com/50_Cent
50 Cent Homepage: www.50cent.com

5. 2004: Usher: He came into reputation in the 1990s, releasing the multi-platinum album My Way (1997) and 8701 (2001). His popularity sustained with Confessions (2004), which has sold over ten million copies in the United States, and been certified diamond by the RIAA. To date, he has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards.

I like Usher. Just don't have any of his albums.

Usher on MySpace: www.myspace.com/usher
Usher on Twitter: http://twitter.com/UsherRaymondIV
Usher Homepage: www.usherworld.com

6. 2005: 50 Cent

7. 2006: Chris Brown: American recording artist and actor. He made his recording debut in late 2005 with the self-titled album Chris Brown at the age of 16. The album highlighted the hit single "Run It!" which lead the Billboard Hot 100, marking Brown as the first male artist since Montell Jordan to have his debut single top the chart. The album has sold over two million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Chris Brown on MySpace: www.myspace.com/chrisbrown
Chris Brown Homepage: www.chrisbrownworld.com

8. 2007: Akon: A Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He came into reputation in 2004 after the release of "Locked Up", the first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, deserved him a Grammy Award selection of the single "Smack That" (one of my husbands favorite songs). He has since created two record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He is identified as one of the largely successful and multitalented R&B singers of the 21st century, bringing in over 30 million dollars a year on accordance with Forbes. Akon often sings hooks for other artists and is presently endorsed with over 200 guest appearances and 36 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots at the same time on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. He has had 6 Grammy Awards nominations and has brought out many hits for artist such as Lady Gaga, T-Pain, Leona Lewis. He has had 19 top 20 hits world wide.

Akon on Myspace: www.myspace.com/akon
Akon Homepage: www.akononline.com

9. 2008: Chris Brown

10. 2009: Taylor Swift: An American country pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and novice actress. In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, leaving her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, in accordance with Nielsen SoundScan.

In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", and then her self-titled debut album, which was consequently, certified Platinum several times by the Recording Industry Association of America.

In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number three and number six correspondingly, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks; no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Forbes ranked Swift as 2009's 69th-most influential celebrity, earning $18 million. Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009.

Artist Of The Decade Announced!

In the 2009 show, the esteemed award of Artist of the Decade was awarded to Eminem. An American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem speedily profited status in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It conveyed Eminem greater than before popularity, as well as his separate record label, Shady Records, and brought his group development D12 to conventional appreciation.

Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 21st century and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world... His record sales go beyond 63 million in the Unites States unaccompanied, together with singles, downloads, DVDs and albums. Eminem is also placed as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. He was also titled the Best Rapper Ever in an online reader-poll by Vibe Magazine. With his work with D12, Eminem has accomplished eight #1 albums on the Billboard Top 200 and 12 number one singles worldwide.

Look to my other articles to find links to his MySpace, Twitter, and homepage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Music_Award#Artist_of_the_Year_Awards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly#Awards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(singer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Brown_(singer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift