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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 1,236
2 Depeche Mode 1,040
3 The Smiths 646
4 New Order 574
5 R.E.M. 1,579
6 Siouxsie and the Banshees 333
7 The B-52's 484
8 U2 2,283
9 Jane's Addiction 402
10 Erasure 194
11 Sisters of Mercy listed as “The Sisters of Mercy” 173
12 Morrissey 319
13 Jesus Jones 118
14 The Clash 986
15 Chris Isaak 130
16 Talking Heads 737
17 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 416
18 The Sex Pistols 232
19 UB40 150
20 INXS 649
21 The English Beat 195
22 The The 184
23 The Ramones 443
24 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 341
25 David Bowie 1,136
26 Pet Shop Boys 164
27 Midnight Oil 314
28 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark listed as “OMD” 138
29 The Pretenders 470
30 Peter Gabriel 535
31 Mission U.K. listed as “The Mission U.K.” 26
32 Oingo Boingo 247
33 Eurythmics 248
34 Bryan Ferry 58
35 Devo 292
36 10,000 Maniacs 250
37 The Wonderstuff 45
38 The Psychedelic Furs 323
39 Violent Femmes 373
40 Duran Duran 338
41 Love and Rockets 246
42 The Church 148
43 Joe Jackson 244
44 Kate Bush 185
45 EMF 61
46 Joy Division 222
47 The Jesus and Mary Chain 211
48 Simple Minds 233
49 Cocteau Twins 92
50 The Alarm 197
51 Roxy Music 176
52 Sinéad O'Connor 257
53 Nine Inch Nails 560
54 Iggy Pop 244
55 Yaz 102
56 Squeeze 366
57 Billy Bragg 81
58 Billy Idol 291
59 They Might Be Giants 335
60 Blondie 352
61 Peter Murphy 99
62 Madness 170
63 X 142
64 Electronic 61
65 The Cult 271
66 Book of Love 20
67 Talk Talk 103
68 The Stone Roses 147
69 Public Image Ltd. 165
70 Soft Cell 107
71 Bauhaus 89
72 The Police 727
73 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,126
74 Tears for Fears 334
75 Big Audio Dynamite 166
76 XTC 395
77 Bob Marley 418
78 Crowded House 247
79 Xymox 5
80 The Replacements 478
81 Sparks 58
82 The Smithereens 200
83 The Fixx 120
84 Voice Farm 7
85 The House of Love 40
86 Alphaville 43
87 China Crisis 15
88 School of Fish 44
89 Modern English 80
90 Split Enz 93
91 The Chameleons UK 8
92 T. Rex 51
93 The Stray Cats listed as “Stray Cats” 71
94 The Pixies 433
95 The Stranglers 79
96 Mighty Lemon Drops 18
97 Hoodoo Gurus 84
98 The Waterboys 83
99 Until December 3
100 Fine Young Cannibals 90
101 Boomtown Rats listed as “The Boomtown Rats” 106
102 The Charlatans 96
103 Gene Loves Jezebel 91
104 Kraftwerk 25
105 Social Distortion 349

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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