| Artist | Country | Points | # Weeks | High | # Weeks at no. 1 | # Weeks in top 10 | |
| 1 | George Michael | UK | 916 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Michael Jackson | USA | 800 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Salt 'n Pepa | USA | 730 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Toto | USA | 664 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Glenn Medeiros | USA | 654 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Pasadenas | UK | 642 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Pet Shop Boys | UK | 629 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Wee Papa Girl Rappers | UK | 601 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | USA | 590 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 10 | Womack & Womack | USA | 589 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Mac | UK | 571 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Yazz & Plastic Population | UK | 567 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | Taylor Dayne | USA | 544 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Level 42 | UK | 513 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Wet Wet Wet | UK | 512 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Bros | UK | 511 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Sam Brown | UK | 498 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 18 | Rick Astley | UK | 497 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Tracy Chapman | USA | 461 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | Whitney Houston | USA | 460 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | Inxs | Australia | 457 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Prince | USA | 439 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Phil Collins | UK | 430 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | Billy Ocean | USA | 405 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 25 | Sting | UK | 402 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Terence Trent D'Arby | USA | 399 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | Eddy Grant | UK | 394 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | S Express | UK | 376 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | A-ha | Norway | 376 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Mory Kante | Guinea | 371 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 31 | Tiffany (USA) | USA | 370 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Koos Alberts | Netherlands | 366 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | Maxi Priest | UK | 359 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Eric Clapton | UK | 357 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 | Kim Wilde | UK | 357 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | U2 | Ireland | 341 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 37 | Belinda Carlisle | USA | 334 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Kylie Minogue | Australia | 329 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Bobby McFerrin | USA | 314 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | T'Pau | UK | 310 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 41 | BVSMP | USA | 309 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | Fairground Attraction | UK | 308 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 | Louis Armstrong | USA | 305 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 44 | Milli Vanilli | Germany | 298 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 45 | Midnight Oil | Australia | 297 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 46 | UB 40 | UK | 294 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 47 | Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers | Jamaica | 290 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 48 | Chubby Checker & Fat Boys | USA | 285 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 49 | Climie Fisher | UK | 285 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 50 | UB 40 & Chrissie Hynde | UK | 282 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 51 | Inner City | USA | 275 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 52 | Johnny Hates Jazz | UK | 272 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 53 | Afrika Bambaata & UB 40 | International | 267 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 54 | Debbie Gibson | USA | 264 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 55 | Enya | Ireland | 258 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 56 | Münchener Freiheit | Germany | 253 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 57 | Revelation Time | Netherlands | 253 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 58 | Rene Froger | Netherlands | 251 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 59 | London Beat | UK | 251 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Joe Jackson | UK | 245 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 61 | Narada Michael Walden | USA | 241 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 62 | Art Of Noise & Tom Jones | UK | 239 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 63 | Sinead O'Connor | Ireland | 232 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 64 | Fun Fun | Italy | 231 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 65 | Gypsy Kings | Spain | 230 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 66 | Paolo Conte | Italy | 225 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 | Roger | USA | 223 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 68 | BZN | Netherlands | 222 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Bruce Springsteen | USA | 220 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Joyce Sims | USA | 219 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 71 | Aswad | UK | 217 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 72 | Alf | USA | 215 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 73 | Contours | Unknown | 214 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 74 | Meatloaf | USA | 211 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 75 | Marc Almond | UK | 208 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 76 | Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson | USA | 207 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 77 | Bill Withers | USA | 202 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 78 | New Order | UK | 200 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 79 | Robbie Robertson | Canada | 192 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 80 | Jermaine Stewart | USA | 192 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Krush | Unknown | 190 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 82 | Mel & Kim | UK | 189 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 83 | Andre Hazes & Nederlands Elftal | Netherlands | 187 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 84 | Vanessa Williams | USA | 187 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Foreigner | USA | 186 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Holland (III) | Netherlands | 176 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 87 | Tatjana | Netherlands | 176 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Tolga 'Flim Flam' Balkan | Unknown | 174 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | Lyn Collins | Unknown | 174 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Righteous Brothers | USA | 164 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 91 | Hollanders | Netherlands | 163 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 92 | Robert Cray Band | USA | 163 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Muddy Waters | USA | 158 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 94 | Eros Ramazotti | Italy | 158 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 95 | Will Downing | USA | 158 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Patrick Swayze & Wendy Fraser | USA | 156 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 | Eric Carmen | USA | 155 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Bon Jovi | USA | 154 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | Dalbello | Canada | 153 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 100 | The Four Tops | USA | 149 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Europe | Sweden | 148 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 102 | Nina Simone | USA | 145 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 103 | Iron Maiden | UK | 144 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Grant & Forsyth | UK | 142 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Samantha Fox | UK | 136 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 106 | Jackson Five | USA | 136 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Jose Feliciano | USA | 132 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | The Four Seasons | USA | 132 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Sade | UK | 132 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Won Ton Ton | Belgium | 131 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Gloria Gaynor | USA | 130 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Harko & Pao | Netherlands | 129 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Bomb The Bass | UK | 128 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Mac Band | Unknown | 127 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | The Bangles | USA | 127 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Eric B & Rakim | USA | 121 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 117 | Ellis Beggs & Howard | Unknown | 120 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Duran Duran | UK | 119 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | The Christians | UK | 118 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Tsjechov | Netherlands | 114 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Johnny Kemp | Bahama's | 114 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Selena | Unknown | 110 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | Godley & Creme | UK | 109 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Paul McCartney | UK | 107 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 125 | Johnny Camaro | Netherlands | 104 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 126 | Wally Jump jr. | Unknown | 104 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 127 | The Nits | Netherlands | 104 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder | USA | 102 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | Rene Shuman | Netherlands | 102 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 | Barry Manilow & Kid Creole & The Coconuts | Unknown | 101 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | Labi Siffre | UK | 100 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | Brother Beyond | Unknown | 98 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 | Gerard Joling | Netherlands | 98 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | Alexander O'Neal & Cherelle | Unknown | 95 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | Was Not Was | USA | 93 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 136 | Stock Aitken Waterman | UK | 92 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 | LA Mix | Unknown | 91 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 138 | Julio Iglesias & Stevie Wonder | International | 91 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | The Proclaimers | UK | 91 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | Robin Beck | USA | 88 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 141 | Tina Turner | USA | 87 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 142 | The Communards | UK | 86 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 143 | Lennox, Annie & Al Green | International | 86 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 144 | The Hooters | Unknown | 86 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | Zinatra | Netherlands | 84 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | The Timelords | Unknown | 83 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 147 | CCCP | Unknown | 81 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | V Boys | Netherlands | 79 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 149 | Pebbles | Unknown | 77 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | Beatmasters & Cookie Crew | Unknown | 76 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 151 | Anny Schilder | Netherlands | 75 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | Yann Andersen | Unknown | 75 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | Sandra | Germany | 74 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 154 | Yello | Switzerland | 73 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | Coldcut & Junior Reid | Unknown | 73 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | USA | 72 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 157 | Hithouse | Netherlands | 72 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 158 | Mark Anthony | Unknown | 71 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | Jellybean | USA | 69 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 160 | Los Fieras | Unknown | 69 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 | Ellert | Unknown | 67 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | Mica Paris | Unknown | 67 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 163 | Jon Anderson | UK | 66 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 164 | Traveling Wilbury's | International | 65 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | Soulsister | Belgium | 63 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 166 | Patrick Hernandez | France | 63 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 167 | Herbert Grönemeyer | Germany | 63 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | Piet Veerman | Netherlands | 63 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 | Bill Medley | Unknown | 62 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 170 | Roberto Jacketti & The Scooters | Netherlands | 62 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 171 | Natalie Cole | USA | 61 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 172 | Tanita Tikaram | Unknown | 59 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 | Transvision Vamp | Unknown | 59 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 174 | Whitesnake | Unknown | 58 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 175 | Cookie Crew | Unknown | 54 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | Guns 'n Roses | USA | 54 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | The Eagles | USA | 54 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 178 | Bertus Staigerpaip | Netherlands | 53 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 179 | Funhouse | Unknown | 51 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | USA | 50 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | Guesch Patti | France | 49 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | Normaal | Netherlands | 49 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | Zucchero | Italy | 48 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 184 | Golden Earring | Netherlands | 47 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | Renee de Haan | Netherlands | 47 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | Netherlands | 46 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 | Matt Bianco | UK | 46 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | James Brown | USA | 46 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 | The Pogues | Unknown | 45 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 190 | Dale | Unknown | 44 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | Real Roxanne | Unknown | 43 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 192 | Coldcut & Yazz & Plastic Population | Unknown | 42 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 193 | Zangeres Zonder Naam | Netherlands | 42 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 194 | Koto | Italy | 42 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 195 | Madonna | USA | 41 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 196 | Bananarama | UK | 40 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 197 | Midnight Star | USA | 39 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | Spandau Ballet | UK | 39 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 199 | Ofra Haza | Israel | 38 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | Simply Red | UK | 36 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | Bruce Hornsby & The Range | USA | 36 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | Taja Sevelle | Unknown | 36 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | John Farnham | Australia | 34 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | Sabrina | Italy | 33 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | Sample Syndicate | Unknown | 33 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 206 | Jim Capaldi | UK | 32 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 207 | Alison Moyet | UK | 32 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 208 | George Harrison | UK | 30 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 209 | France Gall | France | 30 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 210 | Hothouse Flowers | Ireland | 29 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 211 | 2 Men A Drummachine & A Trumpet | Unknown | 28 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 212 | De Havenzangers | Netherlands | 28 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 213 | Georgio | Unknown | 27 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 214 | Rick James | USA | 27 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 215 | Scritti Politti | UK | 25 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 216 | Wendy & Lisa | USA | 25 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 217 | Mission | Unknown | 24 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 218 | Dennis Jones | Unknown | 24 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 219 | Kraze | Unknown | 24 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 220 | Toni Childs | Unknown | 23 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 221 | Alexander O'Neal | USA | 22 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 222 | De Deurzakkers | Netherlands | 22 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 223 | Al Bano & Romina Power | Italy | 22 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 224 | Billy Idol | UK | 20 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 225 | ABC | UK | 19 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 226 | Hazell Dean | UK | 18 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 227 | Lois Lane | Netherlands | 18 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 228 | Tina Turner & David Bowie | International | 17 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 229 | Robert Strating | Unknown | 17 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 230 | Diesel | Australia | 17 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 231 | Hanny & De Rekels | Netherlands | 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 232 | Arie Ribbens | Netherlands | 14 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 233 | Confetti's | Belgium | 13 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 234 | Tony Peroni | Unknown | 13 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 235 | Crowded House | Australia | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 236 | The Bee Gees | Australia | 12 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 237 | Henk Wijngaard | Netherlands | 11 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 238 | Los Reyes | Unknown | 10 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 239 | Spoonie Gee | Unknown | 10 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 240 | Barry Hughes | UK | 9 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 241 | Artiesten Vorr Ronald McDonald Huis | Netherlands | 6 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 242 | Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding | USA | 5 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 243 | Rory Block | Unknown | 5 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 244 | Benny Neyman | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 245 | Shakatak | UK | 2 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 246 | Shanice Wilson | Unknown | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 |