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"The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" is a feature published by American magazine Rolling Stone in 2008. The list presented was compiled by a panel of 179 musicians. [1] It was updated in 2023, and upgraded as "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time" list. The 2023 list was compiled by the magazine's staff and key contributors. [2]
The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" is a special issue published by Rolling Stone in two parts in 2004 and 2005, and later updated in 2011. [1] The list presented was compiled based on input from musicians, writers, and industry figures and is focused on the rock & roll era. [1]
The first list was published in December 2004 in a special issue of the magazine, issue number 963, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [1] In 2010, Rolling Stone published a revised edition, drawing on the original and a later survey of songs released up until the early 2000s. [2]
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures.
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The following page lists Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It concentrates on the 2023-updated list, on which some new albums were added, while others were up- or downrated, or entirely removed. The "Major contributors" column lists up to three main contributing editors.
Staples was named No. 56 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2008 list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. [35] On February 13, 2011, Staples won her first Grammy award in the category for Best Americana Album for You Are Not Alone. In her acceptance speech, a shocked and crying Staples said, "This has been a long time coming". [36]