VH1 100 Greatest Music Artists of All Time

[Richland123]

VH1 100 Greatest Music Artists of All Time.

You always have to wonder what credentials the people have who create these lists for them to select some of these. Definitely quite a few that would not be on my list.

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

[electracoyote]

It should be called VH1 100 Greatest 20th Century Mainstream Pop Music Artists Based On CD/Ticket Sales

"Of All Time"???

[zachoff]

Not a terrible list, but George Michael? He had like 2 albums or something. Hell, I'd put Michael Bolton on the list before George Michael.

[Caca de Kick]

George Michael is great, not only was he a solo artist, was also in Wham which were a huge pop band, he's also been a songwriter for many other artists. And did you know he's a darn good bass player?

[cableguy]

Top 20 seem solid enough, after that a few turds start showing up. Also I know Sir Paul is talented and with the Beatles a lock. But #33 as a solo artist I don't think so. Same with Lennon. After the list hits #50 it's a batting a little over .500.

[J. Crawford]

Top 15 look pretty good to me, but after that.. Meh..

[zachoff]

I can't believe Chuck Berry is #25 though. Without him, many of the top 20 maybe wouldn't have ever existed.

[mambo4]

impressive number of rappers placing well above Elvis Costello!

the criteria is clearly based largely on sales, not music

Once you get close to the top 20 it gets harder to disagree tho
(Just move Madonna down a chunk)
Perhaps there is hope for music after all

[plangentmusic]

Looks to me like they had # 1 in mind (obvious) then threw 99 names in a hat and picked them arbitrarily.

[5StringBlues]

Sly & the Family Stone at #38?


Little Richard at # 53 - behind Sade?!?

YES isn't on the list at all?




Nice fail there,VH1.

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by mambo4

Elvis Costello!

A bright spot, for sure.

I'm a little surprised he made this largely MOR mainstream list at all.

I'm a huge fan, own everything he ever released in his various configurations, but he only had, what maybe one or two "hits?"

[Tampabass]

the greatest pop and/or rock artists of all time, and Frank Sinatra doesn't make the cut? No Grateful Dead? No Eagles? No Phish? weak.

[BoomingBass]

Rush needs to be higher.

[mid_life_crisis]

Elvis Costello? I don't know much of his work and probably never will. Every time I start to pick up one of his albums, in my head, I hear
"She is watching the detectives...
He's so cute."
and it slips out of my fingers.

[mid_life_crisis]

Say what you want about that list, but one of the things they all have in common is that they'll probably all still be being played in 20 years.

[champbassist]

Where's Slipknot?

[RestInPieces]

I found about 18 artists from that list that really should be there. Meh, I couldn't care less.

[OPBASSMAN1994]

Originally Posted by 5StringBlues

Sly & the Family Stone at #38?


Little Richard at # 53 - behind Sade?!?

YES isn't on the list at all?




Nice fail there,VH1.

I couldn't agree more. Although, I am pleased that they remembered to include Rush. FOR ONCE. It's more than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has ever bothered to do.

[Mark Latimour]

Frank Zappa is not in the list? Was it compiled by a group of deaf monkeys with a typewriter?

[kenlacam]

Originally Posted by champbassist

Where's Slipknot?

Where they should be-in the toilet with Ke$ha.