My top 100 solo male artists
by Moondance

In this chart I offer my top solo male artists.
In doing so, there are 3 key things to know about my choices:
1. Being Australian, I am very familiar with artist from Australia & New Zealand and feel they don't get the recognition they deserve on the BEA site. So I unashamedly have a natural bias towards them;
2. I am a songwriter and my tendency/preference is towards those male artists who are also singer/songwriters;
3. Being born in the mid 1950's, my musical preferences & most influential singer/songwriter artists were those in the 1970's - so this chart will reflect that particular bias.
This chart will list the male artists in alphabetic order - so there is no inherent rating between the male artists.
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
2014
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Rank Score:
17
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
39
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
2,731
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1988
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336
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1972
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339
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
17,915
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
1,901
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
760
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[First added to this chart: 08/30/2023]
Year of Release:
2013
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None
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None
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2022]
Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
101
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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My top 100 solo male artists composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 5 5%
1970s 40 40%
1980s 17 17%
1990s 11 11%
2000s 13 13%
2010s 14 14%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


E 1 1%
Gordon Lightfoot 1 1%
Cat Stevens 1 1%
David Bowie 1 1%
David Gray 1 1%
Van Morrison 1 1%
Stevie Wonder 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 38 38%
United Kingdom 31 31%
Australia 17 17%
Ireland 5 5%
Canada 4 4%
Sweden 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
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Live? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 10/27/2023 18:20 | #299662
Great list moondance.
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