Whew! This is a tough one.

My top TWO will always be Prince and Darren Hayes (Savage Garden and beyond).

Other faves will include:

Remy Shand - Canadian, reminds me of P a bit with his vocal range and skills with the instruments - he completely played/produced/arranged his whole album like Prince would).

Counting Crows

Gavin Degraw

Mariah Carey

Elton John

Maxwell

George Michael

Justin Timberlake

Janet Jackson

OneRepublic

Maroon 5

Celine Dion (90s)

Michael Jackson

Aerosmith

Bob Marley

Tarrus Riley

Rihanna

Sean Paul

>>> I'm hella into all 90s and early 2000s music STILL - Brandy, Monica, 112, Black Eyed Peas, Missy E, Eve, Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys, Will Smith - the list goes on forEVER!

ThePanther said:

TopazGirl said:

Elvis Presley

(My dad is a huge Elvis fan and now his music is also one of my favorites. Smooth as silk voice and catchy, upbeat songs as well as the memorable love themes.)

Marilyn Manson

(Interesting vocals and sound. This guy really has some talent lyrically and has some rather romantic themes despite a rough and tough presentation at times. He evolves about every album he does and it's always interesting.)

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This is definitely the first time I have seen Elvis and Marilyn Manson together on the same "favorites" list...

LOL, yeah, my musical tastes are pretty diverse. Elvis has one up on Marilyn though since I have Elvis Christmas music on full rotation at Christmas time and Marilyn can't say that.

1) Miles Davis..2) P-Funk.....3) Lewis Taylor...4) MeShell Ndgecello..5) 24-7 SPYZ

Primus

Skinny Puppy

XTC

The Cure

Radiohead

Prince in a league of his own....

Amy Winehouse (another artist who vibrated at a different frequency)

The Cure

Ella

coldplay

Earth Wind Fire

Sam Cooke

Sam Smith

Sarah Vaughan

TLC

The 1975 (current up and coming)

Childish Gambino

Emminem

I've gone way beyond the limit.....

Contemporaries only, in no particular order

artists:

Frank Zappa

John Lennon

Bob Dylan

Miles Davis

David Bowie

bands:

The Beatles

REM

The Smiths

The Boo Radleys

Radiohead, probably

artists easier to compile, they're all great and didn't turn shit at age 30 or younger; bands harder to pick bc there are so many ones close to great.

ForeverPaisley said:

Stevie Wonder

Funkadelic

David Bowie

Queen

Hendrix

James Brown

George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic

Paul Weller/The Jam/Style Council

Black Crowes

David Bowie

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bukowski said:

1/PRINCE 2/DAVID BOWIE 3/PAUL WELLER/THE JAM 4/ROLLING STONES 5/SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE 6/LOVE/ARTHUR LEE 7/CAN 8/JACK WHITE/WHITE STRIPES 9/LED ZEPPELIN 10/D'ANGELO 11/SERGE GAINSBOURGH 12/MILES DAVIS 13/THE SPECIALS 14/JAMES BROWN [Edited 7/4/16 20:37pm]

Good to see I am not the only Paul Weller fan here. For me, he is absolutley the greatest living English songwriter. He reminds me of Prince not for his music, but how he evolved his own musical sytle throughout his career. Saturns Pattern was brilliant.

Earth Wind & Fire/The Emotions

Marvin Gaye

Ohio Players

MonoNeon

Chaka Khan

(Is this thread still ongoing? good cuz i need an update)

Bjork (The Sugarcubes, Tappi Tikarrass, etc)

Devo

Oingo Boingo

The Doors

Siouxsie & the Banshees

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45 Grave

54 Nude Honeys

Akiko Wada

Amanda Lear

April March

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Arabesque

Aural Vampire

The B-52's

Babes in Toyland

Baccara

The Beatles

Best Coast

Betty Boo

Big Brother & The Holding Company

Bikini Kill

Black Sabbath

Blondie

Boney M.

Can

Carpenters

Cibo Matto

Comateens

Cosmic Gal

The Creatures

Crystal Castles

Daft Punk

Danzig

Dara Puspita

De La Soul

Deee-Lite

Divinyls

Donovan

Enrique Iglesias

FM-84

Giorgio Moroder

GitiGito Hustler

Grace Jones

Hide.

Hole

Janis Joplin

Jefferson Airplane

Jellyfish

John & Yoko

Juan Gabriel

Julio Iglesias

KD Lang

Kate Bush

The Kinks

KMFDM

Kraftwerk

Lana Del Rey

Le Tigre

L7

Little Richard

Madonna

The Mamas & Papas

Marilyn Manson

Mecano

Michael Jackson

Middle of the Road

Mika Bomb

Mindless Self Indulgence

Misfits

The Monochrome Set

Morningwood

Mummy the Peepshow

No Doubt

Pat Benatar

Paul Mauriat

The Pillows

The Plastics

Puffy (AmiYumi)

Pixies

Pizzicato Five

P-Model

Polysics

Sean Lennon

Selena

Shonen Knife

Sonic Youth

Spice Girls

Stereo Total

Stolen Babies

Strawberry Switchblade

Studio Killers

TeddyLoid

Tiger Trap

Tokyo Ghetto Pussy

Towa Tei

The Velvet Underground

Weezer

Wendy & Lisa

X-Japan

X-Ray Spex

and a SHIT TON of ppl i've left out. i listen to mostly alot.

[Edited 7/27/16 18:46pm]

Le Tigre fan in the house woohoo! Couldn't believe when I heard Hot Topic in a commercial the other day. Sure do miss that band.

NorthC said:

I said 5, not 500,000!

That's what i thought

NorthC said:

I said 5, not 500,000!

214 said:

NorthC said:

I said 5, not 500,000!

That's what i thought

I don't currr

I put my top 5 in bold

joeycocopuffs said:

214 said:

That's what i thought

I don't currr

I put my top 5 in bold

Why do you like Enrique Iglesias

214 said:

joeycocopuffs said:

I don't currr

I put my top 5 in bold

Why do you like Enrique Iglesias

idk I think his songs are nice
It's like asking why do i like Prince? lmao

[Edited 7/27/16 16:09pm]

joeycocopuffs said:

214 said:

Why do you like Enrique Iglesias

idk I think his songs are nice
It's like asking why do i like Prince? lmao

[Edited 7/27/16 16:09pm]

How do you find time to listen to all those artists, must be hard to do isn't it?

[Edited 7/27/16 16:11pm]

214 said:

joeycocopuffs said:

idk I think his songs are nice
It's like asking why do i like Prince? lmao

[Edited 7/27/16 16:09pm]

How do you find time to listen to all those artists, must be hard to do isn't it?

[Edited 7/27/16 16:11pm]

It's not only hard. It takes years.
or It could be some of those artists i grew up listening when i was little and still hold to it.

I like to discover new music in my spare time. so yeah it's not hard. lol

[Edited 7/27/16 19:05pm]

Jack Bruce (especially the Cream/Clapton/Baker era, and with Robin Trower)

Van Hunt

D'angelo

Hendrix (particularly the first three records with the excellent team Redding/Mitchell, i'm not very fond of the posthumous releases).

Aside from those four artists, i could quote James Brown, Bryan Ferry, the late Paul Gilbert (influenced by Frank Zappa), Derek Trucks...

[Edited 7/28/16 11:18am]

Led

Jimi

Beatles

Sly

Marvin

Joni

Santana

The Pretenders

Nirvana

Pearl Jam