VH1 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time

Queen have been named in the Top 20 of VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time.

The band rub shoulders with fellow rocker Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and The Who.


Source: http://www.queenonline.com/news/1814/

QUEEN 17th.

HERE'S THE LIST!!!!!!?

20. MARVIN GAYE
19. U2
18. PINK FLOYD
17. QUEEN (ERROR - NO.1!!)
16. MADONNA
15. THE BEACH BOYS
14. NIRVANA
13. THE WHO
12. DAVID BOWIE
11. BOB MARLEY
10. STEVIE WOUNDER
9. JAMES BROWN
8. ELVIS PRESLEY
7. PRINCE???
6. JIMI HENDRIX
5. THE BEATLES
4. BOB DYLAN
3. MICHAEL JACKSON
2. LED ZEPPELIN
1. THE BEATLES

VH1 APOLOGISE  FOR THE ERRORS ON THE LIST.
THEREFORE, VH1 HAVE REDONE THE LIST.
AS FOLLOWS:

21. NIRVANA - WHO?
20. PRINCE
19. MADONNA
NEW ENTRY - 18. DIRE STRAITS (BUT VH1 COULD'NT PUT THEM HIGHER UP IN THE LIST)
NEW ENTRY - 17. RUSH (BUT VH1 COULD'NT PUT THEM HIGHER UP THE LIST)
16.  MARVIN GAYE
15. DAVID BOWIE
14. U2
13. THE BEACH BOYS
12. JAMES BROWN
11. PINK FLOYD
10. BOB DYLAN
9. THE WHO
8. BOB MARLEY
7. JIMI HENDRIX
6. STEVIE WOUNDER
5. ELVIS
4. MICHAEL JACKSON
3. LED ZEPPELIN
2. THE  BEATLES
1. QUEEN                    

THAT'S A BETTER LIST!

???? madonna ranked greater than Queen????  Gag me with a spoon.

morris ca wrote: "???? madonna ranked greater than Queen???? Gag me with a spoon."


I know. :D I do like Madonna, but in no way is she in Queen's league!

Let's not forget that this was done from an American perspective.  With that in mind, the list is right on the money.

It's not about personal taste - it's about the artists' effect on US popular culture.  I'm surprised Queen even cracked the top 20 in that regard.

Prince is an absolutely brilliant musician and has every right to be in the top 20.  Madonna has been consistently in the limelight for the last 25 years and has made her mark, so she surely belongs on the list too.  Plenty of people west of the Atlantic would agree that Madonna is a bigger name than Queen.

As for Nirvana, their effect on popular music and culture is undeniable.  Smells Like Teen Spirit was for 90s kids as I Want To Hold Your Hand was for 60s kids.

In Europe and in much of the civilized world, Queen are second to the Beatles - but not in North America.  In the US and Canada, Queen were popular for less than a decade.  Only recently have they begun to be seen as something important again.  They are grossly under-appreciated here.

But for anyone who would put Queen at #1 on any popularity list, there is not a chance they are more important in the grand scheme of things than Elvis, The Beatles, Hendrix, or Michael Jackson.  They all changed the world irreversibly.  Queen are in second place to them, and the members of Queen would probably be the first to say so.  And that's certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

You are always a voice of reason.

You only have to look at the list of best selling music artists to see how popular Queen really are

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

plumrach wrote: You only have to look at the list of best selling music artists to see how popular Queen really are

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I see Queen shit all over the Beatles in UK sales.

Yaaaay! Fuck you beatles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GosClBN6rzk

Wow, who is Marvin Gaye ?

he was a soul singer who was killed by his father

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye

Thanks. Maybe I will check him on YouTube

You should. He was awesome.

Those lists are always rubbish is Wacko Jacko hadn't have died last year there is no way he would have been at number 3

Anyone who thinks MJ shouldn't be near the top must have lived under a rock in the 80s and the 90s.  He was the biggest thing since The Beatles.  Thriller changed the world more than any record in the 70s did, and with the way the music business is going, more than any record ever will.

Sir GH wrote: Anyone who thinks MJ shouldn't be near the top must have lived under a rock in the 80s and the 90s.  He was the biggest thing since The Beatles.  Thriller changed the world more than any record in the 70s did, and with the way the music business is going, more than any record ever will.

How big Jacko was doesn't mean jack shit!....justin timberlake and brittany spears are huge does that mean they're better than Zeppelin and queen and the who?....you should know better my friend.    now,  i do agree he belongs in the top 25 or so.  contradiction aside......He wasn't as great as people make him out to be.  If queen wrote some of that crap he did  they would get flamed.  The music wasn't all that great, not all that inspired.  his video's were what made him top notch IMO.  also the best Dancer in pop history. Yes, he has freddie licked once it comes to dancing, lol.   Nirvana was and is huge,  but again doesn't mean shit.  No way is nirvana on the same level as Queen or the Who.  I don't care what anyone say's.  They shouldn't even be in the top 50.  Iron maiden blows Nirvana out of the water.  Priest blow that crappy band out the water too.