Statistics for Artists in Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List

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Artists will appear below alphabetically:	% Correct
The Beatles	95%
The Rolling Stones	90%
Michael Jackson	89%
Elton John	87%
Nirvana	83%
Bob Dylan	82%
John Lennon	81%
Elvis Presley	80%
Queen	79%
AC/DC	78%
Led Zeppelin	78%
Madonna	78%
Aretha Franklin	77%
David Bowie	75%
Paul McCartney	75%
U2	75%
The Beach Boys	74%
Prince	73%
Aerosmith	72%
Pink Floyd	72%
The Who	72%
Marvin Gaye	70%
ABBA	69%
Al Green	69%
Bruce Springsteen	69%
George Harrison	67%
Metallica	67%
The Carpenters	67%
The Clash	67%
The Doors	67%
The Eagles	67%
Eric Clapton	65%
Guns N Roses	65%
James Brown	65%
Simon and Garfunkel	65%
Stevie Wonder	65%
Chuck Berry	64%
Eminem	64%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	63%
Patti Smith	62%
The Sex Pistols	62%
Black Sabbath	61%
Fleetwood Mac	61%
Janis Joplin	61%
Jay-Z	61%
Neil Young	61%
The Police	61%
B.B. King	60%
Beyonce	60%
Billy Joel	59%
The Kinks	59%
Ben E. King	58%
Cream	58%
Tina Turner	58%
Jam	57%
Ramones	57%
Ray Charles	57%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	56%
Otis Redding	56%
The Supremes	56%
Bee Gees	54%
Jerry Lee Lewis	54%
Little Richard	54%
Tupac	54%
Rick James	53%
The Temptations	53%
Van Morrison	53%
Bob Marley and the Wailers	52%
R.E.M.	52%
Roy Orbison	51%
Buddy Holly and the Crickets	50%
Sam Cooke	50%
Green Day	49%
Ike and Tina Turner	49%
The Velvet Underground	49%
The Jackson Five	48%
Blondie	47%
Hank Williams	47%
Radiohead	47%
Beastie Boys	46%
Big Joe Turner	46%
Dolly Parton	46%
George Jones	46%
James Taylor	46%
Joni Mitchell	46%
Run D.M.C.	46%
The Animals	46%
Weezer	46%
Buffalo Springfield	45%
The Byrds	45%
The Four Tops	45%
Deep Purple	44%
Dion	44%
Lynyrd Skynyrd	44%
Rod Stewart	44%
The Band	44%
Chic	43%
Elvis Costello	42%
Muddy Waters	42%
The Allman Brothers	42%
Dusty Springfield	41%
The Everly Brothers	41%
Cher	40%
Coldplay	40%
Crosby Stills and Nash	40%
Jefferson Airplane	40%
Public Enemy	40%
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	40%
Sonnie and Cher	40%
The Cure	40%
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	40%
Willie Nelson	40%
Dr. Dre	39%
Fats Domino	38%
N.W.A.	38%
Donna Summer	37%
Sly and the Family Stone	37%
The Smiths	37%
The Spencer Davis Group	37%
Jackie Wilson	36%
Reed	36%
The Mamas and the Papas	36%
Alice Cooper	35%
Earth Wind and Fire	35%
Notorious BIG	35%
The Ronettes	35%
The Righteous Brothers	34%
Rihanna	33%
Amy Winehouse	32%
Bo Diddley	31%
Depeche Mode	31%
Iggy Pop	31%
The Zombies	31%
Beck	30%
Richie Valens	29%
The Stooges	29%
Carl Perkins	28%
Gladys Knight and the Pips	28%
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	28%
Justin Timberlake	28%
The Drifters	28%
The Shirelles	28%
The White Stripes	28%
Derek and the Dominos	27%
Eddie Cochran	27%
Johnny Cash	26%
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas	26%
Patsy Cline	26%
Foreigner	25%
Love	25%
The Isley Brothers	25%
Bill Withers	24%
Dionne Warwick	24%
Jackson Browne	24%
Kanye West	23%
Outkast	23%
Them	23%
Wilson Pickett	23%
50 Cent	22%
Chubby Checker	22%
Gloria Gaynor	22%
Joy Division	22%
Parliament	22%
Percy Sledge	22%
The B-52's	22%
The Pixies	21%
Bill Haley and the Comets	20%
Bonnie Raitt	20%
Jeff Buckley	20%
New Order	20%
The Platters	20%
Bobby Darin	19%
Cheap Trick	19%
Sam and Dave	19%
Steppenwolf	19%
The Blue Oyster Cult	19%
Daft Punk	18%
Don Henley	18%
Jimmy Cliff	18%
R. Kelly	18%
The Impressions	18%
Howlin' Wolf	17%
John Lee Hooker	17%
The Kingsmen	17%
The Strokes	17%
Booker T and the MG's	16%
Kelly Clarkson	16%
LaVern Baker	16%
Randy Newman	16%
Roberta Flack	16%
The Coasters	16%
Lovin' Spoonful	15%
Patti LaBelle	15%
Procol Harum	15%
Sinead O'Connor	15%
Solomon Burke	15%
The Shangri-Las	15%
The Sugarhill Gang	15%
The Troggs	15%
Tracy Chapman	14%
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	13%
Franz Ferdinand	13%
Glen Campbell	13%
Gnarls Barkley	13%
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five	13%
Missy Elliott	13%
The Verve Pipe	13%
Young Rascals	13%
New York Dolls	12%
Television	12%
The Crystals	12%
The Flamingos	12%
The Staple Singers	12%
Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps	11%
M.I.A.	11%
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	11%
Del Shannon	10%
Salt N Pepa	10%
Archie Bell and the Drells	9%
Big Brother and the Holding Company	9%
John Cougar Mellenkamp	9%
Aaron Neville	8%
Little Eva	8%
MGMT	8%
Norman Greenbaum	8%
The Five Satins	8%
Bobbie Gentry	7%
Eric B. & Rakim	7%
Mott the Hopple	7%
Pavement	7%
The Box Tops	7%
Big Star	6%
The Dixie Cups	6%
Afrika Bambaataa	5%
Barret Strong	5%
Screamin' Joe Hawkins	5%
The Dell-Vikings	5%
The Penguins	5%
Toots and Maytals	5%
Jerry Butler	4%
Question Mark and the Mysterians	4%
The Bobby Fuller Four	4%
The Left Banke	4%
The Modern Lovers	4%
The Chantles	3%
The Five Stairsteps	3%
U.G.K.	2%