Most covered authors
| Image | Artist | Covers | Covered songs | Covering artists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 |  |
Angus Young | 1234 | 96 | 849 |
| 302 |  |
Malcolm Young | 1234 | 96 | 849 |
| 303 |  |
Aníbal Troilo | 1234 | 27 | 754 |
| 304 |  |
James Taylor [US] | 1232 | 83 | 977 |
| 305 |  |
Leroy Anderson | 1228 | 19 | 1268 |
| 306 |  |
James Murray [US] | 1227 | 1 | 1338 |
| 307 |  |
Don Henley | 1225 | 44 | 925 |
| 308 |  |
Irving Kahal | 1223 | 23 | 1320 |
| 309 |  |
George Michael | 1223 | 39 | 1069 |
| 310 |  |
Vito Pallavicini | 1217 | 142 | 1003 |
| 311 |  |
Jerry Livingston | 1215 | 48 | 1341 |
| 312 |  |
Milton Nascimento | 1210 | 61 | 759 |
| 313 |  |
Ellie Greenwich | 1210 | 62 | 1140 |
| 314 |  |
Bud Green | 1207 | 27 | 1262 |
| 315 |  |
Glenn Frey | 1205 | 44 | 880 |
| 316 |  |
Harry Akst | 1199 | 30 | 1254 |
| 317 |  |
Jimmie Rodgers [US1] | 1196 | 88 | 715 |
| 318 |  |
Bill Withers | 1193 | 49 | 1155 |
| 319 |  |
Gordon Lightfoot | 1192 | 130 | 933 |
| 320 |  |
Fred Ebb | 1191 | 103 | 948 |
| 321 |  |
Dave Bartholomew | 1187 | 80 | 1019 |
| 322 |  |
Carolyn Leigh | 1183 | 39 | 1068 |
| 323 |  |
Bob Crewe | 1182 | 67 | 1129 |
| 324 |  |
John Williams [US1] | 1178 | 272 | 507 |
| 325 |  |
Reg Connelly | 1176 | 22 | 1222 |
| 326 |  |
Serge Gainsbourg | 1171 | 202 | 841 |
| 327 |  |
Bert Kalmar | 1166 | 33 | 1249 |
| 328 |  |
John Kander | 1160 | 94 | 910 |
| 329 |  |
Benny Blanco | 1158 | 103 | 593 |
| 330 |  |
Herb Magidson | 1157 | 25 | 1268 |
| 331 |  |
Will Jennings | 1156 | 88 | 1154 |
| 332 |  |
Ballard MacDonald | 1152 | 19 | 1247 |
| 333 |  |
Mario Panzeri | 1150 | 85 | 1052 |
| 334 |  |
Dorival Caymmi | 1150 | 34 | 707 |
| 335 |  |
Bobby Troup | 1142 | 31 | 1230 |
| 336 |  |
Roy Orbison | 1139 | 74 | 982 |
| 337 |  |
Cootie Williams | 1136 | 3 | 1307 |
| 338 |  |
Jimmy Campbell [GB1] | 1132 | 16 | 1197 |
| 339 |  |
Don Gibson | 1131 | 44 | 990 |
| 340 |  |
Charlie Chaplin | 1130 | 6 | 1212 |
| 341 |  |
Robert Hunter | 1130 | 92 | 493 |
| 342 |  |
Richard Sherman | 1128 | 75 | 887 |
| 343 |  |
Turner Layton | 1126 | 5 | 1232 |
| 344 |  |
Peter Gabriel | 1125 | 149 | 740 |
| 345 |  |
Ryan Tedder | 1122 | 145 | 597 |
| 346 |  |
Adele | 1120 | 48 | 753 |
| 347 |  |
Noel Rosa | 1119 | 40 | 552 |
| 348 |  |
Allie Wrubel | 1118 | 23 | 1245 |
| 349 |  |
Bob Merrill [US1] | 1116 | 81 | 1124 |
| 350 |  |
Don Robey | 1114 | 86 | 1084 |
| 351 |  |
Robert B. Sherman | 1109 | 73 | 865 |
| 352 |  |
Johnny Ramone | 1104 | 80 | 699 |
| 353 |  |
Henry Ragas | 1099 | 8 | 878 |
| 354 |  |
David Foster [CA] | 1099 | 105 | 1011 |
| 355 |  |
Sidney Bechet | 1098 | 38 | 769 |
| 356 |  |
James Hetfield | 1094 | 88 | 798 |
| 357 |  |
Roberto Carlos | 1093 | 109 | 507 |
| 358 |  |
Les Reed | 1092 | 93 | 919 |
| 359 |  |
Jim Morrison [US1] | 1089 | 54 | 891 |
| 360 |  |
Charles Mingus | 1087 | 61 | 778 |
| 361 |  |
Billie Holiday | 1087 | 11 | 1128 |
| 362 |  |
Noël Coward | 1083 | 92 | 655 |
| 363 |  |
Charles N. Daniels | 1080 | 15 | 1192 |
| 364 |  |
Felix Mendelssohn [DE] | 1080 | 5 | 1166 |
| 365 |  |
Ray Charles [US1] | 1078 | 44 | 1008 |
| 366 |  |
Charles Wesley | 1077 | 2 | 1147 |
| 367 |  |
Antônio Maria | 1076 | 6 | 1114 |
| 368 |  |
Otis Redding | 1076 | 44 | 921 |
| 369 |  |
Robby Krieger | 1076 | 52 | 886 |
| 370 |  |
James P. Johnson | 1074 | 34 | 976 |
| 371 |  |
Norman Whitfield | 1074 | 84 | 879 |
| 372 |  |
Lars Ulrich | 1073 | 87 | 776 |
| 373 |  |
Buck Owens | 1071 | 148 | 752 |
| 374 | |
Augusto Algueró [Sr.] | 1070 | 304 | 476 |
| 375 |  |
Ray Manzarek | 1066 | 48 | 878 |
| 376 |  |
Rube Bloom | 1065 | 17 | 1120 |
| 377 |  |
John Densmore | 1065 | 47 | 877 |
| 378 |  |
Franco Migliacci | 1063 | 90 | 1053 |
| 379 |  |
Enrique Santos Discépolo | 1063 | 25 | 661 |
| 380 |  |
Berry Gordy | 1061 | 65 | 1010 |
| 381 |  |
Mark Knopfler | 1060 | 103 | 734 |
| 382 |  |
Eddie Edwards | 1059 | 6 | 866 |
| 383 |  |
Victor Schertzinger | 1059 | 16 | 1208 |
| 384 |  |
Tony Sbarbaro | 1059 | 6 | 866 |
| 385 |  |
Luiz Gonzaga | 1058 | 38 | 476 |
| 386 |  |
Gordon Jenkins | 1057 | 17 | 1179 |
| 387 |  |
Con Conrad | 1054 | 30 | 1072 |
| 388 |  |
Marvin Gaye | 1052 | 44 | 985 |
| 389 |  |
Eric Maschwitz | 1051 | 11 | 1208 |
| 390 |  |
Hugo Peretti | 1050 | 40 | 1104 |
| 391 |  |
Ozzy Osbourne | 1049 | 109 | 799 |
| 392 |  |
Irving Gordon | 1049 | 21 | 1251 |
| 393 |  |
Jerry Herman | 1049 | 47 | 884 |
| 394 |  |
Herbie Hancock | 1046 | 65 | 967 |
| 395 |  |
Francis Lai | 1041 | 40 | 924 |
| 396 |  |
Luigi Creatore | 1041 | 39 | 1089 |
| 397 |  |
Justin Bieber | 1041 | 80 | 498 |
| 398 |  |
Ray Gilbert | 1040 | 43 | 1056 |
| 399 |  |
Robert Burns | 1039 | 17 | 1081 |
| 400 |  |
Madonna | 1037 | 94 | 639 |