I was looking for some legacy artists/bands and made a list of monthly listeners, there may be some missing but I think almost all of them are here, they are the acts with the most total streams according to chartmasters and several of them are in the weekly global spotify lists.
The list is pre-1995 and not pre-2000 because it doesn't seem fair to me to compare Eminem (#13) to Paul McCartney or Britney Spears (#111) to Donna Summer just because they released an album 3 or 2 years before it ended the 20th century, I may be wrong but I personally consider them artists of the 21st century and I think they should be compared with artists of this century or post-1995 artists.
Spotify Monthly Listeners (feb 21, 2022):
#16 Elton John (51M)
#46 Queen (36,2M)
#91 Michael Jackson (27,8M)
#108 The Beatles (25,3M)
#110 Snoop Dogg (25,3M)
#148 Fleetwood Mac (22,1M)
#149 AC/DC (22,1M)
#171 Whitney Houston (20,4M)
#178 Nirvana (20,2M)
#179 Guns N Roses (20,1M)
#190 The Rolling Stones (19,3M)
#192 Madonna (19,2M)
#193 Bon Jovi (19,2M)
#203 2Pac (18,8M)
#228 Metallica (17,6M)
#229 ABBA (17,5M)
#233 U2 (17,3M)
#243 The Notorious B.I.G. (16,8M)
#245 Bee Gees (16,7M)
#251 Phill Collins (16,4M)
#263 Aerosmith (16,1M)
#264 David Bowie (16,1M)
#269 Stevie Wonder (15,9M)
#279 Led Zeppelin (15,6M)
#284 Creedence (15,1M)
#306 Radiohead (14,5M)
#328 Pink Floyd (14M)
#337 Bob Marley & The Wailers (12,7M)
#338 George Michael (13,7M)
#261 Mariah Carey (16,1M)
#351 Celine Dion (13,4M)
#354 Bruce Springteen (13,3M)
#370 Elvis Presley (12,8M)
#476 Frank Sinatra (10,9)
#489 Cyndi Lauper (10,7M)
I also checked Janet and Prince profiles but everything indicates that they are not in the top 500.
