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Top artists countdown · Virgin Radio · December 2002

Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Artists of All-Time (December 2002)

The all-time artists countdown (December 2002) is Virgin Radio’s ranking of its listeners’ favorite artists in United Kingdom, with Queen voted the number one artist.

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# Artist Entries
1 Queen 1,133
2 The Beatles 2,515
3 Oasis 657
4 David Bowie 1,793
5 The Jam 255
6 The Rolling Stones 2,683
7 The Police 1,294
8 Led Zeppelin 3,128
9 The Who 1,348
10 Coldplay 889
11 New Order 657
12 Manic Street Preachers 41
13 The Clash 1,325
14 Madness 189
15 John Lennon 353
16 Pink Floyd 1,743
17 Radiohead 1,086
18 Sting 170
19 The Stranglers 88
20 Eric Clapton 533
21 Paul Weller 37
22 The Smiths 725
23 The Cure 1,447
24 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 539
25 Blur 354
26 Depeche Mode 1,209
27 Genesis 377
28 Rod Stewart 171
29 Stereophonics 85
30 The Verve 209
31 The Stone Roses 168
32 Robbie Williams 29
33 Joy Division 251
34 Adam & the Ants 89
35 T. Rex 119
36 Elton John 674
37 Travis 105
38 David Gray 132
39 Peter Gabriel 785
40 Fleetwood Mac 805
41 Gary Numan 82
42 Black Sabbath 524
43 Suede 30
44 The Sex Pistols 261
45 Kate Bush 238
46 Duran Duran 386
47 Van Morrison 337
48 James 199
49 Dire Straits 518
50 The Human League 76
51 The Kinks 426
52 Frankie Goes to Hollywood 114
53 Eurythmics 271
54 The Beautiful South 25
55 Pulp 72
56 Squeeze 410
57 The Specials 129
58 Paul McCartney and Wings 141
59 Dido 29
60 Def Leppard 878
61 Slade 5
62 Ocean Colour Scene 8
63 The Animals 97
64 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark listed as “OMD” 161
65 Roxy Music 221
66 The Undertones 27
67 Cream 317
68 Happy Mondays 64
69 Small Faces 9
70 Supergrass 47
71 ELO 37
72 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 377
73 Simple Minds 292
74 Tom Jones 11
75 Dexy's Midnight Runners 70
76 Doves 69
77 Bad Company 634
78 Badly Drawn Boy 17
79 Texas 15
80 Status Quo 5
81 The Charlatans 103
82 Soft Cell 116
83 Ian Dury & The Blockheads listed as “Ian Dury and the Blockheads” 35
84 Catatonia 13
85 Deep Purple 412
86 Tears for Fears 409
87 Siouxsie and the Banshees 360
88 Spandau Ballet 36
89 Free 95
90 Seal 71
91 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 7
92 Starsailor 25
93 The Style Council 59
94 Ash listed as “ash” 54
95 Japan 18
96 Billy Idol 563
97 Marillion 4
98 The Coral 3
99 Kirsty MacColl 81
100 Primal Scream 60

About this countdown

Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Artists of All-Time (December 2002) was broadcast by Virgin Radio (United Kingdom) in December 2002. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

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