Statistics for Artists in Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List

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Artists will appear below alphabetically:	% Correct
The Beatles	94%
The Rolling Stones	89%
Michael Jackson	85%
Elton John	81%
Nirvana	76%
Elvis Presley	75%
AC/DC	74%
Bob Dylan	74%
John Lennon	74%
Queen	74%
Madonna	72%
Aretha Franklin	71%
Led Zeppelin	71%
Paul McCartney	69%
David Bowie	66%
Pink Floyd	66%
Prince	66%
ABBA	65%
Aerosmith	65%
The Beach Boys	65%
U2	65%
The Who	64%
Bruce Springsteen	62%
Metallica	62%
Al Green	60%
George Harrison	60%
Eminem	59%
Marvin Gaye	59%
The Doors	59%
Eric Clapton	58%
Patti Smith	58%
The Carpenters	58%
The Eagles	58%
Beyonce	57%
James Brown	57%
The Clash	57%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	57%
Black Sabbath	56%
Guns N Roses	56%
Jay-Z	55%
Neil Young	55%
Stevie Wonder	55%
B.B. King	54%
Chuck Berry	54%
Fleetwood Mac	54%
Simon and Garfunkel	54%
The Police	53%
The Sex Pistols	53%
Ben E. King	52%
Billy Joel	52%
Janis Joplin	52%
The Kinks	51%
Cream	50%
Tina Turner	50%
Tupac	50%
Ramones	49%
Bee Gees	48%
Jam	48%
Ray Charles	48%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	47%
The Supremes	47%
Otis Redding	45%
Van Morrison	45%
Dolly Parton	44%
Rick James	44%
The Temptations	44%
Bob Marley and the Wailers	43%
Buddy Holly and the Crickets	43%
Green Day	43%
James Taylor	43%
Jerry Lee Lewis	43%
Little Richard	43%
R.E.M.	43%
Weezer	43%
Ike and Tina Turner	42%
The Jackson Five	42%
George Jones	41%
Hank Williams	41%
Roy Orbison	41%
The Animals	41%
Big Joe Turner	40%
The Velvet Underground	40%
Blondie	39%
Radiohead	39%
Beastie Boys	38%
Deep Purple	38%
Joni Mitchell	38%
Lynyrd Skynyrd	38%
Sam Cooke	38%
Buffalo Springfield	37%
Chic	37%
Rod Stewart	37%
Run D.M.C.	37%
The Byrds	37%
The Cure	37%
Cher	36%
Dion	36%
Sonnie and Cher	36%
Coldplay	35%
Dr. Dre	35%
The Band	35%
The Four Tops	35%
Willie Nelson	35%
Crosby Stills and Nash	34%
Elvis Costello	34%
The Smiths	34%
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	34%
Dusty Springfield	33%
Jefferson Airplane	33%
N.W.A.	33%
The Allman Brothers	33%
Muddy Waters	32%
The Spencer Davis Group	32%
Donna Summer	31%
Notorious BIG	31%
Public Enemy	31%
Earth Wind and Fire	30%
Fats Domino	30%
Jackie Wilson	30%
Rihanna	30%
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	30%
The Everly Brothers	30%
Alice Cooper	29%
Reed	29%
Sly and the Family Stone	29%
Amy Winehouse	28%
The Mamas and the Papas	28%
Iggy Pop	26%
The Ronettes	26%
The White Stripes	26%
Beck	25%
The Righteous Brothers	25%
Depeche Mode	24%
Justin Timberlake	24%
Richie Valens	24%
Bo Diddley	22%
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	22%
The Stooges	22%
The Zombies	22%
Derek and the Dominos	21%
Gladys Knight and the Pips	21%
Johnny Cash	21%
50 Cent	20%
Carl Perkins	20%
Dionne Warwick	20%
Foreigner	20%
Kanye West	20%
The Drifters	20%
The Isley Brothers	20%
Bill Withers	19%
Love	19%
Outkast	19%
The Shirelles	19%
Eddie Cochran	18%
Jackson Browne	18%
Joy Division	18%
Patsy Cline	18%
The B-52's	18%
Chubby Checker	17%
Gloria Gaynor	17%
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas	17%
Parliament	17%
Them	17%
The Pixies	17%
Wilson Pickett	17%
Bill Haley and the Comets	16%
New Order	16%
The Blue Oyster Cult	16%
Cheap Trick	15%
Daft Punk	15%
Jeff Buckley	15%
Percy Sledge	15%
The Strokes	15%
Bonnie Raitt	14%
Sinead O'Connor	14%
Steppenwolf	14%
The Platters	14%
Bobby Darin	13%
Don Henley	13%
John Lee Hooker	13%
R. Kelly	13%
Sam and Dave	13%
Jimmy Cliff	12%
Kelly Clarkson	12%
LaVern Baker	12%
Missy Elliott	12%
Randy Newman	12%
Roberta Flack	12%
Tracy Chapman	12%
Booker T and the MG's	11%
Howlin' Wolf	11%
Patti LaBelle	11%
The Coasters	11%
The Impressions	11%
The Kingsmen	11%
The Sugarhill Gang	11%
Glen Campbell	10%
Lovin' Spoonful	10%
Procol Harum	10%
Solomon Burke	10%
The Troggs	10%
The Verve Pipe	10%
Franz Ferdinand	9%
Gnarls Barkley	9%
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five	9%
Television	9%
The Shangri-Las	9%
M.I.A.	8%
New York Dolls	8%
The Crystals	8%
The Staple Singers	8%
Young Rascals	8%
Archie Bell and the Drells	7%
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	7%
Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps	7%
John Cougar Mellenkamp	7%
Salt N Pepa	7%
The Flamingos	7%
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	7%
Del Shannon	6%
Aaron Neville	5%
Big Brother and the Holding Company	5%
Eric B. & Rakim	5%
Little Eva	5%
MGMT	5%
Mott the Hopple	5%
Norman Greenbaum	5%
Pavement	5%
The Five Satins	5%
Big Star	4%
Bobbie Gentry	4%
The Box Tops	4%
Afrika Bambaataa	3%
Barret Strong	3%
Screamin' Joe Hawkins	3%
The Dell-Vikings	3%
The Dixie Cups	3%
The Modern Lovers	3%
The Penguins	3%
Toots and Maytals	3%
Jerry Butler	2%
Question Mark and the Mysterians	2%
The Bobby Fuller Four	2%
The Five Stairsteps	2%
The Left Banke	2%
U.G.K.	2%
The Chantles	1%