What are you favourite artists or groups of the past decade?

Mine are

1) Britney Spears
2) Pink
3) Rihanna
4) Sugababes
5) Beyonce
6) Destiny's Child
7) Eminem
8) Christina Aguilera
9) Avril Lavigne
10) Mariah Carey

Mariah is at the bottom because her noughties material has been fairly good but compared to the other nine people, she hasn't blown me away.

I wanted to add Gaga but i made it realistic to include artists who have released more material then her.

1 - Beyoncé
2 - Lady GaGa
3 - Girls Aloud
4 - Shakira
5 - Britney
6 - Black Eyed Peas
7 - Mariah Carey
8 - Rihanna
9 - Justin Timberlake
10 - Kelly Clarkson

In no real order,
1. Lady Gaga
2. Florence and the Machine
3. Britney Spears
4. Sugababes
5. Lily Allen
6. Kate Nash
7. Paramore
8. Beyonce
9. Muse
10. Avril Lavigne

Beyonce
Lady GaGa
Black Eyed Peas
Avril Lavigne
Rihanna
Shakira
Eminem
Alicia Keys
Britney Spears
Michael Buble

Only 10 eh? ok

- Idlewild
- Bloc Party
- Sigur Ros
- Frightened Rabbit
- Death Cab for Cutie
- The National
- Stars
- Explosions in the Sky
- The Twilight Singers
- Jimmy Eat World

Personally i think people's lists have been based by current artists, not overall artists. Which shows people clearly can't manage a list well on the best artists of the decade.

Maybe we think the current artists are the best

Well on my list, Eminem and Britney ruled the early 00's and are still producing some good material. Shakira is a huge star worldwide and her first album was fanatastic. Beyonce is the biggest female Rnb/pop crossover artist there is and her singles from IASF have been fantastic. Michael Buble and Alicia Keys are critically acclaimed acts with massive album success and have tons of respect in the music industry. Keys has been succesful for years but only very recently has Buble began to be noticed in the UK. Avril is still very young but has produced some great songs and her return in March is widely anticipated. I expect it'll be massive.

GaGa and BEP's were on the list 'cos they've ruled the music world all over the world in 2009.

Mariah carey and Black eyed peas

1. Madonna

2. Bat For Lashes

3. Cat Power

4. Gwen Stefani

5. The Killers

6. Pink

7. Shakira

8. Electrelane

9. Amy Winehouse

10. Lady Gaga


Bar Lady Gaga I've tried to include people who've had several albums out over the decade not ten people who are currently in the top 40

There were several people who just missed out - Asobi Seksu, Sneaky Sound System, Black Eyed Peas sorry

And there were people who I would have included but having only releasedone album I think it's too early to include them: Little Boots, Maps, Passion Pit

I put the artists in my list who I think have been the best this decade. Not just because they are in the charts this year (JT wasn't. Unless you include collaborations).

Lady GaGa
Rihanna
Avril Lavinge
Oukast
Gwen Stefani
Sugababes
Amy Winehouse
Alicia Keys
Kelly Clarkson
Take That

In no particular order

30Seconds to Mars
Paramore
Avril Lavigne
Greenday
Blink 182
Snow Patrol
Evanescence
The Killers

Thats it for now, can't think of anymore at moment

Pixie Lott
Beyonce
The Killers
Coldplay
Lady Gaga
Leona Lewis
Black Eyed Peas

couldn't think of any others.

Roughly in order:

Radiohead
Animal Collective
Sufjan Stevens
Joanna Newsom
TV on the Radio
Arcade Fire
Bjork
M.I.A.
Grizzly Bear
The Knife

Lots more. It's been a good decade for me as I've been able to listen to loads of stuff outside of the mainstream which is more to my taste.

The Cure
Radiohead
Manic Street Preachers
Muse
Coldplay
Ash
The Killers
Snow Patrol
Idlewild
Editors

Someone with taste similar to mine. Id definitely pick these 3; The Cure are my favourite band, closely followed by Radiohead and Muse.

In no certain order, very hard to pick...

Lady Gaga
Beyonce
Kelly Clarkson
Snow Patrol
Michael Jackson
Pink
Justin Timberlake
Coldplay
James Morrison
Destiny's Child

In no particular order:

Ryan Adams
Nickel Creek
John Mayer
Grand Drive
Ray LaMontagne
Kings of Leon
Jesse Malin
Bruce Springsteen (obviously he pre-dates this decade by quite a bit, but he has had a brilliant career revival)
Norah Jones
Counting Crows (their best stuff is from the nineties, but they are still phenomenal live)

1) Muse.
2) Muse.
3) Muse.
4) Muse.
5) Muse.
6) Muse.
7) Muse.
8) Muse.
9) Muse.
10) Muse.

Radiohead
Interpol
Bloc Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Arctic Monkeys
Muse
Kings Of Leon
The Strokes
The Streets
The Libertines

Avril Levine
Daughtry
Keane
Nickelback
James Morrison
Coldplay
Snow Patrol
Britney Spears
Amy Winehouse
Pink

30 Seconds To Mars
Christina Aguilera
Jack's Mannequin
Paramore
Kelly Clarkson
Avril Lavigne
Gavin DeGraw
Dashboard Confessional
Kings of Leon
Lady Gaga

1.) Radiohead
2.) The Streets
3.) Arctic Monkeys
4.) Kasabian
5.) Jamie T
6.) Blur
7.) Editors
8.) Florence + The Machine
9.) Thom Yorke
10.) Snow Patrol

Was quite hard...

A tad premature. The decade doesn't end until 31 December, 2010.