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The Top 200 Artists of All Time
		Albums	Singles	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	00s
1	The Beatles	1	1		1	124
2	The Rolling Stones	2	2		3	3	71
3	Bob Dylan	3	8		2	17	126	34	11
4	David Bowie	4	14		91	1	41
5	Prince	9	6				1	120
6	Jimi Hendrix	10	7		4	109
7	Bruce Springsteen	6	36			8	3	117	49
8	Marvin Gaye	19	4		29	7	46
9	The Beach Boys	20	5		5	89
10	The Who	15	11		8	16
11	Elvis Presley	32	3	1	18	211
12	Stevie Wonder	11	25		105	2	154
13	Neil Young	5	101		46	4	59	23
14	Led Zeppelin	7	64		17	12
15	R.E.M.	13	31				5	2	112
16	The Clash	17	22			5	38
17	Elvis Costello	12	80			13	7	187	123
18	Nirvana	21	35				229	1	103
19	The Velvet Underground	8	468		9	67
20	Aretha Franklin	37	9		7	73
21	Bob Marley and The Wailers	18	60			6	215
22	Van Morrison	14	117		19	22	52	302
23	The Byrds	29	26		6
24	Pink Floyd	16	104		34	15
25	U2	23	65				4	21	30
26	Public Enemy	27	41				6	26
27	Talking Heads	22	90			25	8
28	The Doors	26	58		14	54
29	Sly and the Family Stone	43	19		20	28
30	Creedence Clearwater Revival	51	12		12	71
31	Roxy Music	25	86			9	67
32	Radiohead	28	81					4	6
33	The Smiths	31	62				2
34	James Brown	59	16	24	15	85	330
35	Beastie Boys	33	66				21	10
36	Otis Redding	56	21		10	190
37	The Kinks	62	15		11	129
38	Beck	36	47					3	21
39	John Lennon	39	44			14	157
40	Joni Mitchell	24	452			10
41	Sex Pistols	68	13			11
42	The Band	30	161		13	107
43	Michael Jackson	47	37			55	9
44	Lou Reed	35	96			19	42	109
45	Joy Division	55	42			62	13
46	The Police	58	45			50	16
47	Simon and Garfunkel	50	82		28	44
48	Oasis	72	39					5
49	The Jam	60	57			27	36
50	Steely Dan	41	168			18	250
51	Ray Charles	80	28	5	26
52	Tom Waits	34				238	10	50	97
53	The Stooges	42	192		49	29
54	Massive Attack	53	92					6
55	Al Green	64	59			20
56	P J Harvey	44	214					7	16
57	Pixies	46	190				11	65
58	Ramones	49	147			21	231
59	Kraftwerk	48	173			23	113
60	Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention	38			16	265
61	Madonna	100	32				18	31	15
62	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	40			24	91	129
63	Primal Scream	71	71					9	14
64	Bj�rk	57	203					11	22
65	Sonic Youth	45	593				20	43	102
66	Patti Smith	63	119			24		189
67	Chuck Berry	264	10	3	112
68	New Order	84	52				14	131	31
69	Paul Simon	52	410			65	28	239
70	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	148	27	2
71	Blur	92	50					8
72	Brian Eno	54				33	74	320
73	Fleetwood Mac	69	188		111	34
74	Rod Stewart	76	102		216	26
75	Little Richard	246	18	4
76	Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)	74	150		57	53
77	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	193	24					97	1
78	H�sker D�	61	577				12
79	Randy Newman	66	329			30	195	294
80	Eminem	177	34					94	2
81	Johnny Cash	85	129	25	40			98	43
82	Guns 'n' Roses	78	154				24	75
83	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	349	17		23	159
84	Grateful Dead	73	264		65	57
85	Pretenders	93	98			144	22
86	The Eagles	113	73			31
87	T. Rex	132	49			32
88	Pulp	120	76					13	79
89	Pavement	70	528					12
90	The Temptations	325	20		39	81
91	Leonard Cohen	65			38	145	78
92	Nick Drake	67			68	63
93	The Jesus and Mary Chain	98	120				15
94	Blondie	96	136			41	133
95	Jefferson Airplane	112	95		21
96	Aerosmith	103	112			39	159
97	Sam Cooke	217	38	35	35		91
98	Derek and The Dominos	117	93			35
99	Peter Gabriel	81	243			278	17
100	Cream	83	215		22
101	Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company	99	139		47	88
102	Television	75	437			36
103	The Chemical Brothers	115	116					14
104	Black Sabbath	86	226			37
105	Elton John	122	113			38
106	Run DMC	139	83				19
107	The Everly Brothers	358	29	6	117
108	AC/DC	94	219			113	34
109	Deep Purple	79	541			40
110	Nick Cave	118	146				40	25	81
111	Portishead	87	315					15
112	Tricky	102	187					16
113	Pearl Jam	101	195					17
114	Roy Orbison	512	23		27		187
115	Big Star	77				42
116	Gram Parsons	82				43
117	Metallica	97	299				50	47
118	Suede	133	126					18
119	The Specials	181	77			94	49
120	Muddy Waters	194	68	9	86	204
121	Love	91	393		25
122	The Stone Roses	125	170				23	304
123	Chic	185	78			45
124	The Verve	187	79					19
125	The Smashing Pumpkins	106	249					20
126	Pet Shop Boys	107	258				69	40
127	The Bee Gees	145	133		208	49
128	Iggy Pop	95	494			46
129	Carole King	121	221		236	48
130	Richard and Linda Thompson	90	627			102	53
131	Jackson Browne	88				47
132	Wilco	89						41	12
133	Dusty Springfield	136	172		30
134	Kate Bush	116	305			133	35
135	The Strokes	199	84						3
136	De La Soul	114	350				27	172
137	Curtis Mayfield	104	428			51
138	Queen	161	134			52
139	The Four Tops	461	40		31
140	The Supremes	776	30		32
141	The Cure	124	291			191	26	221
142	The Prodigy	160	140					22
143	Manic Street Preachers	174	118					24
144	Grandmaster Flash	819	33				25
145	My Bloody Valentine	128	257				107	37
146	Jerry Lee Lewis	442	43	7	131
147	Santana	129	281		164	70		233
148	Van Halen	163	152			108	66
149	Funkadelic	135	261			56
150	Little Feat	105				58
151	New York Dolls	119	566			59
152	Buffalo Springfield	197	125		33
153	TLC	299	69					27
154	Todd Rundgren	111	760			60
155	Howlin' Wolf	168	158	12	84
156	Traffic	108			69	120
157	The Allman Brothers Band	126	454			61
158	Graham Parker	109				64	272
159	King Crimson	110			55	175	222
160	Tom Petty	140	272			97	89
161	Dire Straits	151	213			101	82
162	Sin�ad O'Connor	183	156				152	33
163	Lauryn Hill	155	222					28
164	Happy Mondays	208	128				175	32
165	Wire	123				66
166	A Tribe Called Quest	127	596					29
167	Underworld	225	130					30
168	The Human League	202	149				29
169	MC5	147	328		64	152
170	Echo and the Bunnymen	150	297				30
171	Public Image Ltd.	189	176			69	288
172	Daft Punk	243	123					53	24
173	Eric B. & Rakim	232	137				31
174	Ike and Tina Turner	357	74		36
175	The Flaming Lips	137	565					71	13
176	The Replacements	131	695				32	318
177	Lynyrd Skynyrd	162	266			68
178	OutKast	268	108					219	7
179	Coldplay	237	145						4
180	Fairport Convention	130			37
181	Dexy's Midnight Runners	156	363				33
182	Jimmy Cliff	178	237			72
183	Queens of the Stone Age	224	160						5
184	Can	134				74
185	Mott the Hoople	184	230			75
186	Parliament	153	430		230	77
187	Prefab Sprout	138					44	152
188	James Taylor	213	185			76
189	The Impressions	291	111		41
190	Bobby Bland	222	183	70	50
191	Jane's Addiction	159	450				93	72
192	The Drifters		46	28	71
193	Genesis	141				78
194	Tim Buckley	142			83	136
195	The O'Jays	236	171			79
196	The Righteous Brothers	725	48		42
197	John Cale	143				112	163	149
198	Dr. Dre	195	240					35
199	Pere Ubu	144				80
200	Them	321	106		43