For the American magazine Rolling Stone and Aretha Franklin (cover photo) the best singer ever.
One reveals it classification of the 200 best entries of the last century published on the magazine’s website.
Among the 200 entries (on the list), however, there is no shortage of questionable placements and sensational absences. Rolling Stone he immediately received a lot of criticism, despite having immediately put his hands forward by providing his own explanations.
On the radio the topic classification Rolling Stone was eviscerated live by Chiara, Frank and Ciccio. To listen to the commentary of the deejays and some listeners, click below.
Ranking 200 Rolling Stones singers: listen to the commentary on Radio DEEJAY
The Rolling Stones Top 200 Singers
The ranking of Rolling Stones (which you can find by clicking on the link) is bound to cause discussion not only for the choices that still remain questionable, but also for some oversights that seemed more like real oversights than choices. Therefore, not only the names on the list are targeted, but also the criteria according to which this was allegedly drawn up. But let’s go in order.
Let’s start from the title of the ranking, which is literally “The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time”, that is “the 200 best singers of all time”. Therefore including all genres, all lead or front-man singers, all those who have given birth to all the pop music known to date. The universe is vast, the undertaking undoubtedly difficult.
This ranking was published 15 years after the last time. “Maybe they needed our clicks to see the whole list”, comments the deejay Chiara Galeazzi.
The big names excluded from the top 200: Celine Dion and Madonna stand out
List that snubs Celine Dion, despite the fact that the Canadian artist has sold hundreds of millions of records worldwide and, among others, has won five Grammy Awards (the Oscars of music), six American Music Awards and seven Billboard Awards.
“Anything goes: there’s The Weeknd (110th place, ed), an artist I really appreciate, but if he’s there you can’t leave out Celine Dion”. – Clare Galeazzi
Madonna, “The Queen of Pop”, winner of seven Grammys, three American Music Awards, forty-two Billboard Awards (between music and video), best-selling female singer in the history of music and fourth overall with 355 million records total. Too little, evidently, for Rolling StoneAmericawhich crosses out the richest woman in the musical world entered in 2008 by Billboard ranked second (behind the Beatles) in the all-time top 100.
Rolling Stone’s top 10 list: ‘Singers, not voices’
By illustrating the selection criteria, the American editorial staff of Rolling Stone he was keen to make a detailed clarification regarding the choice of names that make up the list.
“Before you start scrolling, keep in mind that this is the list of the greatest singers and not the greatest voices. The talent is impressive, the genius is transcendent.” – Rolling Stone
“But what does it mean?” – Frank
Difficult to explain precisely. The fact is that the ranking is this ei top ten names are however very respectable: as mentioned Aretha Franklin commands first place, followed in order by Whitney Houston, Sam Cooke, Billie Holiday, Mariah Carey, Ray Charles, Steve Wonder, Beyoncé, Otis Redding and Al Green.
Relatively emerging artists such as Rosalia (200th place) and Billie Eilish (198th) or Jung Kook of the Korean band BTS (191st) find a place in the ranking, but big names remain out such as, in addition to the aforementioned, for example also Britney Spears, Drake and all the big Italians.
Battisti, De Gregori, De André, Battiato, Celentano, Mina, Vasco. None of them appear in the top 200 of the American magazine. Some placements also cause discussion, such as Michael Jackson’s 86th place, Bruce Springsteen’s 77th and Bob Marley’s 98th.
In short, many discontents and many controversies. But the rankings, after all, are of no use except to create a discussion around a certain topic. Rolling Stone seems to have hit the target perfectly.
