Only pop bands and musicians. Pop music has a way of transcending generations, breaking boundaries, and creating timeless hits that remain etched in our memories. The best pop music artists of all time have defined the genre, shaping its evolution with their unique styles, memorable melodies,...
Also ranks #13 on The Best Female Musicians of All Time Also ranks #16 on The Best Blues Artists of All Time 7 Lena Horne Merry From Lena, Stormy Weather, Seasons of a Life 1,279 votes See: The Best Lena Horne Albums A trailblazer in every sense of the word, she broke down barr...
Celine Dionranks eighth among the all-time music bestsellers, making her also the by far best-selling Canadian music artist to date. Known for her distinctive voice, Dion managed to establish herself as the second best-selling female music artist in history, only behind the Queen of Pop, Mad...
In 2004 — 50 years after Elvis Presley walked into Sun Studios and cut “That’s All Right” — Rolling Stone celebrated rock & roll’s first half-century in grand style, assembling a panel of 55 top musicians, writers and industry executives (everyone from Keith Richards to ?uestlove of ...
The Canadian pianist is best known for his performances of the music of J.S. Bach, and particularly The Goldberg Variations. But he’s also famous for humming along while he played, performing on a tiny chair with sawn-off legs, which he took to all his concerts, and his exacting ...
Canada is a country with a richhistory, and this includes literature. Much Canadian literature has been influenced by authors from the United States, England, and France. Canadian writers have become prolific in their own right, with some of them listed among the greatest writers of all time....
As an art-form, jazz relies on the next generation of musicians not just to keep the tradition alive, but to continue to win over fans to the genre. It’s hard to think of many contemporary jazz singers who have done this as successfully asCanadian singer-pianist Diana Krall. ...
This multiple JUNO award-winning singer-songwriter is the clear heir apparent to The Tragically Hip, both in terms of writing energetic folk-rock with lyrical homage to Canada and for his relative obscurity outside of the country. Nonetheless, he’s one of the best Canadian musicians. Hailing ...
To create the new version of the RS 500 we convened a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, and producers — from Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, M. Ward to Bill Ward — as well as figures from the music industry and leading critics and journalists. ...
Hype! has plenty of great rock and roll, proving that bands like Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana were the real deal. 36. Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (2008) There are few musicians who’ve had stranger careers than Scott Walker: an Ohio-born one-time teen idol who moved to the...