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Do you ever wonder?

Do you ever wonder why some artists (individuals or groups) attain success through critical acclaim and/or record (cd) sales?

Here is my list of those who have made it in the recording/entertainment industries and is completely puzzling to me.

Please list your own; it's irrelevant what you think of mine.

OK, here you go (in no particular order):

Sheryl Crow
Norah Jones
Michael Bolton
Celine Dion
Joe Cocker
Manhattan Transfer
Boston
Rickie Lee Jones
Pink
Phil Collins

That's enough to get started; show me what you got.
audiofeil
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jsd52756
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Wow did you open a can of worms. All artists have their merits of course. If they are making money somethings gotta be right. BUT as long as your asking, my wife always says, "Rod Stewart sounds like Dinky Duck after taking a hit off the helium tank".
God I love her.
Thanks Audiofeil, John
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waltersalas
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The Dave Matthews Band
James Taylor
Chicago
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
The Cure
Flaming Lips

An eclectic mix of stuff I can't stand.
sgunther
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I live near Atlanta and the following two "artist" are in concert together here this weekend. Kanye West and Lady GaGa. I don't anticipate any arguments about putting these two on the list.
pops
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My list would be virtually anyone on commercial radio - sounds negative but the current state of pop/rock music is just intolerable for me. This really became apparant when I got back into vinyl and broke out all my old artists from the 60's and 70's.

There is alot of great music that is current it is just not played on commercial radio. If I hear Pearl Jam, Live, or Boston once more...
tfkaudio
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"Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts" - Paul Simon. Mr. Simon has said that he has had the pleasure to have worked with hundreds of stellar musicians that nobody has ever heard of.
Great fame, more than anything else, is just sheer luck. The spotlight finds them, not the other way around.

That said, my short list:

Joe Cocker
Coldplay

Cheers.
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