For me its in no particular order

Marvin Gaye

Stevie Wonder

Michael Jackson/Jacksons

Prince

Smokey Robinson/Miracles

Sly and the Family Stone

Aretha Franklin

Zapp and Roger

James Brown

The Bee Gees

The Temptations

Diana Ross/Supremes

R. Kelly (mainly what he release in the 90's)

Daryll and Oats

Debarge

Tupac (if you want to include Hip Hop)

Minnie Riperton

The Doobie Brothers

Mariah Carey

Whitney Houston

George Clinton and Parliment

Ray Charles

Sade

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Not in order:

1. Marvin
2. Stevie (1970s mainly)
3. Sly/Family Stone
4. P-Funk/George/Bootsy/Hazel
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. The Doors
7. Todd Rundgren/Utopia
8. David Bowie
9. Bobby Womack (1970s mainly with a few '80s)
10. Aretha Franklin (late 1960s through mid 1970s)
11. Rufus & Chaka Khan
12. Chaka Khan (solo)
13. Phyllis Hyman
14. Betty Davis
15. Al Green (early to mid 1970s)
16. Curtis Mayfield
17. Nirvana
18. Velvet Underground
19. 2Pac
20. DJ Screw
21. INXS
22. Prince
23. MJ/Jacksons (J5 was mainly filler to me)
24. Zapp & Roger
25. Minnie Riperton
26. The Isley Brothers
27. Placebo
28. T. Rex (early to mid 1970s)
29. Janet (mid 1980s through late 1990s
30. Madonna (early 1980s through late 1990s)
31. George Michael/Wham!
32. Culture Club/Boy George
33. The Cure
34. Siouxsie & The Banshees
35. Sopor Aeturnus and the Ensemble of Shadows/Anna Varney Cantodea
36. Marilyn Manson (1990s through early 2000s)
37. White Zombie/Rob Zombie
38. Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor
39. Mary J. Blige (1990s)
40. Diana Ross (early to mid 1970s)

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UNKLE

Kate Bush

Nine Inch Nails

Spiritualized

Beck

David Bowie

Pj Harvey

OUTKAST

A lot.

smoothcriminal12 said:

A lot.

Unacceptable reply Mr Criminal. List please, even if it's a short one.

TheDigitalGardener said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

A lot.

Unacceptable reply Mr Criminal. List please, even if it's a short one.

My list would look similar to HAPPYPERSON's and Timmy's.

Prince

Michael Jackson

The Beatles

Stevie Wonder

Sade

Smokey

Madonna

Aretha Franklin

Marvin Gaye

Elton John

Debarge

The Temps

The Four Tops

The Supremes

The Rolling Stones

Isley Brothers

Luther Vandross

Just for starters

Any list without the Beatles is biased. No one has so many great songs as the Fab Four.

Who has the highest concentration of great and good songs (and not the total number), the list looks like this (first names, which I thought)

The strongest group:
The Beatles
Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
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Strong group (the great catalogs, but there are weaknesses):
Prince (he produces too much filler, so not in the highest group)
Michael Jackson (Michael's problem is completely the opposite, he has released solo material is too small, even though most of his songs are good).
Metallica
Queen
Depeche Mode
Guns and Roses
Scorpions
David Bowie
Elton John
The Bee Gees
Bob Dylan
James Brown
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Good group (decent catalogs with some great classics songs):
Marvin Gaye
R.E.M.
Elvis Presley
Aretha Franklin

Jimi Hendrix
U2
Bon Jovi
Madonna
ABBA
Frank Sinatra
Tupac
Whitney Houston
Lionel Richie
Nirvana
Bruce Springsteen
Gelrge Michael
Enigma
Bob Marley
Van Halen
Nightwish
Supremes
a-ha
The Temptations
Sting

smoothcriminal12 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Unacceptable reply Mr Criminal. List please, even if it's a short one.

My list would look similar to HAPPYPERSON's and Timmy's.

I thought it might.

LiLi1992 said:

Any list without the Beatles is biased.

Um.

Every list is biased, with or without the Beatles.

[Edited 3/25/12 13:10pm]

TheDigitalGardener said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

My list would look similar to HAPPYPERSON's and Timmy's.

I thought it might.

hoew can i forget about Mr. Bob Marley, Elton john, Earth Wind and Fire,

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HAPPYPERSON said:

hoew can i forget about Mr. Bob Marley, Elton john, Earth Wind and Fire,

Definitely Bob Marley

smoothcriminal12 said:

LiLi1992 said:

Any list without the Beatles is biased.

Um.

Every list is biased, with or without the Beatles.

[Edited 3/25/12 13:10pm]

My list - no!! MANY of the artists on my list are not among my favorites.

Subjective and biased - slightly different things

LiLi1992 said:

Any list without the Beatles is biased. No one has so many great songs as the Fab Four.

Who has the highest concentration of great and good songs (and not the total number), the list looks like this (first names, which I thought)

The strongest group:
The Beatles
Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones

I was just about to type in my response, when I saw your strongest group is exactly who was on my list.

I would include Queen, Prince, Michael Jackson/The Jacksons, and Elton John, probably Eric Clapton, too.

smoothcriminal12 said:

LiLi1992 said:

Any list without the Beatles is biased.

Um.

Every list is biased, with or without the Beatles.

[Edited 3/25/12 13:10pm]

Thank you.

LiLi1992 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Um.

Every list is biased, with or without the Beatles.

[Edited 3/25/12 13:10pm]

My list - no!! MANY of the artists on my list are not among my favorites.

Subjective and biased - slightly different things

Girl you biased.

Timmy84 said:

LiLi1992 said:

My list - no!! MANY of the artists on my list are not among my favorites.

Subjective and biased - slightly different things

Girl you biased.

noоо
I'm not even a fan of half the artists on my list.

But u can believe in whatever you want.

Duke Ellington

Ella Fitzgerald

Miles Davis

Billie Holiday

Dinah Washington

Kenny Dorham

Earth, Wind, & Fire

Elton John

Lala Hathway

Donny Hathway

Bill Evans

Ahamd Jamal

Rufu featuring Chaka Khan

Baden Powell

Muddy Waters

Brand New Heavies

The Isley Brothers

Frank Sinatra

Rosemary Clooney

Rolling Stones

Sly and the Family Stones

James Brown

Nate King Cole

Many more, just off the top of me head.

LiLi1992 said:

Timmy84 said:

Girl you biased.

noоо
I'm not even a fan of half the artists on my list.

But u can believe in whatever you want.

Child boo.

LiLi1992 said:

Any list without the Beatles is biased.

I don't think my mother can name 2 Beatles songs, and she was around when they were actually together. Then again she doesn't listen to anything non soul/R&B/blues. My grandfather used to say anything that wasn't blues was noise. He didn't even like soul music.

MickyDolenz said:

LiLi1992 said:

Any list without the Beatles is biased.

I don't think my mother can name 2 Beatles songs, and she was around when they were actually together. Then again she doesn't listen to anything non soul/R&B/blues. My grandfather used to say anything that wasn't blues was noise. He didn't even like soul music.

I understand that musical tastes are different and not everyone likes the Beatles, but making a list of the 20-30 greatest music catalogs and do not include the Beatles - strange for me. It's like Jimi Hendrix did not include in the list of great guitarists or Tupac did not include in the list of great rappers.
The group obviously has a great music catalog: Eleanor Rigby, And I Love Her, Across The Universe, Hey Jude, Let It Be, The Long And Winding Road, Come Together, Michelle, Yesterday, etc. You may like or dislike the songs, but they are legendary and influential .... hard to ignore that fact.

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random order, and including singles, albums & live albums

Sinatra

Miles Davis

B.B.King

Duke Ellington

Ella

Mr.Amstrong

John Coltrane

Willie Dixon

Elvis

Marlon Brando

Chuck Berry

Little Richard

Johnny Cash

James Brown

Bob Dylan

Ray Charles

Sean Connery

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Doors

Otis Redding

Aretha

Velvet Underground/Lou Reed

Jimi Hendrix

Marvin Gaye

Elton John

Stevie Wonder

Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath

David Bowie

Roxy Music/Ferry/Eno

Aerosmith

Al Pacino

Bob Marley

Parliament/Funkadelic/G.Clinton

Jacksons/MJ

Queen

Talking Heads

Springsteen

Iron Maiden

Prince

Madonna

Metallica

Megadeth

U2

REM

Run DMC

Johnny Depp

Public Enemy

Depeche Mode

Nirvana

Blur/Gorillaz

Björk

LiLi1992 said:

MickyDolenz said:

I don't think my mother can name 2 Beatles songs, and she was around when they were actually together. Then again she doesn't listen to anything non soul/R&B/blues. My grandfather used to say anything that wasn't blues was noise. He didn't even like soul music.

I understand that musical tastes are different and not everyone likes the Beatles, but making a list of the 20-30 greatest music catalogs and do not include the Beatles - strange for me. It's like Jimi Hendrix did not include in the list of great guitarists or Tupac did not include in the list of great rappers.
The group obviously has a great music catalog: Eleanor Rigby, And I Love Her, Across The Universe, Hey Jude, Let It Be, The Long And Winding Road, Come Together, Michelle, Yesterday, etc. You may like or dislike the songs, but they are legendary and influential .... hard to ignore that fact.

It has nothing to do with liking or disliking The Beatles. There's different cultures/races, and so a lot of people only listen to what they're exposed to. Most of my relatives don't really listen to anything but R&B or blues (or rap for the younger ones). Some listen to jazz. There's a lot of Mexicans where I live, and many of the older Mexicans would put Lil Joe or Vicente Fernandez over the acts people are posting in this thread. The Beatles are not that big of a deal in Africa either. If you're going by magazines, books, and media, well the major ones are mostly written by white males, so of course they're going to write about white rock groups and maybe acts of other races that were purchased in a big way by whites (Jimi Hendrix). Just because someone is known by more people or sold a lot doesn't necessarily make them better than somebody who didn't sell much and/or little known. It just means they had a good marketing department.

In no order:

Michael Jackson/ The Jacksons/J5

Stevie Wonder

Marvin Gaye

Prince

Al Green

Bob Marly

Dinah Washington

The Beatles

Billie Holiday

Jimi Hendrix

WAR

Teddy Pendergrass

James Brown

The Stylistics

Minnie Riperton

The Bee Gees

Aretha Franklin

Queen

Otis Redding

Pink Floyd

Curtis Mayfield

The Isley Brothers

The Delphonics

Funkadelic/Parliament

The Supremes

Sly Family Stone

The Temptations

Earth Wind and Fire

Whitney Houston

Ray Charles

Donny Hathway

The Dells

Ike and Tina Turner

The Rolling Stones

Smokey Robinson/Miracles

Jackie Wilson

Sam Cooke

Muddy Waters

Tupac

Krs One

Public Enemy

NWA

Afrika Bambaataa

Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers

Ella Fitzgerald

Miles Davis

Janet Jackson (Control-Velvet Rope)

this is it for now but many more of course