Necromancer

if you can name 4 or 5 artist that were popular I can name another 4 or 5 artist that were not as popular and more talented.

Soulflower

Okay, I think I will go by decades because some of the artists actually were popular repetitively yearly

I guess I will start with the 1950's. We can go to other past decades but I just wanted to start with this one.

These were the top 200 songs of the 1950's decade
Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Songs from the 1950s

Based on this list these are Top 5 popular artists from this decade

Elvis Presley- He has the most hits out of all of them
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Ray Charles

The last four do not have the same number of hits from this decade as Elvis but they have more in comparison to the others listed

Soulflower

I'll add my opinion of artists who had just as much talent who released great songs during this era as well that did not have as many hits as the above.

Anybody can add, I think I will do this for each era.

1. Jackie Wilson
2. Muddy Holly
3. The Drifters
4. Fats Dominos
5. Ella Fitzgerald
6. The Dells