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Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1991)

The all-time artists countdown (1991) is Live 105’s ranking of its listeners’ favorite artists in San Francisco, CA, with The Cure voted the number one artist.

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# Artist Entries
1 The Cure 1,447
2 Depeche Mode 1,209
3 The Smiths 725
4 New Order 657
5 R.E.M. 2,090
6 Siouxsie and the Banshees 360
7 The B-52's 559
8 U2 3,464
9 Jane's Addiction 542
10 Erasure 218
11 Sisters of Mercy listed as “The Sisters of Mercy” 176
12 Morrissey 373
13 Jesus Jones 129
14 The Clash 1,325
15 Chris Isaak 164
16 Talking Heads 1,072
17 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 539
18 The Sex Pistols 261
19 UB40 160
20 INXS 743
21 The English Beat 228
22 The The 208
23 The Ramones 607
24 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 377
25 David Bowie 1,793
26 Pet Shop Boys 188
27 Midnight Oil 349
28 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark listed as “OMD” 161
29 The Pretenders 671
30 Peter Gabriel 785
31 Mission U.K. listed as “The Mission U.K.” 26
32 Oingo Boingo 261
33 Eurythmics 271
34 Bryan Ferry 71
35 Devo 332
36 10,000 Maniacs 309
37 The Wonderstuff 46
38 The Psychedelic Furs 360
39 Violent Femmes 429
40 Duran Duran 386
41 Love and Rockets 260
42 The Church 177
43 Joe Jackson 300
44 Kate Bush 238
45 EMF 66
46 Joy Division 251
47 The Jesus and Mary Chain 225
48 Simple Minds 292
49 Cocteau Twins 104
50 The Alarm 203
51 Roxy Music 221
52 Sinéad O'Connor 303
53 Nine Inch Nails 775
54 Iggy Pop 316
55 Yaz 110
56 Squeeze 410
57 Billy Bragg 104
58 Billy Idol 563
59 They Might Be Giants 392
60 Blondie 444
61 Peter Murphy 111
62 Madness 189
63 X 164
64 Electronic 65
65 The Cult 356
66 Book of Love 20
67 Talk Talk 115
68 The Stone Roses 168
69 Public Image Ltd. 177
70 Soft Cell 116
71 Bauhaus 98
72 The Police 1,294
73 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,797
74 Tears for Fears 409
75 Big Audio Dynamite 275
76 XTC 439
77 Bob Marley 560
78 Crowded House 278
79 Xymox 5
80 The Replacements 567
81 Sparks 59
82 The Smithereens 221
83 The Fixx 138
84 Voice Farm 7
85 The House of Love 41
86 Alphaville 54
87 China Crisis 15
88 School of Fish 54
89 Modern English 106
90 Split Enz 101
91 The Chameleons listed as “The Chameleons UK” 30
92 T. Rex 119
93 The Stray Cats listed as “Stray Cats” 86
94 The Pixies 533
95 The Stranglers 88
96 Mighty Lemon Drops 20
97 Hoodoo Gurus 91
98 The Waterboys 116
99 Until December 3
100 Fine Young Cannibals 100
101 Boomtown Rats listed as “The Boomtown Rats” 111
102 The Charlatans 103
103 Gene Loves Jezebel 91
104 Kraftwerk 34
105 Social Distortion 438

About this countdown

Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1991) was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA) in 1991. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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