Most covered authors
| Image | Artist | Covers | Covered songs | Covering artists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 |  |
Dick Rogers | 274 | 6 | 309 |
| 1802 |  |
Sandy Linzer | 274 | 44 | 261 |
| 1803 |  |
Jim Jacobs | 274 | 18 | 214 |
| 1804 |  |
Michel Polnareff | 274 | 42 | 240 |
| 1805 |  |
Ford Dabney | 274 | 2 | 318 |
| 1806 |  |
Warren Casey | 274 | 18 | 214 |
| 1807 |  |
Audrey Allison | 274 | 5 | 303 |
| 1808 |  |
Teddy McRae | 273 | 14 | 332 |
| 1809 |  |
Carl Michael Bellman | 273 | 20 | 147 |
| 1810 |  |
Paulinho da Viola | 273 | 18 | 220 |
| 1811 |  |
Fonce Mizell | 273 | 12 | 270 |
| 1812 |  |
Avicii | 273 | 27 | 202 |
| 1813 | |
Albert Beach | 273 | 4 | 322 |
| 1814 |  |
Artie Matthews | 273 | 6 | 259 |
| 1815 |  |
Julio César | 272 | 98 | 179 |
| 1816 |  |
Syreeta Wright | 272 | 22 | 277 |
| 1817 |  |
Francis Lemarque | 272 | 36 | 278 |
| 1818 |  |
Bernard Edwards | 272 | 21 | 257 |
| 1819 |  |
Chauncey Gray | 271 | 2 | 323 |
| 1820 |  |
Lalo Schifrin | 271 | 25 | 261 |
| 1821 |  |
Gary Nicholson | 271 | 92 | 210 |
| 1822 |  |
Arthur Smith [US2] | 271 | 18 | 270 |
| 1823 |  |
Bruce Fisher | 271 | 6 | 295 |
| 1824 |  |
Bert Lown | 271 | 2 | 323 |
| 1825 |  |
Inez James | 270 | 6 | 334 |
| 1826 |  |
Jason Mraz | 270 | 33 | 186 |
| 1827 |  |
Alan Parsons | 270 | 52 | 149 |
| 1828 |  |
Rida Johnson Young | 270 | 6 | 266 |
| 1829 |  |
Todd Rundgren | 270 | 67 | 260 |
| 1830 |  |
Haroldo Barbosa | 270 | 20 | 236 |
| 1831 |  |
Chrissie Hynde | 269 | 23 | 268 |
| 1832 | |
Hy Heath | 269 | 10 | 300 |
| 1833 |  |
Bobby Womack | 269 | 32 | 262 |
| 1834 |  |
Michael McDonald | 269 | 36 | 268 |
| 1835 | |
Ted Persons | 269 | 1 | 329 |
| 1836 |  |
Bruno Balz | 269 | 44 | 295 |
| 1837 |  |
Big Joe Williams | 269 | 6 | 281 |
| 1838 |  |
Harry Von Tilzer | 268 | 17 | 287 |
| 1839 |  |
Bob Ezrin | 268 | 39 | 247 |
| 1840 |  |
Arthur Swanstone | 268 | 4 | 299 |
| 1841 |  |
Ron Asheton | 268 | 15 | 263 |
| 1842 |  |
Tyler Joseph | 268 | 46 | 85 |
| 1843 |  |
Scott Asheton | 267 | 14 | 263 |
| 1844 |  |
Dave Alexander | 267 | 14 | 263 |
| 1845 |  |
Alex Lifeson | 267 | 61 | 168 |
| 1846 |  |
Spooner Oldham | 267 | 43 | 245 |
| 1847 |  |
Euday Bowman | 267 | 2 | 283 |
| 1848 |  |
Poo Bear | 267 | 31 | 157 |
| 1849 |  |
Manuel Romero [AR] | 267 | 12 | 241 |
| 1850 |  |
Hans Adolph Brorson | 267 | 7 | 353 |
| 1851 |  |
Tex Davis | 267 | 14 | 259 |
| 1852 |  |
Franck Gérald | 267 | 70 | 265 |
| 1853 |  |
Jimmy Buffett | 266 | 33 | 124 |
| 1854 |  |
Michel Emer | 266 | 32 | 296 |
| 1855 |  |
Andreas Carlsson | 266 | 41 | 238 |
| 1856 |  |
Ronnie Lane | 266 | 53 | 222 |
| 1857 |  |
Jackie Trent | 266 | 47 | 237 |
| 1858 |  |
Bernd Meinunger | 266 | 79 | 206 |
| 1859 | |
Noel Sherman | 266 | 18 | 297 |
| 1860 | |
Carey Morgan | 266 | 3 | 291 |
| 1861 |  |
Jason Evigan | 266 | 55 | 179 |
| 1862 |  |
Carla Bley | 265 | 47 | 197 |
| 1863 |  |
Randy Goodrum | 265 | 38 | 268 |
| 1864 |  |
Rudy Clark | 265 | 22 | 279 |
| 1865 |  |
Maurice Yvain | 265 | 11 | 306 |
| 1866 |  |
Buddy Pepper | 265 | 4 | 327 |
| 1867 |  |
Ian Stanley | 265 | 6 | 276 |
| 1868 |  |
Truman Capote | 265 | 6 | 284 |
| 1869 |  |
Edgardo Donato | 265 | 4 | 276 |
| 1870 |  |
Neil Peart | 264 | 54 | 161 |
| 1871 |  |
Chilton Price | 264 | 4 | 313 |
| 1872 |  |
Klaus Munro | 264 | 51 | 226 |
| 1873 |  |
Michele Galdieri | 264 | 11 | 285 |
| 1874 |  |
Ringo Starr | 264 | 23 | 246 |
| 1875 |  |
Chris Isaak | 264 | 26 | 268 |
| 1876 |  |
Jean-Michel Rivat | 264 | 62 | 219 |
| 1877 |  |
Paul Rodgers | 264 | 33 | 228 |
| 1878 | |
Dave Ringle | 264 | 5 | 286 |
| 1879 |  |
Ian Stuart | 264 | 100 | 115 |
| 1880 |  |
will.i.am | 264 | 40 | 248 |
| 1881 |  |
Dorsey Burnette | 263 | 33 | 220 |
| 1882 |  |
Ted Daffan | 263 | 11 | 257 |
| 1883 |  |
Jimmy Cliff | 263 | 27 | 257 |
| 1884 |  |
Jim Weatherly | 263 | 43 | 202 |
| 1885 |  |
Jean-Jacques Goldman | 263 | 76 | 244 |
| 1886 |  |
Norbert Glanzberg | 263 | 18 | 267 |
| 1887 | |
Benton Overstreet | 262 | 5 | 314 |
| 1888 |  |
Walter Malgoni | 262 | 22 | 297 |
| 1889 |  |
Dua Lipa | 262 | 41 | 147 |
| 1890 |  |
Phil Medley | 262 | 13 | 284 |
| 1891 |  |
Beasley Smith | 262 | 6 | 305 |
| 1892 |  |
Jon Anderson | 262 | 55 | 189 |
| 1893 |  |
Aretha Franklin | 262 | 19 | 264 |
| 1894 |  |
Larry Weiss | 262 | 33 | 264 |
| 1895 |  |
Hal Blair | 262 | 17 | 276 |
| 1896 |  |
Boris Fomin | 261 | 1 | 279 |
| 1897 |  |
Gösta Rybrant | 261 | 105 | 198 |
| 1898 |  |
Joe Hill | 261 | 21 | 108 |
| 1899 |  |
Andrew Farriss | 261 | 34 | 217 |
| 1900 |  |
Konstantin Podrevsky | 261 | 1 | 279 |