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We call upon ourselves the wrath of the gods, making up the top popularity of Russian rappers based on social networks.

How do you know which rapper is cooler? By the ability to weave rhymes or by the killer flow? Or maybe by the number of bullet holes in the body or the Grammy on the shelf? Or take touring or iTunes sales? Perhaps, here everyone will have their own measures of coolness, fame and popularity. But to measure how much the rapper is loved by his fans is not so difficult - it's 2016, and the relatively objective popularity figures lie right in plain sight - on the musicians' social networks.

With the help of our friend from the public Imho Analytics, we tried to compile a rating of the popularity of Russian rappers based on social networks. Why social media? Because they have long become as commonplace as an aluminum pan in the kitchen or a smartphone in your pocket. Even neighboring grandmothers have accounts in classmates, and only DMX still cannot use a computer. And even despite the possibility of cheating, the numbers from social networks are more stable and generalized data than, for example, the numbers of music sales or the density of the tour schedule.

How did we count?

We have deduced the average number of musicians' subscribers on Twitter, Instagram and VKontakte. many listeners are subscribed to their favorite musicians in several social networks at once, and we did not want to inflate the numbers due to duplicate information.

Now let's go.

As you can see, the top ten turned out to be quite motley - here you have a veteran Pencil, and youngsters like Basota, and connoisseurs of punk Anacondaz. Unexpectedly, Lupercal closes the top, which has been heard all this year, and in the fall he took part in the revolution of the game, releasing the release "House of a Thousand Drafts". Pharaoh, who had also been around for the past year, was supposed to be somewhere nearby, but Dead Dynasty has a common VK account, so it did not pass the mechanics of the competition.

Here we got an even more motley ten. Her parody projects are closed by Bread and Big Russian Boss, sweet-voiced Tati is next to her label colleague and hero of the year Scryptonite, and Kravts and Joniba dilute the patriotism of Misha Mavashi and Harry Topor with romance.

In the middle of the list are strong rap fighters - confidently and without surprises. Starts the top ten ST, and closes it Slim, which goes almost head to head with his Centr colleague Ptah - 125 thousand subscribers against 128. In the middle of the list is the master of name dropping Yanix, Smokey Mo, Rem Digga, The Chemodan Clan, MC Doni, Tony Rout and hitting the rock 25/17.

Perhaps the most controversial and interesting ten, over which the editorial staff argued the most. Is it possible to add a Dolphin to this list from old memory? How close to rap is Dorn or Jah Khalib with Bianca? Also, pay attention to the 14th position - the Ukrainian rapper Yarmak has a strong and large fan community.

If the artists of the Gazgolder label are evenly distributed according to the rating, then the Black Star representatives were aiming at the top ten. There are four of them at once - Mot, Christina Si, L "One and Timati. Plus Djigan, who left the ranks of the Blackstar mafia. Timati took the first place with an impressive lead over Basta, and Oksimiron, who flashed literally everywhere, only closes the top ten.

What you need to know before starting to swear in the comments?

1. Data are taken for the end of December and the first days of January this year. Since then, the artists managed to gain a thousand or two additional subscribers, but due to the holidays, the activity was not the highest and these numbers did not affect the final results.

2. For groups like Caste, Caspian Cargo, TGK and others, the total indicators and individual subscribers in the musicians' accounts were calculated.

3. The sum of subscribers and individual data on social networks were rounded up separately, therefore, when summing up the data, the final picture may differ in the direction of increasing or decreasing by a thousand, but this does not in any way affect the final places.

The singer did what no one else could. got into the "daughter" of the main US chart with a song in Russian. In 2007, the track peaked at number 41 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. "I Will" had a chance to hit the Billboard Hot 100, if not for the rule that songs not released in the United States fly past the "hot hundred" cradle of show business.

Valeria - Wild!

In 2009, the singer's single very unexpectedly hit the Billboard Hot Dance Club. The chart shows the popularity of the songs in American nightclubs.

The track debuted at # 48 on a nationwide event. Almost all Russian publications wrote about the overwhelming success of the not most popular singer in Russia. To make it clear what kind of musical Chomolungma Valeria conquered, the publications specified that Britney Spears' "American Dream" single was then ranked 45th. Over time, the track managed to reach the 25th position and stay on the chart for more than 10 weeks.

Serebro

The group has several tracks at once, which flashed in various international charts. "Mama Lover" peaked at number 49 on the Japan Hot 100 (Japan's national chart). And Mi Mi Mi - up to 88th line. The English version of "Mama Luba" also appeared in Mexico, reaching 19th place in Mexico Airplay (radio chart). The inhabitants of the Netherlands liked Mi Mi Mi more: in the Netherlands Digital Songs (download chart) the single's peak was at number 8. But most of all, Serebro is loved in Italy. Four songs of the group appeared in the download charts: Mama Lover, Mi Mi Mi, Kiss and Gun.

Julia Kova

Singer Yulia Kova made her debut on the international market quite successfully. In 2008, her single Beep Beep peaked at number 27 on Hot Dance Club Songs. And Sorry hit the Japan Hot 100, peaking at # 88. In Japan, the singer was so successful that it was even planned to release a specialized version of the album "This is Me". But due to disagreements with the record company, the release was canceled.

Timati - Welcome to St. Tropez (feat DJ Antoine)

The single of 2009 peaked at # 1 on Billboard Luxembourg Digital Songs, # 2 on the German chart (the clip was in hot rotation on local MTV), to # 7 in Austria and France, and to # 9 on Billboard Global Dance Songs. 145 million views on YouTube!

PPK - Resurrection

The Russian electronic collective first conquered the Internet, and then the national hit parade of Great Britain.

In 2001, the track "Resurrection" hit the BBC Radio One rotation. Perhaps thanks to this, the single soon reached number three on the UK Singles Charts. The track was based on a tune from the soundtrack of the Soviet film "Sibiriada", written by Eduard Artemiev.

Gorky Park - Try to Find Me

Now let's remember the artifact of ancient times that burst out from behind the iron curtain right after it rusted. The band's self-titled debut disc sold 300,000 copies in the United States. It was 1989. In the "hot" numbers, it peaked at # 80 and two weeks overall on the Billboard 200. Only one song was able to hit the Billboard Hot 100. Try To Find Me reached 81st line. The group was relatively successful in Norway and Denmark.

In the wake of interest in Russia, then many producers tried to find and promote someone, but it did not work out very well. One can only remember the group "Aquarium", whose longplay Radio Silence was on the 198th place on the Billboard in the same 1989.

Alsou - Before You Love Me

After a successful performance at Eurovision, the singer was promoted as the Russian Britney Spears. But the singer's PR management team did something wrong, and her single Before You Love Me was able to debut in 2001 on the UK Singles Chart only at number 27 and stay on the hit parade for three weeks. Although it must be admitted that the track was no different from the endless pop-gum, which then stormed the American and British charts.

Leonid Rudenko - Everybody

The DJ career began after he, rejected by Russian record companies, began to send his recordings by e-mail to managers of Western labels. He soon signed his first contract.

In 2009, the single Everybody entered the UK National Chart. Debuting in 24th place, he left the hundred after three weeks. The single later peaked at number two on the Upfront Club Chart's 100 Best Tracks of the Year.

t.A.T.u.

Three singles hit the main UK charts: Not Gonna Get Us, All About Us and All the Things She Said, thanks to which it became the first Russian group to reach the top of this chart. The song was in the lead for four weeks.

The group also achieved success in the United States. The debut album in English, for example, peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200.

But most of all t.A.T.u. fell in love in Japan. Here the record 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane sold 1.8 million. At that time, these were record sales among foreign artists. By the way, after the breakup of the group of one of the ex-members, Billboard again submitted. A remix of Lena Katina's single Never Forget managed to reach the top of the magazine's dance chart.

Nearly authoritative and foreign, namely - British, magazine New musical express conducted a survey in which twenty outstanding musicians in the history of music were named. More than 10 million people took part in the survey, which indicates a relatively large audience coverage. Nevertheless, like everything like that, the results of this action are very, very controversial. But that’s why she’s statistics, so as not to have anything to do with life. For some reason, for some reason, my interests do not always coincide, so to speak, with the people's jury in the Miss Bikini and others like him.

The leader in the poll is the deceased Michael Jackson, with the result in 9.2 points from 10 possible recognized as the best performer in the same music history. Not wanting to slander this wonderful "singer", nevertheless, for me his victory is more likely a big misunderstanding than a pattern. The performer is primarily a vocalist, and which vocalist is from Jackson? If we compare him with Kirkorov, then he is incomparable, but when such names are next to them in the list in the form of competitors, then the singer's first place looks just ridiculous. Yes, he is a great showman, super duper dancer, the best performer of pop ideas among the masses, but by no means the best performer of songs. That's what it means to leave on time. Where is the world heading?
In general, all polls, ratings and other measures of pathos are unknown to anyone, they are called differently, but they carry one question as old as the world - who (what) is more popular. And what does it have to do with the best performers, the best guitarists, the best songs and so on? All of these things are very subjective.

The second place in the top was taken by the frontman of the group Queen - Freddie Mercury, with their 8.39 points. He has not yet matured to glorious Michael, to be sure. To make sure of this completely, you can listen to their joint song for comparison. State Of Shock recently taken to the public from the dark corners of recording studios where Freddie completely fades against the background of wonderful moans and squeals of a colleague.

Lennon located in fifth place, Plant, McCartney, Cobain and that below.

Almost half of the elect, namely nine people, are no longer present in the world, but a relatively young talent Matthew Bellamy from a recently popular group Muse managed to gain a foothold even in the middle of the list. The rating also includes two representatives of the fair sex - Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner... Discrimination, and more!

So, the very list of the best performers of all times and peoples from New musical express... If you also hope to see the rest of the greatest vocalists and performers in it, the same Dio, Klaus Meine, Joplin, Bonnie Tyler or the like, figs you. One thing is good that the ubiquitous Lady Kwa-Kwa and Britney, who is Spears, for some reason did not penetrate here, and the old lady Madonna is not observed.

A lot of time has passed from the first charts to today. The criteria for assessing the "marketability" and popularity of musicians have changed. They are influenced by various factors - from moral values ​​to the state of world financial policy.

But there are such celebrities whose popularity the Pope himself will not undertake to challenge. The 25 most expensive artists, whose albums are sold out faster than hot cakes, will be discussed below.

25. Rod Stewart - 76 million copies

Six of his albums, six singles topped the charts in Britain. Sixteen Rod Stewart singles entered the American Top 10. He can rightfully be considered one of the most successful solo performers of our time.

24. Britney Spears - 80 million

Britney is one of the greatest stars of pop music, who rose to fame at a young age. Her commercial success is comparable to that of Madonna and Michael Jackson. True, the statement of her record company about the sale of 200 million singles is somewhat exaggerated.

23. Phil Collins - 85+ million

This musician has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His name is immortalized in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sales of his albums worldwide exceed 150 million copies. But there are only 85 million officially released singles.

22. Metallica - 90 million

The band's self-titled album, released in 1991, has sold over 16 million copies in the United States. This made it the best-selling record of the entire SoundScan era. Metallica is without a doubt one of the most commercially successful bands of today. Its worldwide sales are estimated at over 120 million copies.

21. Aerosmith - 90+ million

This is one of the long-lived groups. It has existed for over four decades and has sold over 150 million copies of its albums throughout its history.

20. Barbra Streisand - 97 million

She has 50 gold, 30 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums. With this "baggage", Barbara managed to become one of the best-selling artists. She is also one of the few female singers to have won Oscar, Grammy and Tony awards.

19. Bruce Springsteen - 100 million

A hardworking artist who has received many awards for his music, including a Grammy, a couple of Golden Globes, an Oscar and others. Bruce is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his latest album, High Hopes, has reached 100 million worldwide sales.

18. Billy Joel - 100+ million

He is the third best-selling artist in America. Only Elvis and Garth Brooks overtook him. His albums Greatest Hits Vol I and II went platinum 23 times. Of course, there was a place for such a musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

17. The Rolling Stones - 100+ million

Many will be surprised, but one of the most popular bands has sold not as many albums as it seems. Official sales - just over 100 million. At the same time, the Voodoo Lounge Tour and Big Bang Bang "rolling" tours became top-ranked in the 90s and 2000s, respectively.

16.U2 - 105 million

The small Irish project grew into something colossal thanks to the charismatic frontman of the group - Bono. Throughout its history, the team has won 22 Grammys. This is more than any other group. In 2005, the band entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

15. Queen - 105+ million

A huge number of their songs took first places in the American, British and many other world charts. The Greatest Hits album is considered the best-selling album in British history.

14.AC / DC - 110 million

The album Back in Black alone is worth it: 40 million worldwide sales, of which 22 million are in the United States. Their official sales are 110 million, but in reality the numbers should be much higher.

13. Whitney Houston - 112 million

12. Eminem - 115 million

He is the best-selling hip-hop artist of the 2000s. 45 million copies of his albums have been sold in the United States alone. The numbers are much higher around the world. And that's just physical sales.

11.Pink Floyd - 115+ million

Their sales will not be able to fully describe the values ​​of their musical heritage. Philosophical lyrics, unique sound experiments, complex and vibrant performances - Pink Floyd has had a tremendous impact on many contemporary musicians.

10. Celine Dion - 125 million

Her career took off after Eurovision. Celine now has two singles with sales of over a million copies, and the album Dion D'eux has become the most successful French-language album. She has many awards and prizes, and it seems she has no intention of stopping.

9. Meraia Carey - 130 million

It can take a long time to list her commercial achievements. Meraia managed to stay at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks. But instead of talking about her and her merits, it is better to listen to several tracks of the star.

8. Eagles - 130+ million

The most commercially successful American group. Their album Greatest Hits (1971 - 1975) tied for number one with Jackson's Thriller in the Top Selling Albums.

7. Led Zeppelin - 140 million

They are second only to The Beatles in America. What else can you add?

6. Garth Brooks - 145 million

Garth is called the king and he is a really great performer. Brooks has been America's top-selling performer since the beginning of the SoundScan era.

5. Elton John - 162 million

He was at the helm of the pop-rock and rock trends of the 70s and deservedly received the title of a world-class star. And along with it, and unofficial 250 million sales worldwide.

4. Madonna - 166 million

Madonna is so cool that her name is even included in the Guinness Book of Records. The singer is officially recognized as the best-selling female performer of all time.

3. Michael Jackson - 175 million

Although his label sales of 750 million copies are exaggerated, there is no doubt that he is the king of pop music. Jackson has set many records throughout his career. Wrote the most commercially successful Thriller album, for example, or shot the best-selling music video.

2. Elvis Presley - 210 million

The only solo artist to break the 200 million sales barrier. But the worst thing is that the Recording Industry Association of the USA began to record his commercial successes only in 1958. This means that Elvis has significantly more achievements than 90 gold, 52 platinum and 25 multi-platinum albums.

1. The Beatles - 265 million

The Beatles have become a symbol of the era. And if their albums continue to sell well over the next two decades, The Beatles could become the first group to cross the 300 million mark.

The preferences of the public change from year to year. New performers appear, old ones are forgotten. This rating presents the top popular singers in Russia for 2018.

Egor Creed

Date of birth: June 25, 1994
The young and ambitious singer continues to break into the charts and enter various ratings, taking first positions. Definitely, this rating could not do without a favorite of the female audience.

Sergey Lazarev

Date of birth: April 1, 1983
Another popular, successful, stylish and very talented performer. It is becoming more and more popular from year to year. In addition to the annual successes and breakthroughs, do not forget about the worthy representation of the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016.

Dima Bilan

Date of birth: December 24, 1981
And this singer is the only one among the Russians who was able to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Now the singer can often be found in various judges of music competitions. Well, the creativity of the star does not stand still. Vivid videos and music tracks continue to win awards and places in the charts.

Emin

Date of birth: December 12, 1979
A businessman and musician of Azerbaijani origin, who has perfectly joined the Russian show business. The performer has a lot of duet works that blow up radio stations (Ani Lorak, Maxim Fadeev, Grigory Leps and many others). Bright and at the same time lyrical Emin definitely deserves a place in this rating.

Vasily Vakulenko

Date of birth: April 20, 1980
Russian musician, TV and radio host, actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Creative aliases - Basta, Noggano. This person has many achievements in the piggy bank that cannot be ignored.

Timati

Date of birth: 15 August 1983
He is better known as a rap artist. But this top could not do without this artist, who has many musical and business projects behind him. The popularity is gaining momentum more and more.

Alexey Vorobyov

Date of birth: January 19, 1988
A very lively and charming artist. The Russian performer, TV and movie actor, director, winner of the Ice and Fire project, represented Russia at Eurovision in 2011. These and many other achievements make him one of the most popular performers.

Djigan

Date of birth: 2 August 1985
He is better known as a rap artist. The family and at the same time media artist continues to occupy the places of the popular charts.

Philip Kirkorov

Date of birth: April 30, 1967
The real king of Russian pop music. Since 2008 - People's Artist of the Russian Federation. You can listen to the achievements of this artist day and night, so he is still included in the ratings of the most popular performers.

Alexander Panayotov

Date of birth: July 1, 1984
For a long time, there was a lull on the singer's creative front. But his successful comeback has blown up radio stations and annual music awards.

Grigory Leps

Date of birth: July 16, 1962
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. The artist has an endless number of awards and achievements, dating back to the Soviet era. One of the few performers who have a very wide audience age range. Among other things, he is a composer, producer and member of the International Union of Pop Artists.

Valery Meladze

Date of birth: 23 June 1965
The performer is of Georgian origin. His voice and timbre cannot be confused with anyone else's. Multiple winner of music awards. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People's Artist of the Chechen Republic.

Sergey Shnurov

Date of birth: April 13, 1973
The film actor, TV presenter, artist and scandalous leader of the Leningrad group in one person is also included in the rating of the most popular singers.

Sergey Zhukov

Date of birth: 22 May 1976
The leader of the "Hands Up" group continued his work under his own name. In the early 2000s, the Ruki up group was definitely on the list of the most popular projects. But even now this artist could not ignore the real rating.

Arthur Pirozhkov

Date of birth: September 10, 1974
An artist with a humorous beginning, who moved into the music show business and begins to gain momentum. The highly successful composition #Kakchelentano blew up many radio stations.