We all listen to music, we love music, it lifts
our spirit when we are down, we sing along
even when we have horrible voices, it keeps
our company and I would rather listen to
music than to hang out with a boring
person.
For this reason I have decided to come up
with my best 10 musicians of all time. This
Musicians cut across different decades and
genres of music as my music sense is
eclectic.
Your comments, contributions and criticism
would be highly welcomed.
10. Don Moen
9. Tu Face
8. Celine Dion
7. Eminem
6. Dolly Parton
5.Kenny Rogers
4. Whitney Houston
3. Carlos Santana
2. Phill Collins
1. Michael Jackson
10. Don Moen: The only gospel artist on the
list. I sleep and wake up with Don Moen
inspiring songs. You automatically get
connected to the Holy Spirit and I can
remember faaaar back as 1993 whenever we
are going to church. Pupsy was always
playing his song and how I use to spoil his
song by saying "let the weak say I am
strong and let the strong say I am weak"
instead of "Let the weak say I am strong, let
the poor say I am rich"
Don Moen is an American singer-songwriter,
pastor, and producer of Christian worship
music. He produced 11 volumes for the
Hosanna! Music series of worship albums.
His first album under his own name,
Worship with Don Moen, was released in
1992. His music has total global sales of
over five million units.
Moen is also a prolific songwriter, having
worked with Claire Cloninger, Paul
Overstreet, Martin J. Nystrom, Randy
Rothwell, Ron Kenoly, Bob Fitts, Debbye
Graafsma, Paul Baloche, Tom Brooks,
among many others.
9. 2face : The only Nigerian on the list our
dear Tuface Innocent Idibia, is a Nigerian
singer, songwriter and record producer. He
is also variously called 2face, Tuface, 2Baba
or Tubaba. He is one of the most decorated
and successful hip pop artists in Africa. He
is consistently ranked as one the best
African musicians of all-time.
We all know the way African Queen swept us
off our feet. He was one of the
revolutionaries in the Nigerian music sector.
2Face has received one MTV Europe Music
Award, one World Music Award, five Headies
Awards (Hip-hop award), four Channel O
Music Video Awards and one BET award for
his musical work, four MTV Africa Music
Awards, one MOBO award, one KORA award,
and numerous additional nominations.
8. Celine Dion: Ohhhh how can we ever
forget our dear Dion. As a kid, I thought she
was a spirit. The voice is soooo damnnn
flawless. Born in Quebec Canada, Dion first
gained international recognition in the
1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha
World Popular Song Festival and the 1988
Eurovision Song Contest where she
represented Switzerland.
During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil,
she achieved worldwide fame after signing
with Epic Records and releasing several
English albums along with additional
French albums, becoming one of the most
successful artists in pop music history.
Dion has won five Grammy Awards,
including Album of the Year for Falling Into
You and Record of the Year for "My Heart
Will Go On". She is the best-selling
Canadian artist of all time, In 2004, after
surpassing 175 million in album sales
worldwide, she was presented with the
Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music
Awards for becoming the best-selling
female artist of all time. According to Sony
Music Entertainment, Dion has sold over
220 million albums worldwide.
7. Eminem: This was really a difficult pick/
selection. Over the years I av listened to a
lot of Rappers, Jay Z or Kanye West would
come to the lips of so many, Infact the
almighty 2Pac might probably be expected
or the Lyrical Notorious BIG. But to be fair
to you all, when it comes to lyrics that I
have memorized and would always rap
along, it's that of my dear Eminem. Better
known by his stage name Eminem and by
his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American
rapper, record producer, songwriter, and
actor. Eminem is one of the world's best-
selling music artists and is the best-selling
artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and
ranked as one of the greatest artists of all
time by many magazines, including Rolling
Stone magazine which ranked him 82nd on
its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All
Time. The same magazine declared him The
King of Hip Hop. His worldwide albums
sales stand at more than 115 million,
singles 120 million, and the estimated sale
of over 220 million records worldwide.
Eminem won Grammy Awards for both
Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of
13 Grammys in his career.
His Originality Is out of this world Abeg give
it to the only rapper on this list!!!
6. Dolly Parton : Yes another country
musician, an American singer-songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, and
philanthropist, best known for her work in
country music. If you listen to her sing you
might think you made it to heaven.
Beginning her career as a child performer,
Parton issued a few modestly successful
singles from 1959 through the mid-1960s,
showcasing her distinctive soprano voice.
Listing her immediately after Kenny Rogers
ain't a mistake. Just listen to their 1983
duet "Islands on the stream" and come back
to thank me.
She has composed over 3,000 songs, the
best known of which include "I Will Always
Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-
topper for Parton, as well as an
international pop hit for Whitney Houston),
"Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors","9 to 5",
and "My Tennessee Mountain Home".
She has received eight Grammy Awards
(including her 2011 Lifetime Achievement
Grammy) and a total of 46 Grammy Award
nominations, the most nominations of any
female artist in the history of the prestigious
awards, a record tied by Beyoncé.
5. Kenny Rogers: This is my list and nothing
but my opinion before you all say who the
heck is "Kenny Roger" infact as I dey
mention en name, my belle they sweet me
die!!!
Yes I love country music, infact you might
wanna cry if you listen to some country
music lyrics, I feel they have the greatest
job, cuz you just can't but make sense. You
are talking in a calculated manner.. This
Texas king of music was born on August 21,
1938. An American singer-songwriter,
photographer, record producer, actor,
entrepreneur and author, and member of the
Country Music Hall of Fame.
Though he has been most successful with
country audiences, he has charted more
than 120 hit singles across various music
genres, topped the country and pop album
charts for more than 200 individual weeks
in the United States alone and has sold over
130 million records worldwide, making him
one of the highest-selling artists of all time.
He has received numerous such awards as
the AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs, as
well as a lifetime achievement award for a
career spanning six decades in 2003.
4. Whitney Houston : Can I hear that
shout!!! Our beloved queen of pop was an
American recording artist, singer, actress,
producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness
World Records cited her as the most
awarded female act of all time. Houston
was one of the world's best-selling music
artists, having sold over 200 million records
worldwide. Houston is the only artist to
chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot
100 hits. She is the second artist behind
Elton John and the only woman to have two
number-one Billboard 200 Album awards
(formerly "Top Pop Album" on the
Billboard magazine year-end charts.
Houston's 1985 debut album Whitney
Houston became the best-selling debut
album by a woman at the time of its
release. Our queen is just out of this world
when it comes to her vocal prowess.
3. Carlos Santana : To tell you the honest
truth in the most humble way, I can't just
tell you why I love him. He uses the guitar
in a way that even it's inventor would
wonder if some of the tunes could ever be
produced. He's a Mexican and American
who became famous in the late 1960's and
early 1970's. He has won 10 Grammy
Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.
2. Phil Collins : OmG this guy is simply out
of this world, an English musician, singer-
songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and
writer, best known both as drummer and
vocalist for English rock group Genesis and
as a solo artist. His solo career, which was
launched in 1981 and was heavily
influenced by his personal life and soul
music, brought both himself and Genesis
greater commercial success. Collins's total
worldwide sales as a solo artist are 150
million. Collins has won numerous music
awards throughout his career, including
seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards—
winning Best British Male three times, three
American Music Awards, an Academy
Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a
Disney Legend Award in 2002 for his solo
work. In 2008, Collins was ranked the 22nd
most successful artist on the "The Billboard
Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists".
God, Allah, and Yahweh.. I can't listen to
him with my eyes opened.
1. Michael Jackson ..: I need not introduce
him to you, the name Michael would forever
ring a Bell to the Living or Dead, especially
if you lived between 1980-2009.. Jackson is
recognized as the most successful
entertainer of all time by Guinness World
Records. His contributions to music, dance,
and fashion, along with his publicized
personal life, made him a global figure in
popular culture for over four decades.
Jackson 1982 Album is the best selling
album of all time. Jackson is one of the few
artists to have been inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also
inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the
first and only dancer from pop and rock
music. Some of his other achievements
include multiple Guinness World Records; 13
Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy
Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award; 26 American Music
Awards, more than any other artist,
including the "Artist of the Century" and
"Artist of the 1980s". He's definitely My
Greatest, at some point as a kid, I referred
to him as my Father. R.I.P