Top 5 Musical Acts for Every Decade

The top 5 musical acts for every decade from the 1950s to the 2010s.

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Decade	Clue	Musical Act
1950s	Died in a plane crash in 1959	Buddy Holly
1950s	The king of rock	Elvis Presley
1950s	One of history's most influential jazz artists	Miles Davis
1950s	Blind pianist	Ray Charles
1950s	Pianist known for his soul and rhythm and blues music	Little Richard
1960s	Rock band originating from Liverpool	The Beatles
1960s	One of the best London-based rock and roll bands of all time	The Rolling Stones
1960s	The greatest guitarist to have ever lived	Jimi Hendrix
1960s	Commonly wrote songs with acoustic guitar and harmonica	Bob Dylan
1960s	One of the founders of surf rock	The Beach Boys
1970s	Was murdered by his father	Marvin Gaye
1970s	Released one of the most important psychedelic albums of all time	Pink Floyd
1970s	Very heavy floating aircraft	Led Zeppelin
1970s	Acts in the movie "Labyrinth"	David Bowie
1970s	Pianist who joined Motown at age of 11	Stevie Wonder
1980s	Famously hails from Astbury Park, New Jersey	Bruce Springsteen
1980s	Female artist who sings mainstream pop music	Madonna
1980s	Changed from black to white	Michael Jackson
1980s	Recorded odd music videos, one of which including him emerging from a bath	Prince
1980s	Law enforcement officers	The Police
1990s	Lead singer shot himself in his garage	Nirvana
1990s	One of the two artists who fought to be kings of BritPop	Oasis
1990s	Had an intense rivalry with 2Pac	Biggie Smalls
1990s	Famous album cover featuring swimming pool on fire	Red Hot Chili Peppers
1990s	English band that pioneered electronica rock	Radiohead
2000s	Many album covers feature a bear	Kanye West
2000s	Chris Martin is the lead singer	Coldplay
2000s	Used to be a drug dealer in Brooklyn	Jay-Z
2000s	Rap duet from Atlanta, Georgia	OutKast
2000s	Left pop trio "Destiny's Child"	Beyonce
2010s	Rapper with the nickname "K-Dot"	Kendrick Lamar
2010s	Names albums after mathematic functions	Ed Sheeran
2010s	Famous Toronto-based rapper	Drake
2010s	A tornado flew around his room	Frank Ocean
2010s	Performed at halftime of SuperBowl 50	Bruno Mars