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some weeks ago the NME-online site started a poll with 100 singers they listed and asked for people to rate each vocalist a mark out of 10, many hundreds of thousands of votes were cast and the official list has just been released.
not many surprises in the list and i guess we could all disagree with some of them, but a good list anyway:
Matt Bellamy from
Muse was the only singer within the Top 20 to have emerged in the past 25 years. He made Number 11. Meanwhile,
Aretha Franklin landed at Number 10, making her the only woman in the Top Ten. As the chart stands, nine of the Top 20 are dead.
Photo Gallery - 20 greatest singers, as voted by you
The full Top 20 was:
1. Michael Jackson
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Elvis Presley
4. Axl Rose
5. John Lennon
6. David Bowie
7. Robert Plant
8. Paul McCartney
9. Stevie Wonder
10. Aretha Franklin
11. Matt Bellamy
12. Ray Charles
13. Jim Morrison
14. Bob Marley
15. Elton John
16. Kurt Cobain
17. Steven Tyler
18. Mick Jagger
19. Marvin Gaye
20. Tina Turner
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Michael jackson and Britney Spears are amazing and wonderful singers.They both are top singers according to me.
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Quite surprised to see John Lennon in there at 5! THe reason I say that is I wonder who has ever really heard John sing ? Most of his recordings were laden with echo and John always mixed his voice down in the mix................The only time I have ever heard him sing is on Bootlegs and demos .................
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do you not rate him as a good singer Gryphon?
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John's a good singer but I feel he did not feels so good about his voice
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Only ones on there who I don't have some admiration for are Tina Turner and that Matt guy I've never heard.
Should I?
nice list
I'm a list guy, but most don't like 'em
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matt belamy is from Muse....i have one of their albums...black holes-something or other??? he has a reasonable voice, but wouldnt say he's in the top 20 best ever....IMO!
you're just like me...i love reading lists but rarely agree with them
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gryphon Wrote:John's a good singer but I feel he did not feels so good about his voice
i have read somewhere that he didnt like his own voice, his cover of Twist And Shout is sublime rock vocals IMO
my dad saw the Beatles numerous times from 62-64 and has always said he could sing as good as anyone he has ever seen then and now
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CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:matt belamy is from Muse....i have one of their albums...black holes-something or other??? he has a reasonable voice, but wouldnt say he's in the top 20 best ever....IMO!
you're just like me...i love reading lists but rarely agree with them
duh!.........sorry bud. you even said that in your original post
so make my non-admiration only Tina Turner
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i gotta feeling you need some coffee, THC and some rest time before you start work.
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