Michael Jackson absent from the Top 50, Taylor Swift surpassed Christina Aguilera and Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion simply forgotten… for many reasons, the ranking of the “200 Greatest Singers of All Time” published on Sunday by Rolling Stone leaves netizens confused. And the latter did not hesitate to let him know, with a lot of indignant tweets.
“THE Michael Jackson got relegated to 86th place?! And Celine Dion is missing AT ALL?!” ‘Community’ star Yvette Nicole Brown asked on Twitter. “Honestly, Rolling Stone.”
If the Top 10 seems to satisfy readers (there are Otis Redding, Beyoncé, Ray Charles, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and, first of all, Aretha Franklin), almost the entire rest of the ranking has plunged them into an annoying misunderstanding. the australian site New notes like Judy Garland, Madonna and Cher, as well as Celine Dion, do not appear there. Remembering that the 54-year-old diva from Quebec has sold 250 million records and that her two residencies in Las Vegas generated 681 million dollars.
“A BTS boy but not Celine Dion”
It is the absence of the Canadian singer that arouses the most outrage. “A crime against humanity”, “There is Rosalía and a boy from BTS but not celine dion“, “Your absence alone is enough to discredit ALL your rankings“, we can read in particular on social media.
These absences, however, undoubtedly find their explanation in the selection criteria of Rolling Stone. The American magazine, which indicates that the ranking was carried out by the editorial staff and its main collaborators, had undoubtedly anticipated the criticism and explained in the preamble:
“Before reviewing this ranking (and commenting on it), keep in mind that this is the list of the best singers, not the best voices. The talent is impressive, but the genius is transcendent.”
“In most cases, what mattered to us was the originality, the influence, the depth of the catalog and the breadth of the artist’s musical heritage,” the publication adds. France is only represented there once, thanks to Françoise Hardy, who is ranked 162nd.
Source: BFM TV
