The 100 Best Vocalists Of All Time

[triplets_93]

https://consequence.net/list/the-100-best-vocalists-of-all-time/

 

[Hardline]

Lots of great ones for sure but none of them can do what Tarja Turenen does. A trained opera singer that also sings Symphonic Metal.
Nightwish is one of my all time favorite bands.

 

[SymphonySteve]

https://consequence.net/list/the-100-best-vocalists-of-all-time/

The rare click-bait list that's actually, you know, good.

 

[zrinkill]

Stevie Nicks at 64 and Beyonce at 6

What a ridiculous list ......... just beyond stupid.

 

[SymphonySteve]

Stevie Nicks at 64 and Beyonce at 6

What a ridiculous list ......... just beyond stupid.

You want stoopid?

Check out this list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters from the NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/magazine/greatest-american-songwriters-alive.html

That's beyond stupid.

 

[Xelda]

Thanks so much for the link. I don't agree with the order and some of the people on it. Bob Dylan and Elton John? Puleeze!! I'd also remove Mariah Carey out of spite. I have never owned a speaker that suffered one of her songs to completion.

 

[Tabascocat]

There is Freddie Mercury then everyone else

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Either I missed Tom Jones or he wasn't on the list which would be a crime.

Tony Williams, the lead singer of The Platters should have made the list.

No Bonnie Tyler either or Buddy Holly.

 

[gtb1943]

Either I missed Tom Jones or he wasn't on the list which would be a crime.

Tony Williams, the lead singer of The Platters should have made the list.

No Bonnie Tyler either or Buddy Holly.

lousy list and the so called reasoning was vomit producing

 

[jsb357]

decent list WRONG order

 

[zrinkill]

Steven Tyler not being on the list and guys like Busta Rymes and ODB are ........ shows how much this list really means.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Steven Tyler not being on the list and guys like Busta Rymes and ODB are ........ shows how much this list really means.

Agreed.

The list is weighed way too much to entertainers post 1980.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

lousy list and the so called reasoning was vomit producing

Far too many recent entertainers on there...

A couple more I thought of couple more who should have made the list:

-Bobby Vinton
-Connie Francis

And to have Elvis ranked in the high 30's (I believe) is goofy.

 

[IMGumby]

Karen Carpenter at 44 is a joke as she is easily top 10. Hated the music but had mad respect for her voice. She could do it all without all the pitch correction (autotune & other software) that most singers rely on. If you want to watch something freaky (in a good way) watch this video that compare her studio & live recordings.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Karen Carpenter at 44 is a joke as she is easily top 10. Hated the music but had mad respect for her voice. She could do it all without all the pitch correction (autotune & other software) that most singers rely on. If you want to watch something freaky (in a good way) watch this video that compare her studio & live recordings.

Great point.

Art Garfunkel should have made the list also just based on "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

 

[DarkVader33]

Stevie Nicks at 64 and Beyonce at 6

What a ridiculous list ......... just beyond stupid.

Frankie anywhere near the top 100. lol

 

[DarkVader33]

Any list that doesn’t have Ronnie James Dio as number one can’t be taken seriously. Especially not even the top metal/rock singer? Come on man! Haha

 

[Hardline]

Any list that doesn’t have Ronnie James Dio as number one can’t be taken seriously. Especially not even the top metal/rock singer? Come on man! Haha

From strictly a heavy metal point of view I agree 100%.
He was the best when he sang in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

I'm A Man on the Silver Mountain.

 

[YosemiteSam]

In no specific order, there are tons of them and this isn't a complete list

• Whitney Houston
• Dolly Parton
• Freddie Mercury
• Robert Plant
• Aretha Franklin
• Mariah Carey
• Celine Dion
• Beyonce
• Axl Rose
• Michael Jackson
• James Hetfield
• Ronnie James Dio
• Bruce Dickenson
• Lzzy Hale
• Taylor Momsen
• Johnny Cash
• Linda Ronstadt
• Amy Winehouse
• John Lennon
• Stevie Nicks
• Prince
• Bob Dylan (yeah)
• Layne Staley
• Etta James
• Janis Joplin
• Elvis
• Ozzy
• Tina Turner
• Ann Wilson
• Stevie Wonder
• Chris Cornell (can't have a list without him)
• Ray Charles
• Rob Halford
• Me belching the alphabet.

 

[DarkVader33]

Im

In no specific order, there are tons of them and this isn't a complete list

• Whitney Houston
• Dolly Parton
• Freddie Mercury
• Robert Plant
• Aretha Franklin
• Mariah Carey
• Celine Dion
• Beyonce
• Axl Rose
• Michael Jackson
• James Hetfield
• Ronnie James Dio
• Bruce Dickenson
• Lzzy Hale
• Taylor Momsen
• Johnny Cash
• Linda Ronstadt
• Amy Winehouse
• John Lennon
• Stevie Nicks
• Prince
• Bob Dylan (yeah)
• Layne Staley
• Etta James
• Janis Joplin
• Elvis
• Ozzy
• Tina Turner
• Ann Wilson
• Stevie Wonder
• Chris Cornell (can't have a list without him)
• Ray Charles
• Rob Halford
• Me belching the alphabet.

I know we all have different tastes and I’m not knocking it but I just can’t understand how Bob Dylan is on any list. But I do like your overall incomplete list. Lol

Another one, not on your list, that puzzles me is Frank Sinatra.