I've spent the last several months curating a playlist of all my favorite songs from the last 42 years from country, pop, R&B and rock artists. I have a total of 228 songs in my faves playlist. I was studying my playlist to determine who my top artists were from the last 42 years. I was going to try to go with my top 20 artists however it ended up being 23. To determine who made the list, I included only artists who had at least 3 songs appearing on my playlist. That is how I came to the number 23 instead of 20 or 25.
My top 23 artists combined have a total of 97 songs out of the 228 songs in my playlist. Additionally, I have 25 other artists who had 2 songs appearing in my playlist and, 81 artists who each had 1 song in my playlist. That's 129 individual artists who made it in my playlist. Obviously it would be too lengthy a post to include every song and artist that is on my playlist. I hope others will share their top artists. It doesn't have to be 23 like mine. Just curious in seeing what artists are your favorite. And now, here's my top 23 artists from the last 42 years.
I had 3 artists who had 7 songs each.
Ed Sheeran: "Thinking Out Loud", " Shape Of You ", " Bad Habits ", " Barcelona ", " Save Myself ", " Perfect " and "Perfect Symphony" (featuring Andrea Boccelli).
Tim McGraw: "Something Like That", " Don't Take The Girl ", " It's Your Love " (featuring Faith Hill), "Live Like You Were Dying", " If You're Reading This ", " Indian Outlaw" and "I Like It, I Love It".
Carrie Underwood: " Two Black Cadillacs ", " Jesus Take The Wheel ", " Before He Cheats" "All American Girl", " Don't Forget To Remember Me ", " I Told You So " and "If I Didn't Love You" (Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood).
I had 2 artists who had 6 songs each.
Jack Johnson: "Better Together", " Home ", " Banana Pancakes ", " Cookie Jar ", " Willie Got Me Stoned" and "Shot Reverse Shot".
Jason Mraz: " I'm Yours", "Lucky" (featuring Colbie Caillat), "Life Is Wonderful", " Geek In The Pink ", " I Won't Give Up " ( Straight No Chaser during Jason Mraz) and "Have It All".
I had 3 artists who had 5 songs each.
Shawn Mendes: " Senorita", "Stitches", " If I Can't Have You ", " In My Blood " and "Lost In Japan".
Bruno Mars: " Count On Me ", " The Lazy Song ", " When I Was Your Man ", " That's What I Like " and "Uptown Funk" (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars).
Jason Aldean: "She's Country", " Dirt Road Anthem", "If I Didn't Love You" (featuring Carrie Underwood), "Gonna Know We Were Here" and "You Make It Easy".
I had 4 artists who had 4 songs each.
Michael Buble': " Dream A Little Dream Of Me ", " Home ", " Me And Mrs. Jones" and "My Funny Valentine".
Luke Bryan: " Country Girl Shake It For Me ", " Play It Again ", " Kick The Dust Up " and "Crash My Party".
Alicia Keys: " If I Ain't Got You " (featuring Usher), "Like You'll Never See Me Again", " You Don't Know My Name " and "Fallin'".
Justin Moore: " Backwoods ", " I Could Kick Your A**", "We Didn't Have Much" and "Bait A Hook".
And finally rounding out the top 23 artists are 11 artists who each had 3 songs.
Edwin McCain: " I Could Not Ask For More ", " Solitude " and "I'll Be".
Train: " Play That Song ", " Hey Soul Sister " and "I Got You".
Brad Paisley: " Whiskey Lullaby ", " I'm Still A Guy " and "He Didn't Have To Be".
Kenny Chesney: " There Goes My Life ", " You Had Me From Hello " and "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy".
Blake Shelton: " Ol' Red ", " Home" and "Doin' What She Likes".
Straight No Chaser: " Jolene" (featuring Dolly Parton), " I Won't Give Up " (featuring Jason Mraz) and "I'm Yours/Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
Randy Travis: " I Told You So ", " On The Other Hand " and "Diggin' Up Bones".
Bon Jovi: " Wanted Dead Or Alive ", " You Give Love A Bad Name " and "Livin' On A Prayer".
Prince: " When Doves Cry ", " Purple Rain " and "Kiss".
Aerosmith: " Dude", "Rag Doll" and "Walk This Way" ( Run D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith).
Usher: "My Boo", " U Got It Bad " and "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys featuring Usher).
I look forward to reading what others have to say. Peace!
