Rolling Stone speak out on their '200 Greatest Singers' list controversy

[androiduser 7,438]

I am not really fond of these lists because they are totally subjective and categories such as "influence", "legacy" etc can be interpreted in too many ways

[Esmerald 92]

What? If It Is not about the voice then i would like to say something ...I do not like Madonna now but I liked her before until Ray of light approximately and She absolutely deserves to be there somewhere in this list..the same for Cher...and there are some names in the list like Brandy that are ridiculous....Brandy Who? The One hit wonder of the 90s with the boy Is mine? Ridiculous..Mariah in the top ten? 😂 .She deserves to be somewhere but not in the top 10...i repeat It Is a crap list conceived to get clickbait

[Lextyr97 19,230]

That kinda makes it even worse then

[Chromatography 10,058]

rolling stone keeps on getting those clicks they want

[Celloo Deng 53,868]

if this is the case then why is Ari above Gaga...

[alsemanche 92,184]

They just made it worse for themselves pls

[Shipper 12,909]

When will we cancel rolling stones and have people vote their own list? 

Then BTS and Tay will be top 2. 😂

[Shipper 12,909]

1 hour ago, Cello said:

if this is the case then why is Ari above Gaga...

Cause gaga is only Italian but Ariana is Italian American, White, Black and Asian. 

[monstertoronto 8,880]

If they’re talking about depth of catalog and influence on pop culture and music as they claim, then it’s a crime that Madonna not only is not on this list but should be near the top. 

[Allan 3,606]

They didn't add any extra explanation other than what what already in the article, and what was already in the article is exactly what bugged me 

When I first opened the article, I jumped straight to list but as soon as I started scrolling, I went back to find what their criteria was and got even more confused. It's a Greatest Singers list but it's not focused on vocal talent - and yet they say they took impact, legacy, originality, depth into consideration, but many artists high on the list don't actually match that, and some who truly had a great impact on music aren't there [??]

[vitoburrrito 629]

This list is stupid and the Gaga blurb was insulting to both her and Madonna imo. 

[Nemo 4,218]

They make these lists all the time, they never mean anything.

[FFXIV WhiteMage 5,421]

If it’s WW singing career wise, Celine is way above Aretha 

 

And Madonna is probably at the top in terms of singing career success.

 

[BUtterfield 8 41,037]

It’s just a list calm down 

[Foolofatook 79]

It's pretty cool that the top ten are all black. I don't think people acknowledge enough the impact of African Americans on not just US music but the global music scene.