Most listened to artist


If you had to guess, which 10 artists have you listened to the most in your lifetime?

Meaning every time you've selected a particular artist's 8-Track, Cassette, LP and CD at home, in your car, at a party, at the beach, wherever.

Mine, in no particular order, would be: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Kinks, XTC, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush, King Crimson, David Bowie, Brand X.

bzawa

To  all Bach i must add the 8th book of madrigals by Monteverdi ...Schutz Geistliche chor music ...Vivaldi...

I listened each one of these 4 composers 1,000 times at least ( counted it for Monteverdi)  for 60 years...

Only one "popular" singer i listened as much , it was Léo Ferré three albums dedicated only to poetry by Baudelaire, Rimbaud and Verlaine ...

I’m really late to this party, but I have enjoyed reading almost every post and have found several groups I had never heard of. Being over 65, my list mirrors a lot of what has already been posted, but I can add to the list.

Rare Earth

CCR

Steppenwolf

Herb Alpert

Ornet Coleman

BB King

Simon & Garfunkel 

CSN & sometimes Y

The Yellowjackets

Glen Miller 

Mannheim Steamroller 

Jean-Pierre Rampal

Hi Here's the list of artists who received at least 4 votes (the leader was Pink Floyd with 18 votes). The list goes, in order, from highest to lowest votes received.

Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones,

Dire Straights/Knopfler, Steely Dan, The Greatull Dead, Miles Davis, Yes, 

Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, The Who, David Bowie, The Eagles, John Coltrane,

Allman Brothers, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac/Nicks, The Band,

King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Tom Petty, Keith Jarrett,

The Cure, U2, Bruce Springsteen, J. S. Bach, Mahavishnu Orchestra/J. Mclaughlin,

The Clash, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck, CSNY, Genesis, VanHalen, Bill Evans, Bob Marley,

Natalie Merchant/10,000, Frank Zappa, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clapton/Cream/Derek

No need to list a dozen music acts if you carefully break it down. It’s a toss-up for me between Led Zeppelin or Van Halen if you also consider FM radio. Would be impossible to accurately(for me) list ten artists

@bzawa 

I’m surprised Clapton/Cream/Derek earned the fewest votes but then again, I’m equally surprised Talking Heads and the Dead made it into the top 10. 

@dayglow 

I’m assuming we’re all just estimating, here. I doubt anyone actually keeps track.