TSORT's 62 Most Popular Charting Rock Artists

Bones · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:23 am

http://tsort.info/music/faq_greatest_act.htm

These artists are ranked upon their worldwide charting success meaning singles and albums combined. Possibly could be a source for some of the artists lists.

1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Elton John
5. Madonna
6. Bob Dylan
7. U2
8. David Bowie
9. Queen
10. Michael Jackson
11. Bruce Springsteen
12. Prince
13. Rod Stewart
14. Bee Gees
15. Abba
16. Pink Floyd
17. Beach Boys
18. Bon Jovi
19. Stevie Wonder
20. R.E.M.
21. Led Zeppelin
22. Eric Clapton
23. Neil Young
24. Santana
25. Phil Collins
26. Depeche Mode
27. Mariah Carey
28. Ray Charles
29. Celine Dion
30. Whitney Houston
31. Genesis
32. John Lennon
33. Fleetwood Mac
34. Dire Straits
35. Billy Joel
36. The Who
37. Neil Diamond
38. Paul McCartney
39. Simon & Garfunkel
40. Wings
41. Deep Purple
42. Metallica
43. AC/DC
44. Iron Maiden
45. Chicago
46. Roy Orbison
47. The Eagles
48. The Pet Shop Boys
49. Donna Summer
50. George Michael
51. Johnny Mathis
52. Bryan Adams
53. The Cure
54. Aerosmith
55. Electric Light Orchestra
56. Sting
57. Diana Ross
58. Jethro Tull
59. Creedence Clearwater Revival
60. Jimi Hendrix
61. Eminem
62. Aretha Franklin

Brett Alan · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:17 pm **Posts:** 2862

Looks like that site has a pretty good formula. Good find.

Bones · **Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:03 am

Brett Alan wrote:

Looks like that site has a pretty good formula. Good find.

Sure thing.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19297

Yeah, that's pretty cool. Some surprising results there.

Bones · **Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:21 am

ClashWho wrote:

Yeah, that's pretty cool. Some surprising results there.

This is why my arguments are being continued for the 70s and rock artists list. Are those popularity criteria based on worldwide popularity or just US and UK? I think it should be worldwide if you really wanna get an "all-time" rock artists list.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19297

Bones wrote:

ClashWho wrote:

Yeah, that's pretty cool. Some surprising results there.

This is why my arguments are being continued for the 70s and rock artists list. Are those popularity criteria based on worldwide popularity or just US and UK? I think it should be worldwide if you really wanna get an "all-time" rock artists list.

Popularity on this website is primarily determined by the USA and UK singles and albums charts, weighted 5 to 1 USA versus UK. Ticket sales are also taken into account to properly assess the popularity of artists like The Grateful Dead.

chicken sandwich · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:28 pm **Posts:** 2912

This list seems bizarre, why is Eminem the only 00s artist on there? That can't be right, seems slanted.

Brian · **Joined:** Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:52 pm **Posts:** 2347

John Lennon seems too high. As a solo artist, he just didn't have all that many hits or big albums.

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:00 am **Posts:** 1699

This list is awful.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19297

Brian wrote:

John Lennon seems too high. As a solo artist, he just didn't have all that many hits or big albums.

I don't know. I was going to say that Lennon ahead of McCartney makes no sense at all, but then I noticed that Wings was on the list separately. I wonder where Paul McCartney/Wings would rank if they were combined.

Brian · **Joined:** Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:52 pm **Posts:** 2347

I think Billy Joel is pretty big worldwide. Lennon ahead of him surprises me.

Gray · **Joined:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:49 pm **Posts:** 3789

Never thought Bowie was as popular as that.

Brian · **Joined:** Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:52 pm **Posts:** 2347

I went to the page and clicked on Neil Young, leading to a list of his songs. To the right of each song, it lists charts where each appears, and they include rateyourmusic charts. So does that mean they're including rateyourmusic ratings in their calculations? If so, no wonder the rankings seem wrong.

Bones · **Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:02 pm

Brian wrote:

John Lennon seems too high. As a solo artist, he just didn't have all that many hits or big albums.

http://tsort.info/music/vebg86.htm

Bones · **Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:04 pm

chicken sandwich wrote:

This list seems bizarre, why is Eminem the only 00s artist on there? That can't be right, seems slanted.

Do you ever talk about anything besides the 00s? That list shows the best charting artists of all-time worldwide. If anything Rihanna, Lil Wayne and maybe a couple of more are most likely below 100.

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