he may be only the 28th greatest act according to rolling stone magazine but he is still the fifth best recording artist of all time according to the great website "acclaimed music"
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... it takes each artists album and single ratings from music critics around the world and put them all together to make the most accurate picture of what has been regarded as the best music from the last 50 years.
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...http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/
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...The Top 30 Artists of All Time



1 The Beatles

2 The Rolling Stones

3 Bob Dylan

4 David Bowie

5 Prince

6 Jimi Hendrix

7 Bruce Springsteen

8 The Beach Boys

9 Marvin Gaye

10 Stevie Wonder

11 The Who

12 R.E.M.

13 Elvis Presley

14 The Clash

15 Neil Young

16 Led Zeppelin

17 Nirvana

18 Radiohead

19 Elvis Costello

20 U2


21 The Velvet Underground

22 Aretha Franklin

23 Pink Floyd

24 Bob Marley and The Wailers

25 Public Enemy

26 Van Morrison

27 Talking Heads

28 The Byrds

29 The Smiths

30 The Doors

ahhh, now this is getting closer to 'the truth'.
al m o s t t h e r e

I'm sure we can tweak these numbers to make
him number 1 on one of these charts...

I'm glad to see our boy do so well but Elvis and Led Zep are WAAAY too low on this list. Sorry, but Elvis is more influential than Prince. Probably Zep, too.

This type of list is 99% crap.

i dont agree about elvis. most of what he released was crap, ok he is an important artist but in no way does his talent compare to prince