EW's 30 Greatest Music Artists Right Now

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Entertainment Weekly has a list of the "30 Greatest Music Artists Right Now" out. While these lists are always completely subjective and incomplete, its kind of fun to see who merits a mention. There are certainly some people on the list that would be hard for anyone to deny a place to, others are defintitely there due to the qualification of "right now" - nothing against Gotye and Kimbra, but I would say they're are both on the list due to one (albeit extremely ubiquitous) song. Not sure they will go down in history as all-time greats, though time will tell. Personally, I prefer the rock genre, so I am happy to see listed Jack White, The Black Keys, The Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and Fun, as well as Mumford and Sons. I'm also super happy that Fiona Apple is getting support for a big comeback Most of the list though is people I would say are successful and good representatives of their genres Though I know very little about country, so I don't know who those people are
Anyway, here's the list. What do you think of it?

1. Adele
Undisputed World Champion

2. Taylor Swift
Everygirl Superstar

3. Drake
Hip-hop Heartbreaker

4. Carrie Underwood
Country Belle

5. Katy Perry
Bubblegum Queen

6. Jack White
Indie MVP

7. The Black Keys
Garage Gods

8. Nicki Minaj
Radical Raptress

9. Mumford & Sons
Platinum Folkies

10. Rihanna
Dance-Pop Muse

11. Bruno Mars
Pop-Soul Showman

12. Foo Fighters
Hard Rock Royalty

13. Kanye West
Mad Genius

14. Jay-Z
CEO of Rhyme

15. The Civil Wars
Americana All-Stars

16. A$AP Rocky
Mixtape Prodigy

17. Fiona Apple
Swoony Songstress

18. Kelly Clarkson
America's Pop Idol

19. Jake Owen
Nashville Casanova

20. FUN.
Pomp-Rock Breakouts

21. Azealia Banks
Hip-hop Wild Child

22. Coldplay
Kings of the Road

23. Bruce Springsteen
Forever the Boss

24. Lady Gaga
Mother Monster

25. Florence + the Machine
Alt-pop Siren

26. Beyoncé
R&B Goddess

27. Gotye
Awesome Aussie

28. Calvin Harris
Dance-Floor Director

29. Kimbra
Quirky Chanteuse

30. Beach House
Dreamy Indie Duo

EW List: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,2058....html#21143987

[Daniel]

Nice (and kinda surprised?) to see The Civil Wars and Fun. on there; I really like both, didn't even know they were that popular. The pop artists don't do much for me personally, but I understand why they made the list. Some I've never even heard of xD