| Artist | Country | Points | # Weeks | High | # Weeks at no. 1 | # Weeks in top 10 | |
| 1 | Wham! | UK | 825 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Prince | USA | 748 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Danny de Munk | Netherlands | 746 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Lionel Richie | USA | 737 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Bronski Beat | UK | 708 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Duran Duran | UK | 705 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Tina Turner | USA | 682 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | UK | 674 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Queen | UK | 660 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Dolly Dots | Netherlands | 660 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Pat Benatar | USA | 617 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Roberto Jacketti & The Scooters | Netherlands | 594 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Sheila E | USA | 582 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Paul Young | UK | 578 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Alphaville | Germany | 575 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Cindy Lauper | USA | 572 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 | Stevie Wonder | USA | 549 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 18 | UB 40 | UK | 542 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Jamaica | 482 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Golden Earring | Netherlands | 476 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | George Michael | UK | 462 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | Spandau Ballet | UK | 446 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | Culture Club | UK | 442 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | UK | 420 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | The Pointer Sisters | USA | 417 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 26 | Normaal | Netherlands | 402 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | BZN | Netherlands | 362 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | Rockwell | USA | 344 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 29 | Madonna | USA | 341 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Level 42 | UK | 335 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | Nena | Germany | 335 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora | USA | 333 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 | Chaka Khan | USA | 331 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | Nik Kershaw | UK | 322 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Matthew Wilder | USA | 313 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 36 | Jimmy Cliff | Jamaica | 311 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | The Everly Brothers | USA | 311 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 38 | Michael Jackson | USA | 310 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Ray Parker Jr. | USA | 304 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | Marsha Raven | USA | 300 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 41 | Julio Iglesias | Spain | 292 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 42 | Hall & Oates | USA | 275 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 | Evelyn Thomas | USA | 272 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 44 | Mike Oldfield | UK | 272 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 45 | Ultravox | UK | 266 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 46 | Sister Sledge | USA | 259 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 47 | Tim Finn | New Zealand | 258 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 48 | U2 | Ireland | 255 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | USA | 254 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 50 | Nick Lowe | UK | 254 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 51 | Clint Eastwood & General Saint | International | 252 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 52 | Deniece Williams | USA | 237 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 | Depeche Mode | UK | 235 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 54 | Video | Italy | 228 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 55 | Herrey's | Sweden | 227 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 56 | Laura Branigan | USA | 226 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 | Frank Boeijen Groep | Netherlands | 224 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 58 | Herman van Veen | Netherlands | 224 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 59 | Dolly Parton | USA | 223 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 60 | Alan Parsons Project | UK | 223 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 | Talk Talk | UK | 221 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Fun Fun | Italy | 219 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 63 | Olympic Orchestra | UK | 218 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 64 | Snowy White | UK | 216 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 65 | Koos Alberts | Netherlands | 210 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 66 | What Fun | Netherlands | 209 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 | Jackson & Mick Jagger | International | 209 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 68 | Special Aka | UK | 205 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 69 | Afric Simone | Angola | 204 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 70 | Flying Picketts | UK | 203 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 | Everything But The Girl | UK | 203 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 72 | Phil Collins | UK | 202 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 | Diana Ross & Julio Iglesias | International | 201 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 74 | Frank Stallone | USA | 195 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 75 | Diana Ross | USA | 195 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Phil Fearon & Galaxy | UK | 194 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Herman Brood & Henny Vrienten | Netherlands | 189 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 78 | Stephanie Mills | USA | 188 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 79 | Wang Chung | UK | 186 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 80 | Tom Robinson | UK | 185 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 81 | Bananarama | UK | 185 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Chic | USA | 184 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 83 | David Bowie | UK | 183 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 84 | Klein Orkest | Netherlands | 182 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | Silvio | Netherlands | 181 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Status Quo | UK | 177 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 87 | Bette Midler | USA | 176 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Vanessa | Netherlands | 174 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 89 | Dan Hartman | USA | 170 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Billy Ocean | USA | 168 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Mink Deville | USA | 165 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Masquerade | Germany | 164 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 | Scritti Politti | UK | 163 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Drukwerk | Netherlands | 162 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Jose & Ron Brandsteder | Netherlands | 161 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | 160 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Hans de Booy | Netherlands | 154 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 98 | Lodewijck van Avezaath | Netherlands | 154 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Tracey Ullman | UK | 153 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey | International | 145 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Sade | UK | 143 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Split Enz | New Zealand | 143 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Bandolero | France | 142 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | André van Duin | Netherlands | 140 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 105 | Fiction Factory | UK | 140 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | P Lion | Italy | 138 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Righeira | Italy | 135 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | Band Of Gold | Unknown | 135 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Video Kids | Netherlands | 135 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Kajagoogoo | UK | 135 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Kool & The Gang | USA | 134 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Apollonia 6 | USA | 134 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Rocardo Cocciante | Italy | 131 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Eurythmics | UK | 130 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Juliane Werding | Germany | 128 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Marilyn | UK | 125 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Roger Waters | UK | 125 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Sheryl Lee Ralph | Jamaica | 123 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Fox The Fox | Netherlands | 122 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Bonnie Tyler & Shakin' Stevens | UK | 120 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 121 | Break Machine | Unknown | 120 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Slade | UK | 118 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 123 | Malcolm McLaren & Deborah Cole & Betty Ann White | Unknown | 116 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Spargo | Netherlands | 115 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | China Crisis | UK | 114 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 126 | Saskia & Serge | Netherlands | 112 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 127 | Het Goede Doel | Netherlands | 109 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | Master Genius | Netherlands | 109 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | The Cats | Netherlands | 108 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 | Change | International | 108 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | Elbow Bones & The Racketeers | Unknown | 107 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | Anita Meyer | Netherlands | 105 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 | Jermaine Jackson | USA | 104 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | Laid Back | Denmark | 104 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | Alice & Battiato | Italy | 102 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 136 | A Flock Of Seagulls | UK | 101 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 | Doe Maar | Netherlands | 99 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 138 | Julian Lennon | UK | 98 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | Shannon | USA | 98 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | J. Blackfoot | Unknown | 97 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 141 | Babe | Netherlands | 96 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 142 | G'Race | Netherlands | 96 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 143 | Pisa | Netherlands | 95 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 144 | Barbra Streisand | USA | 95 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | Matt Bianco | UK | 94 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | John Lennon | UK | 93 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 147 | Dayton | Unknown | 93 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | John Spencer | Netherlands | 93 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 149 | Willie Nelson | Unknown | 92 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | James Ingram & Michael McDonald | USA | 92 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 151 | Eartha Kitt | USA | 90 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | Style Council | UK | 89 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | Nino de Angelo | Unknown | 85 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | The Human League | UK | 84 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | VOF De Kunst | Netherlands | 81 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | Star Sisters | Netherlands | 78 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 | Jim Diamond | UK | 77 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 158 | Kim Wilde | UK | 77 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | One Two | Unknown | 76 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 160 | Jackson Five | USA | 76 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 | Meadow | Netherlands | 76 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | Billy Idol | UK | 70 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 163 | Jerney Kaagman | Netherlands | 69 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 164 | John Spencer & Lyda | Netherlands | 68 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | Band Aid | UK | 66 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 166 | First Choice | USA | 63 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 167 | Andre Hazes | Netherlands | 63 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | Denny Christian & Roy Black | Germany | 62 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 | Thomas Dolby | UK | 61 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 170 | The Pretenders | UK | 60 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 171 | MDMC | Unknown | 60 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 172 | Curtie & Boombox | Netherlands | 59 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 | The Rolling Stones | UK | 58 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 174 | The Romantics | USA | 57 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 175 | Broads | Netherlands | 57 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | Bonnie St Claire & Jose | Netherlands | 56 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | Yes | UK | 55 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 178 | Frida | Sweden | 55 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 179 | Gary Low | Italy | 55 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | Eddy & The Soulband | Unknown | 54 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | Alison Moyet | UK | 53 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | Jocelyn Brown | USA | 51 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | Womack & Womack | USA | 50 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 184 | Rock Steady Crew | USA | 48 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 185 | Boney M | Germany | 48 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | Mai Tai | Netherlands | 48 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 | The Thomson Twins | UK | 47 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | Blancmange | UK | 47 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 | Rod Stewart | UK | 47 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 190 | Doris D & The Pins | Netherlands | 45 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | The Stranglers | UK | 43 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 192 | The Cars | USA | 43 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 193 | Diethelm & Famulari | Switzerland | 39 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 194 | Chicago | USA | 37 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 195 | Highway | Netherlands | 35 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 196 | This Mortal Coil | UK | 34 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 197 | Berdien Stenberg | Netherlands | 33 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | Blue Nile | UK | 33 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 199 | Nico Haak | Netherlands | 33 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | Foreigner | USA | 32 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | Kim Carnes | USA | 32 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | O'Chi Brown | Unknown | 32 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | Inxs | Australia | 31 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | Denny Christian | Germany | 31 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | K Ram | Unknown | 30 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 206 | De Havenzangers | Netherlands | 30 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 207 | Van Halen | USA | 30 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 208 | Howard Jones | UK | 29 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 209 | Donna Summer | USA | 29 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 210 | Bruce Springsteen | USA | 29 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 211 | Kadanz | Netherlands | 28 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 212 | Shakatak | UK | 28 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 213 | Linda Lewis | UK | 28 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 214 | Paul McCartney | UK | 27 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 215 | Kinderen Voor Kinderen | Netherlands | 26 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 216 | Annie Schilder & Het Goede Doel & Kinderen Voor Kinderen | Netherlands | 25 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 217 | Shakin' Stevens | UK | 24 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 218 | Ollie & Jerry | Unknown | 24 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 219 | Rufus | USA | 23 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 220 | Robert Long | Netherlands | 23 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 221 | The The | UK | 23 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 222 | Maywood | Netherlands | 23 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 223 | Toendra's | Netherlands | 23 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 224 | Peter Koelewijn (& Zijn Rockets) | Netherlands | 21 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 225 | Freddie Mercury | UK | 21 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 226 | Public Image Limited | UK | 19 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 227 | Debbie | Netherlands | 19 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 228 | Barry Gibb | Australia | 18 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 229 | Maribelle | Unknown | 18 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 230 | The Trammps | USA | 17 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 231 | Limahl | Unknown | 16 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 232 | Vulcano | Netherlands | 15 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 233 | Joe Jackson & Elaine Caswell | Unknown | 15 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 234 | Earth Wind & Fire | USA | 14 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 235 | Deep River Quartet | Unknown | 14 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 236 | Robert Paul | Netherlands | 14 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 237 | Roger Daltrey | UK | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 238 | Intaferon | Unknown | 13 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 239 | Time Bandits | Germany | 11 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 240 | The Nits | Netherlands | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 |