Most covered authors
| Image | Artist | Covers | Covered songs | Covering artists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 |  |
Thom Yorke | 1649 | 136 | 1002 |
| 202 |  |
Charles Trenet | 1638 | 81 | 1352 |
| 203 |  |
Cy Coleman | 1635 | 86 | 1321 |
| 204 |  |
Jonny Greenwood | 1628 | 124 | 992 |
| 205 |  |
Ed Sheeran | 1628 | 121 | 738 |
| 206 |  |
Freddie Mercury | 1615 | 78 | 1066 |
| 207 |  |
Bob Russell [US] | 1612 | 43 | 1690 |
| 208 |  |
Ed O'Brien | 1609 | 121 | 979 |
| 209 |  |
Colin Greenwood | 1609 | 121 | 979 |
| 210 |  |
Walter Kent | 1608 | 14 | 1806 |
| 211 |  |
Phil Selway | 1608 | 120 | 979 |
| 212 |  |
Larry Mullen | 1607 | 120 | 1097 |
| 213 |  |
Adam Clayton | 1607 | 120 | 1097 |
| 214 |  |
Caetano Veloso | 1604 | 133 | 983 |
| 215 |  |
Enrique Cadícamo | 1588 | 53 | 960 |
| 216 |  |
Stig Anderson | 1586 | 151 | 1041 |
| 217 |  |
Boudleaux Bryant | 1567 | 96 | 1484 |
| 218 |  |
Smokey Robinson | 1565 | 122 | 1259 |
| 219 |  |
Merle Haggard | 1564 | 144 | 1070 |
| 220 |  |
John Francis Wade | 1549 | 1 | 1659 |
| 221 |  |
Frank Zappa | 1545 | 213 | 439 |
| 222 |  |
Matt Dennis | 1528 | 14 | 1639 |
| 223 |  |
Henry Creamer | 1525 | 19 | 1555 |
| 224 |  |
Horace Silver | 1524 | 83 | 1397 |
| 225 |  |
Phil Collins | 1521 | 147 | 845 |
| 226 |  |
Peter De Rose | 1521 | 48 | 1569 |
| 227 |  |
Bob Hilliard | 1520 | 63 | 1684 |
| 228 |  |
Robert Smith [GB] | 1520 | 129 | 1167 |
| 229 |  |
Anthony Newley | 1518 | 27 | 1472 |
| 230 |  |
John Sullivan Dwight | 1513 | 1 | 1650 |
| 231 |  |
Paul Williams [US1] | 1509 | 99 | 1325 |
| 232 |  |
Willie Nelson | 1508 | 114 | 1218 |
| 233 |  |
Harlan Howard | 1505 | 149 | 1150 |
| 234 | |
Walter Melrose | 1502 | 18 | 1139 |
| 235 |  |
Newton Mendonça | 1500 | 6 | 1324 |
| 236 |  |
Robert Sour | 1492 | 5 | 1695 |
| 237 |  |
Milton Ager | 1491 | 56 | 1342 |
| 238 | |
Frank Eyton | 1484 | 8 | 1696 |
| 239 |  |
Nick LaRocca | 1481 | 12 | 1045 |
| 240 |  |
Benny Davis | 1479 | 71 | 1376 |
| 241 |  |
Juan Gabriel | 1478 | 271 | 299 |
| 242 |  |
Neil Sedaka | 1477 | 136 | 1232 |
| 243 |  |
Alan Menken | 1474 | 87 | 1035 |
| 244 |  |
Howard Greenfield | 1471 | 122 | 1317 |
| 245 |  |
Fred E. Ahlert | 1471 | 23 | 1505 |
| 246 |  |
Bob Marley | 1471 | 86 | 949 |
| 247 |  |
Bronislaw Kaper | 1470 | 27 | 1573 |
| 248 |  |
Paul Anka | 1467 | 112 | 1339 |
| 249 |  |
Bill Monroe | 1466 | 125 | 934 |
| 250 |  |
Juan Tizol | 1460 | 8 | 1560 |
| 251 |  |
Arthur Johnston | 1454 | 32 | 1486 |
| 252 |  |
Benny Goodman | 1453 | 24 | 1283 |
| 253 |  |
Agustín Lara | 1452 | 78 | 871 |
| 254 |  |
Luiz Bonfá | 1429 | 42 | 1390 |
| 255 |  |
John Denver | 1427 | 64 | 1032 |
| 256 |  |
Jimmy Kennedy | 1423 | 56 | 1376 |
| 257 |  |
Mack David | 1417 | 77 | 1524 |
| 258 |  |
Prince | 1415 | 138 | 1182 |
| 259 |  |
Dee Dee Ramone | 1415 | 113 | 958 |
| 260 |  |
Sam Coslow | 1407 | 59 | 1448 |
| 261 |  |
Aníbal Troilo | 1405 | 31 | 856 |
| 262 |  |
Van Morrison | 1401 | 123 | 1223 |
| 263 |  |
Chris Martin [GB2] | 1401 | 94 | 837 |
| 264 |  |
John Barry | 1396 | 106 | 831 |
| 265 |  |
Ray Davies [GB1] | 1394 | 164 | 1147 |
| 266 |  |
Randy Newman | 1393 | 128 | 1113 |
| 267 |  |
Sam Cooke | 1391 | 53 | 1231 |
| 268 |  |
Kurt Cobain | 1390 | 55 | 946 |
| 269 |  |
Will Champion | 1389 | 89 | 830 |
| 270 |  |
Jonny Buckland | 1389 | 89 | 830 |
| 271 |  |
Guy Berryman | 1389 | 89 | 830 |
| 272 |  |
Lowell Mason | 1382 | 2 | 1484 |
| 273 |  |
Ary Barroso | 1378 | 19 | 1087 |
| 274 |  |
Michael Jackson | 1376 | 64 | 989 |
| 275 |  |
Bill Evans [US1] | 1357 | 45 | 993 |
| 276 |  |
Baden Powell | 1343 | 38 | 925 |
| 277 |  |
Alec Wilder | 1342 | 50 | 1268 |
| 278 |  |
Bernard Sumner | 1340 | 131 | 1065 |
| 279 |  |
Peter Hook | 1333 | 127 | 1060 |
| 280 |  |
Bert Kaempfert | 1333 | 42 | 1145 |
| 281 |  |
Stephen Morris | 1332 | 126 | 1059 |
| 282 |  |
Joey Ramone | 1332 | 106 | 906 |
| 283 |  |
Larry Shields | 1326 | 10 | 987 |
| 284 |  |
Carole Bayer Sager | 1323 | 107 | 1238 |
| 285 |  |
Louis Armstrong | 1315 | 31 | 883 |
| 286 |  |
Mark Knopfler | 1308 | 119 | 908 |
| 287 |  |
A.P. Carter | 1294 | 86 | 991 |
| 288 |  |
Robert Johnson | 1287 | 29 | 879 |
| 289 |  |
Dolly Parton | 1287 | 146 | 1082 |
| 290 |  |
Harry Ruby | 1283 | 32 | 1365 |
| 291 |  |
Isaac Watts | 1282 | 4 | 1393 |
| 292 |  |
Mann Curtis | 1281 | 22 | 1527 |
| 293 |  |
Don Black | 1272 | 80 | 991 |
| 294 |  |
Katherine K. Davis | 1271 | 1 | 1418 |
| 295 |  |
Steve Cropper | 1271 | 67 | 1119 |
| 296 |  |
Jon Hendricks | 1264 | 87 | 1193 |
| 297 |  |
Shellback | 1260 | 71 | 619 |
| 298 |  |
Sauvo Puhtila | 1259 | 408 | 538 |
| 299 |  |
James Taylor [US] | 1257 | 83 | 988 |
| 300 |  |
Norman Petty | 1256 | 37 | 958 |