Top 100 Music Artists

Give the 100 Greatest Artists according to Rolling Stone magazine.

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Last updated: July 4, 2014

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Position	Artist
1	The Beatles
2	Bob Dylan
3	Elvis Presley
4	The Rolling Stones
5	Chuck Berry
6	Jimi Hendrix
7	James Brown
8	Little Richard
9	Aretha Franklin
10	Ray Charles
11	Bob Marley
12	The Beach Boys
13	Buddy Holly
14	Led Zeppelin
15	Stevie Wonder
16	Sam Cooke
17	Muddy Waters
18	Marvin Gaye
19	The Velvet Underground
20	Bo Diddley
21	Otis Redding
22	U2
23	Bruce Springsteen
24	Jerry Lee Lewis
25	Fats Domino

Position	Artist
26	The Ramones
27	Prince
28	The Clash
29	The Who
30	Nirvana
31	Johnny Cash
32	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
33	The Everly Brothers
34	Neil Young
35	Michael Jackson
36	Madonna
37	Roy Orbison
38	John Lennon
39	David Bowie
40	Simon and Garfunkel
41	The Doors
42	Van Morrison
43	Sly and the Family Stone
44	Public Enemy
45	The Byrds
46	Janis Joplin
47	Patti Smith
48	Run-DMC
49	Elton John
50	The Band

Position	Artist
51	Pink Floyd
52	Queen
53	The Allman Brothers Band
54	Howlin' Wolf
55	Eric Clapton
56	Dr. Dre
57	Grateful Dead
58	Parliament and Funkadelic
59	Aerosmith
60	The Sex Pistols
61	Metallica
62	Joni Mitchell
63	Tina Turner
64	Phil Spector
65	The Kinks
66	Al Green
67	Cream
68	The Temptations
69	Jackie Wilson
70	The Police
71	Frank Zappa
72	AC/DC
73	Radiohead
74	Hank Williams
75	The Eagles

Position	Artist
76	The Shirelles
77	Beastie Boys
78	The Stooges
79	The Four Tops
80	Elvis Costello
81	The Drifters
82	Creedence Clearwater Revival
83	Eminem
84	James Taylor
85	Black Sabbath
86	Tupac Shakur
87	Gram Parsons
88	Jay-Z
89	The Yardbirds
90	Carlos Santana
91	Tom Petty
92	Guns n' Roses
93	Booker T. and the MGs
94	Nine Inch Nails
95	Lynyrd Skynyrd
96	Diana Ross and the Supremes
97	R.E.M.
98	Curtis Mayfield
99	Carl Perkins
100	Talking Heads

Level 34

Jul 5, 2014

As usual, I disagree with Rolling Stone, but this is a great quiz. Thanks!

Level 51

Feb 8, 2016

you should accept just the last name of solo artists. The first name is implied by the type of quiz

Level 57

Apr 13, 2017

only US musicnames

Level 53

Oct 26, 2018

True

Level 27

Jun 20, 2017

I love Dr Dre, but he made the list while The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Rakim, Ice T, Big Pun, Gang Starr, Wu Tang Clan, Redman, Big L, LL Cool J, DMX, Eazy E, Ice Cube, KRS One, Kool G Rap, Kool Moe Dee, Ghostface Killah, Big Daddy Kane, Scarface, OutKast, Lauryn Hill, Grandmaster Flash, and N.W.A. as a whole didn't? Dre's music is pretty dope, but most of his stuff has been ghostwritten, so I think that there are a lot of other Hip Hop artists that are more deserving of his spot. Plus, many are more influential.

Level 43

Sep 11, 2018

Somehow Iron Maiden didn't make it to the list, but Booker T and the MGs did

Level 60

Oct 2, 2018

No Fleetwood Mac? What is this sorcery?

Level 14

Nov 1, 2018

And no Van Halen, Green Day, Rush, Rage Against the Machine, Depeche Mode, DEVO, BB King, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, RHCP, The Cure, Stevie Ray Vaughan, or The Pixies.

Level 56

Mar 29, 2020

Honestly "smokey robinson" should be acceptable. I tried that and I tried "the miracles" and neither worked, which seems silly.

Level 78

Nov 12, 2020

Please fix this otherwise great quiz. Last names should be acceptable. One should not have to type 'Ross' and then type 'the supremes' and get nothing.

Level 72

Feb 16, 2023

It's also not consistent - eg have to type in David Bowie, both Elvises, Bob Marley, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin and others in full; whereas James Brown, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry accepted last names only.

Put in "Doors" - but it required The Doors, even though other "The..." answers didn't require the definite article.

Even if there were more than one David, there isn't more than one Bowie.

Good quiz though

Level 18

Jun 25, 2021

where is abba??