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Top 100 U.S. Bands Ranked by Metrics

This document ranks 100 musical artists across 4 categories: U.S. sales, number of popular songs, technical ability, and consistency of quality over time. Led Zeppelin ranks highest overall based on strong performance across all categories, while The Beatles and Pink Floyd also rank very highly. A wide variety of rock, pop, and hip hop artists are represented throughout the top 100.

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Top 100 U.S. Bands Ranked by Metrics

This document ranks 100 musical artists across 4 categories: U.S. sales, number of popular songs, technical ability, and consistency of quality over time. Led Zeppelin ranks highest overall based on strong performance across all categories, while The Beatles and Pink Floyd also rank very highly. A wide variety of rock, pop, and hip hop artists are represented throughout the top 100.

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1 to 100

U.S. Technical

Band Sales Songs Ability


1
Led Zeppelin 99 95 98

2 The Beatles 100 98 78

3 Pink Floyd 97 91 92

4 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 68 95 99

5 Van Halen 91 87 97
6 Queen 84 91 91

7 The Eagles 98 95 84

8 Metallica 92 84 87
9 U2 90 84 73

10 Bob Marley and the Wailers 59 92 72

11 The Police 71 91 91

12 The Doors 82 87 75

13 Stone Temple Pilots 61 86 85


14 Rush 75 74 98

15 Genesis 67 84 83

16 Prince and the Revolution 58 87 84


17 Yes 52 75 94

18 Earth Wind and Fire 73 88 91


19 The Bee Gees 78 88 76

20 The Rolling Stones 94 89 66

21 The Beach Boys 66 81 73

22 Soundgarden 43 78 83

23 The Who 65 75 84

24 Steely Dan 49 84 85

25 James Brown and the JBs 9 89 89


26 AC/DC 96 73 68

27 Fleetwood Mac 89 79 75

28 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 62 79 81

29 The Allman Brothers 39 75 86


30 ZZ Top 76 71 75

31 Aerosmith 95 78 72
32 Cream 28 77 87

33 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 93 68 62

34 The Grateful Dead 60 62 69

35 Guns 'N Roses 87 73 76


36 Pearl Jam 81 54 55
37 Boston 83 67 74

38 Dire Straits 57 73 78

39 King Crimson 7 60 96

40 Parliament Funkadelic 27 72 78

41 Red Hot Chili Peppers 63 68 68

42 Bon Jovi 85 74 73

43 Dixie Chicks 80 53 59

44 Foreigner 86 70 66

45 David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars 30 71 73

46 The Talking Heads 37 71 69

47 Jethro Tull 50 61 71

48 The Band 21 71 77

49 The Beastie Boys 69 53 40

50 Nirvana 77 53 45

51 Rage Against The Machine 45 60 82

52 Sly and the Family Stone 42 74 67


53 The Clash 31 58 61
54 Tool 44 49 85

55 Journey 88 59 76

56 No Doubt 53 82 60

57 Creedence Clearwater Revival 70 66 57

58 Deep Purple 38 65 77

59 Alice In Chains 48 53 66
60 Orbital 8 53 64

61 Little Feat 22 66 77

62 Duran Duran 51 74 57

63 Living Colour 24 44 85

64 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 5 61 85

65 The Carpenters 74 61 52

66 Audioslave 29 71 77

67 The Pretenders 26 62 61
68 Primus 23 45 88

69 Blondie 34 65 57

70 Black Sabbath 54 55 60

71 Lynyrd Skynyrd 79 52 51

72 Sex Pistols 16 65 41
73 Isaac Hayes and the Movement 15 70 70
74 R.E.M. 64 54 47
75 Traffic 20 61 76

76 Buffalo Springfield 17 66 65

77 Derek and the Dominos 11 74 77

78 The Jackson Five 18 86 51

79 The O'Jays 33 66 62

80 Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes 25 68 62

81 Underworld 2 68 61

82 Thievery Corporation 1 69 53

83 Motley Crue 72 55 56

Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding


84 Company 56 51 46

85 Blind Faith 19 59 66

86 The Animals 10 64 53

87 The Roots 12 41 79
88 The Velvet Underground 4 50 64

89 The Kinks 13 53 52

90 Radiohead 32 54 50

91 The Scorpions 47 46 56
92 Kansas 55 43 53

93 Iron Maiden 36 38 62

94 Motorhead 6 43 52

95 Judas Priest 40 31 65

96 The Orb 3 49 54

97 The Cure 41 42 28

98 Coldplay 46 43 41
99 Slayer 14 31 72

100 Black Eyed Peas 35 33 36


100 1 to 50 1 to 550

Live Random
Innovati Performa Consiste
on nce ncy Play Total

93 48 48 47 528

99 45 47 47 514

96 48 43 39 506

99 49 46 47 503

93 44 42 42 496
91 45 46 45 493

68 42 47 45 479

87 46 39 33 468
78 48 46 36 455

93 44 47 47 454

72 38 44 44 451

88 39 43 36 450

87 43 40 44 446
77 43 42 35 444

81 41 42 38 436

79 45 40 42 435
89 46 38 40 434

68 39 39 35 433
73 35 39 39 428

68 41 32 28 418

89 34 33 38 414

86 40 41 42 413

73 44 37 34 412

87 29 37 40 411

93 44 42 42 408
50 40 37 36 400

54 37 36 28 398

63 39 38 34 396

77 41 39 37 394
48 42 41 39 392

47 37 35 27 391
84 47 32 35 390

50 48 37 28 386

85 46 33 30 385

51 34 29 31 381
89 42 31 26 378
57 37 30 29 377

53 36 35 31 363

84 44 35 36 362

82 37 35 30 361

59 41 29 28 356

31 39 29 24 355

85 26 33 17 353

45 33 29 23 352

75 38 33 31 351

66 38 34 33 348

75 36 26 28 347

64 39 38 34 344

88 36 30 27 343

88 37 25 17 342

67 26 34 26 340

85 20 23 27 338
89 35 30 33 337
60 36 33 28 335

33 29 26 23 334

43 30 37 27 332

40 31 32 32 328

53 36 31 25 325

74 25 26 31 323
88 36 41 32 322

56 40 31 29 321

61 23 29 25 320

75 38 22 31 319

81 29 31 26 318

54 19 28 29 317

52 30 26 31 316

72 39 31 24 315
66 38 27 27 314

65 32 31 29 313

62 33 26 19 309

45 34 29 17 307

95 37 28 24 306
51 39 33 27 305
55 29 35 20 304
59 33 30 24 303

59 35 32 28 302

49 31 28 31 301

52 27 35 30 299

43 31 32 31 298

41 32 30 29 287

48 40 36 31 286

56 31 39 36 285

29 23 24 25 284

52 29 24 25 283

55 26 24 28 277

52 34 34 29 276

76 24 28 11 271
69 27 30 21 265

60 30 31 23 262

47 31 27 20 261

35 27 24 25 260
44 28 20 15 258

52 29 22 18 257

64 36 23 29 253

46 26 22 21 251

62 22 26 23 239

58 20 31 10 230

37 27 19 16 229
45 27 18 18 225

40 34 20 16 214

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