Rolling Stone Mag Top 10 Singers of All-Time (ZERO Rock Vocalists *eyeball roll*)

Beyoncé in the top ten is ridiculous. She's not my cup of tea but I won't argue that she's a great entertainer and a star. But she isn't a great singer by any measure. Good, sure, great, not a chance.

I always find it funny when people get mad about something completely arbitrary like who is the best singer.

no Roy Orbison?

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I do not have an issue with that.

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Really?

This was their stated methodology:

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keep in mind that this is the Greatest Singers list, not the Greatest Voices List.

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That distinction alone should have ensured there were several rock voices on the list. I would say it would have disqualified Mariah Carey.

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In all cases, what mattered most to us was originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy. A voice can be gorgeous like Mariah Carey’s, rugged like Toots Hibbert’s, understated like Willie Nelson’s, slippery and sumptuous like D’Angelo’s, or bracing like Bob Dylan’s. But in the end, the singers behind it are here for one reason: They can remake the world just by opening their mouths.

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It's hard to put almost anyone ahead of Lennon (12) and or McCartney if that's the standard. The idea that Beyonce, Carey or Cooke would be ahead of them is ludicrous.

Let's just be honest about what this list is: woke for the sake of woke.

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So, no Frank Sinatra...?

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Given Sinatra's "Privilege" (#19), he somehow eked his way into Rolling Stone's Top 20, edging out Minnie Ripperton and some old dude who hangs outside the downtown 7-11 parking lot.

However he did NOT rank ahead of Celia Cruz (WHO??) at #18, warbling great, Bob Dylan (#15) , Freddy Mercury (#14), or John Lennon (#12)

This list was obviously slapped together by Rolling Stone's drunken Dept of Woke Equality-Diversity-Inclusion warriors.

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no Roy Orbison?

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Not until #71.

Orbison's legendary pipes was ranked waaaay behind Kurt Cobain....and left in the dust by Rock Legends, Miriam Makeba, Youssou N’Dour, and Umm Kulthum.

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Rolling Stone is a political magazine that pretends to cover rock and roll music. They do absolutely everything poorly, but nothing more so than their best lists.

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Since Matt Tiabbi left (he IS 100% gone, right?) its all beyond unhinged politically.

RS has seemed to revel in the absurdity of their "Best" lists, don't they? This one is obviously....nothing but race-baiting political dreck to the nth degree.

I can easily see RS's batsh*t panel needing oxygen as a result of laughing hysterically during the process.

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Interesting list began to lose credibility then I remembered that Rolling Stone has no credibility to begin with, really back to the 1990s or before.

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At least since the 70's when they said Led Zeppelin sucked

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I don't agree with this at all.

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originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth

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I mean, even Beatles haters almost have to just objectively agree on their titanic statue in those 4 areas.

In what world did Mariah Carey have more "originality" than the Beatles? And please, tell me more about the "breadth" of Carey's catalogue. Lennon and McCartney basically span genres (folk, pop, rock, metal, modern art, country, blues, etc.)