Top 100 Singers OF ALL TIME 

It’s clearly American-centric and catering towards black singers. Andrea Bocelli not even making the list shows that they didn’t even attempt to find surface-level singers outside of the US and UK.

Legit idk what these “experts” at Rolling Stones were thinking

Yh i was also thinking Why was he not on here?

Was just about to comment this

@@dbell1894 yeah, he’s top 100 easy. I’d probably put him top 40

perfect addition and synergy

Yeah i do too but its getting kinda boring because there all very picky with music they react too roomie needs to do resctions with other people besides jonas and august

They are streaming on twitch while recording iirc

but they wouldn't be complete without those two anymore lmao

@@DaVlogAndGamer Joel’s the picky one , august is the best he has amazing taste in music

Michael Jackson at 25 is disgraceful

I agree with Righteous Brothers

In my eyes all of these should have been here and Marty robbins should have been aswell

all of them should be besides the ACDC guys, Dio and Clapton. the rest I totally agree with, ESPECIALLY Frank and Louis.

​@@thebasedgodmax1163 dio had such an amazing voice, I dont think ozzy should have been included anyways he has an iconic voice and he created metal but he sounds like he is singing with a blocked nose

True Pavarotti should be on the list

Ella Fitzgerald not being here is an actual crime

wheres brian mcknight?

And Diana Ross! Like what?

Eva Cassidy? Sister Rosetta Tharpe?

Frank abused women and also dated teenagers so I’m ok with him not being here

It was voted on by a lot of singers. It’s every bit about influence as it is about prowess.

even if the list is for iconic singers, freddie mercury deserves to be higher!

@@woodymonkey1260 Same with MJ

@@ernestryles It was voted on by "experts" not singers. But you are correct, influential and often revered but there was likely no set criteria.

@@woodymonkey1260 Didn’t have a long enough career or enough influence to be higher. There’s a reason the top few are who they are.

Facts

True! I was lucky to see him live and god damn it was epic.

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@Monsux i never got the chance for Michael or prince

Mike is lip-synching in both clips that are presented for Billie Jean and Man in the Mirror in this video (at the #25 spot) Every singer is singing live in this video but Michael Jackson is lip-synching in the clips that were selected for him .....Makes you question if he deseves his spot that high. Great singers don't lip-synch,simple as that. Saying all of this as an MJ fan. PS:Prince is singing live in his snippets 😏

We need to get this comment to the top asap

There's so many definitions of greatest, like technical talent (runs, range, etc.), most influential singers (inspired next generation like Elvis, or music shifts like Colbain), or other definitions. Even for technical talent you'd have to block all the opera singers(like Pavarotti) or most people wouldn't recognize most of the list, so picking a limited genre could be important.

Ugh, no thanks, he has terrible taste, his list would include Robbie Williams FFS.

Yes please

@@spammalina Agree, a cringeworthy video.

and james hetfield

He has the largest range pf any rock singers

@@Joshua-kq5hc definitely

So many people sound like Chester Bennington he doesn't have an original voice

@@awkander basically no one has the original voice. lol

Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell for sure

REALLY?! She's #3 on my female vocalists list. She belongs here.

Agreed. Even just as a person who has ears and some knowledge of music, not seeing Celine Dion on here is shocking.

I also was certain that she was going to be at least ON the list. 🤨

As an American, not seeing her is shocking. Of course, Rolling Stone has always sucked, IMO.

She was one of my three guesses too, kinda disappointed

Frank sinatra too easily

I don't agree with their list, but I have to disagree with you. " Greatest singers " doesn't mean " Most technical singer " , if that's what it means to you then that's fine. But great vocal technique is like . . . having great quality tools to work with. It doesn't ensure you'll make a masterpiece, but it can help. I mean Whitney Houston is one of the most highly regarded singers ever and yet. . . she was outdone by lesser singers all the time. Compare her national anthem to Cher's and you can see that higher technique doesn't guarantee performance or overall skill in performing a piece.

In 2010, Celine Dion was top of the world, biggest selling singer and she isn't on thr list

No.

YES WHITNEY SHOULD BE 1

Well, its kinda old list (around 2010) so i guess its normal that Amy and Adele are missing.

Not even close to Top 100 material.

@@DavidRay39 lmao good joke

@@GeorgeBreadman gotcha, thanks

@@murilomni Unbelieveble???🤣🤣🤣🤣Ok....

Yes I argee

Also mj

@@diyakaur4001 absolutely not

@@alistair6439 ur mama

It’s not all about his falsetto but the notes he’s able to hit while using his chest voice is like no other

thats what i was thinking too

Chris Cornell not being on this list is also insane

Layne is missing too. Unbelievable

MJ TOO

Lol to Bob Dylan being in the top 20. Great songwriter sure but absolutely comically bad singer

I love celine dion

@@YouPopCulture she's amazing

@@ellaenman4049 but celine is not in this list 😭💔

@@YouPopCulture I know I thought she should be

I thought Freddie was gonna be in top 10 🥺

Don't forget Barbra Streisand

@@musicboxerathankyoufor100s2 yes forgot her will add

+ ella fitzgerald

You kind of just picked everyone with the top sales who is in every vocal simp's Top 10 pretty much, minus Etta... It always really disappoints me that we ONLY seem to think vocal technique matters when talking about " The best singers " because . . . if that's the case how come no one is putting Dimash? --- It's because people have been putting the same people at the top for a long time and putting someone young and new there is controversial despite him having OCTAVES and classical technique over everyone listed. I'd however never put him because I find his vocal choices gaudy, repulsive, not well chosen, damaging to the pieces he performs because he just wants to show off rather than perform the piece to its greatest standard. He instead looks for every chance to showcase his voice. but yeah I think there are far more interesting singers than who everyone is listing though I DO love some Aretha and Etta and M.J. and even Mariah sometimes. Like what about Donna Summer, Shirley Bassey and Kate Bush? What about Ann Wilson and Cyndi Lauper and Cher? MAHALIA JACKSON?!? I mean Cyndi has a whistle register and matches guitar riffs and has one of the best aged voices I've heard and CHER is the ONLY successful pop alto of all time and made history for having a hit in 6 decades in a row. You hear those women sing and you KNOW it is them.

In 2010, when this article came out, Celine was biggest selling female in entire world, above all these women and most men. She is most skillful vocally still didn't made the list

@@kathleenmaclachlan1541 Yeah sure, I'm being silly 🙄

@@kathleenmaclachlan1541 You may not like mj, and that's fine I honestly couldn't care less, but you can't pretend he wasn't talented and that he didn't influence most artists nowadays, when he was VERY talented and was VERY influential.

yes but Carl is the better singer in the band

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😂😂😂😂😂😂

She was a babysitter, and happened to be found singing that song to her charges

It's just strange to me how people are underrating her now. Like HOW? Mariah, Whitney and Céline. There's a reason she is in this top three. Her vocals at the height of her career was flawless. They couldn't believe she sang so well when she dropped her first album. That's how good she was.

@@greatminds1017 She had what, an 8 octive voice plus whistle capability. I remember when she first hit the scene and everyone was floored by her talent.

@@kristie9144 exactly! I grew up with everyone saying she was one of the Best singers ever. She's an international legend.

Roomie actually likes Mariah a lot

@@musicboxerathankyoufor100s2 Tbh i don’t think he truly realizes that she is one of the greatest not just vocally but also as a songwriter he just doesn’t know that much about her especially in her prime i love roomie and i would love if he would truly get to know Mariah

You right

then why is Freddie Mercury at 18!!??

I mean, it is a “greatest” singers list and not a “most talented/skilled” list. I think they were going for legendary or iconic status as opposed to vocal abilities.

@@hannahkozlovic1715 Thats the thing. Freddie Mercury is a musical icon. So why is he not ranked higher???

@@goldbrickstudios6903 because the makers of this article are dumb

@@goldbrickstudios6903 Oh yeah, I for sure don't agree with the list at all. Freddy is top 3 in my opinion. I made that comment just to address the criticisms of the criteria itself.

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Rolling Stone robbing Mike like usual…lmao they literally want Harry Styles to be the „new King of Pop“…

Jackson is lip-synching in the clips showed in this video. #25 is too high for a lip-synch performance

@@starpixelproduction7571 because he has lung problems which means he can't do it for his voice and he mostly does not lip syncing he uses his voice

@@starpixelproduction7571 he had laryngitis in that time period which was why he couldn't sing live without straining his voice and besides, live vocals or not he'd still give a show worthy of making him the King (which he is)

@@starpixelproduction7571 they could’ve just as easily shown another clip where he wasn’t and he would still deserve to be higher. He’s a very good singer, has proved as much over his very extensive discography and long list of live performances, they just didn’t give him fair representation in this video.

Exactly.

@@briannab4037 I was about to comment the same thing: Exactly

I think Joel just doesn’t take country singers seriously, even the good ones. He laughed at most of them when they popped up on this list.

I agree..she is not oversang or overdo. She just singing what she suppose to sing rather than making weird face during the whole song just to show off vocal ability.

@@ivanott7196 Making weird face?

Yes please!!

Yes, I think there has been a lot of great singers in more recent years, my top 3 being: Adele, billie elish and arianna grande

Are Brendon Urie and Bruno Mars on it?

@@denisaandreea9983 that’s what I was thinking!

@@denisaandreea9983 no, the list was made in 2008. Neither of them had really cemented their legacies by then.

Same

Elton was on the list.

Yes where was Phil Collins?!

I had layne Staley

Er NO.

Layne is a fucking Legend

Yeah

Oh yeah, how did he not make it? He should be top 30 if you’re being conservative.

Bro wtf what about rest of the world american and western countries like to pat on their shoulders pathetic you guys can't even beat farmers from Vietnam

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I agree, his voice is actually really gorgeous. I really hope he’s on the list and if not…that would be so disappointing ✋

A travesty George Michael is not on the list - not just great as a solo vocal artist, but his duets with Aretha Franklin, Mary J Blige, and Elton John were standout.

unbelievable

Well there is more to singing than octave range and pitch and belting, I know. Shocking. That said this list is weird. but people need to stop grooming the thought that only the vocal trinity matter and that they're the best singers because that is subjective?

@@iTeacupPanda How Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon are better VOCALISTS than Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston?????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

​@@ramonpadilha9987 Girly, are you dense? The title says " Top 100 Singers of All Time" , it doesn't say " Most technical " While I still don't AGREE with their choices . . . Let's not pretend the " Vocal Trinity " are the best singers. They're great but let's not pretend they're untouchable. 1. Do you think it's a coincidence that all these " Huge technical vocalists " are attractive women? No, they were SELECTED. People with larger ranges and better technique are out there and HAVE been. They're just not marketable. 2. Your measurement of what a good singer is probably limited to vocal technique and range. That stuff helps but if you don't have magic in those vocal chords you just don't have it. Luckily those women have some. 3. If all you care about is vocals then you'd be asking about singers like Dimash, but you're not despite him having better technique and a larger range? Why? Because he doesn't have that magic. 4. Let's not pretend like the Vocal Trinity hasn't been shown up by lesser singers before, ESPECIALLY Whitney.

@@iTeacupPanda Define a top singer.

Brent Smith of Shinedown also amazing vocalist!!

Completely agree. They need to expand their knowledge.

Seriously. They didn't recognize CCR or The Who? For shame...

Asking if Ronnie Spector was Phil Spector's wife was....I mean, yes, she was his wife. And Sofia Coppola was Spike Jonze's wife. It's probably the least interesting thing about her.

Agreed; I'm always surprised and disappointed when it happens. That and other genres - they have a limited range they know.

Exactly. Always cringe how vanila them are

Unfortunately Chester was so underrated when he was alive

I know. He's one of my top 5 rock singers

yes! he's one of my favorite singers of all time

Exactly

Exactly where’s. Chester Bennington Justin Hawkins Ozzy osbkurne Brendan urie Patrick stump.

Yes she’s incredible! My favorite is Shining Light.

Yes, love Annie Lennox! Also the lack of Deloris from The Cranberries is shocking. She had such a unique voice!

Yeah, that clip of her definitely did her dirty lol

IIRC, she's classically trained in opera too.

Sweet Dreams glorifies drug abuse. I wouldn't put that song on Top 5 million.

Don´t joke like this ...

lol

She is definitely an aural gift. This list was wack.

Yeah that is sad and even more sad was how they didn’t even say anything about her.

The clips they picked for him were pretty bad. His performance on "In Dreams" and "Crying" are where his virtuosity becomes apparent.

I very much hope people will loose this "octave range" thinking. Singing is NOT just about range.

Should be in the top 10.

Ye, his voice was almost operatic at times. One of the top five best technical singers on my list for sure.

I love her so much she should have been way higher

Yeah, I was thinking this too. Her songwriting is where she really shines.

Talented, and her voice is getting better too

Her vocals are insane aswell! You can really see it when she performs live on tour ❤

@@EmilyAndTheDiamonds13 agreed! even though she's mostly known for her incredible songwriting she still has an amazing voice and is very vocally talented (maybe not to the extent that some singers are, but she still stands out)

@@EmilyAndTheDiamonds13 stop lying she's got so many horrible live performances and her songs aren't even hard to sing to begin with

And mick jagger

@@turdcurd9082 mick jagger was #16

@@juu4524 I didn’t even notice I’m so dumb

I think there are songs she has that are more accessable to those who are mainstream only listeners. " Hyperballad " and " All is Full of Love " for example or a personal favorite of mine " Bachelorette " ? but I love her. but yeah this list is odd, but I appreciate it's not just regurgitating the same list where we just follow the trend of kissing the vocal trinity's ass and pretending that vocal technique is ALL that matters in making a great singer. Vocal standard based on music theory that was theorized and developed from CLASSICAL MUSIC didn't have a place in Jazz, folk or rock in their birth? Why should we force it to now? Singers who have a range and technique aren't instantly untouchable for me.

Bjork is my favorite Female singer, but she does have some horrible songs. :P

@@SveinJohnnyFedje When you're playing with bending the laws of music the way she does you're definitely bound to have some bad ones. It's a given.

Ye, Bjork is an acquired taste for sure.

But still. How about Ella Fitzgerald? Frank Sinatra?

It came out in 2008.

Also Demi Lovato has left next to no impact on pop culture. Cynthia Erivo is mostly known for her work in theater. Neither of them would be included even if this was made today, and rightly so.

The only person I think most people will agree on is the person in the number 1 spot.

@@Paulxl Oh, for sure! I mean, it's the Queen A herself 👑

@@gayyye I love her voice. I love her songs. Such a queen.

She is? Who has she influenced?

@@MemoriesLP Beyoncé: Mariah Carey was the person that made me want to sing. (2001) Christina Aguilera: I discovered Mariah in my room one day, listening to the radio… I ran downstairs going, “Mommy, Mommy, I just found the greatest person in the world!” (2000) Grimes: The first time I heard Mariah Carey, it shattered the fabric of my existence and I started Grimes. (2013) Brandy: When I first got my deal… I sang “Vision of Love.” I owe [her] everything. (2008) Nelly Furtado: She kind of taught me how to sing, because, you know, [I] couldn’t really afford singing lessons. (2006) Rihanna: Her voice is an instrument. Unreal, really. (2013) Whitney Houston: Mariah is a hell of a vocalist, let me tell you. She can go. (1998) Stevie Wonder: When people talk about the great influential singers, they talk about Aretha, Whitney and Mariah… her range is that amazing. (2008) Snoop Dogg: When I was locked up in jail, “Vision of Love” was the hottest song in the world. I used to always say, “Man, if I could meet her!” (2005) Mary J. Blige: Mariah Carey’s music saved little ghetto children’s lives… we would sing those songs and try to hit every note. (2005) Jermaine Dupri: If you put Mariah Carey on one side of the street and you put one of these other artists on the other side and say, “Sing,” who gonna win? That’s cut-and-dry. (2014) Justin Bieber: My favorite singer is Mariah Carey. (2015) Simon Cowell: Unbelievable songwriter. Interesting, unpredictable. (2011) Janet Jackson: I don’t think people give Mariah enough credit. She was wonderful in Glitter. (2006) Adele: Mariah is the ultimate diva. (2011). Do I need to add some more?