Top 100 Greatest Musicians in History

This list contains what I believe are the top one hundred greatest musicians in history. Artists on this list span many genres such as jazz, rock, soul, classical, and so on. If you disagree with one of the artists on this list, I'll either replace it or tell you why I think they belong on the list. I hope you enjoy!

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Genre	Answer
Hard Rock	AC/DC
Jazz	Louis Armstrong
Classical	Johann Sebastian Bach
Jazz	Count Basie
Rock	The Beach Boys
Rock	The Beatles
Classical	Ludwig van Beethoven
Calypso	Harry Belafonte
Folk	Lead Belly
Traditional Pop	Irving Berlin
Rock and Roll	Chuck Berry
Classical	Hildegard von Bingen
Metal	Black Sabbath
Rock	David Bowie
Classical	Johannes Brahms
Soul	James Brown
Avant-Garde	John Cage
Country	Johnny Cash
Soul	Ray Charles
Classical	Frederic Chopin
Punk	The Clash
Folk	Leonard Cohen
Traditional Pop	Nat King Cole
Fusion	John Coltrane
Soul	Sam Cooke
Electronic	Daft Punk
Fusion	Miles Davis
Classical	Claude Debussy
Blues	Willie Dixon
Rock	The Doors
Rap	Dr. Dre
Folk	Bob Dylan
Jazz	Duke Ellington
Rock	The Eagles
Jazz	Ella Fitzgerald
Rock	Fleetwood Mac
Soul	Aretha Franklin
Soul	Marvin Gaye
Broadway	George Gershwin
Classical	Don Carlo Gesualdo
Rock	The Grateful Dead
Folk	Woody Guthrie
Classical	George Frideric Handel
Classical	Joseph Haydn
Rock	Jimi Hendrix
Jazz	Billie Holiday
Rock and Roll	Buddy Holly
Pop	Michael Jackson
Rock	Billy Joel
Rock	Elton John

Genre	Answer
Blues	Robert Johnson
Rock	Janis Joplin
Ragtime	Scott Joplin
Blues	Nina Simone
Electronic	Kraftwerk
Afrobeat	Fela Kuti
Rock	Led Zeppelin
Opera	Jenny Lind
Classical	Franz Liszt
Rock	John Lennon
Classical	Gustav Mahler
Reggae	Bob Marley
Metal	Metallica
Classical	Felix Mendelssohn
Folk	Joni Mitchell
Classical	Claudio Monteverdi
Classical	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Grunge	Nirvana
Classical	Niccolo Paganini
Classical	Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Opera	Luciano Pavarotti
Progressive Rock	Pink Floyd
Rock and Roll	Elvis Presley
Pop	Prince
Rock	Queen
Country	Jimmie Rodgers
Rock	The Rolling Stones
Progressive Rock	Rush
Latin Rock	Santana
Classical	Franz Schubert
Rap	Tupac Shakur
Indian Classical	Ravi Shankar
Folk	Simon & Garfunkel
Blues	Bessie Smith
Traditional Pop	Frank Sinatra
Rock	Bruce Springsteen
Classical	Igor Stravinsky
Classical	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Rock	Tina Turner
Rock	U2
Electronic	Edgard Varese
Classical	Giuseppe Verdi
Classical	Antonio Vivaldi
Classical	Richard Wagner
Blues	Muddy Waters
Rock	The Who
Country	Hank Williams
Film Scores	John Williams
R&B	Stevie Wonder
Progressive Rock	Yes