Rate The Artist/Musician #38 - Pearl Jam

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Well here we have it

Godsmack in at 33 with a 51
Primus at 19 with a 70
Joy Division at 22 with a 65
Gang Starr at 13 with a 77
Alice In Chains at 10 with an 80
Public Enemy at 7 with an 83

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Queen tying Bowie for second with an 89


Pearl Jam



Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. The band's original line-up consisted of Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Dave Krusen (drums). The band's current drummer is Matt Cameron, formerly of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998.
Formed after the demise of Ament and Gossard's previous band Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album Ten. One of the key bands of the grunge movement in the early 1990s, Pearl Jam was nevertheless criticized early on as being a corporate cash-in on the alternative rock explosion. However, its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices as their career progressed, including refusing to make music videos and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster. Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame."
Since its inception, the band has sold 30 million records in the U.S., and an estimated 60 million albums worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the decade, and "the most popular American rock band of the 1990s". Pearl Jam continues to generate hit albums, tour successfully, and garner critical acclaim into the 21st century.


1) Jimi Hendrix - 91
2) David Bowie - 89
3) Queen - 89
4) Johnny Cash - 87
5) Tupac - 85
6) Guns N' Roses - 83
7) Public Enemy - 83
8) The Doors - 81
9) Iron Maiden - 80
10) Alice in Chains - 80
11) Dio - 78
12) Dr. Dre - 77
13) Gang Starr - 77
14) Black Sabbath - 76
15) Metallica - 75
16) Ice-T - 74
17) Pantera - 73
18) Sonic Youth - 72
19) Primus - 70
20) Garth Brooks - 68
21) Nine Inch Nails - 67
22) Joy Division - 65
23) Wu Tang Clan - 64
24) Megadeth - 64
25) Outkast - 64
26) Anthrax - 62
27) The Killers - 61
28) Dropkick Murphys - 61
29) Eminem - 60
30) Slayer - 60
31) Tenacious D - 59
32) NOFX - 59
33) Godsmack - 51
34) U2 - 40
35) Staind - 31
36) Rihanna - 28
37) 50 Cent - 27