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Michael Jackson tops NME singers poll
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 22 June 2011
What, you want another NME poll? Oh, go on then. Michael Jackson has been declared the greatest singer of all time in a NME.com poll, which I have a feeling might have got taken over by the world’s more obsessive musical fanbases, given Jacko was at one and Axl Rose was at four, but whatever.
The late king of pop ultimately outperformed Freddie Mercury in the poll, the Queen frontman being the early leader. Interestingly, perhaps, most of the singers in the final Top 20 began their singing careers some time ago, with only Kurt Cobain and Matt Bellamy coming out of the last 25 years. Here is the list of 20…
1. Michael Jackson
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Elvis Presley
4. Axl Rose
5. John Lennon
6. David Bowie
7. Robert Plant
8. Paul McCartney
9. Stevie Wonder
10. Aretha Franklin
11. Matt Bellamy
12. Ray Charles
13. Jim Morrison
14. Bob Marley
15. Elton John
16. Kurt Cobain
17. Steven Tyler
18. Mick Jagger
19. Marvin Gaye
20. Tina Turner
