Artist consensus · All Rock Formats · 14 countdowns from 7 stations

The greatest rock artists of all time

Several stations have asked listeners to rank the greatest artists rather than songs. This ranking combines all 14 of them. For a ranking based on song appearances instead, see the most-charted artists.

#	Artist	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	U2172 charting songs	1,326	14	#1	1
2	Depeche Mode76 charting songs	1,323	14	#1	2
3	The Cure98 charting songs	1,284	14	#1	2
4	Nirvana58 charting songs	1,167	12	#1	4
5	Red Hot Chili Peppers60 charting songs	1,127	13	#1	2
6	The Clash66 charting songs	1,111	14	#9	–
7	Beastie Boys51 charting songs	1,067	12	#1	1
8	Pearl Jam122 charting songs	1,061	12	#4	–
9	The Smashing Pumpkins63 charting songs	1,058	12	#5	–
10	R.E.M.114 charting songs	1,056	14	#5	–
11	Green Day81 charting songs	1,054	12	#1	1
12	Sublime24 charting songs	1,008	12	#2	–
13	The Ramones46 charting songs	1,005	14	#7	–
14	Nine Inch Nails56 charting songs	987	12	#6	–
15	Rage Against the Machine22 charting songs	977	11	#5	–
16	New Order45 charting songs	973	14	#4	–
17	Jane's Addiction31 charting songs	921	12	#9	–
18	Stone Temple Pilots40 charting songs	912	12	#17	–
19	The Smiths49 charting songs	893	10	#3	–
20	No Doubt20 charting songs	870	12	#5	–
21	Radiohead67 charting songs	869	11	#5	–
22	Bob Marley36 charting songs	855	12	#11	–
23	blink-18242 charting songs	853	11	#7	–
24	The Offspring42 charting songs	846	11	#3	–
25	Weezer76 charting songs	845	12	#13	–
26	Beck58 charting songs	841	12	#8	–
27	Foo Fighters78 charting songs	839	12	#6	–
28	Violent Femmes23 charting songs	825	13	#16	–
29	David Bowie99 charting songs	759	13	#16	–
30	The Police49 charting songs	758	13	#16	–
31	Alice In Chains41 charting songs	751	12	#24	–
32	Social Distortion31 charting songs	744	12	#17	–
33	Soundgarden36 charting songs	730	11	#21	–
34	31142 charting songs	714	12	#24	–
35	Tool24 charting songs	695	11	#14	–
36	Oasis39 charting songs	691	12	#34	–
37	Incubus32 charting songs	681	9	#17	–
38	Oingo Boingo36 charting songs	677	9	#9	–
39	Duran Duran41 charting songs	673	11	#4	–
40	Linkin Park58 charting songs	669	9	#3	–
41	Metallica95 charting songs	645	9	#16	–
42	Bush30 charting songs	629	11	#26	–
43	The Sex Pistols14 charting songs	622	13	#18	–
44	Korn47 charting songs	619	9	#11	–
45	The B-52's35 charting songs	617	11	#7	–
46	Garbage30 charting songs	597	12	#13	–
47	Dave Matthews Band50 charting songs	593	9	#17	–
48	Coldplay56 charting songs	591	9	#11	–
49	System of a Down24 charting songs	577	9	#12	–
50	Talking Heads44 charting songs	576	11	#14	–
51	Bad Religion22 charting songs	568	10	#36	–
52	Blondie32 charting songs	532	11	#6	–
53	INXS42 charting songs	530	11	#18	–
54	Rancid19 charting songs	516	11	#44	–
55	Morrissey41 charting songs	507	7	#12	–
56	Live24 charting songs	491	11	#31	–
57	Echo and the Bunnymen28 charting songs	480	13	#9	–
58	The Strokes28 charting songs	462	9	#30	–
59	Siouxsie and the Banshees40 charting songs	461	10	#6	–
60	Devo30 charting songs	460	12	#25	–
61	The White Stripes30 charting songs	448	7	#23	–
62	The Killers41 charting songs	444	6	#13	–
63	Cake33 charting songs	432	10	#46	–
64	The Psychedelic Furs25 charting songs	398	9	#26	–
65	The Pixies46 charting songs	397	12	#26	–
66	Hole16 charting songs	395	10	#24	–
67	Erasure30 charting songs	390	6	#7	–
68	Elvis Costello & the Attractions45 charting songs	387	7	#12	–
69	Tori Amos37 charting songs	381	6	#20	–
70	Jimmy Eat World23 charting songs	360	9	#38	–
71	Limp Bizkit23 charting songs	356	7	#14	–
72	Billy Idol28 charting songs	355	11	#45	–
73	Pet Shop Boys22 charting songs	353	6	#14	–
74	The Cult26 charting songs	352	11	#38	–
75	Peter Gabriel42 charting songs	347	8	#30	–
76	Pennywise19 charting songs	337	7	#31	–
77	The Pretenders42 charting songs	327	8	#29	–
78	Alanis Morissette15 charting songs	325	6	#30	–
79	The English Beat13 charting songs	324	7	#21	–
80	AFI23 charting songs	324	6	#25	–
81	Third Eye Blind18 charting songs	311	7	#34	–
82	Tears for Fears24 charting songs	303	7	#32	–
83	The Smiths/Morrissey0 charting songs	289	4	#23	–
84	10,000 Maniacs24 charting songs	281	5	#36	–
85	Muse46 charting songs	279	5	#22	–
86	X28 charting songs	277	10	#63	–
87	Blur30 charting songs	274	9	#52	–
88	Björk20 charting songs	272	6	#51	–
89	Roxy Music23 charting songs	267	5	#29	–
90	The Cranberries16 charting songs	266	7	#53	–
91	Marilyn Manson26 charting songs	265	7	#49	–
92	Queens of the Stone Age30 charting songs	261	6	#38	–
93	The Replacements45 charting songs	260	6	#18	–
94	XTC35 charting songs	259	5	#24	–
95	Staind30 charting songs	253	5	#19	–
96	My Chemical Romance20 charting songs	250	5	#32	–
97	Jack Johnson35 charting songs	250	4	#37	–
98	Gorillaz31 charting songs	245	5	#35	–
99	Everclear24 charting songs	243	8	#30	–
100	Fatboy Slim15 charting songs	243	7	#42	–

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