| | | Artist | Points
 | Songs |
|---|
 | 1. | Margaret Whiting | 1161 | 01/1948 • Pass That Peace Pipe • 170 pts 02/1948 • Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) • 313 pts 07/1948 • A Tree in the Meadow • 364 pts 12/1948 • Far Away Places • 314 pts |
 | 2. | The Andrews Sisters | 1015 | 04/1948 • Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) • 265 pts 05/1948 • Heartbreaker • 82 pts 05/1948 • (Every Time They Play The) Sabre Dance • 82 pts 06/1948 • I Hate to Lose You • 114 pts 09/1948 • Underneath the Arches • 226 pts 09/1948 • You Call Everybody Darling • 171 pts 11/1948 • Bella Bella Marie • 75 pts |
 | 3. | Evelyn Knight | 1000 | 11/1948 • A Little Bird Told Me • 364 pts 11/1948 • Buttons and Bows • 115 pts 11/1948 • Brush Those Tears from Your Eyes • 158 pts 12/1948 • Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) • 364 pts |
 | 4. | Eddy Arnold | 917 | 03/1948 • What a Fool I Was • 89 pts 05/1948 • Anytime • 136 pts 05/1948 • Bouquet of Roses • 162 pts 05/1948 • Texarkana Baby • 133 pts 08/1948 • (Just a Little Lovin') Will Go a Long Way • 160 pts 11/1948 • A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses) • 113 pts 11/1948 • Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away • 85 pts |
 | 5. | Art Mooney | 855 | 01/1948 • I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover • 363 pts 04/1948 • Baby Face • 265 pts 07/1948 • Blue Bird of Happiness • 227 pts |
 | 6. | Dick Haymes | 836 | 04/1948 • Little White Lies • 314 pts 06/1948 • Nature Boy • 134 pts 06/1948 • You Can't Be True, Dear • 158 pts 07/1948 • It's Magic • 159 pts |
 | 7. | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | 812 | 03/1948 • I Love You, Yes I Do • 145 pts 05/1948 • Tell Me a Story • 171 pts 05/1948 • Baby Face • 134 pts 11/1948 • Down Among the Sheltering Palms • 114 pts 12/1948 • Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) • 249 pts |
 | 8. | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra | 797 | 01/1948 • Serenade of the Bells • 120 pts 06/1948 • Woody Woodpecker • 363 pts 10/1948 • On a Slow Boat to China • 313 pts |
 | 9. | Peggy Lee | 794 | 01/1948 • I'll Dance at Your Wedding • 134 pts 01/1948 • Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) • 364 pts 04/1948 • Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero • 121 pts 06/1948 • Caramba! It's the Samba • 121 pts |
| 10. | Ken Griffin | 769 | 04/1948 • You Can't Be True, Dear • 364 pts 06/1948 • Cuckoo Waltz • 92 pts 07/1948 • You Can't Be True, Dear • 313 pts |
 | 11. | Bing Crosby | 715 | 01/1948 • Ballerina • 145 pts 01/1948 • Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) • 364 pts 12/1948 • White Christmas • 206 pts |
 | 12. | Freddy Martin and His Orchestra | 681 | 04/1948 • Sabre Dance Boogie • 206 pts 05/1948 • The Dickey-Bird Song • 226 pts 11/1948 • On a Slow Boat to China • 249 pts |
| 13. | Doris Day and Buddy Clark | 656 | 05/1948 • Love Somebody • 364 pts 06/1948 • Confess • 105 pts 11/1948 • My Darling, My Darling • 187 pts |
 | 14. | Dinah Shore | 656 | 06/1948 • Little White Lies • 134 pts 09/1948 • Buttons and Bows • 364 pts 12/1948 • Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) • 158 pts |
| 15. | Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae | 612 | 10/1948 • Bluebird of Happiness • 104 pts 10/1948 • Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart • 145 pts 11/1948 • My Darling, My Darling • 363 pts |
 | 16. | Eddy Howard | 600 | 02/1948 • Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) • 171 pts 05/1948 • Just Because • 85 pts 06/1948 • Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon (And Throw 'Em in the Deep Blue Sea) • 75 pts 11/1948 • (I'd Love to Get You) On a Slow Boat to China • 207 pts |
 | 17. | Spike Jones and His City Slickers | 569 | 06/1948 • William Tell Overture • 207 pts 11/1948 • All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) • 362 pts |
 | 18. | Russ Morgan | 472 | 02/1948 • I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover • 207 pts 11/1948 • So Tired • 266 pts |
 | 19. | Jack Smith | 454 | 05/1948 • Baby Face • 121 pts 06/1948 • Tea Leaves • 98 pts 08/1948 • You Call Everybody Darling • 121 pts 12/1948 • Cuanto Le Gusta (La Parranda) • 114 pts |
 | 20. | Al Trace and His Orchestra | 446 | 06/1948 • You Call Everybody Darlin' • 364 pts 09/1948 • You Call Everybody Darlin' • 82 pts |
 | 21. | Perry Como | 420 | 03/1948 • Because • 249 pts 06/1948 • Haunted Heart • 75 pts 07/1948 • Rambling Rose • 96 pts |
 | 22. | Gordon MacRae | 408 | 07/1948 • It's Magic • 159 pts 08/1948 • Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue • 187 pts |
 | 23. | Nat King Cole | 405 | 04/1948 • Nature Boy • 405 pts |
 | 24. | Frankie Laine | 388 | 01/1948 • Shine • 158 pts 08/1948 • Ah but It Happens • 81 pts 12/1948 • You're All I Want for Christmas • 149 pts |
 | 25. | Woody Herman and His Orchestra | 375 | 01/1948 • Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) • 111 pts 03/1948 • Sabre Dance • 264 pts |
 | 26. | Frankie Carle and His Orchestra | 370 | 02/1948 • Beg Your Pardon • 226 pts 12/1948 • Twelfth Street Rag • 144 pts |
 | 27. | Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra | 368 | 06/1948 • Twelfth Street Rag • 368 pts |
 | 28. | Les Brown and His Orchestra | 363 | 12/1948 • I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm • 363 pts |
 | 29. | Frank Sinatra | 356 | 04/1948 • But Beautiful • 114 pts 05/1948 • Nature Boy • 186 pts |
 | 30. | Louis Jordan | 355 | 07/1948 • Run Joe • 124 pts |
 | 31. | The Dinning Sisters | 353 | 02/1948 • Beg Your Pardon • 127 pts 10/1948 • Buttons and Bows • 226 pts |
| 32. | Sportsmen | 341 | 05/1948 • You Can't Be True, Dear • 207 pts 06/1948 • Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) • 134 pts |
 | 33. | Jimmy Wakely | 338 | 10/1948 • One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) • 183 pts 12/1948 • I Love You So Much It Hurts • 120 pts |
 | 34. | Gene Autry | 316 | 10/1948 • Buttons and Bows • 120 pts 11/1948 • Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) • 196 pts |
| 35. | Jon and Sondra Steele | 314 | 05/1948 • My Happiness • 314 pts |
 | 36. | Doris Day | 314 | 07/1948 • It's Magic • 314 pts |
| 37. | The Sportsmen and Mel Blanc and His Original Woody Woodpecker Voice | 312 | 07/1948 • Woody Woodpecker • 312 pts |
 | 38. | Arthur Godfrey | 301 | 02/1948 • Slap 'Er Down, Agin, Paw • 187 pts 03/1948 • I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover • 114 pts |
| 39. | John Laurenz | 294 | 08/1948 • A Tree in the Meadow • 95 pts 09/1948 • Hair of Gold • 79 pts |
 | 40. | Les Paul | 293 | 02/1948 • Brazil • 78 pts 02/1948 • Lover • 82 pts 05/1948 • What Is This Thing Called Love? • 133 pts |
 | 41. | Sarah Vaughan | 291 | 07/1948 • Nature Boy • 157 pts 08/1948 • It's Magic • 134 pts • from The Divine Sarah Sings |
 | 42. | Art Lund | 291 | 09/1948 • Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue • 85 pts 09/1948 • You Call Everybody Darling • 78 pts 11/1948 • On a Slow Boat to China • 128 pts |
 | 43. | Bull Moose Jackson | 288 | 05/1948 • I Love You Yes I Do • 120 pts |
 | 44. | The Ink Spots | 283 | 11/1948 • Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart • 78 pts 12/1948 • You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love) • 186 pts |
| 45. | Blue Lu Barker | 282 | 12/1948 • A Little Bird Told Me • 282 pts |
| 46. | Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | 266 | 06/1948 • Maybe You'll Be There • 266 pts |
 | 47. | The Pied Pipers | 266 | 06/1948 • My Happiness • 266 pts |
| 48. | Gracie Fields | 265 | 01/1948 • Now Is the Hour • 265 pts |
| 49. | Francis Craig and His Orchestra | 265 | 01/1948 • Beg Your Pardon • 265 pts |
 | 50. | Ella Fitzgerald | 257 | 06/1948 • My Happiness • 230 pts |