| Artist | Country | Points | # Weeks | High | # Weeks at no. 1 | # Weeks in top 10 | |
| 1 | Madonna | USA | 1242 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Mel & Kim | UK | 880 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Level 42 | UK | 836 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | U2 | Ireland | 768 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | UB 40 | UK | 764 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Terence Trent D'Arby | USA | 723 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | George Michael | UK | 713 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | Piet Veerman | Netherlands | 696 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Rick Astley | UK | 696 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Whitney Houston | USA | 582 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Pet Shop Boys | UK | 571 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Mac | UK | 540 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Mixed Emotions | Germany | 494 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | The Communards | UK | 455 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Jan Hammer | Czech Republic | 453 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 | Jackie Wilson | USA | 443 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 | Prince | USA | 443 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Robert Cray Band | USA | 435 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Michael Jackson | USA | 425 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | Boy George | UK | 411 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | Richenel | Netherlands | 397 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Club Nouveau | USA | 396 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | Sabrina | Italy | 391 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 24 | Bon Jovi | USA | 384 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | Nick Kamen | UK | 379 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | Aretha Franklin & George Michael | International | 376 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 27 | Starship | USA | 367 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | M/A/R/R/S | UK | 366 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 29 | Labi Siffre | UK | 357 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Tina Charles | UK | 356 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | June Lodge | Jamaica | 355 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | Gregory Abbott | USA | 349 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | Michael Jackson & Siedah Garret | USA | 346 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 34 | Tony Esposito | Italy | 336 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 | Pepsi & Shirley | USA | 333 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 36 | The Scorpions (ger) | Germany | 333 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | The Bee Gees | Australia | 327 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 38 | Crowded House | Australia | 326 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | ABC | UK | 319 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Spagna | Italy | 310 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 41 | Alison Moyet | UK | 307 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Bruce Springsteen | USA | 304 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | Art Of Noise | UK | 301 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | LL Cool J | USA | 297 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 45 | Ferry Aid | UK | 296 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 46 | Herb Alpert & Janet Jackson | USA | 282 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 47 | Erasure | UK | 280 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 48 | Housemartins | UK | 279 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 49 | Johnny Logan | Ireland | 276 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 50 | A-ha | Norway | 274 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Europe | Sweden | 265 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 | Janet Jackson | USA | 263 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Spandau Ballet | UK | 258 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 54 | VOF De Kunst | Netherlands | 258 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 | Frank Ashton & Mariska van Kolck | Netherlands | 253 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 56 | Simply Red | UK | 250 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 57 | Cliff Richard | UK | 248 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 58 | Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield | UK | 246 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 59 | The Bangles | USA | 245 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 60 | Gino Vanelli | Canada | 244 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 | Heart (USA) | USA | 243 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 62 | Lionel Richie | USA | 238 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 63 | Oran Juice Jones | USA | 237 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 64 | Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding | USA | 237 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 65 | Red Box | UK | 236 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 66 | Tim Hardin | USA | 233 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 | Alexander O'Neal | USA | 232 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Bananarama | UK | 229 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Julien Clerc | France | 228 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 70 | Beastie Boys | USA | 218 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | Whitesnake | Unknown | 217 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 72 | Wax | International | 216 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 73 | Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel | UK | 215 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 74 | Swing Out Sister | UK | 213 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 75 | Boogie Box High | UK | 211 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 76 | Bruce Willis | USA | 211 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 77 | Kool Moe Dee | USA | 208 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 78 | Billy Idol | UK | 208 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 79 | Timex Social Club | USA | 206 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Manke Nelis | Netherlands | 205 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 81 | Mick Jagger | UK | 202 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 82 | BZN | Netherlands | 200 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 83 | Samantha Fox | UK | 193 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 84 | Black | UK | 192 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 | George Harrison | UK | 187 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 86 | Francesco Napoli | Italy | 187 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Stock Aitken Waterman | UK | 186 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | Firm | UK | 184 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 89 | Ben E. King | USA | 177 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 90 | David Bowie | UK | 177 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Duran Duran | UK | 175 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Genesis | UK | 171 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 93 | Icehouse | Australia | 170 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 | Breakfast Club | USA | 169 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 95 | Kool & The Gang | USA | 167 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Carly Simon | USA | 166 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 97 | Chic | USA | 164 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 98 | Freddie Mercury | UK | 163 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | Desireless | France | 163 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Was Not Was | USA | 159 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Berlin | USA | 159 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Frizzle Sizzle | Netherlands | 159 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | André van Duin | Netherlands | 155 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Vesta Williams | USA | 153 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Judy Boucher | UK | 148 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Wendy & Lisa | USA | 147 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Dolly Dots | Netherlands | 147 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garret | USA | 146 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Van Halen | USA | 145 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Beach Boys & Fat Boys | USA | 144 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Cameo | USA | 140 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Nina Simone | USA | 139 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 113 | Curiosity Killed The Cat | UK | 137 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Prince & Sheena Easton | International | 135 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Five Star | UK | 135 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | The Nits | Netherlands | 134 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Paul Simon | USA | 130 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | The Cure | UK | 130 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | USA | 128 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Sandra | Germany | 125 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 121 | John Farnham | Australia | 125 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | William Pitt | Unknown | 120 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | Kim Wilde | UK | 120 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Jellybean | USA | 118 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | Donna Allen | USA | 114 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 126 | Robbie Nevil | USA | 112 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 127 | MC Miker G & Deejay Sven | Netherlands | 109 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 128 | Jim Silk & Steve Silk Hurley | USA | 109 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | Centerfold | Netherlands | 104 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 | Cock Robin | USA | 104 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | Tozzi & Raf | Italy | 104 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | Eric B & Rakim | USA | 100 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 133 | T'Pau | UK | 99 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 134 | Earth Wind & Fire | USA | 99 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | Frank Boeijen Groep | Netherlands | 98 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 136 | Circus Custers | Netherlands | 97 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 | Rick Astley & Lisa | Unknown | 96 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 138 | Herb Alpert & Lisa Keith | USA | 96 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | Paul McCartney | UK | 94 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 140 | Tina Turner | USA | 94 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 141 | Def Leppard | UK | 91 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 142 | Don Johnson | USA | 90 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 143 | Andre Hazes | Netherlands | 89 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 144 | Normaal & Zangeres Zonder Naam | Netherlands | 89 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | Wind | Germany | 89 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | Steve Allen | Italy | 89 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 147 | Dutch Artists Sing For Mozambique | Netherlands | 88 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | Stars On 45 | Netherlands | 87 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 149 | Lou Gramm | USA | 87 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | Billy Vera & The Beaters | Unknown | 86 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 151 | Gerard Cox | Netherlands | 84 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | Phil Lynott | Ireland | 81 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | Nadieh | Netherlands | 78 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | David Ray | Unknown | 76 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | Johnny Hates Jazz | UK | 76 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | Little Steven | USA | 74 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 | George Baker Selection | Netherlands | 74 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 158 | Will Powers | Unknown | 73 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | Atlantic Starr | USA | 73 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 160 | Paul Carrack | UK | 71 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 | Bryan Adams | Canada | 68 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | Fun Fun | Italy | 68 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 163 | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | USA | 65 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 164 | Debbie Harry | USA | 65 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | Peter Gabriel | UK | 64 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 166 | Henny Huisman | Netherlands | 63 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 167 | De Dijk | Netherlands | 61 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | Kenny G | Unknown | 60 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 | Vanessa Paradis | Unknown | 59 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 170 | Climie Fisher | UK | 58 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 171 | Jack e Makossa | Unknown | 56 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 172 | Het Goede Doel | Netherlands | 55 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 | Nancy Boyd | Belgium | 55 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 174 | Inxs | Australia | 54 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 175 | Levert | Unknown | 54 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | Joe Cocker | UK | 54 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | New London Chorale | UK | 53 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 178 | Depeche Mode | UK | 52 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 179 | Gary Moore | UK | 52 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | Viktor Laszlo | Unknown | 52 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | Corry & Koos Alberts | Netherlands | 50 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | Lilie & Susie | Unknown | 49 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard | Unknown | 48 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 184 | Los Lobos | USA | 47 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | Yello & Shirley Bassey | International | 45 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | Suzanne Vega | USA | 43 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 | Klymaxx | USA | 43 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | Grace Jones | Jamaica | 41 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 | Sandra Reemer | Netherlands | 40 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 190 | Micaela | Italy | 39 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | Commodores | USA | 38 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 192 | Queen | UK | 38 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 193 | Eric Clapton & Tina Turner | International | 38 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 194 | John Spencer | Netherlands | 37 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 195 | The Blow Monkeys | UK | 34 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 196 | Zangeres Zonder Naam | Netherlands | 33 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 197 | Sinead O'Connor | Ireland | 33 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | Koto | Italy | 32 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 199 | Mai Tai | Netherlands | 32 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | Wang Chung | UK | 31 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | Cherry | Netherlands | 30 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | Roberto Jacketti & The Scooters | Netherlands | 29 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | Benny Neyman | Netherlands | 29 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | Chris Rea | UK | 28 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | Sinitta | Unknown | 28 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 206 | Iggy Pop | USA | 28 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 207 | Living In A Box | UK | 27 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 208 | Paolo Conte | Italy | 27 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 209 | Say When | Unknown | 27 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 210 | Boston | USA | 26 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 211 | Cindy Lauper | USA | 26 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 212 | Normaal | Netherlands | 26 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 213 | Elli Medeiros | Uruguay | 26 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 214 | Shakatak | UK | 25 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 215 | John Cougar Mellencamp | USA | 25 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 216 | Then Jericho | Unknown | 24 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 217 | Chris Isaak | USA | 22 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 218 | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | USA | 22 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 219 | The Cult | UK | 22 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 220 | Ward Brothers | Unknown | 21 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 221 | Carol'in | Unknown | 21 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 222 | Marillion | UK | 20 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 223 | Gerard Joling | Netherlands | 20 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 224 | Colinda | Unknown | 20 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 225 | Midnight Star | USA | 19 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 226 | MC Miker G | Netherlands | 17 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 227 | Dalbello | Canada | 16 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 228 | Boxx | Hong Kong | 16 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 229 | Sting | UK | 15 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 230 | Exile | USA | 15 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 231 | V Boys | Netherlands | 14 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 232 | Donna Summer | USA | 14 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 233 | Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe | International | 14 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 234 | Iron Maiden | UK | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 235 | Maarten Peters | Netherlands | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 236 | Elvis Costello (& The Attractions) | UK | 12 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 237 | Fine Young Cannibals | UK | 12 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 238 | The Pretenders | UK | 12 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 239 | Kiss | USA | 12 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 240 | World Party | UK | 11 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 241 | Modern Talking | Germany | 11 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 242 | Jaki Graham | UK | 11 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 243 | Foreigner | USA | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 244 | Shanice Wilson | Unknown | 10 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 245 | Off | Germany | 10 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 246 | Guesch Patti | France | 9 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 247 | Huey Lewis & The News | USA | 9 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 248 | Donny Osmond | USA | 9 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 249 | Jody Watley | USA | 9 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 250 | Fatal Flowers | Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 251 | Herman van Veen | Netherlands | 8 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 252 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | USA | 8 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 253 | The Simple Minds | UK | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 254 | The Smiths | UK | 7 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 255 | Bryan Ferry | UK | 7 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 256 | Robert Long | Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 257 | Willeke Alberti | Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 258 | Willy Alberti | Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 259 | Maxi Priest | UK | 5 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 260 | Freddie McGregor | Unknown | 5 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 261 | De Havenzangers | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 262 | Bob Geldof | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 263 | Kinderen Voor Kinderen & Edwin Rutten | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 |