Top 15 greatest artists of all time ???

[DamoMac]

Share your list of who you consider the top 15 greatest artists of all time

Mine =

1. The Beatles.
2. John Lennon.
3. Michael Jackson.
4. Elvis.
5. Bob Dylan.
6. Ray Charles.
7. The Rolling Stones.
8. Led Zeppelin.
9. Bob Marley.
10. James Brown.
11. Stevie Wonder.
12. Johnny Cash.
13. Elton John.
14. Pink Floyd.
15. The Bee Gees.

[Aves]

For simplicity, I'll keep individual members from bands on this list to a minimum. Also, these are just the top 15 to come to mind, not in order.

1. Pink Floyd
2. Michael Jackson
3. Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree
4. Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails
5. Elton John
6. Rush
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Sigur Ros
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
10. Beatles/John Lennon/Paul McCartney
11. Jeff Beck
12. Dream Theater
13. The Dear Hunter
14. Olafur Arnalds
15. Miles Davis

[Bluesman]

Wow... Hard to do this! But my personal list:

1.Beatles
2.Jimi Hendrix
3.Robert Johnson
4.Led Zeppelin
5.Rolling Stones
6.Black Sabbath
7.BB King
8.Stevie Ray Vaughan
9.Michael Jackson
10.Ray Charles
11.Elton John
12.The Who
13.Aerosmith
14.Billy Joel
15.Jeff Beck

This list is obviously from someone who loves Rock and Blues. I tried to be objective but that's hard to do! Oh... Johnny Cash and Elvis NEED on here. I'm too lazy to switch around numbering though.

[Professional Russian]

1.Pink Floyd
2.The Beatles
3.Johnny Cash
4.Jethro Tull
5.Hank Williams Jr.
6.Ted Nugent
7.Aerosmith
8.Alabama
9.Van Halen
10.Boston
11.Brownsville Station
12.CCR
13.Elton John
14.ZZTop
15.Jerry Reed

[Sugaree]

ITT: dadrock out the ass


For simplicity, I'll keep individual members from bands on this list to a minimum. Also, these are just the top 15 to come to mind, not in order.

1. Pink Floyd
2. Michael Jackson
3. Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree
4. Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails
5. Elton John
6. Rush
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Sigur Ros
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
10. Beatles/John Lennon/Paul McCartney
11. Jeff Beck
12. Dream Theater
13. The Dear Hunter
14. Olafur Arnalds
15. Miles Davis

This is a good list. Only improvements I'd make:

1. Pink Floyd
2. Rush
3. Radiohead
4. Sigur Ros
5. Porcupine Tree
6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
7. Dream Theater
8. Nine Inch Nails
9. Portishead
10. Ulver
11. Yes
12. Opeth
13. Kyuss
14. Queens of the Stone Age
15. King Crimson

[MaximumR]

1. Michael Jackson
2. Madonna
3. Justin Bieber. Kidding, kidding, Elvis Presley
4. The Beatles
5. Elton John
6. Queen
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Britney Spears
9. ABBA
10. Journey
11. Bon Jovi
12. Pink Floyd
13. Celine Dion
14. AC/DC
15. Mariah Carey

[PinkFloyd]

15. Beach Boys
14. Coldplay
13. Elton John
12. Rihanna
11. Travie McCoy
10. Santana
9. 50 Cent
8. Coldplay
7. Kanye West
6. Lonely Island
5. Jon Bonjovi
4. Biggie Smalls R.I.P. :(
3. Tupac R.I.P. :(
2. Dr. Dre
1. tie between Eminem and the Beatles

[Professional Russian]

1. tie between Eminem and the Beatles

Some one shoot me now please

[Sugaree]

Some one shoot me now please

Gasp! Someone doesn't think MY number one artist of all time is the BEST!? SHOOT ME!

[Professional Russian]

Gasp! Someone doesn't think MY number one artist of all time is the BEST!? SHOOT ME!

no but comparing Eminem and the beatles. what kind of twisted fuckery is this

[Sugaree]

no but comparing Eminem and the beatles. what kind of twisted fuckery is this

http://i.imgur.com/zEOMp.gif

There, I found you.

[Blhhh8980]

They black eyed peas should be inthere!

[Stacey.]

1. Cher Lloyd
2. Jedward
3. Taylor Swift
4. Kellie Pickler
5. Lady GaGa
6. Katy Perry
7. Rihanna
8. Kelly Clarkson
9. Carrie Underwood
10. Miranda Lambert
11. Britney Spears
12. Xtina
13. Beyoncé
14. Kris Allen
15. Haley Reinhart

[Iron Man]

I have so many things to say about some people's opinion on the best artists, but I will just give myself and others a headache by doing so. Ergo, I will only put my list...for now.

1. Queen
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Pink Floyd
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Aerosmith
6. Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
7. Peter Frampton
8. Phil Collins
9. Steppenwolf
10. Rolling Stones
11. Metallica
12. Rush
13. Van Halen
14. Journey
15. Foreigner

[LuciferSam]

These are not in any order at all:

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Johnny Cash
Boston
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Ramones
Yes
The Who
Aerosmith
Bruce Springsteen/The E Street Band
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
Simon and Garfunkel
The Eagles

There are many more, but these are the first 15 that came to my mind.

[Carlsen]

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Opeth
Nightwish
Beatles
John Lennon
Alexi Laiho
Vah Halen
Children of Bodom
Jukka Tanskanen
Michael Jackson
Queen
Arch Enemy
Rob Zombie
Roope Latvala
Korpiklaani
Meshuggah




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[Human]

It'd be pretty hard to compile a list, because everyone is gonna be bias in some way :P

[NotAvailable]

1. Miles Davis
2. Pink Floyd
3. Josh Groban
4. Nickleback
5. Elton John
6. Rush
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Sigur Ros
9. Hinder
10. Paul McCartney
11. Jeff Beck
12. Olafur Arnalds
13. Pearl jam
14. Dream Theater
15. Michael Jackson

[Will Grigg's on Fire]

These are in no particular order:

1. Pink Floyd
2. Nirvana
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Beatles
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Metallica
8. Pearl Jam
9. Eagles of Death Metal
10. Foo Fighters
11. The White Stripes
12. Radiohead
13. Sex Pistols
14. Gorrilaz
15. Slash

[Bigdon]

1. The Beatles
2. John Lennon
3. Pink Floyd
4. Roger Waters
5. AC/DC
6. Rush
7. Elvis
8. Chuck Berry
9. Alice Cooper
10. Michael Jackson
11. Kiss
12. Guns N Roses
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. The Who
15. Black Sabbath

[Kobra]

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Three Days Grace
3. Dave Matthews Band
4. Johnny Cash
5. Sublime
6. Mac Miller
7. Nirvana
8. Eminem
9. Green Day
10. Linkin Park
11. Disturbed
12. The Rolling Stones
13. Frank Sinatra
14. Pearl Jam
15. Pink Floyd

[Allanon]

The Corrs
Fiona Apple
Michael Giachino
Lindsey Stirling
Three Dog Night
Sting
Bono
Hans Zimmer
Thomas Newman
Nicholas Hooper
Thats as far as i can get

[moonwolf9]

In no particular order, just what came to mind first.

1. The Beatles
2. Frank Sinatra
3. arctic monkeys
4. The Neighborhood
5. The Kooks
6. The Strokes
7. Bastille
8. Mgmt
9 Muse
10 The 1975
11. Kodaline
12. All American Rejects
13. The Eagles
14. Queen
15. Dean Martin

[ryann1996]

1. Peter Frampton
2. Jack White
3. Pink Floyd
4. Led Zeppelin
5. The Beatles
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Billy Joel
8. The Band
9. Janis Joplin
10. Supertramp
11. Dave Matthews
12. Elvis Presley
13. Lighthouse
14. Electric Light Orchestra
15. Queen


Honorable Mentions:
- Frank Sinatra (not on the list because all of his songs were written for him)
- Blink 182 (not even that amazing of a band, just one of my favourites, and great live lol)
- Johnny Cash (still pissed from when I found out that nine inch nails wrote the song Hurt.)

[Typhlosion]

How come no one put ABBA on this list? :confused:

In no order, the most influential:


ABBA
The Beatles
Elvis
Michael Jackson
B. B. King
Black Sabbath
Queen
Madonna
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Queen
Bee Gees
Eminem
Nirvana
Backstreet boys


Something's wrong about it. I only like Black Sabbath out of 'em.

[Emerald Dream]

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