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It's interesting to compare them to our crowd-sourced top 100 bands of all time on Gnoosic: https://www.gnoosic.com/top https://www.gnoosic.com/top Most strik

by mg 6y ago

It's interesting to compare them to our crowd-sourced top 100 bands of all time on Gnoosic: https://www.gnoosic.com/top https://www.gnoosic.com/top Most striking differences I can spot: The Beach Boys: While they are #2 on the Rolling Stone's list, they are not on our list at all. Linkin Park: While at #11 on Gnoosic, they are not on the Rolling Stone's list.

dbspin 6y ago
Rolling Stone's list, for all it's flaws, is a comparison of albums not artists. A meaningful comparison of artists isn't possible in the broad sense. It's literally a popularity contest. Stop pimping your website.
CydeWeys 6y ago
What's the methodology on this list? In my opinion, the first 9 are fine enough, and then it starts going off the rails at #10, heavily favoring modern bands in the current era of music streaming. E.g. Lynyrd Skynyrd isn't even on that list, and Twenty One Pilots ranks significantly higher than Jimi Hendrix?!?!
- mg 6y ago
  It is sorted by the number of people who named the artist as one of their favorites. I also would have expected Jimi Hendrix to be more popular then the Twenty One Pilots. But looking at Google Trends seems to confirm that the Twenty One Pilots have been on top over the last years: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=twenty%20one%20pilots,jimi%20hendrix https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=twenty%2...
InitialLastName 6y ago
Those two differences are a pretty harsh judgement on the wisdom of the crowd (or they should tell you you aren't using an especially culturally diverse crowd). More sympathetically, Album vs Band seems like a confounding factor... the Beach Boys released some astonishing albums, but their overall standing as a band has to also consider the drivel they released. OTOH, Linkin Park are enormously popular as a band, but (in my memory as an alt-rock obsessed teenager in the 00's) none of their albums really broke the surface (relative to the ludicrous levels of play their singles got).

by mg 6y ago

dbspin 6y ago

Rolling Stone's list, for all it's flaws, is a comparison of albums not artists. A meaningful comparison of artists isn't possible in the broad sense. It's literally a popularity contest. Stop pimping your website.

CydeWeys 6y ago

What's the methodology on this list? In my opinion, the first 9 are fine enough, and then it starts going off the rails at #10, heavily favoring modern bands in the current era of music streaming. E.g. Lynyrd Skynyrd isn't even on that list, and Twenty One Pilots ranks significantly higher than Jimi Hendrix?!?!

mg 6y ago
It is sorted by the number of people who named the artist as one of their favorites. I also would have expected Jimi Hendrix to be more popular then the Twenty One Pilots. But looking at Google Trends seems to confirm that the Twenty One Pilots have been on top over the last years: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=twenty%20one%20pilots,jimi%20hendrix https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=twenty%2...

InitialLastName 6y ago

Those two differences are a pretty harsh judgement on the wisdom of the crowd (or they should tell you you aren't using an especially culturally diverse crowd). More sympathetically, Album vs Band seems like a confounding factor... the Beach Boys released some astonishing albums, but their overall standing as a band has to also consider the drivel they released. OTOH, Linkin Park are enormously popular as a band, but (in my memory as an alt-rock obsessed teenager in the 00's) none of their albums really broke the surface (relative to the ludicrous levels of play their singles got).