| | Artist | Points
  | Songs |
|---|
| 1. | Perry Como | 2444 | 01/1949 • Far Away Places • 235 pts
02/1949 • Blue Room • 89 pts
03/1949 • Forever and Ever • 296 pts
04/1949 • A-You're Adorable • 343 pts
04/1949 • Bali Ha'i • 214 pts
04/1949 • Some Enchanted Evening • 344 pts
05/1949 • I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore • 127 pts
07/1949 • Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk • 105 pts
10/1949 • A Dreamer's Holiday • 250 pts
11/1949 • I Wanna Go Home (With You) • 90 pts |
| 2. | Bing Crosby | 1946 | 01/1949 • Far Away Places • 296 pts
01/1949 • Galway Bay • 250 pts
05/1949 • Careless Hands • 120 pts
05/1949 • Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) • 108 pts
05/1949 • Some Enchanted Evening • 250 pts
06/1949 • Bali Ha'i • 120 pts
11/1949 • Mule Train • 234 pts
12/1949 • Dear Hearts and Gentle People • 296 pts
12/1949 • White Christmas • 212 pts |
| 3. | Russ Morgan | 1469 | 02/1949 • Cruising Down the River • 343 pts
02/1949 • Sunflower • 214 pts
03/1949 • Forever and Ever • 344 pts
03/1949 • You, You, You Are the One • 93 pts
09/1949 • That's My Weakness Now • 93 pts
12/1949 • Blue Christmas • 126 pts
12/1949 • Johnson Rag • 177 pts |
| 4. | Vaughn Monroe | 1353 | 01/1949 • Red Roses for a Blue Lady • 251 pts
04/1949 • Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) • 375 pts
08/1949 • Someday • 343 pts
09/1949 • That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) • 196 pts
11/1949 • Mule Train • 137 pts |
| 5. | Jo Stafford | 1115 | 01/1949 • Congratulations • 115 pts
04/1949 • Once and for Always • 99 pts
05/1949 • Some Enchanted Evening • 235 pts
08/1949 • Homework • 126 pts
08/1949 • Just One Way to Say I Love You • 120 pts
09/1949 • Ragtime Cowboy Joe • 137 pts
10/1949 • The Last Mile Home • 149 pts |
| 6. | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | 1031 | 02/1949 • Careless Hands • 251 pts
02/1949 • Powder Your Face with Sunshine • 114 pts
06/1949 • Room Full of Roses • 296 pts
06/1949 • The Four Winds and the Seven Seas • 250 pts |
| 7. | Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae | 912 | 03/1949 • A You're Adorable • 235 pts
04/1949 • Need You • 177 pts
08/1949 • Whispering Hope • 236 pts
12/1949 • Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) • 114 pts
12/1949 • Echoes • 89 pts |
| 8. | Vic Damone | 855 | 04/1949 • Again • 196 pts
06/1949 • You're Breaking My Heart • 344 pts
07/1949 • Four Winds and Seven Seas • 98 pts
08/1949 • My Bolero • 137 pts |
| 9. | Frankie Laine | 818 | 08/1949 • That Lucky Old Sun • 343 pts
11/1949 • Mule Train • 343 pts |
| 10. | Mel Tormé | 809 | 03/1949 • Careless Hands • 342 pts
04/1949 • Again • 250 pts
07/1949 • The Four Winds and the Seven Seas • 137 pts |
| 11. | Frank Sinatra | 787 | 03/1949 • Sunflower • 108 pts
06/1949 • Some Enchanted Evening • 195 pts
06/1949 • The Huckle Buck • 137 pts
07/1949 • Bali Ha'i • 89 pts
10/1949 • Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go • 149 pts
10/1949 • That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) • 108 pts |
| 12. | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | 779 | 02/1949 • Red Roses for a Blue Lady • 162 pts
04/1949 • Everywhere You Go • 87 pts
05/1949 • Merry-Go-Round Waltz • 90 pts
08/1949 • The Four Winds and the Seven Seas • 86 pts
10/1949 • Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot) • 127 pts |
| 13. | Art Mooney | 772 | 02/1949 • Beautiful Eyes • 90 pts
05/1949 • Again • 177 pts
07/1949 • Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine • 114 pts
09/1949 • Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot) • 99 pts
10/1949 • Toot, Too, Tootsie (Good-Bye) • 86 pts |
| 14. | Eddy Howard | 727 | 07/1949 • Room Full of Roses • 236 pts
08/1949 • Maybe It's Because • 150 pts |
| 15. | Paul Weston and His Orchestra | 721 | 03/1949 • The Hot Canary • 121 pts
06/1949 • Bali Ha'i • 136 pts
07/1949 • Some Enchanted Evening • 149 pts
10/1949 • Lingering Down the Lane • 98 pts |
| 16. | Dick Haymes | 718 | 06/1949 • Room Full of Roses • 196 pts
07/1949 • Maybe It's Because • 214 pts
12/1949 • The Old Master Painter • 235 pts |
| 17. | Dinah Shore | 679 | 01/1949 • Far Away Places • 108 pts
04/1949 • Forever and Ever • 121 pts
11/1949 • Dear Hearts and Gentle People • 296 pts |
| 18. | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely | 642 | 09/1949 • Slipping Around • 380 pts
11/1949 • I'll Never Slip Around Again • 193 pts |
| 19. | Doris Day | 641 | 05/1949 • Again • 296 pts
10/1949 • Canadian Capers (Cuttin' Capers) • 105 pts
11/1949 • (There's a) Bluebird on Your Windowsill • 86 pts |
| 20. | The Mills Brothers | 613 | 02/1949 • I Love You So Much It Hurts • 183 pts
02/1949 • I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm • 149 pts
08/1949 • Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) • 214 pts |
| 21. | Billy Eckstine | 585 | 01/1949 • Blue Moon • 93 pts
01/1949 • Bewildered • 90 pts |
| 22. | Tony Martin | 562 | 05/1949 • If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon • 92 pts
11/1949 • There's No Tomorrow • 297 pts
12/1949 • Marta (Rambling Rose of the Wildwood) • 105 pts |
| 23. | Peggy Lee | 560 | 04/1949 • Similau (See-Me-Lo) • 92 pts
05/1949 • Bali Ha'i • 115 pts
05/1949 • Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) • 295 pts |
| 24. | The Andrews Sisters | 550 | 09/1949 • I Can Dream, Can't I • 344 pts |
| 25. | Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | 547 | 04/1949 • Again • 296 pts
09/1949 • Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) • 250 pts |
| 26. | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | 536 | 01/1949 • Down by the Station • 127 pts
06/1949 • Again • 195 pts
06/1949 • The Huckle-Buck • 214 pts |
| 27. | Eddy Arnold | 500 | 02/1949 • Don't Rob Another Man's Castle • 107 pts
05/1949 • One Kiss Too Many • 107 pts
07/1949 • I'm Throwing Rice (At the Girl That I Love) • 122 pts |
| 28. | Blue Barron and His Orchestra | 497 | 01/1949 • Cruising Down the River • 343 pts
02/1949 • Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) • 89 pts |
| 29. | Buddy Clark | 488 | 08/1949 • You're Breaking My Heart • 235 pts
11/1949 • A Dreamer's Holiday • 121 pts |
| 30. | Gene Autry | 462 | 12/1949 • Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer • 378 pts
12/1949 • Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) • 84 pts |
| 31. | Jack Smith | 456 | 01/1949 • Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) • 92 pts
02/1949 • Cruising Down the River • 250 pts
04/1949 • Sunflower • 114 pts |
| 32. | Margaret Whiting | 420 | 04/1949 • Forever and Ever • 214 pts
05/1949 • A Wonderful Guy • 121 pts
09/1949 • Dime a Dozen • 86 pts |
| 33. | Ernest Tubb | 414 | 11/1949 • Slipping Around • 128 pts
12/1949 • Blue Christmas • 107 pts |
| 34. | Yogi Yorgesson | 389 | 12/1949 • I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas • 213 pts
12/1949 • Yingle Bells • 176 pts |
| 35. | Tony Pastor and His Orchestra | 323 | 02/1949 • Grieving for You • 126 pts
05/1949 • A-You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) • 120 pts |
| 36. | Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra | 316 | 09/1949 • You're Breaking My Heart • 108 pts
11/1949 • Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) • 149 pts |
| 37. | Sarah Vaughan | 302 | 06/1949 • Black Coffee • 114 pts
09/1949 • That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) • 108 pts |
| 38. | Richard Hayes | 295 | 12/1949 • The Old Master Painter • 295 pts |
| 39. | Hugo Winterhalter | 285 | 10/1949 • Jealous Heart • 137 pts
12/1949 • Blue Christmas • 149 pts |
| 40. | Evelyn Knight | 277 | |
| 41. | Gordon MacRae | 274 | 11/1949 • Mule Train • 108 pts
12/1949 • Dear Hearts and Gentle People • 86 pts |
| 42. | The Ink Spots | 272 | 08/1949 • You're Breaking My Heart • 195 pts |
| 43. | Spike Jones and His City Slickers | 271 | 08/1949 • Dance of the Hours • 114 pts
12/1949 • My Two Front Teeth (All I Want for Christmas) [R] • 89 pts |
| 44. | Louis Jordan | 262 | 10/1949 • Saturday Night Fish Fry (Pts. 1 & 2) • 123 pts |
| 45. | Hank Williams | 259 | 05/1949 • Lovesick Blues • 104 pts |
| 46. | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 256 | 11/1949 • Mule Train • 185 pts |
| 47. | The Andrews Sisters and Russ Morgan and His Orchestra | 255 | 12/1949 • Charley My Boy • 105 pts |
| 48. | Al Morgan | 252 | 07/1949 • Jealous Heart • 252 pts |
| 49. | Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer | 250 | 05/1949 • Baby, It's Cold Outside • 250 pts |
| 50. | Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark | 250 | 05/1949 • Baby, It's Cold Outside • 250 pts |
| 51. | Patti Page | 244 | 02/1949 • So in Love • 114 pts |
| 52. | Kay Starr | 232 | 01/1949 • So Tired • 177 pts |
| 53. | George Morgan | 227 | 10/1949 • Room Full of Roses • 89 pts |
| 54. | Amos Milburn | 223 | |
| 55. | Jan Garber and His Orchestra | 216 | 09/1949 • You're Breaking My Heart • 87 pts |
| 56. | Stardusters | 214 | 04/1949 • I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore • 214 pts |
| 57. | Fran Warren | 213 | 07/1949 • A Wonderful Guy • 93 pts
10/1949 • Envy • 120 pts |
| 58. | Kenny Roberts | 197 | 09/1949 • I Never See Maggie Alone • 174 pts |
| 59. | Jack Teter Trio | 196 | 10/1949 • Johnson Rag • 196 pts |
| 60. | Jerry Wayne | 195 | 08/1949 • Room Full of Roses • 195 pts |
| 61. | Charles Brown | 186 | |
| 62. | Primo Scala's Banjo and Accordion Orchestra with the Keynotes | 184 | |
| 63. | Toni Arden and Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra | 177 | 11/1949 • I Can Dream, Can't I? • 177 pts |
| 64. | Ezio Pinza | 177 | 09/1949 • Some Enchanted Evening • 177 pts |
| 65. | Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald | 175 | 1949 • Baby, It's Cold Outside • 175 pts |
| 66. | Connie Haines | 166 | 04/1949 • How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies! • 86 pts |
| 67. | Freddy Martin and His Orchestra | 162 | 10/1949 • I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts • 162 pts |
| 68. | Frankie Carle and His Orchestra | 162 | 03/1949 • Cruising Down the River (On a Sunday Afternoon) • 162 pts |
| 69. | Roy Brown | 159 | |
| 70. | The Orioles | 156 | |
| 71. | Red Foley | 153 | |
| 72. | Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks | 152 | 03/1949 • Blue Skirt Waltz • 140 pts |
| 73. | Ivory Joe Hunter | 151 | |
| 74. | The Three Suns | 145 | |
| 75. | Owen Bradley | 145 | 12/1949 • Blues Stay Away from Me • 145 pts |
| 76. | Don Reid | 139 | |
| 77. | Starlighters | 138 | |
| 78. | Phil Harris | 137 | 12/1949 • The Old Master Painter • 137 pts |
| 79. | Jimmy Witherspoon | 137 | |
| 80. | Dean Martin | 137 | 02/1949 • Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) • 137 pts |
| 81. | Wynonie Harris | 136 | |
| 82. | Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends | 133 | |
| 83. | John Laurenz | 132 | |
| 84. | Jack Owens | 127 | 10/1949 • Jealous Heart • 127 pts |
| 85. | Ray Anthony and His Orchestra | 127 | 11/1949 • A Dreamer's Holiday • 127 pts |
| 86. | The Wesson Brothers | 126 | 04/1949 • All Right Louie, Drop the Gun • 126 pts |
| 87. | Buddy Johnson | 125 | 07/1949 • Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? • 108 pts |
| 88. | The Ames Brothers | 123 | |
| 89. | Anne Shelton | 123 | |
| 90. | Tex Beneke | 121 | 11/1949 • I Can Dream, Can't I? • 121 pts |
| 91. | Don Cornell and Laura Leslie | 120 | 06/1949 • Baby, It's Cold Outside • 120 pts |
| 92. | Snooky Lanson | 120 | 12/1949 • The Old Master Painter • 120 pts |
| 93. | Dinah Washington | 120 | |
| 94. | Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby | 120 | 01/1949 • The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!) • 120 pts |
| 95. | Patty Andrews | 120 | 01/1949 • The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!) • 120 pts |
| 96. | Jack Fulton | 120 | 03/1949 • Sunflower • 120 pts |
| 97. | John Lee Hooker | 120 | |
| 98. | Paul Williams [saxophonist] | 119 | |
| 99. | Frank Sinatra and the Modernaires | 114 | 12/1949 • The Old Master Painter • 114 pts |
| 100. | Ken Griffin | 114 | |
