Favourite artist in each decade....

[benpaco]

We're doing 3 now? Sure, why not:

1940s Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, The Ink Spots
1950s Charles Mingus, Les Paul, Chuck Berry
1960s The Beatles (duh), The Who, The Kinks
1970s Joy Division (again duh), Pink Floyd, The Clash
1980s XTC, Tuxedomoon, The Smiths (all duh)
1990s Nirvana, R.E.M., Elliott Smith
2000s Bon Iver, Blue October, Brand New (honorable mention to TATE though 4 of my favorite ever bands)
2010s Monarchy, The National, Tame Impala
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[dmercado]

50s: Frank Sinatra
60s: The Beatles
70s: David Bowie
80s: The Smiths
90s: Nirvana and Radiohead
00s: Kanye West
10s: Yeezus
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[Decurso]

1950s:Buddy Holly
1960s:The Beatles
1970s:Led Zeppelin
1980s:Slayer
1990s:GWAR
2000s:System of a Down
2010s:Fucked Up

[davidhuret]

3 by decade:
1950s: Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry
1960s: the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones
1970s: Neil Young, David Bowie, Pink Floyd
1980s: REM, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Kate Bush
1990s: REM, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Oasis
2000s: Saint Etienne, Paul McCartney, the Flaming Lips
2010s: still too early to tell; Damon Albarn? Good old Neil Young? Some new blood that could be forgotten next year (or not)?

[joedec]

1950s - Miles Davis
1960s - Jimi Hendrix
1970s - David Bowie
1980s - The Cure
1990s - Smashing Pumpkins
2000s - Arcade Fire
2010s - Kendrick Lamar

[scottrosemeyer]

60's - The Beatles
70's - Pink Floyd/David Bowie
80's - Talking Heads/Pixies
90's - Elliott Smith/Bjork
00's - The Mars Volta
10's - Timber Timbre

[blackj]

My pick, mixing through a few genres.

60s - The Beatles
70s - Pink floyd
80s - Michael Jackson (easy to forget how good he was in his early days)
90s - the prodigy
00s - Radiohead (arguably 90s...but hey ho....)
10s - hmm......Muse I guess. (although my 3 girls say it's one direction)

[PsychologistHD]

1950s: Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain)
1960s: Velvet Underground (& Nico, WL/WH, Third Album)
1970s: Pink Floyd (Meddle, La Valle, DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall)
1980s: Beastie Boys (Licensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique)
1990s: Radiohead (The Bends, OK Computer)
2000s: Radiohead (Kid A, Amnesiac, HTTT, In Rainbows)
2010s: Kanye West (MBDTF, Yeezus)
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[F1Aaron]

60's: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and The Velvet Underground
70's: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Clash, and Joy Division
80's: The Smiths, New Order, R.E.M., U2, Sonic Youth, The Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Stone Roses
90's: Nirvana, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, R.E.M. (again), Jeff Buckley and Weezer
2000's: Radiohead (again), The Strokes, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines, Arcade Fire, and Interpol
2010's: The Black Keys, Queens of THe Stone Age, and Arctic Monkeys (so far...)

[satiemaniac]

best and in most cases a runner-up based on personal preference obviously but circling around their contributions in the way of texture, palette, development of the avant-garde and daring (though not always difficult to listen to). these are, i believe, the true pioneers of the past century or so of recorded and/or composed music in the west, the former half being my personal selections out of the canon, and particularly the last few decades being my predictions for what will be considered our contemporary equivalents as time continues to unfurl itself.

1910s: Arnold Schoenberg
1920s: Louis Armstrong, Anton Webern
1930s: Billie Holiday, Django Reinhardt
1940s: Zhou Xuan, Pierre Schaeffer
1950s: Chet Baker, Joao Gilberto
1960s: Sun Ra, The Velvet Underground
1970s: Nico, John Fahey
1980s: Talking Heads, Cocteau Twins
1990s: Basic Channel, Regis
2000s: Panda Bear, Madlib
2010s: A. G. Cook, Kanye West