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Top artists countdown · WXPN · 2006

WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)

The all-time artists countdown (2006) is WXPN’s ranking of its listeners’ favorite artists in Philadelphia, PA, with The Beatles voted the number one artist. Artist-only ranking. WXPN's source data also lists each artist's top songs as voted by listeners; only the artist rank is tracked here. Positions 11, 21, 41 are blank in the source.

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1 The Beatles 2,515
2 Bob Dylan 730
3 The Rolling Stones listed as “Rolling Stones” 2,683
4 Bruce Springsteen 1,289
5 U2 3,464
6 Led Zeppelin 3,128
7 The Grateful Dead listed as “Grateful Dead” 592
8 Neil Young 851
9 Pink Floyd 1,743
10 Joni Mitchell 193
12 The Who 1,348
13 Van Morrison 337
14 Bob Marley listed as “Bob Marley & The Wailers” 560
15 Eric Clapton 533
16 David Bowie 1,793
17 R.E.M. 2,090
18 Johnny Cash 254
19 Elvis Presley 102
20 Paul Simon 189
22 Stevie Wonder 167
23 Elvis Costello 349
24 The Clash 1,325
25 Allman Brothers Band listed as “The Allman Brothers Band” 601
26 Miles Davis 32
27 Steely Dan 401
28 Dave Matthews Band 611
29 Bonnie Raitt 91
30 The Doors 1,164
31 Talking Heads 1,072
32 John Lennon 353
33 Elton John 674
34 Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young listed as “Crosby / Stills / Nash & Young” 182
35 James Taylor 56
36 The Band 183
37 Jackson Browne 219
38 Pearl Jam 2,372
39 Prince 411
40 Yes 378
42 Peter Gabriel 785
43 Richard Thompson 86
44 Frank Zappa 26
45 Tom Petty 644
46 Nirvana 1,670
47 Ray Charles 36
48 Billy Joel 451
49 John Coltrane 24
50 Sting 170
51 Simon and Garfunkel listed as “Simon & Garfunkel” 161
52 The Kinks 426
53 The Beach Boys 126
54 Phish 156
55 Genesis 377
56 Santana 279
57 Frank Sinatra 62
58 Janis Joplin 134
59 Wilco 441
60 Stevie Ray Vaughan 299
61 Coldplay 889
62 Beck 884
63 Aretha Franklin 103
64 Dire Straits 518
65 The Cure 1,447
66 Lucinda Williams 164
67 Counting Crows 416
68 Queen 1,133
69 The Indigo Girls listed as “Indigo Girls” 182
70 The Eagles 953
71 The Police 1,294
72 The Smiths 725
73 Jeff Buckley 168
74 Ella Fitzgerald 9
75 Marvin Gaye 103
76 Jerry Garcia 18
77 B.B. King listed as “B. B. King” 18
78 Ben Folds 133
79 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,797
80 Ani DiFranco listed as “Ani Difranco” 114
81 Tori Amos 383
82 Leonard Cohen 99
83 Willie Nelson 48
84 Fleetwood Mac 805
85 The Velvet Underground 170
86 The Ramones 607
87 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1
88 The Moody Blues 207
89 Lyle Lovett 45
90 Ryan Adams 131
91 Paul McCartney 216
92 Louis Armstrong 21
93 Carole King 48
94 John Hiatt 89
95 John Prine 131
96 The Pixies 533
97 Ludwig Van Beethoven 2
98 Patty Griffin 97
99 Warren Zevon 179
100 Jethro Tull 239
101 Sarah McLachlan 208
102 Traffic 154
103 Crosby, Stills, and Nash listed as “Crosby / Stills & Nash” 152
104 Jack Johnson 326
105 Cream 317
106 The Replacements 567
107 Chuck Berry 50
108 James Brown 45
109 Muddy Waters 25
110 Little Feat 72
111 David Gray 132
112 Nick Drake 38
113 Rush 963
114 The White Stripes listed as “White Stripes” 543
115 Hank Williams 18
116 Jimmy Buffett 71
117 Patti Smith 146
118 Woody Guthrie 14
119 Green Day 1,537
120 Dar Williams 43
121 Creedence Clearwater Revival 615
122 Matchbox 20 85
123 Madonna 76
124 Todd Rundgren 66
125 Johann Sebastian Bach 1
126 Otis Redding 72
127 The Smashing Pumpkins listed as “Smashing Pumpkins” 1,191
128 Beastie Boys listed as “The Beastie Boys” 894
129 Michael Jackson 85
130 Elliott Smith 83
131 Aimee Mann 78
132 Robert Johnson 8
133 George Harrison 143
134 Jefferson Airplane 115
135 Aerosmith 1,629
136 Buddy Holly 21
137 Patsy Cline 32
138 King Crimson 58
139 Lou Reed 349
140 Weezer 972
141 XTC 439
142 Duke Ellington 10
143 The Flaming Lips 241
144 Björk listed as “Bjork” 188
145 Joe Jackson 300
146 Joan Armatrading 35
147 David Byrne 54
148 Joan Baez 9
149 Kate Bush 238
150 Barenaked Ladies 153
151 Los Lobos 103
152 Death Cab for Cutie listed as “Death Cab For Cutie” 515
153 Bruce Cockburn 27
154 Ben Harper 82
155 Foo Fighters 1,636
156 Melissa Etheridge 81
157 Pat Metheny 4
158 Roy Orbison 25
159 Morrissey 373
160 Oasis 657
161 Sublime 486
162 They Might Be Giants 392
163 Natalie Merchant 75
164 Depeche Mode 1,209
165 Lynyrd Skynyrd 886
166 John Lee Hooker 9
167 Roxy Music 221
168 Cat Stevens 50
169 Temptations listed as “The Temptations” 49
170 Metallica 1,339
171 John Mayer 135
172 Nine Inch Nails 775
173 Sufjan Stevens 81
174 Chicago 104
175 Sam Cooke 42
176 Tool 471
177 The Byrds 47
178 Pete Seeger 4
179 Steve Earle 74
180 AC/DC 1,732
181 Steve Winwood 42
182 Tracy Chapman 129
183 Sheryl Crow 216
184 Alison Krauss 12
185 Rufus Wainwright 48
186 Laura Nyro 11
187 Gram Parsons 9
188 Belle & Sebastian 88
189 Norah Jones 95
190 Black Crowes listed as “The Black Crowes” 307
191 KD Lang listed as “k.d. Lang” 35
192 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 3
193 Randy Newman 15
194 Black Sabbath 524
195 Nina Simone 48
196 Nat King Cole 10
197 Nanci Griffith 18
198 Brian Eno 12
199 New Order 657
200 Shawn Colvin 18
201 Annie Lennox 77
202 Damien Rice 57
203 Fiona Apple 190
204 Guns N Roses listed as “Guns 'n' Roses” 926
205 Sonic Youth 187
206 Bright Eyes 72
207 The Jayhawks 140
208 My Morning Jacket 270
209 Keb' Mo' 10
210 John Mellencamp 472
211 Pete Townshend 93
212 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 16
213 Buddy Guy 10
214 Pavement 104
215 Neil Diamond 22
216 Squeeze 410
217 Ray LaMontagne listed as “Ray Lamontagne” 166
218 Etta James 27
219 Electric Light Orchestra 257
220 Rod Stewart 171
221 Earth, Wind & Fire listed as “Earth / Wind & Fire” 37
222 Dolly Parton 40
223 Rage Against the Machine listed as “Rage Against The Machine” 551
224 Jane's Addiction 542
225 Widespread Panic 61
226 Citizen Cope 91
227 G. Love 36
228 Alice In Chains 895
229 Al Green 54
230 Muse 613
231 The Sex Pistols listed as “Sex Pistols” 261
232 The Pogues 114
233 Chris Isaak 164
234 Mary Chapin Carpenter 8
235 Jonatha Brooke 16
236 Cake 537
237 Beth Orton 54
238 Thelonious Monk 5
239 John Denver 19
240 Uncle Tupelo 35
241 Howlin' Wolf 8
242 Crowded House 278
243 Linda Ronstadt 25
244 Wilson Pickett 8
245 Guster 177
246 Live 514
247 Phil Ochs 2
248 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer listed as “Emerson Lake & Palmer” 91
249 Derek Trucks Band 8
250 The Jam 255
251 Van Halen 1,942
252 Boz Scaggs 29
253 Gov't Mule 28
254 Gordon Lightfoot 19
255 The Chicks listed as “Dixie Chicks” 29
256 Graham Parker 28
257 Hot Tuna 5
258 Sinéad O'Connor listed as “Sinead O'Connor” 303
259 Public Enemy 49
260 Old 97's 95
261 Bob Seger 718
262 The Shins 224
263 Dr. John 23
264 Renaissance 5
265 Taj Mahal 12
266 10,000 Maniacs 309
267 Guided By Voices 89
268 PJ Harvey listed as “P.J. Harvey” 165
269 Tony Bennett 6
270 Midnight Oil 349
271 Barbra Streisand 2
272 Ween 54
273 Joy Division 251
274 Steve Forbert 6
275 Rickie Lee Jones 10
276 Sly and the Family Stone listed as “Sly & The Family Stone” 43
277 Fairport Convention 10
278 Train 76
279 Phil Collins 151
280 Modest Mouse 355
281 Jeff Beck 36
282 Hall and Oates listed as “Hall & Oates” 21
283 The Strokes 431
284 Stone Temple Pilots 1,066
285 Sigur Ros 38
286 Carly Simon 13
287 Suzanne Vega 143
288 Charlie Parker 4
289 Neil Finn 6
290 Buffalo Springfield 79
291 Alanis Morissette listed as “Alanis Morrissette” 227
292 John Fogerty 59
293 Sleater-Kinney listed as “Sleater Kinney” 63
294 Incubus 561
295 Billy Bragg 104
296 Moby 236
297 Al Stewart 13
298 Martin Sexton 21
299 Parliament/Funkadelic 2
300 Josh Ritter 134
301 Emmylou Harris 27
302 Bon Jovi 468
303 Pete Yorn 157
304 The O'Jays 8
305 The Cars 698
306 The B-52's 559
307 Arlo Guthrie 19
308 Dan Fogelberg 9
309 Yo La Tengo 29
310 The Killers 635
311 Enya 38
312 Liz Phair 150
313 Love 13
314 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & The Bunnymen” 377
315 Dave Brubeck 3
316 The String Cheese Incident 5
317 Strawbs 6
318 Keane 145
319 George Gershwin 5
320 Chris Smither 6
321 Bruce Hornsby 2
322 Son Volt 76
323 Rosanne Cash 22
324 Fugazi 36
325 311 575
326 Django Reinhardt 2
327 The Roots 42
328 The Pretenders listed as “Pretenders” 671
329 Stevie Nicks 156
330 ABBA listed as “Abba” 25
331 My Bloody Valentine 32
332 Neutral Milk Hotel 30
333 Cowboy Junkies 112
334 Eva Cassidy 5
335 The Decemberists 297
336 Judy Garland 7
337 Gillian Welch 50
338 World Party 183
339 Kansas 215
340 Herbie Hancock 14
341 David Bromberg 4
342 Judy Collins 5
343 Leo Kottke 2
344 Snow Patrol 208
345 Supertramp 337
346 Fountains of Wayne listed as “Fountains Of Wayne” 129
347 Diana Ross & The Supremes 1
348 Susan Tedeschi 11
349 A Tribe Called Quest 61
350 Peter / Paul & Mary 4
351 Soundgarden 731
352 Brandi Carlile 213
353 Bee Gees 31
354 X 164
355 Husker Du 64
356 Curtis Mayfield 21
357 The Subdudes 12
358 Moe 5
359 Deep Purple 412
360 Nick Lowe 69
361 Harry Chapin 26
362 Tears for Fears listed as “Tears For Fears” 409
363 Delbert McClinton 5
364 Marillion 4
365 Violent Femmes 429
366 John Gorka 3
367 Matthew Sweet 285
368 Alice Cooper 340
369 blink-182 listed as “Blink 182” 682
370 Toad The Wet Sprocket 250
371 The Buzzcocks listed as “Buzzcocks” 68
372 Bette Midler 3
373 Billie Holiday 21
374 Peter Himmelman 2
375 Primus 179
376 Greg Brown 1
377 The Tragically Hip 185
378 Warren Haynes 12
379 Southern Culture On The Skids 18
380 Loreena McKennitt listed as “Loreena Mc Kennitt” 13
381 Robert Cray 9
382 Stan Rogers 1
383 Doobie Brothers 292
384 Little Richard 16
385 The Cranberries 359
386 Bryan Ferry 71
387 The Monkees 16
388 Amos Lee 115
389 Paul Weller 37
390 Dead Can Dance 24
391 George Clinton 7
392 Levert 1
393 Blondie 444
394 Donovan 12
395 Procol Harum 59
396 Iggy Pop 316
397 KT Tunstall listed as “K.T. Tunstall” 56
398 Marshall Crenshaw 45
399 Cocteau Twins 104
400 Ry Cooder 8
401 Journey 683
402 Dave Mason 11
403 Interpol 213
404 Seal 71
405 Rancid 211
406 Poco 7
407 The Four Tops 11
408 Five for Fighting listed as “Five For Fighting” 11
409 Townes Van Zandt listed as “Townes Van Zant” 18
410 The Arcade Fire 431
411 Roger Waters 1
412 Janis Ian 6
413 Duran Duran 386
414 Tina Turner 16
415 Derek and the Dominos listed as “Derek & The Dominoes” 183
416 Francis Dunnery 21
417 Ian Anderson 1
418 ZZ Top 771
419 Nickel Creek 29
420 Doc Watson 2
421 Jim Croce 11
422 Glenn Miller 7
423 Whiskeytown 5
424 Mike Doughty 64
425 Weather Report 9
426 Massive Attack 94
427 Bill Evans 7
428 Franz Ferdinand 238
429 Pet Shop Boys 188
430 The Psychedelic Furs listed as “Psychedelic Furs” 360
431 AFI listed as “A.F.I.” 204
432 Outkast 129
433 Heart 462
434 J.J. Cale 8
435 Drive-By Truckers 46
436 Joe Strummer 17
437 Harry Nilsson 16
438 Antonio Carlos Jobim 2
439 Rory Gallagher 2
440 Garth Brooks 8
441 The Neville Brothers 7
442 Los Lonely Boys 19
443 Rusted Root 53
444 Sarah Vaughan 2
445 Styx 379
446 Steeleye Span 1
447 Dead Kennedys 74
448 Garbage 425
449 Barry Manilow 5
450 Jewel 41
451 Cole Porter 1
452 Nick Cave 10
453 The Jesus and Mary Chain listed as “The Jesus & Mary Chain” 225
454 Medeski / Martin & Wood 3
455 Gentle Giant 2
456 Tower Of Power 6
457 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer 6
458 Stephen Sondheim 1
459 INXS 743
460 Robert Palmer 112
461 Trout Fishing In America 1
462 Sandy Denny 1
463 System of a Down listed as “System Of A Down” 367
464 The Smithereens 221
465 The English Beat 228
466 Cheap Trick 259
467 Cracker 238
468 Fela Kuti 7
469 Sir Douglas Quintet 3
470 Sade 32
471 Rilo Kiley 55
472 The Specials 129
473 Captain Beefheart 6
474 Blues Traveler 139
475 Benny Goodman Orchestra listed as “Benny Goodman” 8
476 Morphine 80
477 Michael McDermott 3
478 The Yardbirds 10
479 Edith Piaf 4
480 NRBQ 9
481 Jason Mraz 28
482 The Stooges 52
483 David Sylvian 5
484 Charles Mingus 7
485 Gomez 107
486 Soul Coughing 111
487 Big Star 36
488 Bad Religion 178
489 Raul Malo 20
490 The Stone Roses listed as “Stone Roses” 168
491 The Chieftains 1
492 Robyn Hitchcock 29
493 Lowell George 3
494 Waylon Jennings 5
495 Joe Walsh 269
496 Run DMC 38
497 Dusty Springfield 17
498 John Mayall 8
499 Audioslave 332
500 Tchaikovsky 2
501 Bob Mould 120
502 Blur 354
503 Neko Case 127
504 Steve Goodman 5
505 Cher 5
506 Devo 332
507 Indigenous 2
508 Duncan Sheik 2
509 T. Rex 119
510 Blind Melon 139
511 Jimmy Eat World 357
512 Broken Social Scene 30
513 The Innocence Mission 21
514 Gorillaz 370
515 Built To Spill 47
516 Goo Goo Dolls listed as “The Goo Goo Dolls” 231
517 Meat Loaf listed as “Meatloaf” 138
518 Umphrey's McGee 5
519 Richard Shindell 2
520 Dean Martin 3
521 Dave Alvin 9
522 Southside Johnny &The Asbury Jukes listed as “Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes” 10
523 My Chemical Romance 259
524 Richie Havens 9
525 Jonny Lang 6
526 The Zombies 26
527 The Hooters 31
528 Michael Franti & Spearhead 121
529 Kate Wolf 3
530 Joe Cocker 101
531 Harry Connick Jr. listed as “Harry Connick, Jr” 4
532 Adrian Belew 34
533 Leon Russell 22
534 Bill Monroe 6
535 Boston 734
536 Joan Osborne 73
537 Collective Soul 276
538 Joseph Arthur 26
539 Gladys Knight 1
540 Donald Fagen 3
541 Television 52
542 Mott the Hoople listed as “Mott The Hoople” 68
543 The Wallflowers 179
544 Chick Corea 4
545 October Project 5
546 Lenny Kravitz 482
547 The New Pornographers 109
548 The Mavericks 39
549 Dinosaur Jr. listed as “Dinosaur, Jr.” 128
550 Shawn Mullins 28
551 Disco Biscuits 1
552 Zero 7 22
553 New York Dolls listed as “The New York Dolls” 32
554 Don Henley 230
555 Willie Dixon 1
556 Matisyahu 93
557 Kraftwerk 34
558 Dream Theater 10
559 Rhett Miller 20
560 Toots and the Maytals listed as “Toots & The Maytals” 38
561 Alan Parsons Project listed as “The Alan Parsons Project” 20
562 The Carpenters 5
563 Social Distortion 438
564 Fats Domino 10
565 Phil Roy 5
566 Better Than Ezra 142
567 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 38
568 Laurie Anderson 21
569 Blood / Sweat & Tears 4
570 David Gilmour 11
571 The Dandy Warhols 119
572 The Mars Volta 49
573 Luna 10
574 R L Burnside listed as “R.L. Burnside” 16
575 Jamie Cullum 23
576 Iron and Wine listed as “Iron & Wine” 118
577 The Meters 8
578 Porcupine Tree 5
579 The Eels listed as “Eels” 131
580 Robert Fripp 1
581 The Animals 97
582 Spoon 359
583 UB40 160
584 Marah 4
585 Afghan Whigs listed as “The Afghan Whigs” 96
586 Great Big Sea 4
587 Bobby Darin 12
588 Loretta Lynn 34
589 De La Soul 26
590 Jackie Wilson 6
591 Catherine Wheel listed as “The Catherine Wheel” 108
592 Yonder Mountain String Band 6
593 Linkin Park 821
594 Over The Rhine 11
595 James Blunt 13
596 Grey Eye Glances 1
597 Breaking Benjamin 159
598 Steve Miller Band listed as “The Steve Miller Band” 563
599 Cyndi Lauper 38
600 John Butler Trio 44
601 Alexi Murdoch 17
602 Arctic Monkeys 265
603 Blue Oyster Cult 272
604 Bo Diddley 8
605 Keith Jarrett 1
606 Badly Drawn Boy 17
607 Dido 29
608 Kirsty MacColl 81
609 Wes Montgomery 2
610 David Wilcox 2
611 Jerry Lee Lewis 11
612 Marshall Tucker Band listed as “The Marshall Tucker Band” 106
613 Michael Hedges 1
614 Syd Barrett 1
615 Michael McDonald 3
616 Pantera 82
617 Iron Maiden 214
618 The Offspring listed as “Offspring” 831
619 Portishead 89
620 The Waterboys 116
621 Patti Labelle 2
622 Josh Rouse 13
623 LL Cool J 14
624 Dashboard Confessional 109
625 Sunny Day Real Estate 20
626 Chet Baker 3
627 Leonard Bernstein 1
628 Stephen Stills 38
629 Alejandro Escovedo 35
630 Jeffrey Gaines 3
631 Luther Vandross 1
632 Bing Crosby 3
633 J. Geils Band 236
634 Tom Rush 8
635 Gin Blossoms 155
636 John Hartford 5
637 The Sundays 140
638 Dwight Yoakam 7
639 Blind Lemon Jefferson 2
640 Joe Satriani 33
641 The Faces 66
642 Mississippi John Hurt 2
643 Air 37
644 Keller Williams 5
645 Leadbelly 2
646 Cat Power 52
647 Son House 2
648 Thievery Corporation 10
649 Kid Rock 141
650 Michelle Shocked 16
651 Travis 105
652 Badfinger 48
653 Blind Faith 57
654 Regina Spektor 103
655 The Church 177
656 Quicksilver Messenger Service 13
657 Erasure 218
658 Jaco Pastorius 2
659 Graham Nash 5
660 The Everly Brothers 7
661 Traveling Wilburys listed as “The Traveling Wilburys” 63
662 Pat Benatar 310
663 Tangerine Dream 2
664 The Fray 62
665 Jonathan Richman 8
666 Stereolab 31
667 Luka Bloom 3
668 The Go-Go's 119
669 Merle Haggard 11
670 Grand Funk Railroad 168
671 The The 208
672 Gang of Four listed as “Gang Of Four” 47
673 George Jones 8
674 Nils Lofgren 2
675 Third Eye Blind 248
676 NOFX listed as “N.O.F.X.” 21
677 Kris Kristofferson 3
678 Panic! at the Disco listed as “Panic At The Disco” 141
679 Brian Jonestown Massacre 3
680 Robbie Williams 29
681 Eminem 132
682 Mahavishnu Orchestra 1
683 Afro Celt Sound System 10
684 America 51
685 Ben Lee 44
686 Mike Oldfield 5
687 Yeah Yeah Yeahs listed as “The Yeah Yeah Yeahs” 242
688 Tupac Shakur 2
689 Eurythmics 271
690 Queens of the Stone Age listed as “Queens Of The Stone Age” 316
691 Susan Werner 1
692 Tom Jones 11
693 Kelly Clarkson 4
694 M. Ward 27
695 No Doubt 342
696 Chet Atkins 1
697 Aaron Copland 1
698 Cheryl Wheeler 5
699 Blue Rodeo 8
700 George Strait 4
701 The Nields 1
702 Dick Dale 5
703 Marian Anderson 1
704 The Black Eyed Peas listed as “Black-Eyed Peas” 7
705 Frank Black 40
706 Buena Vista Social Club 9
707 Madeleine Peyroux 16
708 O.A.R. 38
709 Professor Longhair 4
710 Chris Whitley 23
711 Me'shell N'degeocello 3
712 Guess Who listed as “The Guess Who” 100
713 Everything But The Girl 22
714 Mel Torme 1
715 Bob Weir 6
716 Sondre Lerche 4
717 Yo-Yo Ma 1
718 Frederic Chopin 1
719 Ten Years After 49
720 Rodney Crowell 9
721 Sarah Harmer 16
722 The Black Keys 602
723 Doves 69
724 Imogen Heap 28
725 Steppenwolf 181
726 David Crosby 3
727 John Eddie 2
728 Dion 6
729 Marc Cohn 27
730 Josh Joplin 2
731 The Mamas and the Papas listed as “The Mamas & The Papas” 18
732 Jay-Z listed as “Jay Z” 25
733 Johnny Winter 4
734 Count Basie 6
735 Tim Buckley 4
736 Trey Anastasio 9
737 Weird Al Yankovic 4
738 Def Leppard 878
739 Dizzy Gillespie 4
740 Paul Westerberg 113
741 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 2
742 Johanes Brahms 1
743 Ellis Paul 1
744 Jane Siberry 8
745 Can 4
746 Karla Bonoff 1
747 The Minutemen 10
748 Spirit 18
749 Robbie Robertson 18
750 Big Head Todd and the Monsters listed as “Big Head Todd & The Monsters” 90
751 Moxy Fruvous 9
752 Slayer 44
753 The Dixie Dregs 1
754 Fall Out Boy 176
755 Tom Paxton 2
756 Freedy Johnston 18
757 Rascal Flatts 3
758 Hold Steady listed as “The Hold Steady” 95
759 Bad Company 634
760 George Winston 1
761 Les Paul 1
762 Bauhaus 98
763 Lauryn Hill 22
764 The Raconteurs 143
765 Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1
766 Jet 231
767 Jill Sobule 33
768 Feist 79
769 The Fixx 138
770 Chaka Kahn 1
771 Mogwai 17
772 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1
773 Ian Hunter 6
774 Less Than Jake 46
775 Maxwell 2
776 Silver Jews listed as “The Silver Jews” 2
777 Danielia Cotton 4
778 Return To Forever 2
779 Mason Jennings 9
780 Steel Pulse 3
781 Donna The Buffalo 3
782 North Mississippi All-Stars 6
783 Glen Phillips 1
784 Jimmy Cliff 25
785 Kiss 369
786 Diana Krall 3
787 Michael Penn 53
788 Robert Earl Keen 6
789 Sun Ra 2
790 Del Amitri 51
791 India Arie 3
792 Sonny Landreth 7
793 Todd Snider 54
794 Erykah Badu 9
795 James 199
796 James McMurtry 10
797 John Wesley Harding 22
798 Prefab Sprout 12
799 The Carter Family 2
800 The Go-Betweens 18
801 Lindsey Buckingham 7
802 The Lovin' Spoonful 7
803 Al Dimeola 1
804 Gnarls Barkley 72
805 Crash Test Dummies 100
806 Dinah Washington 3
807 Peggy Lee 2
808 John Fahey 1
809 Johnny Mathis listed as “Johhny Mathis” 2
810 At the Drive In listed as “At The Drive-In” 29
811 The Dresden Dolls 33
812 Ralph McTell 2
813 David Poe 1
814 Don McLean 47
815 Ravi Shankar 1
816 David Grisman 1
817 The Verve 209
818 New Riders Of The Purple Sage 3
819 Peter Frampton 181
820 Calexico 45
821 Concrete Blonde 223
822 The Magnetic Fields 17
823 Simple Minds 292
824 Les Claypool 1
825 Soulive 2
826 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 13
827 Martin Carthy 1
828 The Housemartins 37
829 Jorma Kaukonen 2
830 Starsailor 25
831 Johnny Hartman 1
832 John McLaughlin 2
833 Andrea Bocelli 1
834 Ventures listed as “The Ventures” 3
835 Teenage Fanclub 74
836 Carbon Leaf 14
837 John Phillip Sousa 1
838 The Modern Lovers 36
839 Dropkick Murphys 51
840 Melissa Ferrick 5
841 Kanye West 51
842 Robert Randolph & The Family Band 17
843 The Kingston Trio 1
844 Ozzy Osbourne 735
845 Sonia Dada 20
846 The Bodeans 55
847 Nickelback 206
848 Jill Scott 4
849 Supergrass 47
850 Christine Lavin 1
851 Jurassic 5 20
852 Mahalia Jackson 1
853 The Roches 5
854 Scott Walker 1
855 God Street Wine 1
856 Semisonic 102
857 Throwing Muses 37
858 Chris Rea 3
859 Luciano Pavarotti 2
860 The Blasters 13
861 Lionel Richie 6
862 Notorious B.I.G. 14
863 Madness 189
864 Kim Richey 5
865 Marc Broussard 9
866 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones listed as “Mighty Mighty Bosstones” 160
867 Buckwheat Zydeco 1
868 James Gang listed as “The James Gang” 100
869 Shemekia Copeland 9
870 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists 8
871 Jesse Colin Young 2
872 Animal Liberation Orchestra 1
873 Cesaria 1
874 Hoodoo Gurus 91
875 Bill Frisell 1
876 The Libertines 16
877 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 57
878 Boomtown Rats 111
879 Stan Ridgway 21
880 The Feelies 9
881 R. Kelly 1
882 Foreigner 628
883 Barry White 5
884 Wu-Tang Clan listed as “Wu Tang Clan” 10
885 Billy Idol 563

Artist-only ranking. WXPN's source data also lists each artist's top songs as voted by listeners; only the artist rank is tracked here. Positions 11, 21, 41 are blank in the source.

About this countdown

WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in 2006. 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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: WXPN, "885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)".

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