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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 285
2 The Beatles 1,061
3 Oasis 520
4 David Bowie 1,136
5 The Jam 231
6 The Rolling Stones 827
7 The Police 727
8 Led Zeppelin 737
9 The Who 292
10 Coldplay 486
11 New Order 574
12 Manic Street Preachers 31
13 The Clash 986
14 Madness 170
15 John Lennon 129
16 Pink Floyd 423
17 Radiohead 744
18 Sting 137
19 The Stranglers 79
20 Eric Clapton 119
21 Paul Weller 24
22 The Smiths 646
23 The Cure 1,236
24 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 416
25 Blur 266
26 Depeche Mode 1,040
27 Genesis 135
28 Rod Stewart 71
29 Stereophonics 68
30 The Verve 156
31 The Stone Roses 147
32 Robbie Williams 29
33 Joy Division 222
34 Adam & the Ants 78
35 T. Rex 51
36 Elton John 231
37 Travis 70
38 David Gray 34
39 Peter Gabriel 535
40 Fleetwood Mac 218
41 Gary Numan 71
42 Black Sabbath 164
43 Suede 28
44 The Sex Pistols 232
45 Kate Bush 185
46 Duran Duran 338
47 Van Morrison 134
48 James 169
49 Dire Straits 231
50 The Human League 65
51 The Kinks 211
52 Frankie Goes to Hollywood 108
53 Eurythmics 248
54 The Beautiful South 24
55 Pulp 52
56 Squeeze 366
57 The Specials 104
58 Paul McCartney and Wings 6
59 Dido 13
60 Def Leppard 118
61 Slade 2
62 Ocean Colour Scene 7
63 The Animals 41
64 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark listed as “OMD” 138
65 Roxy Music 176
66 The Undertones 25
67 Cream 77
68 Happy Mondays 56
69 Small Faces 8
70 Supergrass 32
71 ELO 14
72 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 341
73 Simple Minds 233
74 Tom Jones 5
75 Dexy's Midnight Runners 61
76 Doves 46
77 Bad Company 82
78 Badly Drawn Boy 10
79 Texas 13
80 Status Quo 3
81 The Charlatans 96
82 Soft Cell 107
83 Ian Dury & The Blockheads listed as “Ian Dury and the Blockheads” 42
84 Catatonia 12
85 Deep Purple 134
86 Tears for Fears 334
87 Siouxsie and the Banshees 333
88 Spandau Ballet 31
89 Free 20
90 Seal 59
91 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 3
92 Starsailor 19
93 The Style Council 49
94 Ash listed as “ash” 45
95 Japan 15
96 Billy Idol 291
97 Marillion 3
98 The Coral 2
99 Kirsty MacColl 55
100 Primal Scream 49

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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