A very popular singer. Which singer is the most famous in the world?

Not far away, an authoritative and foreign, namely British, magazine New Musical Express conducted a survey in which twenty outstanding musical performers in the history of music. Over 10 million people took part in the survey, which indicates a relatively large audience reach. However, like everything like this, the results of this action are very, very controversial. But that’s why they are statistics, so that they have nothing to do with life. For example, for some reason my interests constantly do not coincide, so to speak, with the people's jury in the Miss Bikini competition and similar ones.

The leader in the poll is now deceased Michael Jackson, with the result in 9.2 points from 10 possibly recognized as the best performer in the same history of music. Without wishing to slander this wonderful “singer,” however, for me his victory is more likely a big misunderstanding than a pattern. The performer is first and foremost a vocalist, and what kind of vocalist is Jackson? If you compare him with Kirkorov, then he is incomparable, but when such names appear next to each other in the list as competitors, then the singer’s first place looks simply ridiculous. Yes, he is a great showman, a super-duper dancer, the best performer of pop ideas among the masses, but by no means the best performer of songs. This is what it means to leave on time. Where is the world heading?
In general, all polls, ratings and other unknown measures of pathos are called differently, but they carry one question as old as the world - who (what) is more popular. And what does the best performers have to do with it? best guitarists, best songs And so on? All these things are very subjective.

The band's frontman took second place in the top Queen - Freddie Mercury, with their 8.39 points. He has not yet matured to the glory Michael's, needless to say. To make sure of this, you can listen to their song together for comparison. State Of Shock, recently brought to public attention from dark corners recording studios, Where Freddie completely fades against the background of the wonderful moans and squeals of his colleague.

Lennon ranked fifth Plant, McCartney, Cobain and even lower.

Almost half of the chosen ones, namely nine people, are no longer present in the world, but the relatively young talent Matthew Bellamy from popular to Lately groups Muse managed to gain a foothold even in the middle of the list. The rating also included two representatives of the fair sex - Aretha Franklin And Tina Turner. Discrimination, and that's all!

So, the list itself best performers of all times and peoples from New Musical Express. If you also hope to see the rest of the greatest vocalists and performers in it, the same Dio, Klaus Meine, Joplin, Bonnie Tyler or similar, screw you. One good thing is that the ubiquitous Lady Kwa-Kwa and Britney, who is Spears, for some reason did not penetrate here, and old Madonna is not visible.

1. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009 pcs. Indiana, USA
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. Legendary American pop singer, holder of the title of “King of Pop,” dancer, songwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur. One of the most beloved and influential artists of recent times, winner of thirteen Grammy awards and hundreds of other awards. included in the Guinness Book of Records thirteen times, about a billion copies of Michael's albums have been sold worldwide. In 2009, he was officially recognized as an American Legend and Music Icon.

Adriano Celentano

January 6, 1938 Milan, Italy
Adriano Celentano, is an Italian singer, composer, comedian, actor, director and television presenter. He is the best-selling Italian singer and the best-selling male artist in Italy. He released 41 studio albums throughout his career. total circulation 150 million, and also starred in more than 40 films.

Whitney Houston

August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012 Newark, USA
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was American singer, actress, producer and model. Houston was one of the best-selling singers in music history, selling more than 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. She has released six studio albums, one holiday album and three film soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston is the only female artist to have 7 consecutive #1 #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits.

Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu is French singer and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as Edith Piaf's successor, she recorded over 1,200 songs on nine different languages, with over 120 million records sold worldwide.

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour, is a French and Armenian singer, composer, actor, public figure and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he was also one of the most famous singers in the world. He starred in more than sixty films, consisting of about a thousand songs (including at least 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish and 50 in German), and sold over 100 million records.

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with Lennon is one of the most famous song partnerships of the 20th century. Guinness World Records describes him as "the most successful composer and musician of all time", with 60 gold records and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles, and as the "most successful songwriter" in the United Kingdom history chart.

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer whose career has spanned over half a century, earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards. Its combined album and single sales will total approximately 180 million copies worldwide. Rolling Stone rated it 63/100 greatest artists of all time and considers her the “Queen of Rock and Roll.”

Alla Pugacheva

Pugacheva Alla Borisovna is Soviet and Russian pop singer, producer, film actress. Throughout the territory of the former Soviet Union she was like the most successful performer in the Soviet Union in terms of record sales and popularity. She became Honored Artist of Russia of the RSFSR in 1980, People's Artist of Russia of the RSFSR in 1985 and People's Artist USSR in 1991.

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, director and screenwriter. Madonna is considered one of the “25 Most influential women last century” Time for being an influential figure. To date, she has sold over 300 million copies worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling woman in the world.

Elton Hercules John

Sir Elton John is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. In his forty-year career, John has sold over 250 million records, making him one of the most... successful artists of all times. Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker, English rock and blues vocalist who rose to popularity in the 1960s. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his No. 1 hit "Where We Belong," a duet with Jennifer Varnes. It was ranked #97 in the top 100 large lists Rolling Stone singers.

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who has developed into one of the most creative musical figures late 20th century. In 2008, Billboard magazine published its "100" list best artists of all time", in which Wonder took fifth place. Blind shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is American musician, singer, composer and pianist. In a recording career that spans more than half a century, Franklin's repertoire has included gospel, jazz, blues, R&B, pop, rock and funk. On January 3, 1987, she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her on its 100 greatest singers of all time list, as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time.

Ray Charles Robinson

Ray Charles American musician known as Ray Charles, author of over 70 studio albums, one of the world's most famous performers of soul, jazz and rhythm and blues music. Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their 2008 "100" list. greatest singers of all times."

Diana Ross

Diana Ross is an American singer, producer and actress. She was the lead singer of the Motown Supremes in the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began solo career. Diana Ross has sold over 100 million records worldwide. She is one of the few people to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and vocalist of the Boston rock band Aerosmith. Steven Tyler continued to record music and perform with Aerosmith group, more than 41 years old. He is listed among Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Singers. He also ranked 3rd on the Hit Parade of Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. In 2001, he was introduced to rock and roll with Aerosmith.

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the name Elvis. Presley was one of the most popular musicians of the 20th century. His versatile voice has brought enormous success and spans many genres, pop ballads, gospel and blues. Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he has won three, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been inducted into several music halls of fame.

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was an Indo-British singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Queens. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over four octaves. In 2008 Rolling magazine Stone ranked him number 18 on its list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, producer and arranger. He is known for his distinctive voice, as well as the intellectual depth and considerable eclecticism of his work. In the 2002 BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29. He sold approximately 140 million albums over the course of his career. In the UK it was awarded five platinum album certifications, 11 gold and eight silver, and in the US, five platinum and seven gold certifications. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 39th on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and 23rd on the list best singers of all times.

Mick Jagger

Michael Jagger is an English musician, singer, composer and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career spanned more than fifty years. In 1989, he was introduced to rock and roll with the Rolling Stones.

Scorpions

Founded in 1965, Hannover, Germany.

Scorpions are a German hard rock and heavy metal band, founded in 1965 in Hannover, Germany. Throughout their career of over 40 years, they have released dozens of singles, live albums, compilations and some live DVDs and received several international awards, making them the most successful rock band from Germany. The group's sales are between 100 and 150 million albums worldwide, of which 10.5 million are sold in the United States.

James Brown

James Brown, known simply as James Brown, was an American singer, dancer, songwriter and music producer, is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century music. He has sold just over 100 million albums in his lifetime and is recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time. Brown was a key force in the music industry. He left his mark on many female artists around the world, including the King of Pop Michael Jackson, even influencing African rhythms popular music such as afrobeat, amulet electronic mbalax, and provided a model for the entire funk genre, about go-go.

Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie American versatile singer, songwriter, producer and actor. In the 1970s, he was part of the Commodores group, owned by the famous Motown music label in Detroit, Michigan. He won four Grammy Awards in the 1980s and an Oscar in 1986, sold nearly 100 million albums and had 22 Top Ten hits in the US.

Barry White

Barry White was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. During his career, he won two Grammy Awards and sold more than 100 million records, known for his distinctive romantic image and bass voice. All over the world, Barry had many platinum and gold albums and singles.

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne is an English heavy metal vocalist and composer whose musical career spans over 40 years. Due to Sabbath's dark style, Osborn became known as the "Prince of Darkness". It is also known as " Godfather heavy metal." Osbourne achieved multi-platinum status as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

It is impossible to say for sure which of the musicians and singers is the most famous and a respected singer in the world. There were, are and will be talented musicians, however, only a few of them become truly world stars. They are loved, listened to and revered even after their death.

Many outstanding performers are already loved by the whole world, but among them there are those who are at the very top of popularity. One of them - the true king of the pop scene. Everyone who is even a little interested in music knows him. Numerous Jackson compositions are always heard and will continue to be heard for many years to come.

The King of Pop holds more than 13 Guinness World Records. He received the prestigious Grammy Award as many as 15 times and sold more than 1 billion copies of his popular albums.

But millions of hearts dimmed on June 25, 2009, when Jackson passed away. Death was caused by an overdose of propofol, which he used as a sedative. After Jackson's death, his album sales skyrocketed.

Michael Jackson is the most popular pop artist, while the brightest representative Rock culture is considered Freddie Mercury. Queen group acquired world fame thanks to the unique voicesoloist.

Mercury died on the cold evening of November 24, 1991 in London. The cause of death was bronchial asthma, which developed against the background of AIDS and HIV. A year later, famous rock performers performed at a concert in memory of the deceased soloist Queen.

The melodious voice of Italian singer, composer, director and actor Adriano Celentano was familiar to many. Albums with his beautiful songs were sold in a huge number. Now singer lives near Milan, in the province of Lecco, where he continues to actively engage in creativity.

The low and hoarse baritone that gives birth to blues legends belongs to Joe Cocker. Besides, singer bears the honorary status of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

To another British composer and singer Elton John owns no less honorary title sir, which he received in 1995. Over the course of his 40-year career, he has sold more than half a million albums.

Paul McCartney

Another famoussinger, awarded the title of Sir and Knight - James Paul McCartney. Founder of the world famous “beetles” The Beatles ahead of Michael Jackson in Grammy awards. McCartney has received this award 16 times. It is worth mentioning the great singer John Lennon. Their duet can confidently be called one of the most successful.

The public's preferences change from year to year. New performers appear, old ones are forgotten. This rating presents the top popular singers in Russia for 2018.

Egor Creed

Date of birth: June 25, 1994
The young and ambitious singer continues to break into the charts and enter various ratings, taking first positions. Definitely, this rating could not do without the favorite of the female public.

Sergey Lazarev

Date of birth: April 1, 1983
Another popular, successful, stylish and very talented performer. It is becoming more and more popular from year to year. In addition to annual successes and breakthroughs, we should not forget about the worthy representation of the country at Eurovision in 2016.

Dima Bilan

Date of birth: December 24, 1981
And this singer is the only one among the Russians who was able to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Nowadays the singer can often be found on various panels of judges music competitions. Well, the star’s creativity does not stand still. Bright videos and music tracks continue to win awards and places in the charts.

Emin

Date of birth: December 12, 1979
Businessman and musician Azerbaijani origin, which fit perfectly into Russian show business. The performer has a lot of duet works that blow up radio stations (Ani Lorak, Maxim Fadeev, Grigory Leps and many others). Bright and at the same time lyrical Emin definitely deserves a place in this rating.

Vasily Vakulenko

Date of birth: April 20, 1980
Russian musician, television and radio presenter, actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Creative pseudonyms- Basta, Noggano. This person has many achievements in his piggy bank that cannot be ignored.

Timati

Date of birth: August 15, 1983
He is better known as a rap artist. But this top could not do without of this artist, who has many musical and business projects behind him. Its popularity is gaining more and more momentum.

Alexey Vorobyov

Date of birth: January 19, 1988
A very lively and charming artist. Russian performer, TV series and film actor, director, winner of the “Ice and Fire” project, represented Russia at Eurovision in 2011. These and many other achievements make him one of the most popular performers.

Dzhigan

Date of birth: August 2, 1985
He is better known as a rap artist. The family and at the same time media artist continues to occupy places on the popular charts.

Philip Kirkorov

Date of birth: April 30, 1967
The real king Russian pop music. Since 2008 - People's Artist Russian Federation. You can listen to the achievements of this artist day and night, which is why he is still included in the ratings of the most popular performers.

Alexander Panayotov

Date of birth: July 1, 1984
For a long time there was a lull on the singer’s creative front. But his successful comeback took radio stations and annual music awards by storm.

Grigory Leps

Date of birth: July 16, 1962
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. The artist has an endless number of awards and achievements, starting with Soviet era. One of the few performers who have a very wide age range of listeners. Among other things, he is a composer, producer and member of the International Union of Pop Artists.

Valeriy Meladze

Date of birth: June 23, 1965
Performer of Georgian origin. His voice and timbre cannot be confused with anyone else's. Multiple winner music awards. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People's Artist Chechen Republic.

Sergei Shnurov

Date of birth: April 13, 1973
The film actor, TV presenter, artist and scandalous leader of the Leningrad group rolled into one is also included in the ranking of the most popular singers.

Sergey Zhukov

Date of birth: May 22, 1976
The leader of the group “Hands Up” continued his work under own name. In the early 2000s, the Hands Up group was definitely on the list of the most popular projects. But even now this performer could not be ignored by the real rating.

Arthur Pirozhkov

Date of birth: September 10, 1974
An artist with a humorous beginning, who went into music show business and is starting to gain momentum. The highly successful composition #Caccellentano blew up many radio stations.

Modern show business surprises us every year with new faces. New popular Russian singers appear on the starry Olympus more and more often, delighting fans with an original and sometimes rather banal repertoire.

The most popular singers of Russia shine at the biggest concert venues, decorate glossy magazines, perform at important events and excite fans on TV screens.

Often, popular Russian singers try themselves in a different role, acting in films, or trying themselves as leading grandiose television projects, but at the same time they manage to successfully perform and tour not only in Russia, but also abroad.

Popular singers of Russia, who have long taken their place in the bowels of show business, and already have their own audience of listeners and fans, cannot always boast only impeccable vocal abilities, they have a special charm, charisma, and, to be honest, gorgeous external characteristics that are a defining feature of their development in show business.

Young popular singers of Russia confidently compete with Russian celebrities the older generation, offering the public new songs, new presentation, new creative experiments.

Many popular singers of Russia, despite their star status, very simple and open people, who do not have star fever at all.

But there are popular ones Russian singers, the pathos of which is off the charts. They are stellar in their behavior, in their demands, in their lifestyle.

Such popular Russian singers are not just artists, they behave and present themselves like true stars, which is why they often stand out among the crowd of famous personalities in the world of show business.

Also in our photo top are popular Russian singers from young talents who have been on stage for only a few years, but are already collecting thousands concert halls, delighting his fans with good music.

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Where would we be without the favorite of all women: the popular singer of Russia and one of the richest performers Stas Mikhailov The popular Russian singer Dzhigan boasts not only a good performance, but also a pumped up body The most popular artists Russia: Emin Agalarov The most popular Russian singers of past years: Oleg Gazmanov
The most popular singers of Russia: Valery Meladze The most popular artists Russia: Dan Balan
Our list of the most popular performers continues by Vladimir Presnyakov Popular Russian singer Dima Bilan The most popular Russian singers: one of the richest performers in Russia, Grigory Leps The most popular singers of Russia: young performer Alexey Vorobyov Popular Russian singer Sergei Lazarev
The king couldn’t help but get on our list of the Most Popular Singers of Russia Russian stage Philip Kirkorov The Golden Voice of Russia is also in the top ranking The most popular singers of Russia Legend of the Russian stage and now quite successful popular singer of Russia Valery Leontyev The most popular Russian singers: rapper Timati The most popular singers of Russia: music is in his blood - Stas Piekha The girls' favorite Yegor Creed and a wonderful performer could not help but get into the top rating of the Most popular singers of Russia No longer long-haired, but still very popular Russian singer Leonid Agutin No longer “Tea for Two,” but a very popular Russian singer Denis Klyaver The most popular singers of Russia: handsome brunette Dmitry Koldun Vlad Topalov deservedly got into the category of the Most Popular Singer of Russia Another performer with a piercing gaze is included in our Most Popular rating Russian performers: Irakli The lead singer of the group “Ruki Vverkh” is also in our top Most popular performers in Russia Popular Russian singers: Alexey Chumakov A heart-warming chanson performed by popular Russian singer Denis Maidanov