100 Favorite Music Artists As of Today

So I decided I couldn’t do an 100 Favorite Albums or Songs because so much of that is dependent on where I am in my life.  But doing a list of my favorite artists seemed doable.  I tired to think of a criteria but really I just went off how I was feeling about them today.  The list leans towards more current and active groups as hard as I tried to avoid that.  Artists whom I had multiple albums on my iPod as opposed to a collection of songs/singles obviously had a better chance.

Shall we begin?:

1. Aimee Mann
2. Alanis Morissette
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Anita Baker
5. Badly Drawn Boy
6. The Beatles
7. Björk
8. Bloc Party
9. Bon Jovi
10. Coldplay
11. Common (Sense)
12. The Cure
13. D’Angelo
14. Damien Rice
15. David Bowie
16. De La Soul
17. The Dears
18. Death Cab For Cutie
19. The Decemberists
20. Def Leppard
21. DOOM (MF Doom)
22. Dusty Springfield
23. Dwele
24. Elliott Smith
25. Eric B. & Rakim
26. Erykah Badu
27. Faith Evans
28. Feist
29. Fiona Apple
30. Foo Fighters
31. Ghostface (Killah)
32. Green Day
33. Guns N’ Roses
34. Ice Cube
35. Interpol
36. J Dilla (Jay Dee)
37. Jamiroquai
38. Jay-Z
39. Jazzanova
40. Jeff Buckley
41. Jenny Lewis
42. John Legend
43. John Mayer
44. Jon Brion
45. Journey
46. Kanye West
47. Keane
48. The Killers
49. Lewis Taylor
50. Lil Wayne
51. Little Brother
52. Los Campesinos!
53. Luther Vandross
54. Madonna
55. The Magnetic Fields
56. Maria Taylor
57. Marvin Gaye
58. Mates of State
59. Maxwell
60. Me’Shell Ndegéocello
61. Metric
62. Michael Jackson
63. Mint Condition
64. Mos Def
65. Nas
66. Nine Inch Nails
67. Nirvana
68. No Doubt
69. Norah Jones
70. The Notorious B.I.G.
71. Omar
72. Outkast
73. Portishead
74. Prince
75. Q-Tip
76. Queen
77. Radiohead
78. Raphael Saddiq
79. Redman
80. Rilo Kiley
81. The Roots
82. Rufus Wainwright
83. Sade
84. Sarah McLachlan
85. The Shins
86. Sia
87. Slum Village
88. The Smiths
89. Stars
90. St. Vincent
91. Stevie Wonder
92. The Sundays
93. T.I.
94. Tegan & Sara
95. A Tribe Called Quest
96. TV on the Radio
97. U2
98. Vikter Duplaix
99. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
100. Zero 7

If you don’t recognize someone, look them up on Wikipedia or MySpace.  Who knows?  You might love them too…