Top Artists of 2017

Taylor Emery, PaperClip Staff/Writer

Throughout the entire year, ten specific artists have topped the charts in being awarded the most awards this year.

Justin Bieber received the greatest amount of awards this year as he came in first with 16 awards. As a close second, The Chainsmokers came up just behind Bieber receiving 15 awards with their biggest hit this year, “Closer”.

After topping the charts with hit singles such as “Fake Love” and “Passion fruit”, rap artist Drake received 14 awards this year. Twenty One Pilots, Ariana Grande and Shawn Mendes all ended up being congratulated with 13 awards this year. Adele and Rihanna both came in with 11 awards after releasing songs that topped the charts, some being, “Hello”, (Adele) and “Wild Thoughts”, (Rihanna). Finally, The Weeknd received 10 awards and Beyonce coming close behind him at eight.

As these being the biggest artists of the year, new or not, many have opinions as to who is on that list. “I definitely think Beyonce should’ve gotten more awards this year, and I think Adele deserved the awards she got, but she hasn’t released any new music this year for some reason.”-Katie Reed (Freshman).

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