list of the top 40 most acclaimed artists of the last ten years.....is your favs on the list ?.....mine are at number five....loved the strokes first album as well...radiohead still going strong at two...not really my cup of tea but i respect them....no sign of prince but johnny cash and bob dylan both make it into the top 30...hats off to them ....
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1 The White Stripes
2 Radiohead
3 OutKast
4 LCD Soundsystem
5 Arcade Fire
6 Kanye West
7 The Strokes
8 Franz Ferdinand
9 Eminem
10 TV on the Radio
11 Jay-Z
12 M.I.A.
13 Coldplay
14 Missy Elliott
15 Wilco
16 The Streets
17 Queens of the Stone Age
18 The Libertines
19 Sufjan Stevens
20 Arctic Monkeys
21 Nick Cave
22 Gorillaz
23 Justin Timberlake
24 Gnarls Barkley
25 Modest Mouse
26 Interpol
27 Hot Chip
28 Dizzee Rascal
29 Johnny Cash
30 Bob Dylan
31 Spoon
32 PJ Harvey
33 Amy Winehouse
34 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
35 The Flaming Lips
36 Madonna
37 Ryan Adams
38 Cat Power
39 Antony and The Johnsons
40 The Avalanches

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www.acclaimedmusic.net

It's hard to argue with that list!

Here are my own top 40 artists of the 2000s, based on Henrik's formula!

1. Kylie Minogue
2. Annie
3. Björk
4. LCD Soundsystem
5. Prince
6. Janet Jackson
7. The Cure
8. The Strokes
9. Annie Lennox
10. Franz Ferdinand
11. Arcade Fire
12. Chromeo
13. Madonna
14. Gorillaz
15. Morrissey
16. !!!
17. Missy Elliott
18. Bat for Lashes
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
20. Dannii Minogue
21. Blondie
22. PJ Harvey
23. David Bowie
24. Aaliyah
25. RES
26. N.E.R.D.
27. Duffy
28. Peaches
29. Janelle Monae
30. Busta Rhymes
31. Sade
32. Gwen Stefani
33. Grace Jones
34. Robert Randolph
35. Ladyhawke
36. The Knife
37. Vive la Fête
38. My Chemical Romance
39. India.Arie
40. Goldfrapp