Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Singers of All-Time: Reaction

Rolling Stone recently released their list of the best 200 singers of all-time. But it was a trash list. So we reacted to it.

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Complaints included: Taylor Swift making the list, Whitney Houston at number two, John Lennon the top “rock” singer ever, the criteria for the list: is it talent? Notoriety? Popularity?

But while we were in the spirit of the thing, we decided on our next Friday series: Our lists of the best (or our favorite) 25 singers of all-time. So watch for that coming in the next couple Fridays.

If you want to see Rolling Stone’s entire list and don’t want to wade through all the blah-blah-blah and their horribly designed website. Here’s the entire list in convenient text form!

Read through the list and leave a comment with who you think was snubbed from the top 200!

Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Singers of All-Time

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Whitney Houston
3. Sam Cooke
4. Billie Holiday
5. Mariah Carey
6. Ray Charles
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Beyonce
9. Otis Redding
10. Al Green
11. Little Richard
12. John Lennon
13. Patsy Cline
14. Freddie Mercury
15. Bob Dylan
16. Prince
17. Elvis Presley
18. Celia Cruz
19. Frank Sinatra
20. Marvin Gaye
21. Nina Simone
22. Adele
23. Smokey Robinson
24. George Jones
25. Mary J. Blige
26. Paul McCartney
27. Dolly Parton
28. Mahalia Jackson
29. Chaka Khan
30. Hank Williams
31. Luther Vandross
32. David Bowie
33. Bessie Smith
34. Thom Yorke
35. Dusty Springfield
36. Kurt Cobain
37. Van Morrison
38. Curtis Mayfield
39. Louis Armstrong
40. Aaliyah
41. Etta James
42. Teddy Pendergrass
43. Ariana Grande
44. James Brown
45. Ella Fitzgerald
46. Mavis Staples
47. Linda Tonstadt
48. Toni Braxton
49. Rod Stewart
50. Joni Mitchell
51. Sade
52. Mick Jagger
53. Miriam Makeba
54. Willie Nelson
55. Tina Turner
56. Barry White
57. Brian Wilson
58. Lady Gaga
59. Howlin’ Wolf
60. Kate Bush
61. Umm Kulthum
62. George Michael
63. Robert Plant
64. Bjork
65. Minnie Riperton
66. David Ruffin
67. Dennis Brown
68. Rihanna
69. Youssou N’Dour
70. Ronnie Spector
71. Roy Orbison
72. Muddy Waters
73. Hector Lavoe
74. Patti LaBelle
75. D’Angelo
76. Wilson Pickett
77. Bruce Springsteen
78. Janis Joplin
79. Emmylou Harris
80. Chris Cornell
81. Joao Gilberto
82. Steve Perry
83. Amy Winehouse
84. Lata Mangeshkar
85. Johnny Cash
86. Michael Jackson
87. Diana Ross
88. Jimmie Rodgers
89. Selena
90. Gal Costa
91. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
92. Anita Baker
93. Stevie Nicks
94. Toots Hibbert
95. Vicente Fernandez
96. Chuck Berry
97. Usher
98. Bob Marley
99. Clyde McPhatter
100. Elton John
101. Gladys Knight
102. Taylor Swift
103. Leonard Cohen
104. Aaron Neville
105. Eddie Vedder
106. Bill Withers
107. Lou Reed
108. Caetano Veloso
109. Roger Daltrey
110. The Weeknd
111. Fiona Apple
112. Ozzy Osbourne
113. La India
114. Chriss Hynde
115. Erykah Badu
116. Chet Baker
117. Patti Smith
118. John Fogerty
119. Barrington Levy
120. Charlie Rich
121. Jackie Wilson
122. Donna Summer
123. Karen Carpenter
124. Robert Johnson
125. Joe Strummer
126. Donny Hathaway
127. Tammy Wynette
128. Florence Welch
129. Rob Halford
130. Courtney Love
131. Jeff Buckley
132. Loretta Lynn
133. Neil Young
134. Axl Rose
135. IU
136. Lauryn Hill
137. El DeBarge
138. Merle Haggard
139. Rocio Durcal
140. Bono
141. Christina Aguilera
142. Russel Thompkins Jr.
143. Luciano
144. Darlene Love
145. PJ Harvey
146. Ruth Brown
147. Barbra Streisand
148. Levon Helm
149. Wanda Jackson
150. Bryan Ferry
151. Martha Reeves
152. Michael Stipe
153. Mahlathini
154. Dion
155. Corin Tucker
156. George Strait
157. Robert Smith
158. Carrie Underwood
159. Mississippi John Hurt
160. Mercedes Sosa
161. Brenda Lee
162. Francoise Hardy
163. Bobby Blue Bland
164. Sandy Denny
165. Dio
166. Morrissey
167. Marc Anthony
168. Debbie Harry
169. Sylvester
170. Chris Stapleton
171. Odetta
172. Juan Gabriel
173. Marianne Faithfull
174. Buddy Holly
175. Lana Del Rey
176. Iggy Pop
177. Patty Loveless
178. Tabu Ley Rochereau
179. Martha Wash
180. SZA
181. Bob Seger
182. Jazmine Sullivan
183. Solomon Burke
184. Karen O
185. Alicia Keys
186. Ofra Haza
187. Bonnie Raitt
188. Fela Kuti
189. Joan Baez
190. Frank Ocean
191. Jung Kook – BTS
192. Anhoni
193. Brandy
194. Kelly Clarkson
195. Poly Styrene
196. Paul Westerberg
197. Burna Boy
198. Billie Eilish
199. Glenn Danzig
200. Rosalia

Possible Snubs

• Mike Patton
• Elvis Costello
• Gene Clark
• Phil Collins
• Tori Amos
• Layne Staley
• Colin Blunstone
• Sarah McLaughlin
• Carl Wilson
• Jim McGuinn
• Graham Parsons
• Jim Morrison
• Eric Clapton
• Billy Joel
• Steve Winwood
• Peter Gabriel
• John Anderson
• Greg Lake
• Richard Thompson
• Lyndsey Buckingham
• Steven Tyler
• Donald Fagen
• Glen Campbell
• Roland Orzabel
• Sting
• Maria McKee
• Dwight Yoakam
• Elizabeth Fraser
• David Coverdale
• Zach De La Rocha
• Elliott Smith
• David Lee Roth
• Sammy Hagar
• Weyes Blood
• Tony Bennett
• Celine Dion
• Mama Cass Elliott
• Jennifer Hudson