Classic artists dominate a handful of Billboard‘s year-end charts.
- Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
- Greatest Hits – Queen
- Diamonds – Elton John
- American Heartbreak – Zach Bryan
- Chronicle: The Greatest Hits – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Nevermind – Nirvana
- Dreamland – Glass Animals
- Greatest Hits – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
- Greatest Hits – Guns N’ Roses
- Back in Black – AC/DC
The Top Rock Artists chart has Glass Animals at one, but four classic acts round out the Top 10 — Fleetwood Mac at seven, The Beatles at eight, Elton John at nine and Queen at 10.
Top Rock & Alternative Albums Artists:
- The Beatles
- Imagine Dragons
- Fleetwood Mac
- Queen
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Elton John
- Zach Bryan
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Nirvana
- Glass Animals
- Greatest Hits – Queen
- Greatest Hits – Guns N’ Roses
- Back In Black – AC/DC
- Metallica – Metallica
- Greatest Hits – Foo Fighters
- The Best of Nickelback: Volume 1 – Nickelback
- Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection – Bon Jovi
- [Hybrid Theory] – Linkin Park
- A Decade of Destruction – Five Finger Death Punch
- Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
On the Top Tours list, Elton John is second behind Bad Bunny; The Rolling Stones are sixth; Red Hot Chili Peppers seventh; and the Def Leppard–Motley Crue Stadium Tour eighth.