Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. Deriving its name from the musical style which was its immediate progenitor, rock and roll, the type of music played by rock groups has its roots deeply steeped in both rock and roll, and its immediate forebear, rhythm and blues. In Britain of the early 1960s the term rock group was in universal use, but as psychedelia approached the name band came into vogue, typified by The Band. A rock group or band tends to have a heavy focus on certain instruments principally electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums (prime examples of this are The Kinks,The Who, Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, or more recently Nirvana), with keyboard instruments such as electronic organs being featured from the outset by groups such as Manfred Mann and The Animals. Later in the 1960s, rock bands such as The Who, Pink Floyd and Hawkwind experimented with electric organs and synthesizers. Other instruments deployed within the context of a rock band include the electric violin (as used by Curved Air or Dave Matthews Band) and the flute (as played by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, among others).
Top 100 Rock Bands of all times
Band
1 to 100 1 to 50 1 to 550
U.S.
Sales
Songs Technical
Ability
Innovation Live
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Consistency Random
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1. Led Zeppelin 99 95 98 93 48 48 47 528
2. The Beatles 100 98 78 99 45 47 47 514
3. Pink Floyd 97 91 92 96 48 43 39 506
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience 68 95 99 99 49 46 47 503
5. Van Halen 91 87 97 93 44 42 42 496
6. Queen 84 91 91 91 45 46 45 493
7. The Eagles 98 95 84 68 42 47 45 479
8. Metallica 92 84 87 87 46 39 33 468
9. U2 90 84 73 78 48 46 36 455
10. Bob Marley and the Wailers 59 92 72 93 44 47 47 454
11. The Police 71 91 91 72 38 44 44 451
12. The Doors 82 87 75 88 39 43 36 450
13. Stone Temple Pilots 61 86 85 87 43 40 44 446
14. Rush 75 74 98 77 43 42 35 444
15. Genesis 67 84 83 81 41 42 38 436
16. Prince and the Revolution 58 87 84 79 45 40 42 435
17. Yes 52 75 94 89 46 38 40 434
18. Earth Wind and Fire 73 88 91 68 39 39 35 433
19. The Bee Gees 78 88 76 73 35 39 39 428
20. The Rolling Stones 94 89 66 68 41 32 28 418
21. The Beach Boys 66 81 73 89 34 33 38 414
22. Soundgarden 43 78 83 86 40 41 42 413
23. The Who 65 75 84 73 44 37 34 412
24. Steely Dan 49 84 85 87 29 37 40 411
25. James Brown and the JBs 9 89 89 93 44 42 42 408
26. AC/DC 96 73 68 50 40 37 36 400
27. Fleetwood Mac 89 79 75 54 37 36 28 398
28. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 62 79 81 63 39 38 34 396
29. The Allman Brothers 39 75 86 77 41 39 37 394
30. ZZ Top 76 71 75 48 42 41 39 392
31. Aerosmith 95 78 72 47 37 35 27 391
32. Cream 28 77 87 84 47 32 35 390
33. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 93 68 62 50 48 37 28 386
34. The Grateful Dead 60 62 69 85 46 33 30 385
35. Guns 'N Roses 87 73 76 51 34 29 31 381
36. Pearl Jam 81 54 55 89 42 31 26 378
37. Boston 83 67 74 57 37 30 29 377
38. Dire Straits 57 73 78 53 36 35 31 363
39. King Crimson 7 60 96 84 44 35 36 362
40. Parliament Funkadelic 27 72 78 82 37 35 30 361
41. Red Hot Chili Peppers 63 68 68 59 41 29 28 356
42. Bon Jovi 85 74 73 31 39 29 24 355
43. Dixie Chicks 80 53 59 85 26 33 17 353
44. Foreigner 86 70 66 45 33 29 23 352
45. David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars 30 71 73 75 38 33 31 351
46. The Talking Heads 37 71 69 66 38 34 33 348
47. Jethro Tull 50 61 71 75 36 26 28 347
48. The Band 21 71 77 64 39 38 34 344
49. The Beastie Boys 69 53 40 88 36 30 27 343
50. Nirvana 77 53 45 88 37 25 17 342
51. Rage Against The Machine 45 60 82 67 26 34 26 340
52. Sly and the Family Stone 42 74 67 85 20 23 27 338
53. The Clash 31 58 61 89 35 30 33 337
54. Tool 44 49 85 60 36 33 28 335
55. Journey 88 59 76 33 29 26 23 334
56. No Doubt 53 82 60 43 30 37 27 332
57. Creedence Clearwater Revival 70 66 57 40 31 32 32 328
58. Deep Purple 38 65 77 53 36 31 25 325
59. Alice In Chains 48 53 66 74 25 26 31 323
60. Orbital 8 53 64 88 36 41 32 322
61. Little Feat 22 66 77 56 40 31 29 321
62. Duran Duran 51 74 57 61 23 29 25 320
63. Living Colour 24 44 85 75 38 22 31 319
64. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 5 61 85 81 29 31 26 318
65. The Carpenters 74 61 52 54 19 28 29 317
66. Audioslave 29 71 77 52 30 26 31 316
67. The Pretenders 26 62 61 72 39 31 24 315
68. Primus 23 45 88 66 38 27 27 314
69. Blondie 34 65 57 65 32 31 29 313
70. Black Sabbath 54 55 60 62 33 26 19 309
71. Lynyrd Skynyrd 79 52 51 45 34 29 17 307
72. Sex Pistols 16 65 41 95 37 28 24 306
73. Isaac Hayes and the Movement 15 70 70 51 39 33 27 305
74. R.E.M. 64 54 47 55 29 35 20 304
75. Traffic 20 61 76 59 33 30 24 303
76. Buffalo Springfield 17 66 65 59 35 32 28 302
77. Derek and the Dominos 11 74 77 49 31 28 31 301
78. The Jackson Five 18 86 51 52 27 35 30 299
79. The O'Jays 33 66 62 43 31 32 31 298
80. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes 25 68 62 41 32 30 29 287
81. Underworld 2 68 61 48 40 36 31 286
82. Thievery Corporation 1 69 53 56 31 39 36 285
83. Motley Crue 72 55 56 29 23 24 25 284
84. Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company 56 51 46 52 29 24 25 283
85. Blind Faith 19 59 66 55 26 24 28 277
86. The Animals 10 64 53 52 34 34 29 276
87. The Roots 12 41 79 76 24 28 11 271
88. The Velvet Underground 4 50 64 69 27 30 21 265
89. The Kinks 13 53 52 60 30 31 23 262
90. Radiohead 32 54 50 47 31 27 20 261
91. The Scorpions 47 46 56 35 27 24 25 260
92. Kansas 55 43 53 44 28 20 15 258
93. Iron Maiden 36 38 62 52 29 22 18 257
94. Motorhead 6 43 52 64 36 23 29 253
95. Judas Priest 40 31 65 46 26 22 21 251
96. The Orb 3 49 54 62 22 26 23 239
97. The Cure 41 42 28 58 20 31 10 230
98. Coldplay 46 43 41 37 27 19 16 229
99. Slayer 14 31 72 45 27 18 18 225
100. Black Eyed Peas 35 33 36 40 34 20 16 214
Pop music is an important genre of popular music distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music [1]. The term indicates specific stylistic traits but the genre also includes artists working in many styles (rock, hip hop, rhythm and blues (R&B), and country), and it is reasonable to say that "pop music" is a flexible category. It may also be referred to as soft rock or pop/rock.
100 greatest pop songs since 1963, determined by experts at MTV and Rolling Stone magazine (Update on August 28: If you're interested in such hits, perhaps Top 1000 Of The Last 30 Years uploaded by DJ Pirate is another useful url for you.):
01 The Beatles - yesterday (WMA Download)
02 Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (WMA Download)
03 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (WMA Download)
04 Madonna - Like A Virgin (WMA Download)
05 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (WMA Download)
06 the Beatles-I Want To Hold Your Hand (WMA Download)
07 Aretha Franklin - Respect (WMA Download)
08 U2 - With or Without You (WMA Download)
09 the Jackson - I Want You Back (WMA Download)
10 Backstreet boys - I Want It That Way (WMA Download)
11 The Eagles-Hotel California (WMA Download)
12 The Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go (WMA Download)
13 Guns N' Roses-Sweet Child O' Mine (WMA Download)
14 The Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar (WMA Download)
15 John Lennon-Imagine (WMA Download)
16 Sinead O Connor-Nothing Compares to You (WMA Download)
17 Stevie Wonder-Superstition (WMA Download)
18 R.E.M.-Losing My Religion (WMA Download)
19 Madonna-Vogue (WMA Download)
20 Bob Dylan-Like a Rolling Stone (WMA Download)
21 Van Morrison-Brown Eyed Girl (WMA Download)
22 Michael Jackson-Beat It (WMA Download)
23 Roy Orbison-Oh, Pretty Woman (WMA Download)
24 Marvin Gaye-What's Going On (WMA Download)
25 Britney Spears-Baby One More Time (WMA Download)
26 Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way (WMA Download)
27 Prince-When Doves Cry (WMA Download)
28 Hanson-MMMBop (WMA Download)
29 Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody (WMA Download)
30 Elton John-Your Song (WMA Download)
31 Santanaf Rob Thomas-Smooth
32 Otis Redding-The Dock of the Bay (WMA Download)
33 The Who-My Generation (WMA Download)
34 Alanis Morissette-Ironic (WMA Download)
35 Bruce Springsteen-Born to run(WMA Download)
36 TLC-Waterfalls (WMA Download)
37 O.P.P.-Naughty By Nature (WMA Download)
38 David Bowie-Changes (WMA Download)
39 Goo Goo Dolls-Iris (WMA Download)
40 Whitney Houston-I Will Always Love You (WMA Download)
41 Creedance Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary (WMA Download)
42 The Police-Every Breath You Take (WMA Download)
43 Rolling Stones-Miss You (WMA Download)
44 ABBA-Dancing Queen (WMA Download)
45 Eric Clapton-Tears in Heaven (WMA Download)
46 Smokey Robinson-The Tracks Of My Tears (WMA Download)
47 Van Halen-Jump (WMA Download)
48 Pearl Jam - Jeremy (WMA Download)
49 Bob Dylan-Tangled Up In Blue (WMA Download)
50 Prince-Little Red Corvette (WMA Download)
51 The Temptations-Just My Imagination (WMA Download)
52 Paul McCartney-Maybe I'm Amazed (WMA Download)
53 George Micheal-Faith (WMA Download)
54 Red Hot Chili Peppers-Under The Bridge (WMA Download)
55 N'Sync-Bye Bye Bye (WMA Download)
56 Gloria Gaynor-I Will Survive (WMA Download)
57 The Go Gos-Our Lips Are Sealed (WMA Download)
58 The Wallflowers-One Headlight (WMA Download)
59 Stevie Wonder-You Are the Sunshine of My Life (WMA Download)
60 Billy Joel-Just The Way You Are (WMA Download)
61 REM-The One I Love (WMA Download)
62 Madonna-Papa Don't Preach (WMA Download)
63 the Beatles-In My Life (WMA Download)
64 Elton John-Bennie and The Jets (WMA Download)
65 The Cars-Just What I Needed (WMA Download)
66 Cyndi Lauper-Time After Time (WMA Download)
67 Eminem-My Name Is (WMA Download)
68 Garbage-Only Happy When It Rains (WMA Download)
69 Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough (WMA Download)
70 Beach Boys-Good Vibrations (WMA Download)
71 Ramones-I Wanna Be Sedated (WMA Download)
72 Tom Petty-Free Fallin' (WMA Download)
73 Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (WMA Download)
74 Elton John-Tiny Dancer (WMA Download)
75 Sly and Family Stone-Hot Fun In The Summer time (WMA Download)
76 Radiohead-Creep (WMA Download)
77 Al Green-Lets Stay Together (WMA Download)
78 Green Day-Longview (WMA Download)
79 Janet Jackson-Nasty (WMA Download)
80 LL Cool J-I Need Love (WMA Download)
81 No Doubt-Don't Speak (WMA Download)
82 Michael Jackson-Rock With You (WMA Download)
83 Foreigner-I Want To Know What Love Is (WMA Download)
84 Oasis-Wonderwall (WMA Download)
85 Cheap Trick-Surrender (WMA Download)
86 Human League-Don''t You Want Me (WMA Download)
87 Pretenders-Brass In Pocket (WMA Download)
88 Wyclef Jean-Gone Till November(acoustic) (WMA Download)
89 Wham - Careless Whispers (WMA Download)
90 Brandy and Monica -That Boy Is Mine (WMA Download)
91 Black Street - Dr. Dre (WMA Download)
92 ACDC-You Shook Me All Night Long (WMA Download)
93 Bee Gees-Stayin' Alive (WMA Download)
94 Blink 182-All The Small Things (WMA Download)
95 Chic-Good Times (WMA Download)
96 Def Leopard-Photograph (WMA Download)
97 B-52's - Love Shack (WMA Download)
98 Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy (WMA Download)
99 Biz Markie-Just A Friend (WMA Download)
100 Soft Cell-Tainted Love (WMA Download)
Greatest Classic/Modern Rock Female Vocalists
1. Janis Joplin
2. Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
3. Ann Wilson (Heart)
4. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
5. Tina Turner
6. Pat Benatar
7. Debbie Harry (Blondie)
8. Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
9. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
10. Joni Mitchell
11. Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
12. Patti Smith
13. Melissa Etheridge
14. Bjork
15. Nico (Velevet Underground)
16. Alanis Morrisette
17. P. J. Harvey
18. Kate Bush
19. Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
20. Ani Difranco
21. Delores O'Riordan (Cranberries)
22. Shirley Manson (Garbage)
23. Patty Smyth (Scandal)
24. Rickie Lee Jones
25. Sandy Denny
26. Martha Davis (Motels)
27. Fiona Apple
28. Meredith Brooks
29. Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
30. Tanya Donelly (Belly)
31. Liz Phair
32. Terri Nunn (Berlin)
33. Alannah Myles
34. Sheryl Crow
35. Exene Cervanka (X)
36. Suzi Quatro
37. Suzanne Vega
38. Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)
39. Kim Deal
40. Kat Bjelland (Babes In Toyland)
41. Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
42. Lita Ford
43. Joan Jett (Blackhearts)
44. Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
45. Skin (Skunk Anansie)
46. Brody Armstrong (The Distillers)
47. Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
48. Gilly Smyth (Gong)
49. Kate Pierson (B52's)
50. Jann Arden
51. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
52. Mary Margaret O'Hara
53. Lana Lane
54. Alison Moyet (Yaz)
55. Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt, Solo)
56. Maggie Bell
57. Annie Haslam(Renaissance)
58. Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
59. Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
60. Nina Hagen
61. Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)
62. Mia Zappata (Gits)
63. Nancy Wilson (Heart)
64. Melanie
65. Shawn Colvin
66. Doro Pesch (Warlock)
67. Jane Siberry
68. Nanci Griffith
69. Patty Griffin
70. Amanda Marshall
71. Joss Stone
72. Rita Coolidge
73. Linda Perry(4 Non Blondes)
74. Sas Jordan
75. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
76. Carrie Akre (Hammerbox)
77. Kristen Hersh (Throwing Muses)
78. Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)
79. Lee Aaron
80. Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl)
81. Amy Lee (Evanescence)
82. Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane, '65-'66)
83. Holly McNarland
84. Dorothy Moskowitz (United States Of America)
85. Jonnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
86. Katrina Chester (Luxx)
87. Judy Henske
88. Annette Peacock
89. Maria Azevedo (Battery)
90. Patti Santos (It's A Beautiful Day)
91. Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab)
92. Paula Cole
93. Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
94. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
95. Kim Richey
96. Jennifer Warnes
97. Candice Night (Blackmore's Night)
98. Courtney Love (Hole)
99. Maria Mckee (Lone Justice, solo)
100. Avril Lavigne
101. Marianne Faithful
102. Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn)
103. Dale Krantz (Rossington-Collins Band)
104. Kim Wilde
105. Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics)
106. Joan Osborne
107. Christina Amphlett (Divinyls)
108. Tara MacLean
109. Carla Bonoff
110. Dominique Durand (Ivy)
111. Jane Jarboe (Swans)
112. Darby Mills (Headpins)
113. Leslie Rankine (Silverfish)
114. Amy Ray (Indigo Girls)
115. Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
116. Lynda Stipe (Hetch Hetchy)
117. Jennifer Rush
118. Pamela Moore
119. Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons)
120. Clare Torry (Pink Floyd-DSOTM)
121. Bif Naked
122. Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo)
123. Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
124. Kelly Hogan (Jody Grind)
125. Sandi Saraya (Saraya)
126. Justine Frischmann (Elastica)
127. Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl)
128. Isabel Monteiro (Drugstore)
129. Kirsty Hawkshaw
130. Alison Mosshart (AKA VV of The Kills)
131. Tobey Torres (Snake River Conspiracy)
132. Monique Powell (Save Ferris)
133. Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)
134. Teena Marie
135. Wendy Waldman
136. Anneli Marian Drecker (Bel Canto)
137. Tairrie B (My Ruin)
138. Mimi Goese (Hugo Largo)
139. Kim Shattuck (The Muffs)
140. Charlotte Martin
141. Louise Post (Veruca Salt)
142. Thalia Zedek (Live Skull)
143. Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
144. Bonnie Bramlett
145. Melanie Campbell (Burning Brides)
146. Beth Orton
147. Angela Gossgow (Arch Enemy)
148. Dot Allison
149. Jenny Haan (Babe Ruth)
150. Kathleen Hanna (Le Tigre/Bikini Kill)
151. Ida No (Glass Candy & Shattered Theatre)
152. Nina C. Alice (Skew Siskin)
153. Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi)
154. D'Arcy Wretzky
155. Lucia Cafarelli (KMFDM)
156. Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes)
157. Sheila Nicholls
158. Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
159. Nellie Mckay
160. Suzi Gardner (L7)
Greatest Rock Albums
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) -The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds (1966) - The Beach Boys
3. Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd
4. Revolver (1966) - The Beatles
5. What's Going On (1971) - Marvin Gaye
6. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) - Bob Dylan
7. Rubber Soul (1965) - The Beatles
8. Thriller (1982) - Michael Jackson
9. Are You Experienced? (1967) - Jimi Hendrix
10. Blonde On Blonde (1966) - Bob Dylan
11. London Calling (1979) - The Clash
12. Live at the Apollo (1962) - James Brown
13. The Beatles ("The White Album") (1968) - The Beatles
14. Born To Run (1975) - Bruce Springsteen
15. Exile On Main Street (1972) - The Rolling Stones
16. Innervisions (1973) - Stevie Wonder
17. Untitled ("Led Zeppelin IV") (1971) - Led Zeppelin
18. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) - Public Enemy
19. The Joshua Tree (1987) - U2
20. Abbey Road (1969) - The Beatles
21. Tommy (1969) - The Who
22. Rumours (1977) - Fleetwood Mac
23. Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) - Stevie Wonder
24. Purple Rain (1984) - Prince
25. Nevermind (1991) - Nirvana
26. Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Led Zeppelin
27. Who's Next (1971) - The Who
28. Ziggy Stardust (1972) - David Bowie
29. Blood On The Tracks (1975) - Bob Dylan
30. The Doors (1967) - The Doors
31. Electric Ladyland (1968) - Jimi Hendrix
32. There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) - Sly & the Family Stone
33. Bringing It All Back Home (1965) - Bob Dylan
34. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) - Aretha Franklin
35. Let It Bleed (1969) - The Rolling Stones
36. Blue (1971) - Joni Mitchell
37. Paranoid (1970) - Black Sabbath
38. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) - The Velvet Underground
39. Born in the USA (1984) - Bruce Springsteen
40. Appetite For Destruction (1987) - Guns N Roses
41. Never Mind The Bollocks (1977) - The Sex Pistols
42. Raising Hell (1986) - Run D.M.C.
43. Hotel California (1976) - The Eagles
44. Off the Wall (1979) - Michael Jackson
45. Tapestry (1971) - Carole King
46. Please Please Me (1963) - The Beatles
47. Elvis Presley (1957) - Elvis Presley
48. Murmur (1983) - R.E.M.
49. The Wall (1979) - Pink Floyd
50. The Band (1969) - The Band
51. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) - Simon & Garfunkel
52. Moondance (1970) - Van Morrison
53. After The Goldrush (1970) - Neil Young
54. Ten (1991) - Pearl Jam
55. Back In Black (1980) - AC/DC
56. Synchronicity (1983) - The Police
57. This Year's Model (1978) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
58. Led Zeppelin I (1969) - Led Zeppelin
59. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) - Elton John
60. Automatic for the People (1992) - R.E.M.
61. Otis Blue (1965) - Otis Redding
62. 1999 (1982) - Prince
63. The Ramones (1976) - The Ramones
64. Ok Computer (1997) - Radiohead
65. A Hard Day's Night (1964) - The Beatles
66. The Clash (1977) - The Clash
67. The Queen Is Dead (1986) - The Smiths
68. Axis Bold As Love (1967) - Jimi Hendrix
69. Sticky Fingers (1971) - The Rolling Stones
70. Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) - Bob Dylan
71. Plastic Ono Band (1970) - John Lennon
72. Van Halen (1978) - Van Halen
73. Astral Weeks (1968) - Van Morrison
74. Remain In Light (1980) - Talking Heads
75. My Aim Is True (1977) - Elvis Costello
76. Paid In Full (1987) - Eric B. & Rakim
77. Disraeli Gears (1967) - Cream
78. A Night At The Opera (1975) - Queen
79. Forever Changes (1967) - Love
80. Doolittle (1989) - Pixies
81. DéjàVu (1970) - Crosby, Stills, Nash, &Young
82. The Stone Roses (1989) - The Stone Roses
83. Talking Book (1972) - Stevie Wonder
84. Licensed to Ill (1986) - Beastie Boys
85. Marquee Moon (1977) - Television
86. Beggar's Banquet (1968) - The Rolling Stones
87. Stand! (1969) - Sly & the Family Stone
88. Straight Outta Compton (1988) - N.W.A.
89. Unknown Pleasures (1979) - Joy Division
90. Harvest (1972) - Neil Young
91. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) - Lauryn Hill
92. Abraxas (1970) - Santana
93. The Chronic (1992) - Dr. Dre
94. Achtung Baby (1991) - U2
95. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977) - The Bee Gees
96. 1984 (1984) - Van Halen
97. Live at the Leeds (1970) - The Who
98. Number Of The Beast (1982) - Iron Maiden
99. Black Sabbath (1970) - Black Sabbath
100. The "Chirping" Crickets (1957) - Buddy Holly
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101. Master Of Puppets (1986) - Metallica
102. Cosmo's Factory (1970) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
103. Surrealistic Pillow (1967) - Jefferson Airplane
104. The Low End Theory (1991) - A Tribe Called Quest
105. All Things Must Pass (1970) - George Harrison
106. Live at the Fillmore East (1971) - The Allman Brothers Band
107. Wish You Were Here (1975) - Pink Floyd
108. Quadrophenia (1973) - The Who
109. Physical Graffiti (1975) - Led Zeppelin
110. Hunky Dory (1972) - David Bowie
111. Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) - Crosby, Stills & Nash
112. Face To Face (1966) - The Kinks
113. Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969) - Green River
114. Lady Soul (1968) - Aretha Franklin
115. Superfly (1972) - Curtis Mayfield
116. Music From Big Pink (1968) - The Band
117. Sign O' the Times (1987) - Prince
118. War (1983) - U2
119. Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968) - The Byrds
120. Imagine (1971) - John Lennon
121. Machine Head (1972) - Deep Purple
122. Magical Mystery Tour (1967) - The Beatles
123. Closer (1980) - Joy Division
124. Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) - Judas Priest
125. Call Me (1973) - Al Green
126. Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) - The Byrds
127. Days Of Future Passed (1967) - The Moody Blues
128. Moving Pictures (1981) - Rush
129. Superunknown (1994) - Soundgarden
130. American Beauty (1970) - The Grateful Dead
131. Run D.M.C. (1984) - Run D.M.C.
132. Pearl (1971) - Janis Joplin
133. Metallica (The Black Album) (1991) - Metallica
134. Brothers In Arms (1985) - Dire Straits
135. Something Else (1968) - The Kinks
136. Here's Little Richard (1957) - Little Richard
137. Chicago Transit Authority (1969) - Chicago
138. Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa
139. Layla (1970) - Derek & The Dominos
140. Horses (1975) - Patti Smith
141. In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) - King Crimson
142. Berry Is On Top (1959) - Chuck Berry
143. Fear of a Black Planet (1990) - Public Enemy
144. Daydream Nation (1988) - Sonic Youth
145. Gets Next To You (1971) - Al Green
146. Pronounced Leh'-nerd Skin-'nerd (1973) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
147. Graceland (1986) - Paul Simon
148. Boston (1976) - Boston
149. Help! (1965) - The Beatles
150. Honky Chateau (1972) - Elton John
151. Fun House (1970) - Iggy Pop & the Stooges
152. Aqualung (1971) - Jethro Tull
153. Close To The Edge (1972) - Yes
154. Bad (1987) - Michael Jackson
155. Kick Out The Jams (1969) - The MC5
156. Maggot Brain (1971) - Funkadelic
157. Darkness On The Edge Of Town(1978) - Bruce Springsteen
158. Cheap Thrills (1968) - Big Brother & the Holding Co.
159. The Stranger (1977) - Billy Joel
160. Village Green Preservation Society (1968) - The Kinks
161. With the Beatles (1964) - The Beatles
162. Toys in the Attic (1975) - Aerosmith
163. Blizzard of Ozz (1980) - Ozzy Osbourne
164. Raw Power (1973) - Iggy Pop & The Stooges
165. Aja (1977) - Steely Dan
166. Truth (1968) - Jeff Beck
167. Blind Faith (1969) - Blind Faith
168. Texas Flood (1983) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
169. The Beach Boys Today (1965) - The Beach Boys
170. Babylon By Bus (1978) - Bob Marley & the Wailers
171. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) - Neil Young
172. Let's Get It On (1973) - Marvin Gaye
173. The Who Sell Out (1967) - The Who
174. Odessey and Oracle (1969) - The Zombies
175. Fresh Cream (1966) - Cream
176. Let It Be (1970)- The Beatles
177. Wheels of Fire (1968) - Cream
178. Mothership Connection (1976) - Parliament
179. Exodus (1977) - Bob Marley & the Wailers
180. Frampton Comes Alive (1976) - Peter Frampton
181. Disintegration (1989) - The Cure
182. Strange Days (1967) - The Doors
183. Operation Mindcrime (1988) - Queensryche
184. At Last (1961) - Etta James
185. Bat Out Of Hell (1977) - Meat Loaf
186. Animals (1977) - Pink Floyd
187. Damn the Torpedoes (1979) - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
188. American Pie (1971) - Don McLean
189. In Rock (1970) - Deep Purple
190. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) - Dead Kennedys
191. Running On Empty (1977) - Jackson Browne
192. That's the Way of the World (1975) - Earth, Wind, & Fire
193. Jagged Little Pill (1995) - Alanis Morrissette
194. Tea for the Tillerman (1970) - Cat Stevens
195. Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
196. Dookie (1994) - Greenday
197. Trout Mask Replica (1969) - Captain Beefheart
198. Pink Moon (1972) - Nick Drake
199. Sweet Baby James 1970) - James Taylor
200. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) - Pink Floyd
Greatest Pop Artists determined by popularity,influence and impact at Digital Dream Door
1. Elvis Presley
2. Louis Armstrong
3. Bing Crosby
4. The Beatles
5. Frank Sinatra
6. Duke Ellington
7. Billie Holiday
8. James Brown
9. Bob Dylan
10. Johnny Cash
11. Hank Williams
12. Ray Charles
13. Ella Fitzgerald
14. B.B. King
15. Al Jolson
16. Louis Jordan
17. Miles Davis
18. Charlie Parker
19. The Rolling Stones
20. Mahalia Jackson
21. Stevie Wonder
22. Nat King Cole
23. John Coltrane
24. Chuck Berry
25. Aretha Franklin
26. Bessie Smith
27. Woody Guthrie
28. Patsy Cline
29. Billy Murray
30. The Beach Boys
31. Muddy Waters
32. Led Zeppelin
33. Sarah Vaughan
34. Marvin Gaye
35. Paul Whiteman
36. Sam Cooke
37. Bruce Springsteen
38. Little Richard
39. Bob Marley
40. Jimi Hendrix
41. Fats Domino
42. Benny Goodman
43. Dizzy Gillespie
44. John Lee Hooker
45. Dolly Parton
46. Buddy Holly & the Crickets
47. Michael Jackson
48. Tommy Dorsey
49. Glenn Miller
50. Thelonious Monk
51. Elton John
52. The Who
53. Pete Seeger & the Weavers
54. Joni Mitchell
55. Otis Redding
56. Leadbelly
57. Madonna
58. Run DMC
59. The Mills Brothers
60. Celia Cruz
61. The Carter Family
62. Willie Nelson
63. George Jones
64. Robert Johnson
65. Charles Mingus
66. Diana Ross & the Supremes
67. Count Basie
68. Jelly Roll Morton
69. Prince
70. Lester Young
71. The Ink Spots
72. U2
73. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
74. Son House
75. Dinah Washington
76. The Drifters/Clyde McPhatter/Ben E. King
77. Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel
78. Thomas A. Dorsey
79. Loretta Lynn
80. Coleman Hawkins
81. T-Bone Walker
82. The Temptations
83. Eric Clapton/Cream
84. Bill Monroe
85. Bo Diddley
86. David Bowie
87. Neil Young
88. The Everly Brothers
89. Howlin' Wolf
90. Pink Floyd
91. Public Enemy
92. Perry Como
93. Etta James
94. Sly & the Family Stone
95. Art Tatum
96. The Clash
97. Bill Evans
98. The Platters
99. Merle Haggard
100. Sidney Bechet
101. Sonny Rollins
102. Herbie Hancock
103. Art Blakey
104. Scott Joplin
105. Jerry Lee Lewis
106. Queen
107. The Doors
108. Billy Joel
109. Henry Burr
110. Elmore James
111. Charley Patton
112. Tina Turner/Ike & Tina Turner
113. The Ramones
114. Carole King
115. Mariah Carey
116. Ornette Coleman
117. Tammy Wynette
118. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
119. Clifford Brown
120. Van Morrison & Them
121. Stan Getz
122. Willie Dixon
123. Blind Lemon Jefferson
124. Little Walter
125. Barbara Streisand
126. Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
127. Aerosmith
128. Fleetwood Mac
129. Roy Orbison
130. Enrico Caruso
131. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Band
132. AC/DC
133. Emmylou Harris
134. Garth Brooks
135. Jimmie Rodgers
136. The Eagles
137. Bonnie Raitt
138. Tony Bennett
139. Bud Powell
140. George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic
141. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
142. Albert King
143. Freddie King
144. Crosby, Stills, & Nash
145. Ruth Brown
146. Waylon Jennings
147. Patti Page
148. Nirvana
149. Pat Boone
150. Peter, Paul, & Mary
151. Elvis Costello & the Attractions
152. Conway Twitty
153. Roy Acuff
154. Ma Rainey
155. Dean Martin
156. Nina Simone
157. Odetta
158. The Kinks
159. The Byrds
160. Judy Garland
161. The Grateful Dead
162. 2 Pac
163. Harry MacDonough
164. The Andrews Sisters
165. Big Joe Turner
166. The Carpenters
167. The Orioles
168. Joan Baez
169. Charles Brown
170. Tito Puente
171. Janis Joplin
172. Haydn Quartet
173. Bill Haley & the Comets
174. The Bee Gees
175. Lavern Baker
176. The Isley Brothers
177. Flatt & Scruggs
178. Whitney Houston
179. Patti Smith
180. The Police/Sting
181. Velvet Underground
182. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
183. Bert Williams
184. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
185. The Allman Brothers Band
186. The Pretenders
187. Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions
188. Professor Longhair
189. The Soul Stirrers
190. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
191. The Band
192. Sonny Boy Williamson I
193. REM
194. The Caravans
195. Antonio Carlos Joabim
196. Gladys Knight & the Pips
197. The Ravens
198. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
199. Ada Jones
200. Clara Ward & the Ward Singers
201. Cab Calloway
202. Martha & the Vandellas
203. Brenda Lee
204. The Clovers
205. Deep Purple
206. The Beastie Boys
207. Bobby "Blue" Bland
208. Carol Channing
209. Enya
210. Big Bill Broonzy
211. Jefferson Airplane
212. Blondie
213. The Mamas & the Papas
214. Peggy Lee
215. Harry Belafonte
216. Fats Waller
217. Cher/Sonny & Cher
218. Eric B. & Rakim
219. Dinah Shore
220. Wynonie Harris
221. N.W.A.
222. Judy Collins
223. The Shirelles
224. The Coasters
225. Jackie Wilson
226. Johnny Mathis
227. Reba McEntire
228. Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
229. The Peerless Quartet
230. Rev. James Cleveland
231. Stevie Ray Vaughan
232. Eddy Arnold
233. Rosemary Clooney
234. The Kingston Trio
235. Creedence Clearwater Revival
236. Van Halen
237. Janet Jackson
238. Buddy Guy
239. The Four Tops
240. Linda Ronstadt
241. Donna Summer
242. Dionne Warwick
243. Lynyrd Skynyrd
244. Memphis Minnie
245. Rudy Valee
246. Kate Smith
247. Nancy Wilson
248. Billy Eckstine
249. Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
250. Jimmy Smith
251. Bobby Darin
252. King Crimson
253. Pearl Jam
254. Chaka Khan & Rufus
255. Sammy Davis Jr.
256. Metallica
257. Tori Amos
258. Ethel Waters
259. The Yardbirds
260. Ricki Lee Jones
261. John Lennon
262. Connie Francis
263. Julie Andrews
264. The Talking Heads
265. Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
266. A Tribe Called Quest
267. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
268. Notorious B.I.G.
269. Lionel Hampton
270. Lena Horne
271. Neil Diamond
272. Paul Robeson
273. Earth, Wind, & Fire
274. Django Reinhardt
275. Lefty Frizell
276. Gene Autry
277. Phil Ochs
278. Buck Owens
279. Jo Stafford
280. Wilson Pickett
281. ABBA
282. Yes
283. Glen Campbell
284. Tampa Red
285. Eartha Kitt
286. LL Cool J
287. Kenny Rogers
288. Iron Maiden
289. Sun Ra
290. Ethel Merman
291. Outkast
292. Mabel Mercer
293. Chicago
294. Rick Nelson
295. Luther Vandross
296. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
297. Rod Stewart
298. Tennessee Ernie Ford
299. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
300. Annie Lennox & the Eurythmics