| # | Musician/Band | Genre(s) | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beatles | Pop Rock | 93%
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| 12 | Elvis Presley | Rock & Roll, Rockabilly | 83%
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| 29 | Michael Jackson | Pop Rock, Disco, Dance Pop | 80%
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| 18 | Nirvana | Grunge | 80%
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| 3 | The Rolling Stones | Blues Rock, Pop Rock | 80%
|
| 2 | Bob Dylan | Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 75%
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| 83 | Elton John | Piano Rock, Pop Rock | 74%
|
| 85 | Queen | Hard Rock, Pop Rock | 73%
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| 77 | Metallica | Metal | 72%
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| 4 | David Bowie | Art Rock, Glam Rock | 67%
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| 73 | AC/DC | Hard Rock | 65%
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| 104 | Eminem | Hardcore Hip Hop, Pop Rap | 65%
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| 8 | Led Zeppelin | Hard Rock, Blues Rock | 65%
|
| 27 | Bob Marley and The Wailers | Reggae | 63%
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| 22 | Pink Floyd | Progressive Rock, Art Rock | 63%
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| 171 | Janet Jackson | R&B, Dance Pop | 61%
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| 90 | Black Sabbath | Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | 60%
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| 26 | Madonna | Dance Pop | 60%
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| 34 | Aretha Franklin | Soul | 59%
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| 99 | Al Green | Soul | 57%
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| 36 | Jay-Z | East Coast Hip Hop | 57%
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| 59 | Oasis | Britpop, Pop Rock | 57%
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| 19 | The Clash | Punk Rock | 56%
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| 10 | The Beach Boys | Pop Rock, Baroque Pop | 55%
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| 14 | The Who | Hard Rock, Mod | 55%
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| 15 | U2 | Pop Rock, Alternative Rock | 55%
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| 86 | Sex Pistols | Punk Rock | 54%
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| 20 | Jimi Hendrix | Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock | 53%
|
| 48 | John Lennon | Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 52%
|
| 24 | Stevie Wonder | Funk, Soul | 52%
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| 70 | Beyoncé | R&B, Pop | 51%
|
| 5 | Bruce Springsteen | Heartland Rock | 51%
|
| 96 | Guns N' Roses | Hard Rock | 51%
|
| 148 | Green Day | Pop Punk | 50%
|
| 56 | Johnny Cash | Country, Americana | 50%
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| 9 | Prince | Pop Rock, Funk Rock | 50%
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| 49 | The Doors | Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock | 50%
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| 6 | Radiohead | Art Rock, Alternative Rock | 49%
|
| 21 | Marvin Gaye | Soul | 48%
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| 94 | Patti Smith | Proto-Punk, Singer/Songwriter | 48%
|
| 135 | Aerosmith | Hard Rock | 47%
|
| 13 | Kanye West | Hip Hop, Pop Rap | 47%
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| 16 | Miles Davis | Jazz | 47%
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| 68 | Chuck Berry | Rock & Roll | 46%
|
| 102 | Nick Drake | Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 46%
|
| 67 | Frank Sinatra | Vocal Jazz | 45%
|
| 112 | Pearl Jam | Grunge | 45%
|
| 184 | The Notorious B.I.G | Gangsta Rap, East Coast Hip Hop | 45%
|
| 80 | The Police | New Wave, Pop Rock | 45%
|
| 125 | Eagles | Country Rock, Pop Rock | 44%
|
| 138 | Elliot Smith | Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 44%
|
| 161 | Paul McCartney | Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 44%
|
| 41 | The Kinks | Pop Rock, Mod | 44%
|
| 113 | Drake | R&B, Pop Rap, Trap | 43%
|
| 164 | Dr. Dre | Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop | 43%
|
| 106 | Paul Simon | Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 43%
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| 60 | Fleetwood Mac | Pop Rock, Soft Rock | 42%
|
| 195 | Foo Fighters | Post-Grunge | 42%
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| 111 | Louis Armstrong | Vocal Jazz | 42%
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| 7 | Neil Young | Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 42%
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| 141 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Alternative Rock, Funk Rock, Pop Rock | 42%
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| 47 | The Cure | Gothic Rock, Post-Punk | 42%
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| 51 | Blur | Britpop, Alternative Rock | 41%
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| 65 | Daft Punk | Electronic, House | 41%
|
| 79 | Ramones | Punk Rock | 41%
|
| 173 | Rihanna | R&B, Dance Pop, Pop Rap | 39%
|
| 66 | Simon and Garfunkel | Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 39%
|
| 101 | The Jam | New Wave, Punk Rock | 39%
|
| 37 | James Brown | Funk, Soul | 38%
|
| 88 | Ray Charles | R&B, Soul | 38%
|
| 11 | R.E.M | Jangle Pop, Alternative Rock | 38%
|
| 159 | Janis Joplin | Blues Rock | 37%
|
| 190 | Van Halen | Hard Rock | 37%
|
| 117 | Depeche Mode | Synthpop | 36%
|
| 44 | Beastie Boys | Hip Hop, Rap Rock | 35%
|
| 133 | Coldplay | Britpop, Pop Rock | 35%
|
| 28 | The Smiths | Jangle Pop, Post-Punk | 34%
|
| 146 | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | Rockabilly, Rock & Roll | 33%
|
| 61 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Country Rock, Folk Rock | 33%
|
| 32 | Kendrick Lamar | West Coast Hip Hop | 32%
|
| 17 | The Velvet Underground | Pop Rock, Art Rock | 32%
|
| 154 | Cream | Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock | 31%
|
| 153 | Tom Petty | Heartland Rock, Pop Rock | 31%
|
| 108 | Blondie | New Wave, Pop Rock | 30%
|
| 152 | Deep Purple | Hard Rock | 30%
|
| 45 | Joni Mitchell | Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 30%
|
| 180 | Rod Stewart | Soft Rock, Pop Rock | 30%
|
| 149 | Run-D.M.C | Hardcore Hip Hop | 30%
|
| 72 | Joy Division | Post-Punk | 29%
|
| 31 | Talking Heads | New Wave, Post-Punk | 29%
|
| 177 | The Supremes | Pop Soul, Motown | 29%
|
| 142 | Little Richard | Rock & Roll, R&B | 27%
|
| 75 | Otis Redding | Soul | 27%
|
| 64 | Outkast | Southern Hip Hop | 27%
|
| 130 | Sam Cooke | Soul | 27%
|
| 147 | The Temptations | Psychedelic Soul | 27%
|
| 30 | Van Morrison | Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 27%
|
| 92 | Arctic Monkeys | Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock | 26%
|
| 185 | Hank Williams | Country | 26%
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| 55 | Lou Reed | Art Rock, Glam Rock | 26%
|
| 160 | Nine Inch Nails | Industrial Rock, Alternative Rock | 26%
|
| 39 | John Coltrane | Jazz | 25%
|
| 172 | Ella Fitzgerald | Vocal Jazz | 24%
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| 136 | Lana Del Ray | Art Pop, Chamber Pop | 24%
|
| 76 | New Order | New Wave, Electronic Dance | 24%
|
| 42 | Public Enemy | Hardcore Hip Hop | 24%
|
| 107 | The Strokes | Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock | 24%
|
| 23 | Elvis Costello | Pop Rock, New Wave | 22%
|
| 91 | Kate Bush | Art Pop | 22%
|
| 100 | Funkadelic/Parliament | Funk Rock | 21%
|
| 186 | King Crimson | Art Rock, Progressive Rock | 21%
|
| 52 | Kraftwerk | Electronic, Synthpop | 21%
|
| 123 | Peter Gabriel | Pop Rock, Art Rock | 21%
|
| 115 | Pulp | Britpop, Art Rock | 20%
|
| 151 | T. Rex | Glam Rock | 20%
|
| 35 | Björk | Art Pop, Electronic | 19%
|
| 119 | Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention | Experimental Rock, Art Rock | 19%
|
| 134 | Grateful Dead | Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock | 19%
|
| 53 | Leonard Cohen | Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 19%
|
| 145 | Missy Elliott | Pop Rap, Hip Hop | 19%
|
| 54 | Pixies | Indie Rock, Alternative Rock | 19%
|
| 89 | Steely Dan | Jazz Rock, Yacht Rock | 19%
|
| 63 | The Band | Roots Rock, Folk Rock | 19%
|
| 43 | The Byrds | Pop Rock, Folk Rock | 19%
|
| 62 | Duke Ellington | Jazz, Big Band | 18%
|
| 120 | Smashing Pumpkins | Alternative Rock | 18%
|
| 167 | Weezer | Power Pop, Alternative Rock | 18%
|
| 116 | A Tribe Called Quest | Jazz Rap | 17%
|
| 131 | Billie Holiday | Vocal Jazz | 17%
|
| 199 | Jefferson Airplane | Psychedelic Rock | 17%
|
| 170 | Muddy Waters | Blues | 17%
|
| 110 | My Bloody Valentine | Shoegaze | 17%
|
| 78 | The White Stripes | Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival | 17%
|
| 87 | Massive Attack | Trip Hop | 16%
|
| 118 | Pet Shop Boys | Synthpop, Dance Pop | 16%
|
| 58 | Roxy Music | Art Rock, Glam Rock | 16%
|
| 98 | Sufjan Stevens | Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 16%
|
| 81 | The Stooges | Garage Rock, Hard Rock | 16%
|
| 178 | Pretenders | New Wave, Pop Rock | 15%
|
| 121 | Thelonious Monk | Jazz, Bebop | 15%
|
| 46 | Beck | Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 14%
|
| 155 | Can | Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock | 14%
|
| 69 | Frank Ocean | R&B, Pop Rap | 14%
|
| 95 | Portishead | Trip Hop | 14%
|
| 57 | Sonic Youth | Alternative Rock, Noise Rock | 14%
|
| 38 | Tom Waits | Singer/Songwriter | 14%
|
| 182 | Dusty Springfield | Pop Soul | 13%
|
| 71 | Sly and The Family Stone | Funk, Soul | 13%
|
| 33 | Arcade Fire | Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival | 12%
|
| 196 | Fiona Apple | Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 12%
|
| 50 | LCD Soundsystem | Dance Punk, Alternative Dance | 12%
|
| 176 | Queens of The Stone Age | Alternative Rock, Stoner Rock | 12%
|
| 144 | Tame Impala | Psychedelic Pop | 12%
|
| 166 | The Stone Roses | Jangle Pop, Indie Rock | 12%
|
| 139 | Aphex Twin | Ambient, IDM | 11%
|
| 126 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Folk Rock | 11%
|
| 25 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 11%
|
| 158 | The Specials | Two-Tone (Ska/Punk Rock) | 11%
|
| 82 | Brian Eno | Art Rock, Ambient | 9%
|
| 93 | Charles Mingus | Jazz | 9%
|
| 193 | Charlie Parker | Jazz | 9%
|
| 143 | Curtis Mayfield | Funk, Soul | 9%
|
| 163 | De La Soul | East Coast Hip Hop | 9%
|
| 40 | PJ Harvey | Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 9%
|
| 181 | Television | Art Punk | 9%
|
| 194 | Jeff Buckley | Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter | 8%
|
| 97 | Pavement | Indie Rock | 8%
|
| 74 | Wilco | Alternative Country, Alternative Rock | 8%
|
| 192 | D'Angelo | Neo-Soul | 7%
|
| 198 | Love | Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock | 7%
|
| 109 | The Flaming Lips | Indie Rock, Psychedelic Pop | 7%
|
| 168 | The Replacements | Power Pop, Alternative Rock | 7%
|
| 157 | Big Star | Power Pop | 6%
|
| 191 | Herbie Hancock | Jazz | 6%
|
| 114 | M.I.A | UK Hip Hop, Dance Pop | 6%
|
| 174 | St. Vincent | Art Pop, Indie Pop | 6%
|
| 103 | Bon Iver | Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 5%
|
| 183 | XTC | New Wave, Pop Rock | 5%
|
| 132 | Belle and Sebastian | Chamber Pop, Indie Pop | 4%
|
| 175 | Grimes | Synthpop | 4%
|
| 129 | Hüsker Dü | Hardcore Punk, Alternative Rock | 4%
|
| 156 | Ornette Coleman | Jazz | 4%
|
| 140 | Robyn | House, Electropop, Dance | 4%
|
| 165 | Sigur Rós | Post-Rock | 4%
|
| 84 | Vampire Weekend | Indie Pop/Rock | 4%
|
| 187 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock | 4%
|
| 127 | Animal Collective | Psychedelic Pop | 3%
|
| 128 | Captain Beefheart | Art Rock, Experimental Rock | 3%
|
| 189 | FKA Twigs | R&B, Art Pop | 3%
|
| 124 | Randy Newman | Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter | 3%
|
| 162 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Post-Punk, Noise Pop | 3%
|
| 105 | The National | Post-Punk Revival | 3%
|
| 122 | Primal Scream | Alternative Dance, Psychedelic | 2%
|
| 150 | Serge Gainsbourg | Baroque Pop, French Pop | 2%
|
| 197 | Solange | R&B, Neo-soul | 2%
|
| 137 | The Chemical Brothers | Electronic, Psychedelic, House | 2%
|
| 200 | TV on the Radio | Art Rock, Indie Rock | 2%
|
| 188 | Angel Olsen | Folk, Singer/Songwriter | 1%
|
| 169 | Sleater-Kinney | Indie Rock, Punk Rock | 1%
|
| 179 | Spoon | Indie Rock | 0%
|