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Rank   Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Nationality
  1. 1

    John Lennon & Paul McCartney

    Beatles Classic Hits
  2. 2

    Elton John & Bernie Taupin

  3. 3
    Rock music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Pop music, Country, Disco, Funk, Adult contemporary music, Blue-eyed soul More
    Hawks, Now Voyager
    United Kingdom, England
  4. 4
    Rock music, Progressive rock, Pop rock, Pop music, Disco, Electronica, Art rock, Symphonic rock More
    Birmingham, Shard End
    Concert for George, A Message From the Country - The Jeff Lynne Years 1968/1973, Every Little Thing, Lift Me Up / Sirens, Armchair Theatre More
    England
  5. 5

    Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus

  6. 6
    Classical music, Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Pop music, Ambient music, Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll More
    London
    Concert for George, Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, Give My Regards to Broad Street, Tug of War, Liverpool Oratorio, Twin Freaks, Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S. Live 2002, Driving Rain, The McCartney Years, McCartney II, Beautiful Night, Paul McCartney in Red Square, Band on the Run, Once Upon a Long Ago, McCartney, Paul Is Live - The New World Tour, Karaoke Lennon & McCartney, Wings Over America, Ram, Flowers in the Dirt, Pipes of Peace, Coming Up, That Was Me, Paul McCartney's Standing Stone, Paul McCartney's Working Classical, Ebony and Ivory, The Paul McCartney Collection, Never Stop Doing What You Love, All My Trials, Anthology, Press to Play, Flaming Pie, Dance Tonight, Hope of Deliverance, Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights!, Снова в СССР, Gold Ballads, Liverpool Sound Collage, Paul Is Live, Red Rose Speedway, The Space Within US, Oobu Joobu: Part 9, Ram, A Toot and a Snore in '74, Run Devil Run, Pizza and Fairy Tales, Oobu Joobu, Part 1, Waterfalls, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Party Party, Hey Tokyo!, Standing Stone, Wingspan: Hits and History, Tripping the Live Fantastic, Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why, The Family Way, Memory Almost Full, Get Back, Unplugged, My Brave Face, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg), Amoeba's Secret, Ebony and Ivory, Ou est le soleil?, Back in the World, Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!, Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, Good Evening New York City, Birthday, Paul McCartney Live in Los Angeles, 2005-09-22: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Looking for Changes, 2003-06-01: Back Home Liverpool: King's Dock, Liverpool, England, 2008-07-20: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Naughty Boys, Young Boy, Back in the USSR, Memory Almost Full (Deluxe Edition), Hot Hits – Cold Cuts, Memory Almost Full, Oobu Joobu: Widescreen Radio, The Girl Is Mine, All the Rest, Wonderful Christmastime, Fine Line, Off the Ground, All the Best!, Freedom / From a Lover to a Friend, Thrillington, Amoeba's Secret, Once Upon a Long Ago, The McCartney-McManus Collaborations, Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields feat. conductor: Gavin Greenaway), Off the Ground, Standing Stone, ITunes Festival: London, Put It There, Motor of Love, Best 16, The Very Best of Paul McCartney, Working Classical, Choba B CCCP, Ocean's Kingdom, Beatles Classic Hits, Temporary Secretary, No Other Baby, Jenny Wren, Wingspan: Hits and History More
    United Kingdom, England
  7. 7
    Rock music, Pop music, Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock, Surf music, Art rock, Surf rock, Baroque pop, Psychedelic pop, Outsider music More
    Hawthorne
    That Lucky Old Sun, Smile, Imagination, Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, Live in Tokyo, Live at the Roxy Theatre, Gettin' In Over My Head, Brian Wilson, Orange Crate Art, Sweet Insanity (Dumb Angel. Rarities, Volume 15), Pet Sounds Live, In The Key Of Disney, 21 Little Ones, Landylocked, What I Really Want for Christmas, Brian Wilson Disney Album, Sweet Insanity, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, Our Prayer (Freeform Reform) More
    United States of America
  8. 8

    John Phillips and Michelle Phillips (Mamas and the Papas)

  9. 9
    Folk music, Rock music, Soft rock, Folk rock, World music, Pop folk
    Maplewood
    Surprise, Mother and Child Reunion, The Essential Paul Simon, The Paul Simon Anthology, Born at the Right Time: The Best Of, Unplugged, The Capeman (Original Broadway Cast), Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin', The Paul Simon Songbook, One-Trick Pony, Paul Simon 1964/1993, Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991, You Can Call Me Al, This better be good, Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar, Still Crazy After All These Years, Hearts and Bones, Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin', Graceland: The African Concert, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Live Rhymin', Graceland, The Paul Simon Song Book, The Boy in the Bubble, The Rhythm of the Saints, Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971-1986, Concert in the Park, You're the One, Paul Simon, Father and Daughter, So Beautiful or So What, Greatest Hits, Etc., Recorded As Jerry Landis, The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin', Paul Simon: 1964-1993, Songs From the Capeman More
    United States of America
  10. 10

    Don Henley and Glenn Frey (Eagles)

  11. 11

    Mercury, Deacon, May, Taylor (Queen)

  12. 12

    Lamm, Pankow, Kath and Cetera (Chicago)

  13. 13
    Rock music, Hard rock
    Mick Jones
    England
  14. 14

    Justin Hayward (Moody Blues)

  15. 15
    Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Psychedelic rock, Art rock, Heartland rock More
    Circle of Love, Fly Like an Eagle, Born 2B Blue
    United States of America
  16. 16
    4 Track E.P.
    United States of America
  17. 17
  18. 18
    Rock music, Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Pop rock, Soft rock, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Jazz, Rock and roll, Blue-eyed soul, Big band More
    Chiswick
    The Platinum Collection, Strangers Like Me, Live and Loose in Paris, Tarzan: The Broadway Musical, Both Sides, Hits, Sussudio, Going Back, That's Just the Way It Is, True Colors, Finally... The First Farewell Tour, Best Ballads, Hello, I Must Be Going!, Wear My Hat, Buster, Every Day, Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack, Son of Man, You'll Be in My Heart, Dance into the Light, Testify, Serious Hits… Live!, In The Air Tonight '88, Two Hearts, It's in Your Eyes, Dance Into the Light, The Very Best Of, Tarzan, In the Air Tonight, Tarzan, I Missed Again, Phil Collins, True Colors, Live USA, 12"ers, Face Value, Tarzan (2007 Original Dutch Cast), No Jacket Required, 2001 Diamond Collection, No Matter Who, Tarzan, The Platinum Collection, Easy Lover, Don't Lose My Number, Tarzan (Deutsche Originalversion), ...But Seriously, Hand in Hand, SW 49 Phil Collins Live, Another Day in Paradise, Brother Bear: Original Soundtrack, Thru' These Walls, Hero, No Song of Mine: The Best of Collins, Live and Loose in Paris, At Fukuoka Dome: Live, Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore, We Wait and We Wonder, If Leaving Me Is Easy, Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New, Wild Connections (feat. Gary Moore and Rod Argent), You Can't Hurry Love, I Wish It Would Rain Down, A Groovy Kind of Love, Separate Lives, Both Sides of the Story, Like china, Lalo's Selection: Best of Phil Collins and Genesis, Can't Stop Loving You, Tarzan En Español, In the Air Tonight, Collection 2000, A Little Bit of Something for the Weekend, Wake Up Call, Do You Remember?, Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), Flying Hits 6 More
    United Kingdom, England
  19. 19
    Rock music, Electronic music, Dance music, Pop music, Electronic dance music, Electronica, Dance-pop More
    New York City
    Nothing Fails, Frozen, The Holiday Collection, Get Together, She's Breathless, Drowned World Tour 2001, I'm Breathless, Dress You Up, Music, Ray of Light, Sticky & Sweet Tour Live in Buenos Aires, Super Club Mix, Like a Virgin, Express Yourself, It's That Girl, Deep Throat, Like a Virgin, True Blue, In the Beginning, Blond Ambition - Japan Tour '90, Remixed Prayers (Mini Album), Holiday, A New Groove: A New Jean, 4 Minutes, Madonna's Platinum Hits, Confessions of an Icon, Don't Cry for Me, Argentina, GHV2, Erotica, Madonna 1983 - 1989, Bedtime Stories, Something to Remember, Hung Up, Into the Groove, American Life, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, I'll Remember, Who's That Girl, Pre-Madonna, Give It to Me: The Early Years, Evita (The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack), A Tribute to the Greatest Hits of U2, Hard Candy, Madonna's upcoming Best of Remixes compilation, The Confessions Tour, The Madonna Collection, American Life, Confessions on a Dance Floor, Love Ballads, Holiday, Madonna Remixed, Gold, Erotic, Jump, Best Ballads, Live & Alive, Causing a Commotion, Truth or Dare/In Bed With Madonna, You Can Dance: Single Edits, Rays of Light, Celebration: The Video Collection, Deeper and Deeper EP, Borderline, The Look of Love, Open Your Heart, Bye Bye Baby, Don't Tell Me, Total Satisfaction, Oh Girlie, Love Profusion, Blond Ambition Tour, Justify My Love, Untitled Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits Vol 1, Let It Be, Ultra Rare Trax, Volume 3, What It Feels Like for a Girl, Celebration, Madonna, Give It 2 Me, Oh Father, Dear Jessie, On the Street, Deleted Remixes, I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, What It Feels Like for a Girl, The Immaculate Collection, Live - The Virgin Tour, Blond Ambition Tour 1990, Keep It Together, Revolver, You Must Love Me, Deeper and Deeper, Bedtime Story, The Power of Good-Bye, Grand Collection, Greatest Hits, The Girlie Show - Live Down Under, Sexual Exposure, Sticky & Sweet Tour, Live USA, Like a Prayer, 12"ers+2, Rescue Me, Madonna's twelfth studio album, Madonna EP, Live to Tell, Fever, Beautiful Stranger, Sorry Beat, American Life (Remixes), You Can Dance, Superpop, Miles Away, Material Girl, Angel, Crazy for You, Drowned World, Confessions Remixed, Sorry, Live! - Blond Ambition World Tour 90, Impressive Instant, American Life, 12 Inch Collection, Volume 2, CD Single Collection, GHV2 Remixed: The Best of 1991-2001, This Used to Be My Playground, Take a Bow, You'll See, Thunderpuss GHV2 Megamix, Gambler, The Early Years, Bad Girl, American Pie + Best Songs, Ray of Light: Remixes II, Vogue, One More Chance, Die Another Day, 12" Singles, Volume 1, Who's That Girl - Live In Japan, Ray of Light Limited Edition VHS, Cherish, Nothing Really Matters, Hey You, Wild Dancing, Remixed & Revisited, Dance Hits & Remixes, Secret, Rain, True Blue, Spotlight, The Immaculate Collection, Lucky Star, Everybody, Papa Don't Preach, Hanky Panky, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, The Ultimate Collection, American Pie, Hollywood, Music Box, La Isla Bonita, Human Nature, Me Against the Music, Golden Collection 2000, Hits More
    United States of America
  20. 20
    Rock music, Pop rock, Electronic music, Dance music, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music, Disco, Funk, Contemporary R&B, Adult contemporary music, Dance-pop, New jack swing, Motown Sound More
    Gary
    Bad, The Michael Jackson Mix, Greatest Hits: History, Volume 1, Remember the Time / Black or White, Number Ones, Dangerous, The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller, Anthology, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson, They Don't Care About Us, Farewell My Summer Love, Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection, Ben, Dirty Diana, Dangerous, In Concert, Smooth Criminal, Gold, You Are Not Alone, Blood on the Dance Floor (HIStory in the mix), HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1, The Ultimate Collection, Music and Me, Stranger in Moscow, The Collection, The Remix Suite, HIStory, This Is It, One Night in Japan, Billie Jean, Blood on the Dance Floor, One Day in Your Life, Thriller 25 Super Deluxe Edition, Remember the Time, Michael Jackson's This Is It, The Definitive Collection, The Essential Michael Jackson, Gold, Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes, Michael Jackson: Love Songs, Stranger in Moscow - Part 2, The One, Greatest Hits - HIStory Volume I, A Collection Of Michael Jackson's Oldies, Looking Back to Yesterday, Thriller, Promo, Rock With You, In the Closet, Earth Song, Heal the World, King of Pop, Thriller 25, Inédits Songs, Michael, One Night In Japan, Michael Jackson, Thriller, Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour, Dangerous - The Short Films, Thriller 25, Invincible, Off the Wall, Motown Legends, Leave Me Alone, Got to Be There, Michael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years, Colour Collection, Remind: The Remix, Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, The Wiz, Mind Is The Magic: Anthem For The Las Vegas Show, All of It (Bucharest live October 92), Hold My Hand (duet with Akon), Human Nature, Heal the World Tour 92, 1988: Bad Tour Live in Rotterdam 1988, 1988-03-05: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA, Anthology, Volume 2, Black or White (The Clivillés & Cole Remixes), Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, Scream, 14 Greatest Hits With the Jackson 5, Is It Scary, Music & Me, The Best of Michael Jackson, The Very Best of Michael Jackson with the Jackson Five, Bad, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Best Ballads, You Rock My World, The 12" Mixes, Black or White, Scream (feat. Janet Jackson), Love Songs, The Original Soul of Michael Jackson, Jam, Will You Be There, The Remixes, Music History 1, HIStory / Ghosts, Remixed Supergold, Not Guilty (Special Fan Edition), Earth Song, Forever, Michael, Dance Collection, The Classics: A Tribute to a Legend, The Bad Mixes, Moonwalker, Who Is It, The Early Years, Motown's Greatest Hits, Number Ones, Visionary: The Video Singles, Michael Jackson's Vision, Cry, Remixes, Volume 1, Immortal, HIStory, Beat It, MICHAEL, The Girl Is Mine, 2010/10/12, One More Chance, The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson - You Can't Win / Billie Jean (Mixed Masters), Butterflies, The Very Best Of..., Someone in the Dark, Give in to Me, The Silver Collection, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, The Best of Michael Jackson, The Remix Suite, Someone Put Your Hand Out, Man Or The Music, The Megamixes More
    United States of America

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  1. onemightymike
    Top 20 Songwriters of the Rock/Pop Era at 1/28/2012 6:57 PM
    Carole King? Where?
  2. Lons
    Top 20 Songwriters of the Rock/Pop Era at 9/12/2011 1:14 PM
    No Neil Young, David Bowie or Bob Dylan? Shock! Horror!
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