The list makes me feel out of the loop (nothing new). Jason Aldean? He was in the top 10 and I never heard of him? There were a couple of other country and hip hop people I never heard of (Drake, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton) but when somebody’s in the top 10 and I never heard of him, I start to worry.
Another surprise was Lady Gaga not being on the list at all. I thought she was supposed to be all that?
See my post below yours. Lady Gaga raked in plenty of dough touring outside the U.S. last year.
Or maybe Billboard doesn't consider her a musician?
That's what I'm saying. What's going on here?
OTOH, apart from my half dozen Emmylou Harris albums I don't pay much attention to country.