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VH1's Top 100 Artists of All Time


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100 Alicia Keys

99 Hall & Oates

98 Depeche Mode

97 Pretenders

96 Journey

95 OutKast

94 Mariah Carey

93 Pearl Jam

92 LL Cool J

91 Green Day

90 Elvis Costello

89 Beastie Boys

88 Bee Gees

87 George Michael

86 N.W.A.

85 The Band

84 Curtis Mayfield

83 Earth, Wind and Fire

82 Steely Dan

81 ABBA

80 Mary J. Blige

79 Eminem

78 Judas Priest

77 Lynyrd Skynyrd

76 Run-D.M.C.

75 Rush

74 The Cure

73 Van Morrison

72 Janis Joplin

71 R.E.M.

70 Def Leppard

69 Tupac Shakur

68 Otis Redding

67 Coldplay

66 Justin Timberlake

65 The Doors

64 Talking Heads

63 Notorious B.I.G.

62 Genesis

61 Cream

60 Whitney Houston

59 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

58 Cheap Trick

57 Iggy & The Stooges

56 KISS

55 Peter Gabriel

54 Public Enemy

53 Little Richard

52 Beyoncé

51 Billy Joel

50 Sade

49 Parliament-Funkadelic

48 Rage Against The Machine

47 Jay-Z

46 Ramones

45 Al Green

44 Joni Mitchell

43 Ray Charles

42 Metallica

41 Van Halen

40 The Police

39 The Kinks

38 Sly & The Family Stone

37 Fleetwood Mac

36 Paul McCartney

35 Johnny Cash

34 Tina Turner

33 Guns N’ Roses

32 Black Sabbath

31 John Lennon

30 Aerosmith

29 Radiohead

28 Elton John

27 Aretha Franklin

26 Neil Young

25 Chuck Berry

24 The Velvet Underground

23 AC/DC

22 The Clash

21 Bruce Springsteen

20 Marvin Gaye

19 U2

18 Pink Floyd

17 Queen

16 Madonna

15 The Beach Boys

14 Nirvana

13 The Who

12 David Bowie

11 Bob Marley

10 Stevie Wonder

09 James Brown

08 Elvis Presley

07 Prince

06 Jimi Hendrix

05 Bob Dylan

04 Rolling Stones

03 Led Zeppelin

02 Michael Jackson

01 The Beatles

Which artists do you believe are under-ranked, overrated, or should have been included?

Personally, I think this list sucks.

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Prince is over-rated, Pretenders, Journey, The Doors and Janis all WAY under-rated... even then the list is not quite right... where's Foreigner? Why is LL Cool J even in there? 3 songs? :doh: Soooo many missing bands, but is only top 100... still sux :thumbsdown:

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The Top 20 looks alright, I would have put Prince, James Brown and Stevie Wonder lower and instead put The Clash and Neil Young higher...

Are Paul McCartney's solo efforts really that important?

Also where's the electronic music? Kraftwerk? Tangerine Dream? Daft Punk?

Also Björk's missing

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Apparently this list was compiled by over 200 music artists.

I think the biggest snubs are CCR, Eagles, Grateful Dead, and even the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I don't understand how Coldplay is on here, and that high even. Hard to believe anyone would think they're better than R.E.M.

Same goes for Jay-Z, most of his songs he just raps about how great he is, when he's a really just a slow rapper that sounds like he's talking.

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I don't see why listing Lennon and McCartney apart from Beatles is necessary, they didn't list Ozzy apart from Sabbath... I'd like to know who they asked... no over 30 I bet :doh:

also missing: Jethro Tull, The Animals... btw who is Sade?

Kenne mentioned that it was compiled by 200+ artists.

And believe me, if they only asked those below 30 the list would look much different ;)

Radiohead, Coldplay higher, Lady Gaga isn't even mentioned, same with The White Stripes... Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Portishead, Massive Attack, Blur, Oasis etc.

Sade is a pretty famous soul singer, you might know "Smooth Operator" or "No Ordinary Love"

btw while writing my first comment I almost raged about it, because I first read it as 'Slade' :D

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:laughing: :laughing:

too funny lil bro!

Actually, I've heard a couple of Sade tunes... my GF's are always into that type of thing. I was poking fun at the imbeciles tweeting @ Grammy's: "who is this paul mccartney guy?" :doh:

I still think Sade would lose to Joan Jett in a street fight! :laughing: :rockon:

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