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Critical Consensus: 100 Most Essential Musical Artists - Page 2

My Critical Consensus projects avoid personal opinion; they are aggregate mathematical polls intended to measure the true consensus of critical and popular opinion as to what is considered the greatest of all time. Sources are selected to provide the widest cross-reference of opinion while maintaining a wide acceptance of legitimacy. Results for this list are derived from an accumulation of results from previously tabulated Critical Consensus lists for essential albums and songs, plus other lists of greatest artists, singers, songwriters, bands, etc. from those sources, plus any career honors such as Kennedy Center, Medal of Arts, R&R Hall. Comments and questions relating to winners, purpose, or methodology always welcome.
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Van Morrison
Van Morrison
41
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
42
The Kinks
The Kinks
43
The Smiths
The Smiths
44
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
45
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
46
Metallica
Metallica
47
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
48
Little Richard
Little Richard
49
The Doors
The Doors
50
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
51
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
52
B.B. King
B.B. King
53
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
54
The Ramones
The Ramones
55
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
56
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
57
The Stooges
The Stooges
58
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
59
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
60
Bjork
Bjork
61
The Cure
The Cure
62
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
63
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
64
The Police
The Police
65
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
66
The Band
The Band
67
Joy Division
Joy Division
68
Al Green
Al Green
69
AC/DC
AC/DC
70
Tina Turner
Tina Turner
71
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
72
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
73
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
74
John Lennon
John Lennon
75
The Byrds
The Byrds
76
The Pixies
The Pixies
77
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
78
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
79
Public Enemy
Public Enemy
80
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