Acclaimed Music - The Top 1000 Artists of All Time

The Top 1000 Artists of All Time
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		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
1	The Beatles	1	1			1	91
2	The Rolling Stones	3	2			3	3	108
3	Bob Dylan	2	6			2	16	210	43	30
4	David Bowie	4	8			108	1	48
5	Led Zeppelin	6	9			16	7			330
6	Prince	12	7					1	138
7	Bruce Springsteen	8	20				11	5	180	83
8	The Who	10	11			9	20
9	Elvis Presley	37	3		1	18	260
10	Radiohead	5	42						2	2
11	Jimi Hendrix	11	13			4	148
12	The Beach Boys	24	5			5	109
13	The Velvet Underground	9	39			7	55	201
14	Marvin Gaye	28	4			37	8	69
15	R.E.M.	15	22					4	3	230
16	The Clash	21	15				6	40
17	U2	18	18					3	17	53
18	Neil Young	7	76			56	5	87	39
19	Nirvana	23	17					119	1
20	Stevie Wonder	17	30			130	4	284
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
21	Pink Floyd	13	62			29	9
22	Bob Marley and The Wailers	19	44			222	2	169
23	Elvis Costello	16	60				14	14	194
24	The Smiths	26	24					2
25	Aretha Franklin	49	10			8	105
26	Talking Heads	22	55				28	11
27	Van Morrison	20	63			20	24	111	495
28	The Byrds	27	35			6	488
29	Public Enemy	32	32					6	33
30	The Doors	36	48			12	61
31	The Kinks	51	19			11	129
32	James Brown	62	16		47	14	54
33	Miles Davis	14	324		2	26	42	282
34	Beastie Boys	33	59					19	12	393
35	Michael Jackson	52	25				64	10	436
36	Sex Pistols	92	12				10
37	Johnny Cash	55	28		15	34			99	29
38	Otis Redding	57	27			10	254
39	Sly and the Family Stone	56	29			21	33
40	Creedence Clearwater Revival	71	21			15	74
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
41	John Lennon	59	34			228	13	167
42	Madonna	78	23					9	28	36
43	Pixies	40	68					7	87
44	Beck	43	65						5	96
45	Lou Reed	39	77				19	68	139
46	Roxy Music	30	106				17	93
47	Joni Mitchell	25	187				12
48	Kraftwerk	38	94				18	109
49	Sonic Youth	31	118					13	41	93
50	Blur	68	38						7	65
51	Joy Division	60	53				59	16
52	Ramones	50	66				15	244
53	The Band	34	125			17	102
54	Oasis	82	36						4
55	Simon and Garfunkel	75	49			22	58
56	The Police	66	61				49	24
57	New Order	88	41					8	142	136
58	Ray Charles	104	26		7	31
59	John Coltrane	35	289		43	13	401
60	PJ Harvey	45	132						10	32
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
61	Massive Attack	61	78						6
62	The Stooges	44	146			46	32
63	OutKast	87	54						112	3
64	Tom Waits	29	502				146	18	72	49
65	Bj�rk	47	165						8	48
66	The Jam	90	51				35	34
67	Chuck Berry	230	14		3	146
68	Steely Dan	46	188				21	296		384
69	Al Green	89	57				22
70	The Cure	63	103				142	12	247
71	The White Stripes	73	80							1
72	AC/DC	80	86				53	32
73	Metallica	54	199					27	49	342
74	Parliament/Funkadelic	65	158				23
75	Brian Eno	41	1030				30	90	340
76	Black Sabbath	67	139				25	341
77	Eminem	121	56						61	9
78	Nick Cave	70	134					38	21	21
79	Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention	42	1366			19	227
80	Patti Smith	79	126				26		303
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
81	Frank Sinatra	58	263	110	5	85
82	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	48	817			33	103	199
83	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	242	31		4
84	Leonard Cohen	77	167			43	116	100	331
85	LCD Soundsystem	144	58							4
86	Primal Scream	93	98						15	67
87	Fleetwood Mac	84	124			113	34
88	Guns N' Roses	95	101					22	100
89	Pavement	76	183						9
90	Elton John	116	79				27
91	Nick Drake	72	274			48	63
92	Wilco	53	1182						64	15
93	Pet Shop Boys	114	93					36	42
94	Pulp	124	89						13	232
95	T. Rex	159	67				29
96	Grateful Dead	86	182			59	62	449
97	Run-D.M.C.	154	69					15
98	Portishead	74	318						18	54
99	Little Richard	358	33		6
100	Sam Cooke	273	50		48	35		125
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
101	Eagles	147	81				31
102	Queen	160	72				36	211
103	H�sker D�	69	533					17
104	Pearl Jam	100	163						11
105	Paul Simon	81	345				90	43	479
106	Blondie	148	84				44	154
107	Charles Mingus	64	1218		17	32	290
108	The Specials	170	73				82	45
109	Missy Elliott	216	64						105	14
110	Smashing Pumpkins	102	172						14
111	The Temptations	426	37			49	77
112	Kate Bush	98	198				126	37		200
113	Duke Ellington	119	128	5	20	64	458
114	Arcade Fire	96	219							5
115	Thelonious Monk	85	351	12	8	144
116	Kanye West	135	116							6
117	The Strokes	128	130							7
118	Aerosmith	123	135				46	141
119	The Chemical Brothers	141	112						16	302
120	The Jesus and Mary Chain	143	110					20
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
121	Randy Newman	83	512			390	37	414	446	335
122	Muddy Waters	219	71	74	14	90	235
123	Cream	111	181			23
124	The Everly Brothers	491	43		10	103
125	Jay-Z	179	88						200	11
126	The Stone Roses	156	104					21
127	My Bloody Valentine	120	178					102	26
128	Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)	103	249			89	67
129	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	575	45			24
130	Jefferson Airplane	132	162			25
131	Rod Stewart	140	136			261	43
132	Curtis Mayfield	108	232				38
133	Deep Purple	94	375				39
134	Peter Gabriel	117	206				300	26
135	Big Star	99	329				40
136	Franz Ferdinand	195	97							8
137	Grandmaster Flash	591	47					23
138	TV on the Radio	109	281							10
139	The Flaming Lips	107	295						48	35
140	Roy Orbison	843	40			30		266
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
141	Television	112	276				41
142	Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company	122	221			69	86
143	Pretenders	181	117				178	31
144	The Replacements	131	230					25
145	Depeche Mode	161	138					44	91
146	De La Soul	134	245					35	128
147	Daft Punk	190	129						53	44
148	M.I.A.	163	157							12
149	Love	126	288			27
150	Chic	234	99				45	494
151	The Supremes	726	52			28
152	Red Hot Chili Peppers	175	150					475	23	242
153	Santana	145	213			195	70		204
154	The Verve	228	108						19
155	Dr. Dre	208	119						20
156	Derek and The Dominos	187	148				47
157	Can	91				235	51
158	Tim Buckley	106	574			70	111		393
159	Coldplay	182	166							13
160	Morrissey	189	159					96	108	63
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
161	Hank Williams		46	1	18
162	Carole King	168	175				48
163	King Crimson	105	676			57	150	238
164	XTC	133	343				170	47	293
165	Ornette Coleman	97			28	51	245	402
166	Nine Inch Nails	138	306					97	50
167	Herbie Hancock	113	573			75	122	251
168	Sonny Rollins	101	1294		12	174
169	A Tribe Called Quest	139	325						22
170	Public Image Ltd.	206	161				75	146
171	Jerry Lee Lewis	405	75		13	171
172	Jackson Browne	118	592				50
173	Bo Diddley	311	95		9
174	Echo and the Bunnymen	165	229					28
175	Eric B. & Rakim	226	145					29
176	The Prodigy	201	185						24
177	Ella Fitzgerald	110	995	63	11	267
178	Mot�rhead	152	280				210	42
179	Weezer	184	208						32	182
180	Van Halen	191	201				114	60
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
181	The Streets	176	218							16
182	Lynyrd Skynyrd	221	164				52
183	Manic Street Preachers	199	205						25	376
184	N.W.A	224	173					30
185	Queens of the Stone Age	174	252						292	17
186	Happy Mondays	229	171					134	46
187	Elliott Smith	137	505						52	89
188	Iggy Pop	178	248				56
189	Wire	115	1152				57
190	Dusty Springfield	217	194			36		508
191	Jimmy Cliff	274	122			123	89
192	Sigur R�s	129	815						79	43
193	Suede	213	200						27
194	Gram Parsons	130	819				60
195	The Allman Brothers Band	153	379			269	68
196	Robert Wyatt	198	253				95	232	493	147
197	Nico	146	484			40	393
198	ABBA	517	82				69	316
199	John Cale	136	737				94	168	266
200	Serge Gainsbourg	212	227			98	108