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Best rock and metal singers

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Freddie Mercury (Queen)1420

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.1k votes

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Freddie Mercury (Queen)1420

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)1370

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)1343

David Bowie1334

Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)1302

Dave Mustaine (Megadeath)1285

Bon Scott (AC/DC)1272

Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)1263

Corey Taylor (Slipknot)1255

#10

Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)1255

#11

Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)1254

#12

Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)1253

#13

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)1250

#14

M. Shadow (Avenged Sevenfold)1247

#15

Jack Black (Tenacious D)1246

#16

Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)1245

#17

Brian Johnson (AC/DC)1243

#18

Dave Grohl (Foofighters)1242

#19

Ronnie James Dio1236

#20

Dolores Oriordan (the Cranberries)1232

#21

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)1232

#22

Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)1229

#23

Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)1227

#24

Mick Jagger (the Rolling Stones)1225

#25

Matthew Tuck (Bullet for my Valentine)1225

#26

Jim Morrison (Doors)1224

#27

Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation)1221

#28

Rob Halford (Judas Priest)1219

#29

Serj Tankian (System of a Down)1217

#30

Zac de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)1213

#31

Emily Armstrong (Linkin Park)1210

#32

Floor Jansen (Nightwish)1208

#33

Paul Mccartney (the Beatles)1203

#34

Nico Sallach (Electric Callboy)1203

#35

David Draiman (Disturbed)1202

#36

Taylor Momsen (the Pretty Reckless)1201

#37

John Lennon (the Beatles)1200

#38

Emily Armstrong (Linkin Park)1196

#39

Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)1193

#40

Jonathan Davis (Korn)1192

#41

John Cooper (Skillet)1185

#42

Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)1182

#43

Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode)1182

#44

Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)1181

#45

Maynard James Keenan (Tool)1180

#46

Matt Bellamy (Muse)1179

#47

Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)1177

#48

Klause Meine (Scorpions)1173

#49

Amy Lee (Evanescence)1172

#50

Josh Homme (Queen of the Stone Age)1171

#51

Avril Lavigne1170

#52

Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)1167

#53

Simone Simons (Epica)1165

#54

Bruce Springsteen1162

#55

Robert Smith (the Cure)1161

#56

Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)1161

#57

Hayley Williams (Paramore)1160

#58

Alice Cooper1158

#59

Tom Araya (Slayer)1158

#60

Benji Webbe (Skindred)1157

#61

James Hetfield (Metallica)1155

#62

Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian)1152

#63

Brandon Flowers (The Killers)1151

#64

Iggy Pop (The Stooges)1150

#65

Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)1150

#66

Joe Duplantier (Gojira)1148

#67

Till Lindemann (Rammstein)1148

#68

Lemmy Kilmister (Mothorhead)1147

#69

Ronnie Radke (Fallin in Reverse)1146

#70

Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons)1145

#71

Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)1145

#72

Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)1143

#73

Anders Friden (In Flames)1139

#74

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)1136

#75

Paul Stanley (Kiss)1134

#76

Thom Yorke (Radiohead)1132

#77

Liam Gallagher (Oasis)1130

#78

Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch)1129

#79

Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon)1120

#80

Debbie Harry (Blondie)1112

What the community says

Rank your favorite rock, hard rock, and metal singers.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.