Originally Posted by
Albator
All this can be very subjective but a compilation of Billboard top 50 ranking shows something else.
Diana Ross
Upside down # 1
IÂ’m coming out # 5
ItÂ’s my turn # 9
Endless Love duet # 1
WDFFIL # 7
Mirror # 8
WTB # 44
Muscles # 10
So close # 40
Pieces of ice # 31
All of you duet # 19
Swept away # 19
Missing you # 10
Aretha Franklin
Love All the Hurt Away # 46
Jump to it # 24
Freeway of love # 3
WhoÂ’s zooming who # 7
Sisters are duet # 18
Another night # 22
Jumpin jack flash # 21
Jimmy Lee # 28
I knew you where waiting for me # 1
Through the storm duet # 16
Willing to forgive # 26
A rose is still a rose # 26
Dionne Warwick
No night so long # 23
Friends in love duet # 38
Heartbreaker # 10
Take the short way home # 41
How many time can we say goodbye duet # 27
ThatÂ’s what friends are for # 1
Love power duet # 12
Patti Labelle
If only you knew # 46
New attitude # 17
On my own duet # 1
Oh People # 26
Gladys Knight
Landlord # 46
Love overboard # 13
ThatÂ’s what friends are for # 1
Diana had 13 single in the top 50, among them, 10 top 20, 8 top 10, 3 top 5, 2 top 1.
Aretha had 12 top 50, among them 5 top 20, 3 top 10 and one top 1.
Dionne had 7 top 50, 3 top 20 and one top 1
Glady, only 3 top 50
Patty Labelle 4 top 50.
What may be remarquable is that Diana's commercial appeal disappeared after 1984, but it can't be say that others did better.
If you check the touring schedule it's even more stunning. Maybe only Aretha maintained a strong appeal.
And if you take foreign sales into the picture, Diana is even more bigger.