In the November 2009 issue of Q magazine – they list their Artists Of The Century including:
Amy Winehouse, Noel Gallagher, U2, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Matt Bellamy, Lily Allen, Kings Of Leon, Billie Joe Armstrong, Guy Garvey, Robert Plant, Gary Lightbody, Florence Welch, Coldplay, Mika, Pink, Brandon Flowers, Dizzee Rascal, Nick Cave, Arctic Monkeys, Murdoc, Tom Chaplin, Mark Ronson and Rihanna…
This must have been a very hard list to compile!
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Well… i dont know what to say about that…just another fake rendering of the music industry except for Amy Winehouse,Paul McCartney,U2 and coldplay….
Is Beyonce even on the list? smh if she isn’t and i’m not even a stan
That is the best they could do with Amy? They should have placed her in the back so you could just see her hair and face. Like her music, but she looks scary.
RIhanna? Really? On the same level as Amy, Paul, U2, and Coldplay? Really?
Yes Really. She is more appreciated in the UK & Internationally than in the US.Say what you like about her singing , However her music and her growth is appreciated in the rest of the world.This just goes to show that even Pink who is not given the credit that she deserves in the USA made the list as well. As least people outside see other artist besides Miss B, even if some of you think she has no talent and is not worthy.
I have no problem at all with Pink being on the list, she is talented. I am extremely happy to see that Beyonce is NOT on the list. But I still think that Rihanna being included is a stretch, a very big stretch. It should take something more than catchy hooks and banging beats to make someone a great artist. Just my opinion.
No Kanye? Nah!
this century? no Sinatra, Run DMC, only new people
No Ye!?!?!?!?
they’re wild.
paul mccartney is in 20th And 21st! Awesome!
WOW NO BLACK PEOPLE ON THE COVER?
WHAT A SURPRISE. THE UK HAS SOME SERIOUS RACE PROBLEMS.
THEY DO THE SAME THING WITH MOVIE promotions
Where the hell is Beyonce, Kanye, Jigga and them?
this is bullshit! Off the century? put Maxwell in m to!
MUDS IS BACK! Along with the Gorillaz! Is there anything better then that mate! I mean really? And the new artwork is amazing. I guess time has been less then kind to Murdoc, he’s certainly aging…..
Wow @ Beyonce not being on here. You know this magazine is a joke…
Only ones that deserve it are U2, Paul McCartney, Billie Joe Armstrong, Coldplay, and Brandon Flowers, but yes Beyonce and Jay-Z need to be here too…
The fact that q has classified this iss as artists of the century and not have bigger artists on the list is a joke. It should be called artists of the decade if u ask me. I mean the artists here aren’t bad but this list ain’t right. Where are the supremes, mariah Carey, Stevie wonder, barbara streisand, CELIONE DION, and the late KING OF POP?????? This is a joke!!!!!!!!
This is the UK, sorry f*cken Americans, but but but US ARTISTS ARE NOT THE ONLY ARTISTS OUT THEIR! AHAHAHAH! I know that you guys are far to ‘US is the World’ to understand but it is the truth! Rihanna, Pink are examples of artists who striked in US but are rly bigger overseas!
Matt Bellamy is a true artist. Genius. Pure genius.
i understand why rihanna is in this list. she is more successful in the UK rather than the US. She is THE only successful international artist from Barbados (Shontelle does not count), which the UK shares the same monarch with.
WHERE THE HEELLLLL IS BEYONCE AND JIGGA …. INSTEAD THE IS THE FRUMPY RIHANNA
I am happ with people on here! but do we really need JayZ or Kanye in opinion they are are all stupid American bubble gum pop!
Thank You UK for reconizing the true music stars!
I <3 Brandon Flower & Billie joe
RIP Amy Whine House
I know I’m L8 2 this posting buuut-
Where the hell is David Robert Jones?
He released 2 awesome albums this century [Heathen 2002 & Reality 2003] 2 call-backs 2 his L8 ’70s heyday with:
Mike Garson
Earl Slick
Tony Visconti
Carlos Alomar
From the GR8 albums:
From Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Amaricans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
“Heroes” (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
What an effing joke.
P.S.-No Steven Patrick Morrissey either-W.T.H.