#1 Aretha Franklin

#2 Ray Charles

#3 Elvis Presley

#4 Sam Cooke

#5 John Lennon

#6 Marvin Gaye

#7 Bob Dylan

#8 Otis Redding

#9 Stevie Wonder

#10 James Brown

#11 Paul McCartney

#12 Little Richard

#13 Roy Orbison

#14 Al Green

#15 Robert Plant

#16 Mick Jagger

#17 Tina Turner

#18 Freddie Mercury

#19 Bob Marley

#20 Smokey Robinson

#21 Johnny Cash

#22 Etta James

#23 David Bowie

#24 Van Morrison

#25 Michael Jackson

#26 Jackie Wilson

#27 Hank Williams

#28 Janis Joplin

#29 Nina Simone

#31 Howlin' Wolf

#32 Bono

#33 Steve Winwood

#34 Whitney Houston

#35 Dusty Springfield

#36 Bruce Springsteen

#37 Neil Young

#38 Elton John

#39 Jeff Buckley

#40 Curtis Mayfield

#41 Chuck Berry

#42 Joni Mitchell

#43 George Jones

#44 Bobby “Blue” Bland

#45 Kurt Cobain

#46 Patsy Cline

#47 Jim Morrison

#48 Buddy Holly

#49 Donny Hathaway

#50 Bonnie Raitt

#51 Gladys Knight

#52 Brian Wilson

#53 Muddy Waters

#54 Luther Vandross

#55 Paul Rodgers

#56 Mavis Staples

#57 Eric Burdon

#58 Christina Aguilera

#59 Rod Stewart

#60 Bj√δrk

#61 Roger Daltrey

#62 Lou Reed

#63 Dion

#64 Axl Rose

#65 David Ruffin

#66 Thom Yorke

#67 Jerry Lee Lewis

#68 Wilson Pickett

#69 Ronnie Spector

#70 Gregg Allman

#71 Toots Hibbert

#72 John Fogerty

#73 Dolly Parton

#74 James Taylor

#75 Iggy Pop

#76 Steve Perry

#77 Merle Haggard

#78 Sly Stone

#79 Mariah Carey

#80 Frankie Valli

#81 John Lee Hooker

#82 Tom Waits

#83 Patti Smith

#84 arlene Love

#85 Sam Moore

#86 Art Garfunkel

#87 Don Henley

#88 Willie Nelson

#89 Solomon Burke

#90 The Everly Brothers

#91 Levon Helm

#92 Morrissey

#93 Annie Lennox

#94 Karen Carpenter

#95 Patti LaBelle

#96 B.B. King

#97 Joe Cocker

#98 Stevie Nicks

#99 Steven Tyler

#100 Mary J. Blige