[Shaun]

billy you didn't put Diana

[Smithy]

He hates her now, haven't you heard :O

[Stu]

Are some of you really naming your most bestest artists or every single one that comes to your head who you actually listen to?

Because list threads are really boring. The artists in my list are there because IMO they stand head and shoulders above all the other ones I listen to and I would take that damn music to the grave to enhance my afterlife.

[BB_Eye]

Well... with that thought... I'll try and keep mine fairly succinct.
No promises though.

Non-classical/Pop
Sonic Youth
Radiohead
Beach Boys
The Velvet Underground
Autechre
Popol Vuh
J. Dilla
Susumu Yokota
Primal Scream
Pulp
Miles Davis
Ornette Coleman

Classical (my top 6 are in bold)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
Franz Schubert
Richard Wagner
Gustav Mahler
Johannes Brahms
Richard Strauss
Guiseppe Verdi
Anton Bruckner
Josquin des Prez
Carlo Gesualdo

[Princess]

Another go at this

Take That
Mark Owen
Gary Barlow
Christina Aguilera
Snow Patrol
Michelle Branch
Erin McCarley
Kelly Clarkson
Backstreet Boys
Hear'say
S Club
Spice Girls
The Beatles
The Fray
OneRepublic
The Killers
The Script
Queen
ABBA
Beyonce
Stacie Orrico
Bon Jovi
Coldplay
Jessica Simpson
Keane
Leona Lewis
Delta Goodrem
Jem

All artists who I have multiple albums(or one VERY good one) of on my 'favourite album' shelf.

[Billy]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are some of you really naming your most bestest artists or every single one that comes to your head who you actually listen to?

Because list threads are really boring. The artists in my list are there because IMO they stand head and shoulders above all the other ones I listen to and I would take that damn music to the grave to enhance my afterlife.

Nope, I went through my itunes and chose my favourite artists from there

Shaun, let's not even go there urgh

[xDramatick]

I don't think I ever did this:

Christina Aguilera.
Lady GaGa.
Sam Sparro.
Adam Lambert.
Diana Vickers.
Green Day.
Evanescence.
Porcelain & The Tramps.
Mr Hudson.
Pixie Lott.
Patrick Wolf.
Demi Lovato.
Ashlee Simpson.
P!nk.
David Bowie.
Semi Precious Weapons.
IAMX.
Portishead.

[Callum]

Originally Posted by Princess

Another go at this

Take That
Mark Owen
Gary Barlow
Christina Aguilera
Snow Patrol
Michelle Branch
Erin McCarley
Kelly Clarkson
Backstreet Boys
Hear'say
S Club
Spice Girls
The Beatles
The Fray
OneRepublic
The Killers
The Script
Queen
ABBA
Beyonce
Stacie Orrico
Bon Jovi
Coldplay
Jessica Simpson
Keane
Leona Lewis
Delta Goodrem
Jem

All artists who I have multiple albums(or one VERY good one) of on my 'favourite album' shelf.

No Glee?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Callum

No Glee?

The fact they aren't artists, but a bunch of glorified and average karaoke singers, doesn't really help.

[Twilight]

Originally Posted by Shaun

The fact they aren't artists, but a bunch of glorified and average karaoke singers, doesn't really help.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Shaun

The fact they aren't artists, but a bunch of glorified and average karaoke singers, doesn't really help.

Bar Lea Michelle

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Bar Lea Michelle

No, she's glorified and average.

[MrGaryy]

Originally Posted by Shaun

The fact they aren't artists, but a bunch of glorified and average karaoke singers, doesn't really help.

Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Amber Riley are way more than average karaoke singers, anyone can see that.

[Shaun]

They're good voices. Oh well blow me down, have a record deal and millions of dollars - you really deserve it.

Do they ****. They aren't artistic, creative or talented. There are 5000 people applying on the X Factor every year who can do what they do.

[MrGaryy]

You know I'm not the show's biggest fan but I just don't understand how you can say they aren't talented. They're clearly very talented singers and actors.

[Shaun]

Acting has nothing to do with the music side of it - and they aren't VERY talented singers at all. They're always autotuned to oblivion, and they're singing songs that aren't even ****ing theirs. I consider a VERY talented singer to be someone like Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey - and even then I don't really care for (the latter two of) them because, musically, they're bland. I don't buy into the notion that belting a song at 450 decibels makes it more emotive or powerful - take "I Will Always Love You" for example - Whitney's moves me about as much as Kerry Katona's tears. Dolly however has a 'weaker' voice but is tonnes more personal and emotive, and the fact she wrote it means she is the better artist, no question about it.

I stand by the point that these actresses/singers/dancers/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-nones do not deserve the fame and success they are enjoying. There are countless who can do what they can do.