Let´s discuss everyone´s favourite artists by genre, you can differentiate into subgenres of course: Solo Artists (may have a band, as many artists do, but appears only the name of 1 artist on records and not the band´s name) Pop - Michael Jackson Progressive Rock- Roger Waters Experimental/Classical Rock - Mike Oldfield Alternative Rock - Alanis Morisette Alternative Metal- Amy Lee Punk-Rock - Avril Lavigne Hip-Hop- Jay-Z Electronic - Krewella/Zedd Classical Crossover - Lindsey Stirling Symphonic Metal - Tarja Turunen Bands Pop - Coldplay (could put pop/rock, but now just pop) Pop Rock - Maroon 5/ Linkin Park Nu-Metal -Linkin Park/Evanescence Alternative Rock - U2/Linkin Park Electronic Rock - Linkin Park Punk-Rock - Green Day/Paramore Post-Grunge - Nickelback/Breaking Benjamin/Hoobastank Christian Rock - Skillet Progressive Rock - Pink Floyd Art-Rock - Radiohead Symphonic Metal - Evanescence/Nightwish/Epica/Within Temptation/Delain/Sirenia/Lacuna Coil Melodic Death Metal - Arch Enemy Folk Metal- Nightwish/Within Temptation/Hyubris Post-Hardcore- Pvris
I actually don't categorize my favorite artists by genres tbh. but here's my top 5 (with their genre): 1- Purity Ring (electropop/dream pop) 2- Linkin Park #GenreIsDead 3- MisterWives (Indie pop/Alternative) 4- Bring Me the Horizon (Alternative rock/post-hardcore/Metalcore (early)) 5- CHVRCHES (synthpop)
U2 - alternative rock/ post-punk John Coltrane - jazz Ye - hip hop Notorious BIG - hip hop Jay Z - hip hop My Bloody Valentine - alternative rock Slowdive - shoe gaze Radiohead - art rock The Beatles - rock / pop Fleetwood Mac - country/rock Ryuichi Sakamoto - classical/electronic Burial - electronic Yellow Magic Orchestra - electronic/synthpop Coldplay - alternative rock/ pop rock The Smiths - indie rock Underworld - electronic Lauryn Hill - neo soul / hip hop The-Dream - rnb Depeche Mode - synth pop/ electronic rock Jimi Hendrix - psychedelic rock Riow Arai - breakbeat/ electronic Marvin Gaye - soul The Isley Brothers - rnb/ soul Missy Elliot - rap/ rnb I can't keep going because it'll be like 2 pages lol. This is enough to get an insight to what I like
^ same honestly, but I'll give you some of my top artists from across the spectrum with the (rough approximation of) genres Enter Shikari (post-hardcore/electronic/drum 'n' bass) Linkin Park (alternative/rock/pop) Michael Jackson (pop/new jack swing/RnB) blink-182 (pop-punk/alternative rock) Coldplay (alternative/pop-rock) Goo Goo Dolls (alternative rock/punk) Panic! at the Disco (pop-punk/baroque pop/pop) The Cure (gothic rock) System of a Down (nu metal/alternative metal) Kenny Chesney (country) Aerosmith (hard rock) Attack! Attack! (metalcore/electronicore) John Williams (classical/score) Marius Neset (jazz) LAXX (dubstep/trance) Funkadelic (funk) Hiatus Kaiyote (soul/nu jazz) Make Them Suffer (deathcore) Monte Montgomery (blues) Nick Drake (folk) Sam Bush (bluegrass) Mumford & Sons (folk/alternative) Ray Lynch (new age) Uttara-Kuru (Japanese fusion) Electric Light Orchestra - (rock)
Alternative Rock- The Fray | Favorite song= How to Save a Life Jazz- Gregory Porter | Favorite song= Hey Laura Hip-Hop/Rap- Eminem | Favorite song= White America Post-Hardcore- Dance Gavin Dance | Favorite Song= Man Of the Year Shoe Gaze- My Bloody Valentine | Favorite Song= Sometimes Art Rock- Pink Floyd | Favorite Song= Breathe Country- Kenny Chesney | Favorite Song= Don't Blink Rock- Linkin Park | Favorite Song= Mark the Graves Pop-Punk- Blink-182 | Favorite Song= Asthenia Pop- Ed Sheeran | Favorite Song= Afire Love Noise Pop- Sleigh Bells | Favorite Song= Crown on the Ground Dream Pop- Lana Del Rey | Favorite Song= Young and Beautiful RnB- Justin Timberlake | Favorite Song= Like I Love You Ft. Clipse Metal- Judas Priest | Favorite Song= Painkiller Pop Rock- Hey Monday | Favorite Song= Arizona Indie Rock- Death Cab For Cutie | Favorite Song= We Looked Like Giants Synth Pop- CHVRCHES | Favorite Song= Leave a Trace Metalcore- Bring Me The Horizon | Favorite Song= Sleepwalking Emo- Brand New | Favorite Song= Jude Law and the Semester Abroad (Their first album was Pop Punk which this song is from, their next three albums were Emo albums) Electronic Rock- Innerpartysystem | Favorite Song= Don't Stop Trip Hop- GRiZ | Favorite Song= Not Sure House- Kygo | Favorite Song= Happy Birthday ft. John Legend Dubstep- Skrillex | Favorite Song= Benny Benassi Ft. Gary Go - Cinema (Skrillex Remix) or Original Kyoto Ft. Sirah EDM- Knife Party | Favorite Song= Begin Again Dance/Disco- Daft Punk | Favorite Song= Get Lucky Ft. Pharrell Williams Trance- Darude | Favorite Song= Sandstorm Electronic- The Postal Service | Favorite Song= Such Great Heights Electronica- Jem | Favorite Song= They Psychedelic Rock- Tame Impala | Favorite Song= New Person, Same Old Mistakes Indie Pop- Bleachers | Favorite Song= Rollercoaster Punk- Rancid | Favorite Song= Roots Radical Punk Rock- Rise Against | Favorite Song= Not Sure. Contenders= Satellite, Swing Life Away, Life Less Frightening, Paper Wings Electro Pop/Indie Rock- The 1975 | Favorite Song= Sex Hardcore- Blessthefall | Favorite Song= God Wears Gucci Funk Rock- Red Hot Chilli Peppers | Favorite Song= Dani California Grunge- Nirvana | Favorite Song= Lithium Death Metal- Suicide Silence | Favorite Song= The Disease Prog Rock- Porcupine Tree | Favorite Song= Time Flies Grove Metal- Five Finger Death Punch | Favorite Song= The Bleeding K-Pop- SHINee | Favorite Song= Lucifer J-Pop- SHINee | Favorite Song= Mr. Right Guy (Not on Youtube) [They release both K-Pop and J-Pop albums] Soul- Akon | Favorite Song= Lonely Neo-Soul/RnB- Miguel | Favorite Song= Sure Thing Reggae- Damian Marley | Favorite Song= Tribal War (with Nas and K'naan) or solo song Affairs of the Heart Ska Punk- Less Than Jake | Favorite Song= All My Best Friends Are Metalheads Hard Rock- Three Days Grace | Favorite Song= I Hate Everything About You Alternative Metal- Chevelle | Favorite Song= Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) Classic Rock- The Police | Favorite Song= Synchronocity I Progressive Metal- System of a Down | Favorite Song= Old School Hollywood Alternative Hip-Hop- Twenty One Pilots | Favorite Song= Trees Note: These Last 6 didn't want to work for URLs, would show up videos. Edit: I hit exactly 50 genres, that's enough work for me today.
Yes, Linkin Park has been pretty much about that in the past let´s say 10 years, changing the sound in every album.