Acclaimed Music - The Top 1000 Artists of All Time

The Top 1000 Artists of All Time
(1-200) (201-400) (401-600) (601-800) (801-1000)
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
1	The Beatles	1	1			1	94
2	The Rolling Stones	3	2			2	2	98
3	Bob Dylan	2	6			3	16	177	41	23
4	David Bowie	4	9			113	1	47
5	Led Zeppelin	5	8			16	6			252
6	Bruce Springsteen	6	21				9	5	166	91
7	Prince	13	7				502	1	153
8	The Who	9	11			9	20
9	Elvis Presley	35	3		1	18	271
10	Jimi Hendrix	12	13			4	157
11	The Beach Boys	24	5			5	111
12	R.E.M.	11	22					4	2	239
13	The Velvet Underground	8	45			7	50	190
14	Marvin Gaye	31	4			36	8	66
15	U2	17	19					3	17	24
16	The Clash	21	15				5	41
17	Nirvana	23	17					125	1	334
18	Radiohead	10	49						3	6
19	Neil Young	7	84			58	7	79	40
20	Stevie Wonder	19	29			129	3	257
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
21	Pink Floyd	14	68			34	10
22	Elvis Costello	16	59				12	13	167	255
23	Bob Marley and The Wailers	20	51			270	4	161
24	Van Morrison	18	62			20	22	113
25	Aretha Franklin	45	10			8	95	525
26	Talking Heads	22	57				26	9
27	The Smiths	28	31					2
28	The Byrds	27	33			6
29	Public Enemy	29	34					6	28
30	The Doors	36	44			12	69
31	Miles Davis	15	357		2	25	43	336
32	James Brown	64	16		47	13	58
33	The Kinks	56	18			11	139
34	Beastie Boys	32	61					18	12	329
35	Creedence Clearwater Revival	66	20			14	67
36	Otis Redding	52	26			10	244
37	Michael Jackson	53	27				64	10	519
38	Beck	37	66						4	63
39	Sex Pistols	93	12				11
40	Sly and the Family Stone	55	30			21	35
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
41	Roxy Music	26	119				17	99
42	Johnny Cash	60	35		17	38			101	26
43	John Lennon	54	41			249	14	150
44	Pixies	39	77					7	94
45	Joni Mitchell	25	209				13
46	Blur	63	40						6	53
47	Ramones	48	64				15	236
48	Madonna	87	23					11	31	33
49	Lou Reed	40	85				21	60	147
50	Sonic Youth	33	127					12	49	57
51	Simon and Garfunkel	68	47			22	53
52	Joy Division	65	54				60	17
53	Oasis	79	38						5
54	OutKast	71	50						93	2
55	The Band	38	128			15	126
56	New Order	82	46					8	154	101
57	Ray Charles	95	28		8	26
58	The Police	69	60				52	23
59	Kraftwerk	50	106				23	124
60	Al Green	83	55				18
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
61	Steely Dan	42	162				19	319
62	John Coltrane	30	414		18	17	395			282
63	P J Harvey	46	150						8	37
64	Bj�rk	44	185						10	31
65	Massive Attack	57	92						7
66	The Jam	91	56				36	32
67	Chuck Berry	238	14		3	131
68	The Stooges	49	165			49	34
69	Tom Waits	34	793				174	20	76	76
70	The White Stripes	67	93							1
71	Eminem	105	53						70	4
72	Frank Sinatra	51	225		5	70
73	The Cure	76	97				147	14	227
74	Parliament/Funkadelic	61	147			409	24
75	AC/DC	88	80				54	34
76	Metallica	62	174					26	48
77	Brian Eno	41	1148				31	104	394
78	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	247	24		4
79	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	47	800			32	99	166
80	Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention	43				19	300
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
81	Black Sabbath	78	138				25	456
82	Fleetwood Mac	84	123			119	32
83	Guns 'n' Roses	96	91					21	105
84	Nick Cave	70	219					36	25	46
85	Primal Scream	92	107						15	73
86	Pavement	77	190						9
87	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	164	58						97	8
88	Patti Smith	85	159				28		349
89	Little Richard	382	25		6
90	Pulp	114	89						11	201
91	The Eagles	137	73				27
92	Paul Simon	72	310				77	40	522	284
93	Elton John	134	75				29
94	Run-D.M.C.	163	65					15
95	Blondie	132	78				38	139
96	Leonard Cohen	81	232			53	119	97	310
97	Grateful Dead	86	211			62	63	398
98	Nick Drake	74	396			56	65
99	The Temptations	380	32			44	81
100	Pet Shop Boys	117	103					37	42
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
101	Franz Ferdinand	122	100							3
102	T. Rex	168	70				30
103	H�sker D�	73	453					16
104	Thelonious Monk	75	369	14	7	294				240
105	Wilco	58	1152						59	14
106	The Smashing Pumpkins	97	163						13
107	Charles Mingus	59	1165		13	31	304
108	Rod Stewart	111	120			288	33
109	Pearl Jam	100	153						14
110	Sam Cooke	307	48		53	37		130
111	Aerosmith	121	114				44	134	505
112	Duke Ellington	108	129	5	20	65	314
113	Queen	212	69				40	213
114	The Everly Brothers	444	37		11	98
115	Randy Newman	80	514			426	37	359	350
116	Muddy Waters	208	72	86	16	93	217
117	Cream	112	156			23
118	The Jesus and Mary Chain	141	112					19
119	The Strokes	126	130							5
120	The Chemical Brothers	142	115						16	247
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
121	The Specials	205	76				86	48
122	The Stone Roses	155	108					22
123	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	579	39			28	196
124	Kate Bush	103	233				128	43		130
125	Kanye West	139	133							7
126	Pretenders	180	99				167	28
127	My Bloody Valentine	118	193					108	29
128	Jefferson Airplane	135	149			24
129	Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)	106	238			86	72
130	Big Star	102	282				39
131	Grandmaster Flash	629	42					24
132	Roy Orbison	902	36			27		288
133	Television	104	271				41
134	Deep Purple	99	354				42
135	Jay-Z	169	116						162	11
136	Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company	128	203			69	91
137	The Replacements	116	253					25
138	Coldplay	145	173							9
139	The Flaming Lips	110	294						54	30
140	Peter Gabriel	125	231				329	27
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
141	Sonny Rollins	90	1162		9	174
142	De La Soul	124	246					33	123
143	Ornette Coleman	89			32	42	186	399
144	The Streets	140	210							10
145	The Verve	207	111						18
146	Curtis Mayfield	123	274				45
147	Red Hot Chili Peppers	172	146					445	27	142
148	Santana	148	197			198	71		180
149	Morrissey	156	181					112	106	41
150	Derek and The Dominos	184	136				46
151	The Supremes	800	52			29
152	Dr. Dre	220	117						19
153	Manic Street Preachers	161	191						20
154	Yo La Tengo	94	1116						64	34
155	XTC	120	399				182	45	240
156	Lynyrd Skynyrd	202	134				47
157	Jackson Browne	107	542				48
158	Depeche Mode	191	158					46	100	296
159	Carole King	171	179				49
160	Hank Williams		43	1	21
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
161	Weezer	159	212						36	108
162	Ella Fitzgerald	101	909	64	10	228
163	Love	136	306			30
164	Chic	266	109				51	437
165	Jerry Lee Lewis	448	71		14	190
166	Nine Inch Nails	149	266					94	51
167	Portishead	127	383						21
168	Can	98				233	59
169	A Tribe Called Quest	146	283						22
170	King Crimson	109	804			66	146	249
171	The Prodigy	190	188						23
172	Herbie Hancock	113	670			75	124	287
173	Queens of the Stone Age	158	254						264	12
174	Van Halen	199	180				115	61
175	Suede	193	196						24
176	The Four Tops	718	63			33
177	LL Cool J	260	122					56	88
178	Eric B. & Rakim	239	139					29
179	Dusty Springfield	206	183			35		514
180	Echo and the Bunnymen	173	244					30
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
181	Underworld	245	135						26	316
182	The Bee Gees	228	160			380	56
183	The Allman Brothers Band	147	372			287	62
184	Public Image Ltd.	233	155				79	160
185	Wire	115	1081				55
186	Tom Petty	209	200				98	122	466
187	Happy Mondays	234	167					146	46
188	Iggy Pop	176	275				57
189	N.W.A.	236	172					31
190	Elliott Smith	130	668						62	64
191	Mot�rhead	175	287				233	42
192	The Isley Brothers	608	74		41	126	173
193	Daft Punk	259	157						60	68
194	Bo Diddley	379	102		12
195	Gram Parsons	131	755				61
196	Soundgarden	196	258					448	32
197	Notorious B.I.G.	257	161						30
198	Belle and Sebastian	119							45	111
199	Jimmy Cliff	277	140			127	100
200	Howlin' Wolf	222	216		29	92