By no means made it as a clever man, however neither did the one that put collectively this record at Billboard of the Prime 100 Artists of the twenty first Century. I suppose the record ought to actually be known as “Prime 100 Artists of the twenty first Century So Far” contemplating that the century is barely 1 / 4 of the way in which over, however hey, perhaps Billboard simply thinks they’re that good that they’ll title all the perfect artists of the upcoming century this far upfront.
Unsurprisingly, contemplating that rock has allegedly been on the decline in recognition within the twenty first century, the highest artists on the record are all solo pop stars, with Taylor Swift ranked as #1. However, as Loudwire factors out, for those who go down the record till you get an precise rock band, the very best ranked one occurs to be Nickelback at quantity 26. Properly, kind of.
Whereas Loudwire calls Nickelback the very best ranked rock artist on the record, to get that end result they needed to skip previous Maroon 5 at quantity 11, a band which Wikipedia classifies as “pop rock.” Nonetheless, they’re considerably extra of a pop act than a rock act, so I can see why Loudwire may skip previous them. However rating both one as the perfect rock band of the century is patently ridiculous.
Additionally unsurprising is the truth that there are only a few rock bands on the record in any respect, however just a few made the minimize with Linkin Park coming in at #37, Creed ranked at #66, Three Doorways Down at #76, and so forth. Oh, and there are just a few different bands on the record that straddle that nebulous line between pop and rock on the record, reminiscent of Think about Dragons, the band that The Satan will power me to take heed to on repeat in Hell.
There’s no actual rationalization as to the methodology for this record so I assume that somebody simply pulled it out of their ass. But it surely’s type of ridiculous that, of the very, only a few rock bands on their record, two of them are probably the most constantly ridiculed bands in your complete style, specifically Nickelback and Creed. For on a regular basis that Billboard has spent compiling lists of what’s well-liked, they appear to have spent little time on social media seeing all of the memes about how abysmally dangerous Nickelback and Creed are. The record finally ends up making Billboard look about as laughable as each of these bands put collectively.
The complete record is right here, however it’s behind a paywall. I’m certain you’re so disillusioned.
