Who are the best singers in heavy metal history? According to Hit Parader magazine, Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin and Rob Halford from Judas Priest are the two best men for the job. The magazine has published their list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists," and the editors said, "Assembling our list certainly presented a daunting task, considering the breadth and scope of the metal empire during its 35-year reign as rock's most powerful and enduring force. We tried our best not to turn this into some sort of popularity contest where only the most famous (or infamous) frontmen in metal lore were recognized."

That might explain how the list includes well-known metal maniacs like Queen's Freddie Mercury, the Who's Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger from the Rolling Stones, Ann Wilson from Heart, Kurt Cobain from Nirvana, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Davies from the Kinks, Joan Jett, Steve Marriott from the Small Faces and Humble Pie, and Steve Perry from Journey.

The Hit Parader Top 100 Heavy Metal Singers:

01. Robert Plant
02. Rob Halford
03. Steven Tyler
04. Chris Cornell
05. Bon Scott
06. Freddie Mercury
07. Bruce Dickinson
08. Ozzy Osbourne
09. Paul Rodgers
10. Ronnie James Dio
11. Axl Rose
12. Sammy Hagar
13. Geddy Lee
14. Geoff Tate
15. Mick Jagger
16. Jonathan Davis
17. Roger Daltrey
18. Paul Stanley
19. David Lee Roth
20. Kurt Cobain
21. Maynard James Keenan
22. Klaus Meine
23. Eddie Vedder
24. James Hetfield
25. Trent Reznor
26. Serj Tankian
27. Layne Staley
28. Steve Perry
29. Gene Simmons
30. Joe Elliott
31. Jon Bon Jovi
32. Alice Cooper
33. Vince Neil
34. Steve Marriott
35. Lajon Witherspoon
36. Sebastian Bach
37. Philip Anselmo
38. Zack De La Rocha
39. Brian Johnson
40. Bret Michaels
41. Udo Dirkschneider
42. David Draiman
43. Ian Gillian
44. Marilyn Manson
45. Jeff Keith
46. Chester Bennington
47. Sully Erna
48. Lemmy Kilmister
49. Aaron Lewis
50. Brett Scallions
51. Chino Moreno
52. Rob Zombie
53. Anthony Kiedis
54. David Coverdale
55. Gary Cherone
56. Andrew Wood
57. Scott Weiland
58. Tom Araya
59. Phil Lynnot
60. Rod Stewart
61. Scooter Ward
62. Ray Davies
63. Sonny Sandoval
64. David Bowie
65. Joan Jett
66. Josey Scott
67. Perry Farrell
68. Scott Stapp
69. Amy Lee
70. Don Dokken
71. Fred Durst
72. Mike Shinoda
73. Pepper Keenan
74. Dez Fafara
75. Gavin Rossdale
76. Blackie Lawless
77. Dave Wyndorf
78. Ann Wilson
79. Jimi Hendrix
80. Ville Valo
81. Peter Steele
82. Dave Williams
83. Dee Snider
84. Joe Lynn Turner
85. King Diamond
86. Corey Taylor
87. Jamey Jasta
88. Justin Hawkins
89. Dave Mustaine
90. Ian Astbury
91. Stephen Pearcy
92. Phil Mogg
93. Biff Byford
94. Cristina Scabbia
95. Dani Filth
96. Wes Scantlin
97. Tim "Ripper" Owens
98. Joshua Todd
99. Kevin Dubrow
100. Ray Gillen

It's a sad comment on metal as a genre when they have to go outside the genre to fill out a list of its best practitioners.

Lemmy only No 48!!!

Ann Wilson!!! Is that her from Heart??? Good Lord

And here's my list of good stuff in general...

Guitars
Coffee
Mick Jagger
Bicycles
Volvo cars
Vinyl records
Lawn mowers
Hunter S. Thompson
Drums
Slippers

Rod Stewart? Heavy metal ?

Where is Johnny Winter?????

Where is Johnny Mathis???

they can't think of anybody else so they threw in Jagger and Stewart
Paul Stanley should be in the top 5

The main problem with heavy metal is that most people can't agree on what is and is not "heavy metal."

In my opinion, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, etc. are not heavy metal.

AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, KISS, and Van Halen are borderline heavy metal at best.

Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden are heavy metal without a doubt.

Jethro Tull - not even close.

They should have taken the easy way out like VH1 did and called it "hard rock" instead of "heavy metal."

63. Sonny Sondoval
64. David Bowie

What's this a joke?.
i mean these guys gotta be kiddin!

Well David Bowie had the Tin Machine band, so it's more understandable than Rod Stewart.

Ozzy should be # 1

Mick's voice on Dirty Work made the difference.

>> Mick's voice on Dirty Work made the difference. <<

hey - don't go blamin Dirty Work! :E
this reminds me of those sects that "induct" people by proxy without ever informing them,
let alone asking them if they have any wish to be inducted. i mean that is a seriously loony list.

Poor Roger Daltry. That Mick is always in his way!

I saw Ozzie and Black Sabbath perform last year at the UK Music Hall of Fame, my first experience with them.

Thought that each of them was very good. Ozzie was so thrilled to be amidst his peers -- Kinks, Eurythmics, The Who, Pink Floyd etc. that he was beside himself with excitement. Brian May gave a quite wonderful speech about Ozzie and Sabbath.

Unfortunately at the end of the set Ozzie became unglued and was mooning the audience in a major manner. Rather spoiled his big night and "induction."

KISS is so NOT heavy metal,it's goofy!! Kiss is more bubblegum than metal.

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull not listed ? It's an outrage , after all Tull won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Heavy Metal Performance LOL

So what exactly defines Heavy Metal because I love Tull but never thought of them as metal! Stand-Up, Benefit, full of melodious flute, NOT METAL!

It was irony Debra .

of the top ten. i'd say there is only three you could call 'Metal'. Rob Halford, Bruce Dickheadson and Ronnie The Dwarf

01. Robert Plant
02. Rob Halford
03. Steven Tyler
04. Chris Cornell
05. Bon Scott
06. Freddie Mercury
07. Bruce Dickinson
08. Ozzy Osbourne
09. Paul Rodgers
10. Ronnie James Dio

Last weekend i convinced the gradnkids that Queen and Free weren't metal, i concided that Bon Jovi could be called Hair metal but if they see this i owe them each a tenner. What bastard came up with this. Mick, Freddie and Daltry metal i'm pissing myself laughing now!!!

Where is Paul Anka? Oh, the OUTRAGE!!

< Rob Halford, Bruce Dickheadson and Ronnie The Dwarf >

..and Ozzy.

Bruce Dickinson is forever no 1 on my metal-singer-list...Rod Stewart, my fave-ballad-singer...*shaking head*

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> Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden are
> heavy metal without a doubt.

i can't see that. musically SABBATH have nothing in common with the other two. the Sabs riffs were just bluesy rock n roll played slow and loud. they aren't what i'd call metal

for me metal is twiddly widdly nonsense, high pitched vocals and songs about fantasy shit