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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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# Artist Entries
1 The Beatles 1,061
2 Bob Dylan 302
3 The Rolling Stones listed as “Rolling Stones” 827
4 Bruce Springsteen 532
5 U2 2,283
6 Led Zeppelin 737
7 The Grateful Dead listed as “Grateful Dead” 243
8 Neil Young 335
9 Pink Floyd 423
10 Joni Mitchell 93
12 The Who 292
13 Van Morrison 134
14 Bob Marley listed as “Bob Marley & The Wailers” 418
15 Eric Clapton 119
16 David Bowie 1,136
17 R.E.M. 1,579
18 Johnny Cash 135
19 Elvis Presley 40
20 Paul Simon 73
22 Stevie Wonder 68
23 Elvis Costello 323
24 The Clash 986
25 Allman Brothers Band listed as “The Allman Brothers Band” 127
26 Miles Davis 15
27 Steely Dan 116
28 Dave Matthews Band 367
29 Bonnie Raitt 27
30 The Doors 300
31 Talking Heads 737
32 John Lennon 129
33 Elton John 231
34 Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young listed as “Crosby / Stills / Nash & Young” 64
35 James Taylor 23
36 The Band 72
37 Jackson Browne 75
38 Pearl Jam 1,349
39 Prince 264
40 Yes 113
42 Peter Gabriel 535
43 Richard Thompson 38
44 Frank Zappa 12
45 Tom Petty 162
46 Nirvana 951
47 Ray Charles 14
48 Billy Joel 232
49 John Coltrane 12
50 Sting 137
51 Simon and Garfunkel listed as “Simon & Garfunkel” 92
52 The Kinks 211
53 The Beach Boys 80
54 Phish 99
55 Genesis 135
56 Santana 69
57 Frank Sinatra 31
58 Janis Joplin 42
59 Wilco 180
60 Stevie Ray Vaughan 38
61 Coldplay 486
62 Beck 518
63 Aretha Franklin 45
64 Dire Straits 231
65 The Cure 1,236
66 Lucinda Williams 44
67 Counting Crows 270
68 Queen 285
69 The Indigo Girls listed as “Indigo Girls” 132
70 The Eagles 229
71 The Police 727
72 The Smiths 646
73 Jeff Buckley 132
74 Ella Fitzgerald 2
75 Marvin Gaye 45
76 Jerry Garcia 8
77 B.B. King listed as “B. B. King” 6
78 Ben Folds 48
79 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1,126
80 Ani DiFranco listed as “Ani Difranco” 56
81 Tori Amos 288
82 Leonard Cohen 40
83 Willie Nelson 22
84 Fleetwood Mac 218
85 The Velvet Underground 117
86 The Ramones 443
87 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1
88 The Moody Blues 102
89 Lyle Lovett 16
90 Ryan Adams 27
91 Paul McCartney 57
92 Louis Armstrong 8
93 Carole King 22
94 John Hiatt 36
95 John Prine 39
96 The Pixies 433
97 Ludwig Van Beethoven 1
98 Patty Griffin 25
99 Warren Zevon 50
100 Jethro Tull 58
101 Sarah McLachlan 156
102 Traffic 45
103 Crosby, Stills, and Nash listed as “Crosby / Stills & Nash” 34
104 Jack Johnson 163
105 Cream 77
106 The Replacements 478
107 Chuck Berry 25
108 James Brown 11
109 Muddy Waters 9
110 Little Feat 39
111 David Gray 34
112 Nick Drake 14
113 Rush 176
114 The White Stripes listed as “White Stripes” 361
115 Hank Williams 4
116 Jimmy Buffett 33
117 Patti Smith 112
118 Woody Guthrie 9
119 Green Day 885
120 Dar Williams 12
121 Creedence Clearwater Revival 127
122 Matchbox 20 50
123 Madonna 30
124 Todd Rundgren 34
125 Johann Sebastian Bach 1
126 Otis Redding 32
127 The Smashing Pumpkins listed as “Smashing Pumpkins” 819
128 Beastie Boys listed as “The Beastie Boys” 619
129 Michael Jackson 42
130 Elliott Smith 49
131 Aimee Mann 38
132 Robert Johnson 2
133 George Harrison 60
134 Jefferson Airplane 34
135 Aerosmith 245
136 Buddy Holly 10
137 Patsy Cline 13
138 King Crimson 49
139 Lou Reed 260
140 Weezer 546
141 XTC 395
142 Duke Ellington 1
143 The Flaming Lips 156
144 Björk listed as “Bjork” 131
145 Joe Jackson 244
146 Joan Armatrading 24
147 David Byrne 16
148 Joan Baez 7
149 Kate Bush 185
150 Barenaked Ladies 100
151 Los Lobos 53
152 Death Cab for Cutie listed as “Death Cab For Cutie” 192
153 Bruce Cockburn 10
154 Ben Harper 56
155 Foo Fighters 868
156 Melissa Etheridge 53
157 Pat Metheny 2
158 Roy Orbison 12
159 Morrissey 319
160 Oasis 520
161 Sublime 293
162 They Might Be Giants 335
163 Natalie Merchant 48
164 Depeche Mode 1,040
165 Lynyrd Skynyrd 143
166 John Lee Hooker 3
167 Roxy Music 176
168 Cat Stevens 16
169 Temptations listed as “The Temptations” 21
170 Metallica 473
171 John Mayer 38
172 Nine Inch Nails 560
173 Sufjan Stevens 33
174 Chicago 50
175 Sam Cooke 18
176 Tool 301
177 The Byrds 25
178 Pete Seeger 2
179 Steve Earle 13
180 AC/DC 384
181 Steve Winwood 16
182 Tracy Chapman 88
183 Sheryl Crow 138
184 Alison Krauss 2
185 Rufus Wainwright 12
186 Laura Nyro 8
187 Gram Parsons 4
188 Belle & Sebastian 60
189 Norah Jones 23
190 Black Crowes listed as “The Black Crowes” 59
191 KD Lang listed as “k.d. Lang” 13
192 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 2
193 Randy Newman 5
194 Black Sabbath 164
195 Nina Simone 24
196 Nat King Cole 3
197 Nanci Griffith 1
198 Brian Eno 7
199 New Order 574
200 Shawn Colvin 7
201 Annie Lennox 55
202 Damien Rice 21
203 Fiona Apple 100
204 Guns N Roses listed as “Guns 'n' Roses” 214
205 Sonic Youth 151
206 Bright Eyes 28
207 The Jayhawks 69
208 My Morning Jacket 94
209 Keb' Mo' 1
210 John Mellencamp 56
211 Pete Townshend 22
212 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 10
213 Buddy Guy 2
214 Pavement 81
215 Neil Diamond 16
216 Squeeze 366
217 Ray LaMontagne listed as “Ray Lamontagne” 30
218 Etta James 8
219 Electric Light Orchestra 63
220 Rod Stewart 71
221 Earth, Wind & Fire listed as “Earth / Wind & Fire” 13
222 Dolly Parton 13
223 Rage Against the Machine listed as “Rage Against The Machine” 371
224 Jane's Addiction 402
225 Widespread Panic 43
226 Citizen Cope 36
227 G. Love 18
228 Alice In Chains 376
229 Al Green 18
230 Muse 335
231 The Sex Pistols listed as “Sex Pistols” 232
232 The Pogues 88
233 Chris Isaak 130
234 Mary Chapin Carpenter 3
235 Jonatha Brooke 4
236 Cake 337
237 Beth Orton 14
238 Thelonious Monk 2
239 John Denver 8
240 Uncle Tupelo 17
241 Howlin' Wolf 4
242 Crowded House 247
243 Linda Ronstadt 6
244 Wilson Pickett 2
245 Guster 65
246 Live 336
247 Phil Ochs 1
248 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer listed as “Emerson Lake & Palmer” 24
249 Derek Trucks Band 1
250 The Jam 231
251 Van Halen 246
252 Boz Scaggs 14
253 Gov't Mule 5
254 Gordon Lightfoot 7
255 Dixie Chicks 6
256 Graham Parker 26
257 Hot Tuna 4
258 Sinéad O'Connor listed as “Sinead O'Connor” 257
259 Public Enemy 29
260 Old 97's 28
261 Bob Seger 100
262 The Shins 114
263 Dr. John 7
264 Renaissance 4
265 Taj Mahal 3
266 10,000 Maniacs 250
267 Guided By Voices 71
268 PJ Harvey listed as “P.J. Harvey” 117
269 Tony Bennett 3
270 Midnight Oil 314
271 Barbra Streisand 1
272 Ween 33
273 Joy Division 222
274 Steve Forbert 2
275 Rickie Lee Jones 2
276 Sly and the Family Stone listed as “Sly & The Family Stone” 14
277 Fairport Convention 9
278 Train 31
279 Phil Collins 36
280 Modest Mouse 203
281 Jeff Beck 10
282 Hall and Oates listed as “Hall & Oates” 14
283 The Strokes 287
284 Stone Temple Pilots 529
285 Sigur Ros 14
286 Carly Simon 5
287 Suzanne Vega 109
288 Charlie Parker 1
289 Neil Finn 1
290 Buffalo Springfield 21
291 Alanis Morissette listed as “Alanis Morrissette” 172
292 John Fogerty 11
293 Sleater-Kinney listed as “Sleater Kinney” 30
294 Incubus 306
295 Billy Bragg 81
296 Moby 151
297 Al Stewart 9
298 Martin Sexton 4
299 Parliament/Funkadelic 1
300 Josh Ritter 32
301 Emmylou Harris 5
302 Bon Jovi 115
303 Pete Yorn 90
304 The O'Jays 3
305 The Cars 170
306 The B-52's 484
307 Arlo Guthrie 11
308 Dan Fogelberg 3
309 Yo La Tengo 9
310 The Killers 356
311 Enya 29
312 Liz Phair 103
313 Love 9
314 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & The Bunnymen” 341
315 Dave Brubeck 2
316 The String Cheese Incident 1
317 Strawbs 2
318 Keane 81
319 George Gershwin 4
320 Chris Smither 1
321 Bruce Hornsby 3
322 Son Volt 33
323 Rosanne Cash 6
324 Fugazi 23
325 311 355
326 Django Reinhardt 1
327 The Roots 27
328 The Pretenders listed as “Pretenders” 470
329 Stevie Nicks 24
330 ABBA listed as “Abba” 8
331 My Bloody Valentine 24
332 Neutral Milk Hotel 22
333 Cowboy Junkies 83
334 Eva Cassidy 4
335 The Decemberists 84
336 Judy Garland 5
337 Gillian Welch 10
338 World Party 161
339 Kansas 35
340 Herbie Hancock 3
341 David Bromberg 3
342 Judy Collins 3
343 Leo Kottke 1
344 Snow Patrol 120
345 Supertramp 57
346 Fountains of Wayne listed as “Fountains Of Wayne” 82
347 Diana Ross & The Supremes 1
348 Susan Tedeschi 1
349 A Tribe Called Quest 27
350 Peter / Paul & Mary 2
351 Soundgarden 321
352 Brandi Carlile 63
353 Bee Gees 10
354 X 142
355 Husker Du 51
356 Curtis Mayfield 6
357 The Subdudes 2
358 Moe 1
359 Deep Purple 134
360 Nick Lowe 47
361 Harry Chapin 17
362 Tears for Fears listed as “Tears For Fears” 334
363 Delbert McClinton 1
364 Marillion 3
365 Violent Femmes 373
366 John Gorka 1
367 Matthew Sweet 242
368 Alice Cooper 63
369 blink-182 listed as “Blink 182” 407
370 Toad The Wet Sprocket 205
371 The Buzzcocks listed as “Buzzcocks” 59
372 Bette Midler 1
373 Billie Holiday 9
374 Peter Himmelman 2
375 Primus 119
376 Greg Brown 1
377 The Tragically Hip 145
378 Warren Haynes 3
379 Southern Culture On The Skids 2
380 Loreena McKennitt listed as “Loreena Mc Kennitt” 7
381 Robert Cray 2
382 Stan Rogers 1
383 Doobie Brothers 65
384 Little Richard 8
385 The Cranberries 274
386 Bryan Ferry 58
387 The Monkees 7
388 Amos Lee 31
389 Paul Weller 24
390 Dead Can Dance 22
391 George Clinton 2
392 Levert 1
393 Blondie 352
394 Donovan 5
395 Procol Harum 38
396 Iggy Pop 244
397 KT Tunstall listed as “K.T. Tunstall” 12
398 Marshall Crenshaw 32
399 Cocteau Twins 92
400 Ry Cooder 2
401 Journey 102
402 Dave Mason 3
403 Interpol 157
404 Seal 59
405 Rancid 142
406 Poco 2
407 The Four Tops 8
408 Five for Fighting listed as “Five For Fighting” 7
409 Townes Van Zandt listed as “Townes Van Zant” 3
410 The Arcade Fire 216
411 Roger Waters 1
412 Janis Ian 1
413 Duran Duran 338
414 Tina Turner 3
415 Derek and the Dominos listed as “Derek & The Dominoes” 55
416 Francis Dunnery 13
417 Ian Anderson 1
418 ZZ Top 71
419 Nickel Creek 3
420 Doc Watson 1
421 Jim Croce 3
422 Glenn Miller 3
423 Whiskeytown 1
424 Mike Doughty 9
425 Weather Report 4
426 Massive Attack 64
427 Bill Evans 1
428 Franz Ferdinand 148
429 Pet Shop Boys 164
430 The Psychedelic Furs listed as “Psychedelic Furs” 323
431 AFI listed as “A.F.I.” 131
432 Outkast 77
433 Heart 81
434 J.J. Cale 2
435 Drive-By Truckers 13
436 Joe Strummer 13
437 Harry Nilsson 6
438 Antonio Carlos Jobim 2
439 Rory Gallagher 1
440 Garth Brooks 2
441 The Neville Brothers 1
442 Los Lonely Boys 5
443 Rusted Root 26
444 Sarah Vaughan 1
445 Styx 46
446 Steeleye Span 1
447 Dead Kennedys 68
448 Garbage 324
449 Barry Manilow 1
450 Jewel 31
451 Cole Porter 1
452 Nick Cave 53
453 The Jesus and Mary Chain listed as “The Jesus & Mary Chain” 211
454 Medeski / Martin & Wood 1
455 Gentle Giant 2
456 Tower Of Power 2
457 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer 1
458 Stephen Sondheim 1
459 INXS 649
460 Robert Palmer 39
461 Trout Fishing In America 1
462 Sandy Denny 1
463 System of a Down listed as “System Of A Down” 254
464 The Smithereens 200
465 The English Beat 195
466 Cheap Trick 46
467 Cracker 184
468 Fela Kuti 4
469 Sir Douglas Quintet 1
470 Sade 8
471 Rilo Kiley 19
472 The Specials 104
473 Captain Beefheart 3
474 Blues Traveler 98
475 Benny Goodman 3
476 Morphine 50
477 Michael McDermott 1
478 The Yardbirds 1
479 Edith Piaf 3
480 NRBQ 3
481 Jason Mraz 7
482 The Stooges 40
483 David Sylvian 5
484 Charles Mingus 2
485 Gomez 38
486 Soul Coughing 76
487 Big Star 15
488 Bad Religion 143
489 Raul Malo 3
490 The Stone Roses listed as “Stone Roses” 147
491 The Chieftains 1
492 Robyn Hitchcock 32
493 Lowell George 1
494 Waylon Jennings 1
495 Joe Walsh 30
496 Run DMC 14
497 Dusty Springfield 8
498 John Mayall 5
499 Audioslave 229
500 Tchaikovsky 2
501 Bob Mould 95
502 Blur 266
503 Neko Case 37
504 Steve Goodman 4
505 Cher 2
506 Devo 292
507 Indigenous 1
508 Duncan Sheik 1
509 T. Rex 51
510 Blind Melon 86
511 Jimmy Eat World 213
512 Broken Social Scene 11
513 The Innocence Mission 16
514 Gorillaz 207
515 Built To Spill 30
516 Goo Goo Dolls listed as “The Goo Goo Dolls” 159
517 Meat Loaf listed as “Meatloaf” 78
518 Umphrey's McGee 2
519 Richard Shindell 1
520 Dean Martin 1
521 Dave Alvin 1
522 Southside Johnny &The Asbury Jukes listed as “Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes” 7
523 My Chemical Romance 157
524 Richie Havens 5
525 Jonny Lang 4
526 The Zombies 11
527 The Hooters 24
528 Michael Franti & Spearhead 10
529 Kate Wolf 1
530 Joe Cocker 29
531 Harry Connick Jr. listed as “Harry Connick, Jr” 3
532 Adrian Belew 28
533 Leon Russell 6
534 Bill Monroe 2
535 Boston 89
536 Joan Osborne 47
537 Collective Soul 114
538 Joseph Arthur 7
539 Gladys Knight 1
540 Donald Fagen 1
541 Television 35
542 Mott the Hoople listed as “Mott The Hoople” 27
543 The Wallflowers 109
544 Chick Corea 1
545 October Project 1
546 Lenny Kravitz 360
547 The New Pornographers 35
548 The Mavericks 6
549 Dinosaur Jr. listed as “Dinosaur, Jr.” 98
550 Shawn Mullins 7
551 Disco Biscuits 1
552 Zero 7 6
553 New York Dolls listed as “The New York Dolls” 23
554 Don Henley 54
555 Willie Dixon 1
556 Matisyahu 47
557 Kraftwerk 25
558 Dream Theater 3
559 Rhett Miller 4
560 Toots and the Maytals listed as “Toots & The Maytals” 16
561 Alan Parsons Project listed as “The Alan Parsons Project” 9
562 The Carpenters 2
563 Social Distortion 349
564 Fats Domino 3
565 Phil Roy 3
566 Better Than Ezra 96
567 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 9
568 Laurie Anderson 18
569 Blood / Sweat & Tears 2
570 David Gilmour 2
571 The Dandy Warhols 89
572 The Mars Volta 31
573 Luna 6
574 R L Burnside listed as “R.L. Burnside” 3
575 Jamie Cullum 3
576 Iron and Wine listed as “Iron & Wine” 27
577 The Meters 2
578 Porcupine Tree 3
579 The Eels listed as “Eels” 89
580 Robert Fripp 1
581 The Animals 41
582 Spoon 127
583 UB40 150
584 Marah 2
585 Afghan Whigs listed as “The Afghan Whigs” 83
586 Great Big Sea 2
587 Bobby Darin 8
588 Loretta Lynn 11
589 De La Soul 9
590 Jackie Wilson 3
591 Catherine Wheel listed as “The Catherine Wheel” 92
592 Yonder Mountain String Band 1
593 Linkin Park 381
594 Over The Rhine 8
595 James Blunt 9
596 Grey Eye Glances 1
597 Breaking Benjamin 48
598 Steve Miller Band listed as “The Steve Miller Band” 40
599 Cyndi Lauper 14
600 John Butler Trio 20
601 Alexi Murdoch 8
602 Arctic Monkeys 157
603 Blue Oyster Cult 52
604 Bo Diddley 3
605 Keith Jarrett 1
606 Badly Drawn Boy 10
607 Dido 13
608 Kirsty MacColl 55
609 Wes Montgomery 1
610 David Wilcox 1
611 Jerry Lee Lewis 4
612 Marshall Tucker Band listed as “The Marshall Tucker Band” 15
613 Michael Hedges 1
614 Syd Barrett 1
615 Michael McDonald 2
616 Pantera 41
617 Iron Maiden 150
618 The Offspring listed as “Offspring” 481
619 Portishead 67
620 The Waterboys 83
621 Patti Labelle 1
622 Josh Rouse 2
623 LL Cool J 5
624 Dashboard Confessional 69
625 Sunny Day Real Estate 15
626 Chet Baker 2
627 Leonard Bernstein 1
628 Stephen Stills 8
629 Alejandro Escovedo 6
630 Jeffrey Gaines 2
631 Luther Vandross 1
632 Bing Crosby 2
633 J. Geils Band 23
634 Tom Rush 8
635 Gin Blossoms 121
636 John Hartford 2
637 The Sundays 118
638 Dwight Yoakam 1
639 Blind Lemon Jefferson 2
640 Joe Satriani 5
641 The Faces 14
642 Mississippi John Hurt 1
643 Air 13
644 Keller Williams 1
645 Leadbelly 1
646 Cat Power 19
647 Son House 1
648 Thievery Corporation 3
649 Kid Rock 79
650 Michelle Shocked 4
651 Travis 70
652 Badfinger 17
653 Blind Faith 18
654 Regina Spektor 41
655 The Church 148
656 Quicksilver Messenger Service 8
657 Erasure 194
658 Jaco Pastorius 1
659 Graham Nash 1
660 The Everly Brothers 2
661 Traveling Wilburys listed as “The Traveling Wilburys” 18
662 Pat Benatar 64
663 Tangerine Dream 1
664 The Fray 24
665 Jonathan Richman 7
666 Stereolab 15
667 Luka Bloom 2
668 The Go-Go's 97
669 Merle Haggard 2
670 Grand Funk Railroad 30
671 The The 184
672 Gang of Four listed as “Gang Of Four” 37
673 George Jones 2
674 Nils Lofgren 1
675 Third Eye Blind 146
676 NOFX listed as “N.O.F.X.” 18
677 Kris Kristofferson 1
678 Panic! at the Disco listed as “Panic At The Disco” 51
679 Brian Jonestown Massacre 1
680 Robbie Williams 29
681 Eminem 101
682 Mahavishnu Orchestra 1
683 Afro Celt Sound System 2
684 America 30
685 Ben Lee 24
686 Mike Oldfield 3
687 Yeah Yeah Yeahs listed as “The Yeah Yeah Yeahs” 136
688 Tupac Shakur 1
689 Eurythmics 248
690 Queens of the Stone Age listed as “Queens Of The Stone Age” 231
691 Susan Werner 1
692 Tom Jones 5
693 Kelly Clarkson 3
694 M. Ward 4
695 No Doubt 263
696 Chet Atkins 1
697 Aaron Copland 1
698 Cheryl Wheeler 2
699 Blue Rodeo 6
700 George Strait 1
701 The Nields 1
702 Dick Dale 4
703 Marian Anderson 1
704 The Black Eyed Peas listed as “Black-Eyed Peas” 6
705 Frank Black 37
706 Buena Vista Social Club 3
707 Madeleine Peyroux 2
708 O.A.R. 15
709 Professor Longhair 1
710 Chris Whitley 16
711 Me'shell N'degeocello 1
712 Guess Who listed as “The Guess Who” 18
713 Everything But The Girl 8
714 Mel Torme 1
715 Bob Weir 3
716 Sondre Lerche 1
717 Yo-Yo Ma 1
718 Frederic Chopin 1
719 Ten Years After 15
720 Rodney Crowell 1
721 Sarah Harmer 1
722 The Black Keys 178
723 Doves 46
724 Imogen Heap 7
725 Steppenwolf 46
726 David Crosby 1
727 John Eddie 1
728 Dion 3
729 Marc Cohn 16
730 Josh Joplin 1
731 The Mamas and the Papas listed as “The Mamas & The Papas” 11
732 Jay-Z listed as “Jay Z” 11
733 Johnny Winter 3
734 Count Basie 1
735 Tim Buckley 3
736 Trey Anastasio 3
737 Weird Al Yankovic 2
738 Def Leppard 118
739 Dizzy Gillespie 1
740 Paul Westerberg 102
741 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1
742 Johanes Brahms 1
743 Ellis Paul 1
744 Jane Siberry 4
745 Can 1
746 Karla Bonoff 1
747 The Minutemen 3
748 Spirit 5
749 Robbie Robertson 11
750 Big Head Todd and the Monsters listed as “Big Head Todd & The Monsters” 52
751 Moxy Fruvous 2
752 Slayer 43
753 The Dixie Dregs 1
754 Fall Out Boy 77
755 Tom Paxton 1
756 Freedy Johnston 12
757 Rascal Flatts 3
758 Hold Steady listed as “The Hold Steady” 26
759 Bad Company 82
760 George Winston 1
761 Les Paul 1
762 Bauhaus 89
763 Lauryn Hill 11
764 The Raconteurs 64
765 Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1
766 Jet 165
767 Jill Sobule 15
768 Feist 23
769 The Fixx 120
770 Chaka Kahn 1
771 Mogwai 9
772 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1
773 Ian Hunter 2
774 Less Than Jake 14
775 Maxwell 1
776 Silver Jews listed as “The Silver Jews” 2
777 Danielia Cotton 2
778 Return To Forever 1
779 Mason Jennings 7
780 Steel Pulse 2
781 Donna The Buffalo 1
782 North Mississippi All-Stars 3
783 Glen Phillips 1
784 Jimmy Cliff 9
785 Kiss 77
786 Diana Krall 1
787 Michael Penn 43
788 Robert Earl Keen 2
789 Sun Ra 1
790 Del Amitri 41
791 India Arie 1
792 Sonny Landreth 3
793 Todd Snider 44
794 Erykah Badu 5
795 James 169
796 James McMurtry 2
797 John Wesley Harding 19
798 Prefab Sprout 10
799 The Carter Family 1
800 The Go-Betweens 14
801 Lindsey Buckingham 2
802 The Lovin' Spoonful 3
803 Al Dimeola 1
804 Gnarls Barkley 42
805 Crash Test Dummies 79
806 Dinah Washington 1
807 Peggy Lee 1
808 John Fahey 1
809 Johnny Mathis listed as “Johhny Mathis” 2
810 At the Drive In listed as “At The Drive-In” 23
811 The Dresden Dolls 26
812 Ralph McTell 2
813 David Poe 1
814 Don McLean 25
815 Ravi Shankar 1
816 David Grisman 1
817 The Verve 156
818 New Riders Of The Purple Sage 2
819 Peter Frampton 36
820 Calexico 7
821 Concrete Blonde 191
822 The Magnetic Fields 10
823 Simple Minds 233
824 Les Claypool 1
825 Soulive 2
826 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 10
827 Martin Carthy 1
828 The Housemartins 34
829 Jorma Kaukonen 2
830 Starsailor 19
831 Johnny Hartman 1
832 John McLaughlin 1
833 Andrea Bocelli 1
834 Ventures listed as “The Ventures” 2
835 Teenage Fanclub 66
836 Carbon Leaf 4
837 John Phillip Sousa 1
838 The Modern Lovers 9
839 Dropkick Murphys 11
840 Melissa Ferrick 5
841 Kanye West 38
842 Robert Randolph & The Family Band 2
843 The Kingston Trio 1
844 Ozzy Osbourne 98
845 Sonia Dada 15
846 The Bodeans 51
847 Nickelback 126
848 Jill Scott 2
849 Supergrass 32
850 Christine Lavin 1
851 Jurassic 5 13
852 Mahalia Jackson 1
853 The Roches 1
854 Scott Walker 1
855 God Street Wine 1
856 Semisonic 59
857 Throwing Muses 29
858 Chris Rea 3
859 Luciano Pavarotti 2
860 The Blasters 4
861 Lionel Richie 1
862 Notorious B.I.G. 8
863 Madness 170
864 Kim Richey 1
865 Marc Broussard 2
866 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones listed as “Mighty Mighty Bosstones” 107
867 Buckwheat Zydeco 1
868 James Gang listed as “The James Gang” 19
869 Shemekia Copeland 2
870 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists 4
871 Jesse Colin Young 2
872 Animal Liberation Orchestra 1
873 Cesaria 1
874 Hoodoo Gurus 84
875 Bill Frisell 1
876 The Libertines 11
877 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 43
878 Boomtown Rats 106
879 Stan Ridgway 18
880 The Feelies 7
881 R. Kelly 1
882 Foreigner 72
883 Barry White 1
884 Wu-Tang Clan listed as “Wu Tang Clan” 6
885 Billy Idol 291

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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