Most covered performers
| Image | Artist | Covers | Covered songs | Covering artists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 |  |
Vernon Dalhart | 1254 | 39 | 1192 |
| 202 |  |
AC/DC | 1244 | 96 | 857 |
| 203 |  |
Buck Owens | 1240 | 142 | 874 |
| 204 |  |
The Norton sisters | 1236 | 3 | 1391 |
| 205 |  |
Johnny Mandel | 1205 | 7 | 1286 |
| 206 |  |
Ted FioRito | 1205 | 12 | 1373 |
| 207 |  |
Larry Kert | 1201 | 8 | 1098 |
| 208 |  |
The Velvet Underground | 1198 | 55 | 940 |
| 209 |  |
Donald Novis | 1196 | 7 | 1335 |
| 210 |  |
Neil Sedaka | 1194 | 113 | 1035 |
| 211 |  |
Hal Kemp | 1192 | 27 | 1330 |
| 212 |  |
Muzzy Marcellino | 1188 | 11 | 1354 |
| 213 |  |
Roger Miller [US-OK] | 1185 | 60 | 1078 |
| 214 |  |
Gordon Lightfoot | 1185 | 128 | 941 |
| 215 |  |
Albert Campbell | 1180 | 16 | 1351 |
| 216 |  |
Frances Langford | 1179 | 14 | 1268 |
| 217 |  |
Chick Bullock | 1174 | 12 | 1393 |
| 218 |  |
Sammy Kaye | 1169 | 43 | 1290 |
| 219 |  |
Cootie Williams | 1165 | 6 | 1341 |
| 220 |  |
Harry Richman | 1164 | 2 | 1317 |
| 221 |  |
Ken Darby | 1160 | 16 | 1266 |
| 222 |  |
Fiddlin' John Carson | 1160 | 18 | 1048 |
| 223 |  |
Pedro Vargas | 1157 | 31 | 988 |
| 224 |  |
June Knight | 1154 | 3 | 1288 |
| 225 |  |
Stan Applebaum | 1147 | 29 | 1187 |
| 226 |  |
Little Richard | 1147 | 37 | 867 |
| 227 |  |
Paul Simon | 1143 | 91 | 957 |
| 228 |  |
Gloria Grafton | 1141 | 5 | 1242 |
| 229 |  |
James Taylor [US] | 1139 | 79 | 924 |
| 230 |  |
Mildred Bailey | 1138 | 9 | 1308 |
| 231 |  |
Gene Krupa | 1138 | 28 | 1306 |
| 232 |  |
Elis Regina | 1133 | 38 | 925 |
| 233 |  |
Bob Marley | 1131 | 59 | 763 |
| 234 |  |
Johnny Hodges | 1130 | 37 | 1130 |
| 235 |  |
Adele | 1125 | 48 | 764 |
| 236 |  |
Shirley Ross | 1123 | 3 | 1260 |
| 237 |  |
The Wailers Band | 1113 | 57 | 754 |
| 238 |  |
The Doors | 1113 | 57 | 917 |
| 239 |  |
Metallica | 1110 | 90 | 811 |
| 240 |  |
Kenny Sargent | 1110 | 10 | 1276 |
| 241 |  |
Evert Taube | 1109 | 34 | 614 |
| 242 |  |
John Williams [US1] | 1107 | 244 | 479 |
| 243 |  |
Guillermo Barbieri | 1098 | 65 | 648 |
| 244 |  |
Dick Farney | 1094 | 11 | 1103 |
| 245 |  |
Les Brown | 1093 | 20 | 1257 |
| 246 |  |
Cliff Richard | 1091 | 146 | 821 |
| 247 |  |
Vic Damone | 1089 | 16 | 1282 |
| 248 |  |
Buddy Holly | 1087 | 36 | 812 |
| 249 |  |
Bill Withers | 1086 | 48 | 1053 |
| 250 |  |
Arthur Hall | 1085 | 17 | 1225 |
| 251 |  |
Sidney Bechet | 1084 | 32 | 774 |
| 252 |  |
Stanley Roper | 1079 | 5 | 1165 |
| 253 |  |
Dire Straits | 1076 | 52 | 711 |
| 254 |  |
Kris Kristofferson | 1075 | 77 | 975 |
| 255 |  |
Fletcher Henderson | 1067 | 37 | 976 |
| 256 |  |
Charles Mingus | 1065 | 61 | 783 |
| 257 |  |
Justin Bieber | 1063 | 84 | 507 |
| 258 |  |
Percy Faith | 1062 | 60 | 1100 |
| 259 |  |
Caetano Veloso | 1061 | 81 | 730 |
| 260 |  |
Louis Prima | 1057 | 34 | 1147 |
| 261 |  |
Otis Redding | 1052 | 45 | 912 |
| 262 |  |
Waylon Jennings | 1049 | 115 | 816 |
| 263 |  |
Waltham Abbey Choir | 1048 | 1 | 1128 |
| 264 |  |
Ruth Etting | 1046 | 13 | 1197 |
| 265 |  |
Adelaide Hall | 1045 | 5 | 1177 |
| 266 |  |
Grateful Dead | 1032 | 88 | 448 |
| 267 |  |
Johnny Otis | 1031 | 29 | 1143 |
| 268 | |
[Unknown Studio Artists] | 1027 | 63 | 1112 |
| 269 |  |
The Supremes [US1] | 1025 | 71 | 883 |
| 270 |  |
Claude François | 1023 | 79 | 987 |
| 271 |  |
The Andrews Sisters | 1023 | 38 | 1144 |
| 272 |  |
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán | 1019 | 125 | 409 |
| 273 |  |
The Boston Pops Orchestra | 1019 | 9 | 1113 |
| 274 |  |
Gene Austin | 1019 | 11 | 1127 |
| 275 |  |
The Temptations [US1] | 1017 | 77 | 866 |
| 276 |  |
Robert Chauvigny | 1016 | 67 | 795 |
| 277 |  |
Nan Wynn | 1016 | 4 | 1181 |
| 278 |  |
Carmen Lombardo | 1015 | 25 | 1113 |
| 279 |  |
Elizete Cardoso | 1015 | 20 | 974 |
| 280 |  |
Eddy Arnold | 1013 | 99 | 870 |
| 281 |  |
Perry Como | 1013 | 60 | 1077 |
| 282 |  |
Herb Jeffries | 1009 | 11 | 1191 |
| 283 |  |
Freddy Martin | 1006 | 31 | 1121 |
| 284 |  |
Vincent Lopez | 1004 | 14 | 1093 |
| 285 |  |
Tony Bennett | 1004 | 54 | 1059 |
| 286 |  |
Lady Gaga | 998 | 80 | 595 |
| 287 |  |
Howlin' Wolf | 996 | 58 | 729 |
| 288 |  |
Roland Gerbeau | 992 | 5 | 1048 |
| 289 |  |
Quintette du Hot Club de France | 991 | 18 | 713 |
| 290 |  |
Kiss | 991 | 122 | 757 |
| 291 |  |
Patsy Cline | 990 | 37 | 819 |
| 292 |  |
Ben E. King | 981 | 39 | 1011 |
| 293 |  |
Arthur Collins | 980 | 33 | 983 |
| 294 |  |
R.E.M. | 978 | 137 | 619 |
| 295 |  |
Hugo Winterhalter | 974 | 62 | 998 |
| 296 |  |
Carol Lawrence | 974 | 9 | 947 |
| 297 |  |
Wayne Shorter | 973 | 59 | 836 |
| 298 |  |
Emile Berliner | 967 | 4 | 1094 |
| 299 |  |
Smith Ballew | 966 | 13 | 1159 |
| 300 |  |
Harry Babbitt | 966 | 16 | 1165 |