Who Will Come Out On Top Of VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time?

Who cares as there are many glaring omissions, some most notable are...

Electric Light Orchestra (I thought ELO would definately make it based on the fact that they had a very cool and positive two minute segment on Vh1's "I Love the 70s Volume 2 1974" in 2006 I Love the '70s: Volume 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Chicago
The Spinners
Paul Simon
George Harrison

:mad

Nice to see Genesis though!

Rick

Who Will Come Out On Top Of VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time? | Vh1 Blog

Starting Monday, September 6 with back-to-back episodes at 10/9c and 11/10c, VH1 will count down its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (the five-part countdown will continue every day at 10/9c through Thursday, Sept. 10). VH1 has revealed the Top 5 (although their specific ranking will remain a secret until the final show airs). In alphabetical order, they are:

The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Michael Jackson
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones

Below, check out the actual rankings of the other 95 artists on the list, and make sure you tune in Monday, September 6 for expert commentary from artists on the list, artists not on the list, writers, critics and comedians alike…

6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Prince
8. Elvis Presley
9. James Brown
10. Stevie Wonder
11. Bob Marley
12. David Bowie
13. The Who
14. Nirvana
15. The Beach Boys
16. Madonna
17. Queen
18. Pink Floyd
19. U2
20. Marvin Gaye
21. Bruce Springsteen
22. The Clash
23. AC/DC
24. The Velvet Underground
25. Chuck Berry
26. Neil Young
27. Aretha Franklin
28. Elton John
29. Radiohead
30. Aerosmith
31. John Lennon
32. Black Sabbath
33. Guns N’ Roses
34. Tina Turner
35. Johnny Cash
36. Paul McCartney
37. Fleetwood Mac
38. Sly & The Family Stone
39. The Kinks
40. The Police
41. Van Halen
42. Metallica
43. Ray Charles
44. Joni Mitchell
45. Al Green
46. Ramones
47. Jay-Z
48. Rage Against the Machine
49. Parliament-Funkadelic
50. Sade
51. Billy Joel
52. Beyonce
53. Little Richard
54. Public Enemy
55. Peter Gabriel
56. KISS
57. Iggy & the Stooges
58. Cheap Trick
59. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
60. Whitney Houston
61. Cream
62. Genesis
63. Notorious B.I.G.
64. Talking Heads
65. The Doors
66. Justin Timberlake
67. Coldplay
68. Otis Redding
69. Tupac Shakur
70. Def Leppard
71. R.E.M.
72. Janis Joplin
73. Van Morrison
74. The Cure
75. Rush
76. Run-DMC
77. Lynyrd Skynyrd
78. Judas Priest
79. Eminem
80. Mary J. Blige
81. ABBA
82. Steely Dan
83. Earth Wind and Fire
84. Curtis Mayfield
85. The Band
86. N.W.A.
87. George Michael
88. Bee Gees
89. Beastie Boys
90. Elvis Costello
91. Green Day
92. LL Cool J
93. Pearl Jam
94. Mariah Carey
95. OutKast
96. Journey
97. Pretenders
98. Depeche Mode
99. Hall & Oates
100. Alicia Keys

The Doors are way too low at #65 on the list. I count about fourteen artists in the top twenty that the Doors would probably beat in a poll on this forum.

That's easy, it'll be the Beatles. They always come out on top of these lists. All of those top 5 artists are very predictable. Dylan and MJ will make #2 and 3, although I'm not sure which they'd put first. #4 will probably be Zeppelin, 5 will be the Stones. It could very well be in the order up there.

How did Prince beat Elvis? I mean, I like Prince's music more than Elvis's but that doesn't mean he should outrank him.

I swear I'll riot if they rank Michael Jackson ahead of the Rolling Stones.

Hepcat said:

The Doors are way too low at #65 on the list. I count about fourteen artists in the top twenty that the Doors would probably beat in a poll on this forum.

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I think you're being a tad presumptuous because I only count about 8 or 9.

Foxhound said:

I swear I'll riot if they rank Michael Jackson ahead of the Rolling Stones.

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The day Michael Jackson died was the day The Stones lost any chance of beating him on a VH1 list.

Oh dear god. That list is hideous.

I was hoping to at least find the Smiths. I'd love to know how they came up with this nonsense, though.

Well, at least Genesis are higher than Notorious B.I.G

I tend not to worry about these lists though, if they're not there from sheer sales then it's all in the opinion of the listmaker

Cosmic Harmony said:

I think you're being a tad presumptuous because I only count about 8 or 9.

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Okay. Give me your list of the artists from the top twenty that you think the Doors would not beat and we'll see.

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These parts of the list bother me greatly:
23. AC/DC
24. The Velvet Underground
25. Chuck Berry
26. Neil Young

56. KISS
57. Iggy & the Stooges

AC/DC beat the Velvets, Chuck, and Neil? And KISS beat the Stooges? For shame. I always forget that KISS is an actual band, and not a gigantic marketing gimmick...