1. Madonna
   Annie Lennox
2. Gloria Estefan
   Diana Ross

Madonna is a seven-time Grammy Award winner and has been known as the "Queen of Pop" since the 1980s.

1. Michael Jackson
   David Bowie
2. George Michael
   Elton John

Michael Jackson was dubbed the "King of Pop" and was one of the most popular entertainers in the world. His "Thriller" is the best-selling album of all time.

1. David Bowie
   Elton John
2. George Michael
   Bryan Adams

From singing as his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, to his final album, Blackstar, David Bowie's record sales made him one of the world's best-selling music artists.

1. Paul McCartney
   Elton John
2. Bryan Adams
   George Michael

George Michael, a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist rose to fame as a member of the music duo,, Wham!, then went on to a superstar solo career.

1. Gloria Estefan
   Annie Lennox
2. Diana Ross
   Kate Bush

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band, The Tourists, she joined Eurythmics and gained worldwide success.

1. Robert Smith
   Bryan Adams
2. Elton John
   Paul McCartney

Bryan Guy Adams is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist. It's amazing he has time to give us songs like "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You."

1. Diana Ross
   Celine Dion
2. Gloria Estefan
   Olivia Newton-John

Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. As the lead singer of Miami Sound Machine, the group had a series of hit singles, including "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You."

1. Paul McCartney
   Robert Smith
2. Elton John
   Bob Dylan

Elton John is one of the most highly acclaimed and successful solo artists of all time with more than 38 gold and 31 platinum or multi-platinum albums.

1. Lena Horne
   Kate Bush
2. Diana Ross
   Sinéad O'Connor

The dynamic leader of the Supremes, Diana Ross went on her own and became the original pop-soul solo diva by the early 1970s. There "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" for this successful singer.

1. Bob Dylan
   John Lennon
2. Eminem
   Paul McCartney

After the Beatles, "Live and Let Die" was just one of the phenomenal solo hits Paul McCartney had. He is still creating new music today.

1. Kate Bush
   Olivia Newton-John
2. Lena Horne
   Sinéad O'Connor

From her album, Xanadu, to her starring role in "Grease," Olivia Newton-John is an all-around star.

1. John Lennon
   Robert Smith
2. Bob Dylan
   Kurt Cobain

Robert James Smith is the lead singer, guitarist, multi instrumentalist, lyricist, and principal songwriter of the rock band, The Cure.

1. Sinéad O'Connor
   Celine Dion
2. Kate Bush
   Lena Horne

Celine Dion made the theme song from the film, "Titanic," a success. This Canadian-born singer has received various awards, including 12 World Music Awards, five Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, 20 Juno Awards, 45 Félix Awards and many more.

1. John Lennon
   Paul McCartney
2. Ray Charles
   Bob Dylan

John Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles. His solo career after their breakup was very successful with songs like "Instant Karma," which he wrote after he had announced his departure from the Beatles several months earlier.

1. Sinéad O'Connor
   Gwen Stefani
2. Alanis Morissette
   Nena

Sinéad O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album, "The Lion and the Cobra." Her most popular song is "Nothing Compares To You."

1. Shannon
   Gwen Stefani
2. Nena
   Alanis Morissette

Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, Gwen Stefani had three commercially successful singles that are still popular today - "What You Waiting For?" "Rich Girl," and "Hollaback Girl."

1. Nena
   Alanis Morissette
2. Shannon
   Kate Bush

Morissette, an American-Canadian singer songwriter, has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and was dubbed the "Queen of Alt-Rock Angst" by "Rolling Stone Magazine."

1. Steven Tyler
   Eminem
2. Kurt Cobain
   Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."

1. Eminem
   Nena
2. Shannon
   Kate Bush

Nena, a German singer-songwriter, actress, and comedian, rose to international fame when she re-recorded the song "99 Luftballons" in English.

1. Kurt Cobain
   Ray Charles
2. Steven Tyler
   Eminem

Ray Charles was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. He produced Top Ten-charting music for decades. He was often referred to as "The Genius."

1. Shannon
   Karen Bush
2. Joan Armatrading
   Ella Fitzgerald

Shannon, a singer of freestyle and dance-pop music is also a songwriter. "Let the Music Play" brought her the attention she deserved and sold more than a million copies.

1. Kate Bush
   Ella Fitzgerald
2. Joan Armatrading
   Celia Cruz

From the 1950s to the 1980s, Ella Fitzgerald has been referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. she had dozens of hits, including "Summertime."

1. Joe Jackson
   Kurt Cobain
2. Steven Tyler
   Eminem

Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987. With the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit," he was hailed as "the spokesman of a generation."

1. Joe Jackson
   Bobby McFerrin
2. Steven Tyler
   Barry White

From "Janie's Got a Gun" to "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," Steven Tyler's hits cover more than the 1980s. Tyler is best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band, Aerosmith.

1. Barry White
   Joe Jackson
2. Bobby McFerrin
   Howard Jones

Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter. His first release, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" became a hit in 1979.

1. Bobby McFerrin
   Howard Jones
2. Barry White
   Black Francis

Bobby McFerrin is a 10-time Grammy Award winner and has amazing vocal techniques such as rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies, scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion.

1. Joan Armatrading
   Celia Cruz
2. Kate Bush
   Nico

Joan Armatrading is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her album, "Love and Affection," was a critical and commercial success, going gold in the U.K. This album also helped make her a mainstream artist and three-time Grammy nominee.

1. Nico
   Kate Bush
2. Jane Siberry
   Celia Cruz

Do any of these songs ring a bell? "I Muse Aloud,","One More Color" and "Calling All Angels" were hits by Jane Siberry, a Canadian singer-songwriter.

1. Celia Cruz
   Nico
2. Sandra
   Vanessa Williams

The first African-American Miss America, Vanessa Williams is also a versatile vocalist with success on the pop, R&B and dance charts. She also recorded the Academy Award-winning song, "Colors Of The Wind" from Pocahontas.

1. Tone Loc
   Barry White
2. Black Francis
   Howard Jones

The alternative rock band, Pixies, had front man Black Francis who sang influential songs like "Headache" and "Hang On To Your Ego." You may have discovered him in the '80s, however. he became super popular in the '90s.

1. Tone Loc
   Howard Jones
2. Barry White
   Tom Waits

This rapper and actor is Anthony Terrell Smith, better known as Tone Loc. In 1989, he came out with the hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina."

1. Ben E. King
   Tom Waits
2. Barry White
   Paul Stanley

As if that distinctive bass-baritone voice and romantic image weren't enough, Barry White also won a Grammy Award three times. His two biggest hits were "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe."

1. Ben E. King
   Paul Stanley
2. Stevie B
   Tom Waits

Were you into the freestyle and Hi-NRG dance music of the '80s? Then you should know Stevie B, who sang such hits as "Because I Love You" and "Spring Love."

1. Nick Cave
   Tom Waits
2. Paul Stanley
   Ben E. King

"Tom Traubert's Blues" and" Downtown Train" are just two of his top-ten hits that feature Tom Waits' distinctive musical persona with his trademark growl.

1. Ben E. King
   Nick Cave
2. Warren Zevon
   Paul Stanley

What amazing songs Warren William Zevon wrote, composed and sang! "Werewolves of London," "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" were just a few.

1. Paul Stanley
   Nick Cave
2. Ben E. King
   Juan Luis Guerra

Singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me," this soul/R&B singer and record producer was also the lead singer of The Drifters. Ben E. King is known for his hit singles, "Stand By Me" and "Save the Last Dance for Me."

1. Paul Stanley
   Juan Luis Guerra
2. Nick Cave
   Bernard Summer

Kiss had quite an impact on the musical scene with Paul Stanley taking center stage as rhythm guitarist and singer of this popular rock band. "I Was Made For Lovin' You" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" were just two of the band's many hits.

1. Sandra
   Celia Cruz
2. Jane Siberry
   Kate Bush

Celia Cruz had 23 gold albums during her career. She was also awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994.

1. Sandra
   Kate Bush
2. Jane Siberry
   Tina Turner

Sandra is a German pop singer who enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles, including "Maria Magdalena" and "Johnny Wanna Live."

1. Kate Bush
   Tina Turner
2. Jane Siberry
   Cher

The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll has won eight Grammy Awards and three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. She is the only female artist to receive concurrent Grammy nominations for pop, rock, and R&B.