Top artists countdown · WHFS · November 2002

WHFS Top 99 Artists of All-Time (November 2002)

The all-time artists countdown (November 2002) is WHFS’s ranking of its listeners’ favorite artists in Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD, with Nirvana voted the number one artist.

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# Artist Entries
1 Nirvana 1,670
2 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,797
3 Beastie Boys 894
4 Sublime 486
5 Linkin Park 821
6 U2 3,464
7 Rage Against the Machine 551
8 Green Day 1,537
9 The Smashing Pumpkins 1,191
10 Eminem 132
11 Radiohead 1,086
12 System of a Down 367
13 Pearl Jam 2,372
14 Limp Bizkit 283
15 blink-182 682
16 Korn 459
17 Incubus 561
18 Stone Temple Pilots 1,066
19 Staind 353
20 Foo Fighters 1,636
21 Metallica 1,339
22 Depeche Mode 1,209
23 Dave Matthews Band 611
24 Soundgarden listed as “Soundgardin” 731
25 The Clash 1,325
26 Bob Marley 560
27 Jane's Addiction 542
28 R.E.M. 2,090
29 Nine Inch Nails 775
30 The Ramones 607
31 Live 514
32 The Cure 1,447
33 The Offspring 831
34 Beck 884
35 The Sex Pistols 261
36 Bush 675
37 Weezer 972
38 Violent Femmes 429
39 Tool 471
40 311 575
41 P.O.D. 174
42 Alice In Chains listed as “Alice in Chains” 895
43 Disturbed 311
44 Rancid 211
45 The Smiths/Morrissey 4
46 Lenny Kravitz 482
47 Godsmack 300
48 Oasis 657
49 Creed 224
50 Coldplay 889
51 The Police 1,294
52 Moby 236
53 Deftones 174
54 Cake 537
55 Good Charlotte 83
56 No Doubt 342
57 Papa Roach 312
58 Devo 332
59 Puddle of Mudd 204
60 Fatboy Slim 197
61 New Found Glory listed as “A New Found Glory” 72
62 Garbage 425
63 Sum 41 192
64 New Order 657
65 The Strokes 431
66 Third Eye Blind 248
67 The Prodigy 119
68 The Pixies 533
69 Social Distortion 438
70 Metallica 1,339
71 Marilyn Manson 163
72 Barenaked Ladies 153
73 Blur 354
74 Kid Rock 141
75 The Chemical Brothers 162
76 INXS 743
77 Run DMC 38
78 Jimmy Eat World 357
79 Sonic Youth 187
80 Hole 269
81 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 160
82 Everlast/House of Pain 2
83 The B-52's 559
84 Faith No More 189
85 Rob Zombie/White Zombie 3
86 Primus 179
87 Hoobastank 135
88 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 377
89 Everclear 379
90 Fugazi 36
91 A Perfect Circle 197
92 The Vines 74
93 Tori Amos 383
94 Cypress Hill 93
95 Counting Crows 416
96 The White Stripes listed as “The Wihte Stripes” 543
97 Filter 172
98 Soul Asylum 268
99 PJ Harvey 165

About this countdown

WHFS Top 99 Artists of All-Time (November 2002) was broadcast by WHFS (Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD) in November 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. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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