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?:
- Aimee Mann
- Alanis Morissette
- Amy Winehouse
- Anita Baker
- Badly Drawn Boy
- The Beatles
- Björk
- Bloc Party
- Bon Jovi
- Coldplay
- Common (Sense)
- The Cure
- D’Angelo
- Damien Rice
- David Bowie
- De La Soul
- The Dears
- Death Cab For Cutie
- The Decemberists
- Def Leppard
- DOOM (MF Doom)
- Dusty Springfield
- Dwele
- Elliott Smith
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Erykah Badu
- Faith Evans
- Feist
- Fiona Apple
- Foo Fighters
- Ghostface (Killah)
- Green Day
- Guns N’ Roses
- Ice Cube
- Interpol
- J Dilla (Jay Dee)
- Jamiroquai
- Jay-Z
- Jazzanova
- Jeff Buckley
- Jenny Lewis
- John Legend
- John Mayer
- Jon Brion
- Journey
- Kanye West
- Keane
- The Killers
- Lewis Taylor
- Lil Wayne
- Little Brother
- Los Campesinos!
- Luther Vandross
- Madonna
- The Magnetic Fields
- Maria Taylor
- Marvin Gaye
- Mates of State
- Maxwell
- Me’Shell Ndegéocello
- Metric
- Michael Jackson
- Mint Condition
- Mos Def
- Nas
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nirvana
- No Doubt
- Norah Jones
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- Omar
- Outkast
- Portishead
- Prince
- Q-Tip
- Queen
- Radiohead
- Raphael Saddiq
- Redman
- Rilo Kiley
- The Roots
- Rufus Wainwright
- Sade
- Sarah McLachlan
- The Shins
- Sia
- Slum Village
- The Smiths
- Stars
- St. Vincent
- Stevie Wonder
- The Sundays
- T.I.
- Tegan & Sara
- A Tribe Called Quest
- TV on the Radio
- U2
- Vikter Duplaix
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Zero 7
If you don’t recognize someone, look them up on Wikipedia or MySpace. Who knows? You might love them too…
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GREAT list! SO many of my faves on there 🙂
Why isn’t Justin Bieber on there? I mean I don’t even know half of those people. Like Seriously…
Great list! St. Lucia, Flying Lotus (captain murphy), Purity Ring, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, and Beach House belong in there too but we all have different tastes and different days. 🙂