Statistics for 200 Most Acclaimed Musicians/Bands

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#	Musician/Band	Genre(s)	% Correct
1	The Beatles	Pop Rock	92%
29	Michael Jackson	Pop Rock, Disco, Dance Pop	88%
18	Nirvana	Grunge	88%
12	Elvis Presley	Rock & Roll, Rockabilly	86%
83	Elton John	Piano Rock, Pop Rock	84%
3	The Rolling Stones	Blues Rock, Pop Rock	84%
77	Metallica	Metal	78%
8	Led Zeppelin	Hard Rock, Blues Rock	76%
171	Janet Jackson	R&B, Dance Pop	72%
15	U2	Pop Rock, Alternative Rock	72%
2	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter	70%
27	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Reggae	70%
104	Eminem	Hardcore Hip Hop, Pop Rap	70%
85	Queen	Hard Rock, Pop Rock	70%
4	David Bowie	Art Rock, Glam Rock	68%
36	Jay-Z	East Coast Hip Hop	68%
22	Pink Floyd	Progressive Rock, Art Rock	66%
19	The Clash	Punk Rock	66%
14	The Who	Hard Rock, Mod	66%
73	AC/DC	Hard Rock	64%
48	John Lennon	Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter	64%
59	Oasis	Britpop, Pop Rock	64%
86	Sex Pistols	Punk Rock	64%
26	Madonna	Dance Pop	62%
24	Stevie Wonder	Funk, Soul	62%
99	Al Green	Soul	60%
70	Beyoncé	R&B, Pop	60%
56	Johnny Cash	Country, Americana	60%
9	Prince	Pop Rock, Funk Rock	58%
96	Guns N' Roses	Hard Rock	56%
20	Jimi Hendrix	Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock	56%
161	Paul McCartney	Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter	56%
10	The Beach Boys	Pop Rock, Baroque Pop	56%
90	Black Sabbath	Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	54%
5	Bruce Springsteen	Heartland Rock	54%
68	Chuck Berry	Rock & Roll	54%
65	Daft Punk	Electronic, House	54%
148	Green Day	Pop Punk	54%
94	Patti Smith	Proto-Punk, Singer/Songwriter	54%
141	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Alternative Rock, Funk Rock, Pop Rock	54%
49	The Doors	Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock	54%
34	Aretha Franklin	Soul	52%
106	Paul Simon	Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter	52%
135	Aerosmith	Hard Rock	50%
51	Blur	Britpop, Alternative Rock	50%
164	Dr. Dre	Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop	50%
138	Elliot Smith	Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter	50%
13	Kanye West	Hip Hop, Pop Rap	50%
16	Miles Davis	Jazz	50%
184	The Notorious B.I.G	Gangsta Rap, East Coast Hip Hop	50%
80	The Police	New Wave, Pop Rock	50%
125	Eagles	Country Rock, Pop Rock	48%
60	Fleetwood Mac	Pop Rock, Soft Rock	48%
195	Foo Fighters	Post-Grunge	48%
21	Marvin Gaye	Soul	48%
11	R.E.M	Jangle Pop, Alternative Rock	48%
47	The Cure	Gothic Rock, Post-Punk	48%
159	Janis Joplin	Blues Rock	46%
7	Neil Young	Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter	46%
112	Pearl Jam	Grunge	46%
6	Radiohead	Art Rock, Alternative Rock	46%
79	Ramones	Punk Rock	46%
88	Ray Charles	R&B, Soul	46%
146	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	Rockabilly, Rock & Roll	44%
67	Frank Sinatra	Vocal Jazz	44%
111	Louis Armstrong	Vocal Jazz	44%
102	Nick Drake	Folk, Singer/Songwriter	44%
66	Simon and Garfunkel	Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter	44%
101	The Jam	New Wave, Punk Rock	44%
41	The Kinks	Pop Rock, Mod	44%
113	Drake	R&B, Pop Rap, Trap	42%
173	Rihanna	R&B, Dance Pop, Pop Rap	42%
133	Coldplay	Britpop, Pop Rock	40%
117	Depeche Mode	Synthpop	40%
190	Van Halen	Hard Rock	40%
44	Beastie Boys	Hip Hop, Rap Rock	38%
108	Blondie	New Wave, Pop Rock	38%
152	Deep Purple	Hard Rock	38%
28	The Smiths	Jangle Pop, Post-Punk	38%
185	Hank Williams	Country	36%
37	James Brown	Funk, Soul	36%
17	The Velvet Underground	Pop Rock, Art Rock	36%
153	Tom Petty	Heartland Rock, Pop Rock	36%
154	Cream	Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock	34%
136	Lana Del Ray	Art Pop, Chamber Pop	34%
149	Run-D.M.C	Hardcore Hip Hop	34%
61	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Country Rock, Folk Rock	32%
45	Joni Mitchell	Folk, Singer/Songwriter	32%
72	Joy Division	Post-Punk	32%
75	Otis Redding	Soul	32%
31	Talking Heads	New Wave, Post-Punk	32%
177	The Supremes	Pop Soul, Motown	32%
78	The White Stripes	Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival	32%
151	T. Rex	Glam Rock	32%
172	Ella Fitzgerald	Vocal Jazz	30%
39	John Coltrane	Jazz	30%
76	New Order	New Wave, Electronic Dance	30%
160	Nine Inch Nails	Industrial Rock, Alternative Rock	30%
180	Rod Stewart	Soft Rock, Pop Rock	30%
130	Sam Cooke	Soul	30%
107	The Strokes	Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock	30%
30	Van Morrison	Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter	30%
92	Arctic Monkeys	Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock	28%
32	Kendrick Lamar	West Coast Hip Hop	28%
53	Leonard Cohen	Folk, Singer/Songwriter	28%
64	Outkast	Southern Hip Hop	28%
123	Peter Gabriel	Pop Rock, Art Rock	28%
147	The Temptations	Psychedelic Soul	28%
62	Duke Ellington	Jazz, Big Band	26%
100	Funkadelic/Parliament	Funk Rock	26%
142	Little Richard	Rock & Roll, R&B	26%
55	Lou Reed	Art Rock, Glam Rock	26%
145	Missy Elliott	Pop Rap, Hip Hop	26%
118	Pet Shop Boys	Synthpop, Dance Pop	26%
54	Pixies	Indie Rock, Alternative Rock	26%
43	The Byrds	Pop Rock, Folk Rock	26%
131	Billie Holiday	Vocal Jazz	24%
23	Elvis Costello	Pop Rock, New Wave	24%
186	King Crimson	Art Rock, Progressive Rock	24%
52	Kraftwerk	Electronic, Synthpop	24%
87	Massive Attack	Trip Hop	24%
170	Muddy Waters	Blues	24%
58	Roxy Music	Art Rock, Glam Rock	24%
120	Smashing Pumpkins	Alternative Rock	24%
98	Sufjan Stevens	Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter	24%
63	The Band	Roots Rock, Folk Rock	24%
35	Björk	Art Pop, Electronic	22%
199	Jefferson Airplane	Psychedelic Rock	22%
91	Kate Bush	Art Pop	22%
115	Pulp	Britpop, Art Rock	22%
69	Frank Ocean	R&B, Pop Rap	20%
134	Grateful Dead	Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock	20%
178	Pretenders	New Wave, Pop Rock	20%
144	Tame Impala	Psychedelic Pop	20%
167	Weezer	Power Pop, Alternative Rock	20%
116	A Tribe Called Quest	Jazz Rap	18%
155	Can	Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock	18%
182	Dusty Springfield	Pop Soul	18%
196	Fiona Apple	Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter	18%
110	My Bloody Valentine	Shoegaze	18%
42	Public Enemy	Hardcore Hip Hop	18%
57	Sonic Youth	Alternative Rock, Noise Rock	18%
166	The Stone Roses	Jangle Pop, Indie Rock	18%
33	Arcade Fire	Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival	16%
46	Beck	Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter	16%
119	Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention	Experimental Rock, Art Rock	16%
40	PJ Harvey	Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter	16%
71	Sly and The Family Stone	Funk, Soul	16%
89	Steely Dan	Jazz Rock, Yacht Rock	16%
81	The Stooges	Garage Rock, Hard Rock	16%
139	Aphex Twin	Ambient, IDM	14%
126	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Folk Rock	14%
143	Curtis Mayfield	Funk, Soul	14%
163	De La Soul	East Coast Hip Hop	14%
194	Jeff Buckley	Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter	14%
50	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Punk, Alternative Dance	14%
95	Portishead	Trip Hop	14%
176	Queens of The Stone Age	Alternative Rock, Stoner Rock	14%
181	Television	Art Punk	14%
158	The Specials	Two-Tone (Ska/Punk Rock)	14%
38	Tom Waits	Singer/Songwriter	14%
103	Bon Iver	Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter	12%
82	Brian Eno	Art Rock, Ambient	12%
114	M.I.A	UK Hip Hop, Dance Pop	12%
174	St. Vincent	Art Pop, Indie Pop	12%
74	Wilco	Alternative Country, Alternative Rock	12%
157	Big Star	Power Pop	10%
192	D'Angelo	Neo-Soul	10%
175	Grimes	Synthpop	10%
25	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter	10%
140	Robyn	House, Electropop, Dance	10%
121	Thelonious Monk	Jazz, Bebop	10%
168	The Replacements	Power Pop, Alternative Rock	10%
187	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock	10%
127	Animal Collective	Psychedelic Pop	8%
97	Pavement	Indie Rock	8%
162	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Post-Punk, Noise Pop	8%
132	Belle and Sebastian	Chamber Pop, Indie Pop	6%
193	Charlie Parker	Jazz	6%
191	Herbie Hancock	Jazz	6%
198	Love	Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock	6%
122	Primal Scream	Alternative Dance, Psychedelic	6%
165	Sigur Rós	Post-Rock	6%
137	The Chemical Brothers	Electronic, Psychedelic, House	6%
109	The Flaming Lips	Indie Rock, Psychedelic Pop	6%
105	The National	Post-Punk Revival	6%
128	Captain Beefheart	Art Rock, Experimental Rock	4%
93	Charles Mingus	Jazz	4%
189	FKA Twigs	R&B, Art Pop	4%
129	Hüsker Dü	Hardcore Punk, Alternative Rock	4%
124	Randy Newman	Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter	4%
197	Solange	R&B, Neo-soul	4%
200	TV on the Radio	Art Rock, Indie Rock	4%
84	Vampire Weekend	Indie Pop/Rock	4%
156	Ornette Coleman	Jazz	2%
169	Sleater-Kinney	Indie Rock, Punk Rock	2%
183	XTC	New Wave, Pop Rock	2%
188	Angel Olsen	Folk, Singer/Songwriter	0%
150	Serge Gainsbourg	Baroque Pop, French Pop	0%
179	Spoon	Indie Rock	0%