Whitney Houston entered the pop world as a singularly talented phenomenon and quickly charmed the entire globe.

In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at how Phil Collins showed how a different sort of ...

In the middle of the decade, Madonna claimed the '80s as her own, with a year that cemented her as the final third of early ...

(In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project of its choices for the Greatest Pop Star of every year, going back to ...

After becoming one of the defining stars of the mid-'80s as the more visible half of Wham!, George Michael went solo -- with ...

Justin Timberlake stepped into unquestioned solo superstardom with the best clothes, moves and songs of anyone in 2006.

(In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project of its choices for the Greatest Pop Star of every year, going back to ...

In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at the greatest pop stars to never be officially ...

Janet Jackson is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1993 for how the she evolved and matured her sound and image to fit with ...

John Cougar Mellencamp is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1982 for how he exemplified rock stardom while it was still at top 40's center.

Blondie is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1981 for how the band defined pop cool at the outset of the MTV age.

Nonetheless, people loved it, as it peaked at No. 1 for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. Furthermore, Billboard ...