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.
- Chart updated: 08/30/2023 06:45
- (Created: 10/13/2022 10:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
2,478
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
7,019
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Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
333
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Total albums: 17. Page 1 of 2
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My top 100 solo male artists composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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 | % | |
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| Eric Andersen | 1 | 1% | |
| Mark Geary | 1 | 1% | |
| Matt Moffitt | 1 | 1% | |
| Paul Weller | 1 | 1% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1 | 1% | |
| John Hiatt | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Petty | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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38 | 38% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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17 | 17% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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My top 100 solo male artists chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 96th to 95thYou? Me? Us? by Richard Thompson |
| Up 1 from 95th to 94thSweet Baby James by James Taylor |
| Up 1 from 94th to 93rdThe Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man On Earth |
| New entries |
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| Far Be It From Me by Tex Perkins |
| Letters To A Dream by Louis Tillett |
| Leavers |
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| On And On by Jack Johnson |
| Trouble Is... by Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 12/10/2022 22:05 | Johnnyo | 2,567 | 80/100 |
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From Johnnyo 10/27/2023 18:20 | #299662
Great list moondance.
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