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	104
2	The Rolling Stones	3	2			3	3	130
3	Bob Dylan	2	6			2	15	159	47	41
4	David Bowie	4	7			100	1	44
5	Radiohead	5	20						2	1
6	Led Zeppelin	8	11			15	6
7	Bruce Springsteen	7	18				10	5	153	89
8	Prince	13	8					1	173
9	The Who	10	9			8	19
10	Jimi Hendrix	11	13			4	133
11	Elvis Presley	35	3		1	18	251
12	The Beach Boys	24	4			5	109
13	The Velvet Underground	9	30			6	49	209
14	Neil Young	6	78			52	5	92	41
15	R.E.M.	14	24					4	3	245
16	Marvin Gaye	27	5			40	8	79
17	U2	17	19					3	18	74
18	The Clash	21	16				7	35
19	Nirvana	22	17					112	1
20	Stevie Wonder	18	33			133	2	251
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
21	Pink Floyd	12	65			31	9
22	Bob Marley and The Wailers	20	40			242	4	163
23	Elvis Costello	16	61				14	14	200
24	The Smiths	25	22					2
25	Talking Heads	23	59				27	10
26	Van Morrison	19	67			20	26	110	459
27	Aretha Franklin	50	12			9	102
28	The Byrds	28	41			7
29	Public Enemy	31	37					6	33
30	Miles Davis	15	348		2	26	42	291
31	James Brown	62	15		47	13	56
32	The Doors	38	55			14	63
33	The Kinks	54	21			11	130
34	Beastie Boys	32	60					18	13
35	Johnny Cash	53	27		14	34			95	40
36	Pixies	40	58					7	79
37	Michael Jackson	51	38				62	12	438
38	Sly and the Family Stone	57	31			21	33
39	John Lennon	59	32			199	13	175
40	Sex Pistols	93	14				11
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
41	Beck	39	72						5	67
42	Otis Redding	61	35			10	253
43	Creedence Clearwater Revival	73	25			17	72
44	Lou Reed	37	89				20	68	136
45	Sonic Youth	30	115					13	39	98
46	Joni Mitchell	26	151				12
47	Roxy Music	36	100				17	87
48	Madonna	82	23					9	34	80
49	Joy Division	56	51				59	16
50	Kraftwerk	41	99				18	111
51	The Band	34	134			16	99
52	OutKast	85	28						97	2
53	Ramones	52	64				16	267
54	Blur	67	50						7	84
55	New Order	91	29					8	147	202
56	Bj�rk	43	127						8	55
57	Simon and Garfunkel	74	53			22	54
58	Oasis	79	48						4
59	John Coltrane	33	271		40	12	407
60	The Stooges	45	148			45	29
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
61	PJ Harvey	42	165						10	46
62	Tom Waits	29	365				157	15	73	87
63	Ray Charles	112	26		7	30
64	The Cure	63	70				127	11	260	432
65	The Police	65	66				50	26
66	Massive Attack	60	87						6
67	Chuck Berry	256	10		3	137
68	The Jam	94	54				39	37
69	Al Green	96	56				21
70	The White Stripes	75	80							3
71	Steely Dan	49	199				22	295		403
72	Jay-Z	133	44						140	6
73	Metallica	55	194					24	53	393
74	Portishead	76	107						16	47
75	Wilco	47	444						58	11
76	AC/DC	80	101				61	32
77	Black Sabbath	70	137				24	339
78	Brian Eno	44	1199				30	85	332
79	Parliament/Funkadelic	69	157				23
80	Arcade Fire	86	96							4
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
81	Patti Smith	77	126				25		275
82	Pavement	72	149						9
83	Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention	46	1378			19	236
84	Frank Sinatra	58	269	104	5	83
85	LCD Soundsystem	136	57							5
86	Nick Cave	66	192					38	24	49
87	Leonard Cohen	78	143			39	111	88	329
88	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	48	880			33	101	195
89	Primal Scream	97	94						15	96
90	Guns N' Roses	92	109					23	89
91	Fleetwood Mac	87	136			112	32
92	Eminem	124	68						78	13
93	Animal Collective	90	139							7
94	Nick Drake	68	325			47	60
95	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	259	39		4
96	The Flaming Lips	84	195						46	26
97	Kanye West	104	122							8
98	Elton John	125	90				28
99	Daft Punk	152	63						48	25
100	Smashing Pumpkins	102	152						11
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
101	Pulp	131	93						12	298
102	Queen	174	62				35	187
103	The Strokes	117	110							9
104	H�sker D�	71	475					17
105	Kate Bush	103	153				122	30		253
106	Sam Cooke	290	42		48	35		123
107	M.I.A.	150	79							10
108	Pet Shop Boys	115	119					45	45
109	Grateful Dead	89	223			59	66
110	Paul Simon	81	328				90	40	444
111	Run-D.M.C.	157	73					19
112	Little Richard	376	36		6
113	My Bloody Valentine	118	121					78	23
114	T. Rex	168	71				31
115	Charles Mingus	64	1337		16	32	297
116	Pearl Jam	95	228						14
117	Randy Newman	83	399			401	37	370	415	395
118	Blondie	153	91				43	160
119	The Specials	178	83				84	48
120	Thelonious Monk	88	372	14	9	139
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
121	Missy Elliott	201	76						96	20
122	Eagles	151	102				34
123	The Jesus and Mary Chain	143	118					20
124	Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)	108	205			81	64
125	The Stone Roses	162	98					21
126	Big Star	105	238				36
127	The Replacements	127	163					22
128	Aerosmith	134	160				47	154
129	Duke Ellington	126	172	5	19	67	468
130	Peter Gabriel	119	190				284	25
131	Deep Purple	98	336				38
132	Cream	111	220			23
133	Muddy Waters	234	69	69	15	91	226
134	The Chemical Brothers	142	145						17	300
135	The Temptations	488	45			55	82
136	Curtis Mayfield	113	226				40
137	Elliott Smith	114	231						32	85
138	TV on the Radio	122	206							12
139	Jefferson Airplane	137	177			24	469
140	Television	110	270				41
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
141	Rod Stewart	148	146			263	44
142	Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company	123	214			62	81
143	Roy Orbison	869	34		183	28		259
144	Depeche Mode	172	128					46	80
145	De La Soul	132	217					34	117
146	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	607	46			25
147	The Everly Brothers	569	49		12	109
148	Nine Inch Nails	139	208					83	43
149	Sigur R�s	100	635						72	44
150	Coldplay	171	150							14
151	Love	128	288			27
152	Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five	615	52					27
153	King Crimson	109	567			49	151	223
154	Pretenders	191	154				187	36
155	Chic	253	97				45	480
156	The Supremes	738	47			29
157	Derek and The Dominos	192	159				46
158	Dr. Dre	211	135						19
159	The Verve	224	120						20
160	A Tribe Called Quest	140	295						21
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
161	Can	99				236	53
162	Belle and Sebastian	106	845						42	107
163	Morrissey	185	175					84	109	97
164	Franz Ferdinand	227	125							15
165	Ornette Coleman	101			27	53	254	379
166	Carole King	183	181				48
167	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	231	124							16
168	Tim Buckley	116	577			66	108		383
169	XTC	141	299				160	47	287
170	Bo Diddley	321	84		8
171	Weezer	195	173						25	267
172	Red Hot Chili Peppers	159	230						27	227
173	Jeff Buckley	164	233						22
174	Hank Williams		43	1	20
175	Sonny Rollins	107			11	173
176	Arctic Monkeys	170	237							17
177	Ella Fitzgerald	120	765	65	10	292
178	N.W.A	223	162					28
179	Herbie Hancock	129	575			74	123	254
180	Eric B. & Rakim	232	147					29
		Albums	Songs	1900-49	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
181	Gram Parsons	130	565				51
182	Aphex Twin	173	242						26	330
183	Lynyrd Skynyrd	240	144				52
184	Manic Street Preachers	161	286						30	279
185	Jerry Lee Lewis	429	75		13	166
186	The Streets	169	257							18
187	Mot�rhead	155	297				205	41
188	Sufjan Stevens	149	363							19
189	Dusty Springfield	217	179			36		494
190	Jackson Browne	135	655				55
191	Echo and the Bunnymen	179	272					31
192	Public Image Ltd.	210	197				75	174
193	Wire	121	1173				57
194	Santana	156	350			196	76		301
195	Iggy Pop	193	247				58
196	Nico	147	452			37	396
197	Jimmy Cliff	286	123			116	88
198	Queens of the Stone Age	180	303						288	22
199	Suede	207	225						28
200	The Prodigy	200	241						29