I see that you base the part of acclaimence in the list that is is Acclaimed music, I would like to warn you that that list is not reliable because it doesn't take account of end of the decade list, and artist like Daft Punk that is classified 44 can make the top 10 in the next updated.

Permit me to ask a stupid question, I know that rap / hip hop technically are "rock" subgenres, but how is dance-pop (i.e. Lady Gaga) a form of rock?

Because it has its origins in the Disco, House, R&B, Synthpop.

And according to that is why is considered rock.

She is rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGh9zlN6 ... re=related

100 Greatest RockArtists Of The 2000's

1. Eminem
2. Radiohead
3. Britney Spears

Sure, "Hit Me Baby One More Time" is a rock song

well if you want to talk about evolution, its closer to the origins of rock than any prog rock song you can find.

Structurally maybe. Tonally, definitely not.

please explain what you mean by that. its a heavy piano riff with a standard rock beat and some wah-drenched guitar and slap bass (computerized) in the background. tonally, as in? what? the difference is not in the music, its in the marketing.

The difference is in the production. How is Hit Me Baby more Rock than this, say?

They're both part of the umbrella term known as "rock". Still don't agree with Britney being in the top three, though.

I've never really understood where the line is drawn with DDD between pop and rock music. I would not give Britney a spot on a rock list when she is clearly pop, and nothing but.

are we even talking about music anymore, or just marketing terms? the kind of music that Britney does isn't even that far off from where rock n roll started, and certainly not as radical of a shift as hip hop, prog, or metal had at points in time. small influences have been added over time, sure (eurodance and electronica), but its still firmly rooted in early 70s funk and R&B. you can see a direct line from Stevie Wonder to MJ to what we call "pop" today. and its evolution has been fairly slow.

here, DDD's Greatest Indie/Alt/Hard Rock Artists of the 2000s (i tried to kick out as many blacks and women as i could)

1. Radiohead
2. The White Stripes
3. Coldplay
4. The Strokes
5. Green Day
6. U2
7. Franz Ferdinand
8. Modest Mouse
9. Wilco
10. Queens of the Stone Age
11. Gorillaz
12. Daft Punk
13. LCD Soundsystem
14. Arcade Fire
15. TV on the Radio
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. Sufjan Stevens
18. The Killers
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
20. Nickelback
21. System of a Down
22. The Shins
23. The Libertines
24. Arctic Monkeys
25. Interpol
26. Spoon
27. The Flaming Lips
28. Sigur Ros
29. Animal Collective
30. PJ Harvey
31. Linkin Park
32. Creed
33. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
34. Bob Dylan
35. 3 Doors Down
36. Kid Rock
37. Muse
38. Kings of Leon
39. Hot Chip
40. Bruce Springsteen
41. Portishead
42. Tom Waits
43. Super Furry Animals
44. Sleater-Kinney
45. Cat Power
46. The National
47. Joanna Newsom
48. Ryan Adams
49. Scissor Sisters
50. Beck
51. John Mayer
52. Bright Eyes
53. The New Pornographers
54. Fleet Foxes
55. Dave Matthews Band
56. My Morning Jacket

from now on, comment on that list if you can't read an article on rock history. sorry to be a dick, but this is getting frustrating. its not a matter of having a discussion on it. rock music is what it is. it has a shit ton of subgenres, but they are rock. different paths of evolution, same source. all the rest is radio formats and marketing terms, not anything rooted in the music itself.

^ that was unnecessary and i apologize. outside-of-DDD stress. but no excuses. i shouldn't have been a dick.