[Other] What are your top 5 favorite artists (musical) off the top of your head?

[pyriticsilence]

Oh, I forgot about Florence + The Machine.

 

[tripleX]

David Bowie
Kate Bush
Stevie Wonder
R.E.M.
Tori Amos

It's really hard for me to choose only 5 favorite musicians. There are so many! XD

 

[Smilephantomhive]

Marina and the Diamonds
Melanie Martinez
Kikuo
Mother Mother
Fall Out Boy

 

[Qlip]

Bowie, Wonder, Beatles, YMO and ummmm... Al Green.

URGENT UPDATE:

The Pentangle
Kraftwerk
Velvet Underground
John Coletrane
Tangerine Dream

 

[thepink-cloakedninja]

Red, Evanesence, Aurora, Owl City, and Breaking Benjamin.

 

[Population: 1]

Just 5?

Dead Can Dance
Pink Floyd
Depeche Mode
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Jesus and Mary Chain

 

[tchudak]

Not sure if they fit but they are two of my favorites: Giuseppe Verdi and Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The Rush, Elvis Costello, Alice Cooper

 

[Red Memories]

1. Samuel Larsen
2. Sawyer Fredericks
3. Taylor Swift
4. The Birthday Massacre
5. Melanie Martinez

and I could continue this as I am addicted to music. XD

 

[Flâneuse]

Laura Marling, Radiohead, The Smiths, Bjork, The Smashing Pumpkins

 

[highlander]

Sia
Lada Gaga
Toto
Depeche Mode
Tori Amos

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

In no particular order:
Modest Mouse
White Stripes
Mountain Goats
Yes
Meh, let's throw the Beatles in here too.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

I probably already posted in here. My top 5s for most things tend to fluctuate depending on the mood or what I'm interested in at a given time.

I've been listening to a lot of the following lately:

David Bowie (Philly Soul & Berlin periods)
Al Green
James Brown
Jerry Goldsmith film scores
Iggy Pop

Technically these are old favorites but I hadn't listened to much of them in a while. I've been in an "oldies" mood, I suppose.

 

[The Cat]

The GooGoo Dolls
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Panic! At the Disco
The Wallflowers
Bear McCreary

 

[magpie]

Cocorosie
Bright Eyes
Mountain Goats
Radical Face
Garbage

 

[Hiraeth]

At the moment, I only have one.

1. A ten-way tie between David Bowie, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Slowdive, Syd Barrett, Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine, The Stone Roses, The Velvet Underground, Cocteau Twins, and Elliott Smith

Still subject to change as always.

 

[Zarathustra]

Atmosphere
Bob Marley
Tupac
Joss Stone
Blackalicious

...and Prince
...and Thievery Corporation

 

[Peter Deadpan]

This list will be different in a month.

Alt-J
Timber Timbre
The Afghan Whigs
TV on the Radio
Glass Animals

 

[á´…eparted]

iamamiwhoami
Tim Hecker
Purity Ring
The Knife
Plaid

This changes around slightly but they are the first that have come to mind.

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

Fiona Apple
Stevie Nicks
Murkyr
Marilyn Manson
Cattle Decapitation

 

[Yama]

µ's
Aqours
Perfume
Ayumi Hamasaki
Panic! at the Disco