Your favorite musicians that are mainstream

For one reason or anyohter, OT seems to hate maintream music but here is a thread to list off your favorite musicians and any additional information you want. Mainstream means they get radio airplay regularly, they are popular on all types of media, known by all, etc.

Lil Wayne:

Saw him live, he's great. Does party tracks, does tracks with insight, he does it all. He's a great musician if you give him the change just ignore Rebirth.

Kanye West:

Kanye West is mega talented, don't even underestimate him.

Eminem:

If anyone deserves their fame it's Eminem cause this guy is one of the best lyriscists and artists in the game. Hip Hop artists are afraid of him, they don't even wanna have him on their tracks lest he murder them on their own stuff.

Outkast

If they count (They do have the highest selling hip hop album of all time). They are my favorite duo of all time.

Wu Tang Clan

Yet again if they count, mega talented

I'm not a fan of rap, but I can relate. Most of the music I like tends to be rather mainstream. Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Breaking Benjamin and 30 Seconds to Mars are some of my favorite bands.

Wu Tang Clan

Yet again if they count, mega talented

Toriko42

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unsure if it's mainstream or not, but i honestly don't care. Wu-tang is intense and a true blessing to hiphop overall

I have many mainstream favorites.

1. King Crimson

2. Pink Floyd

3. Frank Zappa

4. The Who

5. The Kinks

6. Blur

7. Pulp- They were mainstream in the U.K at least

8. The Cure

9. The Beatles

10. David Bowie

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Wu Tang Clan

Yet again if they count, mega talented

BiancaDK

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unsure if it's mainstream or not, but i honestly don't care. Wu-tang is intense and a true blessing to hiphop overall

*bursts into the thread full speed and whacks Bianca over the head with a metal baseball bat* Didn't I tell you!! That's right!!!

You got knocked the **** out!! WOOOH!! *takes corvette*

Btw my favorite mainstream artist is Lupe Fiasco.

Most of my music is known to people at a certain time. Sure today you may not hear all these artists but not too many artists that I adore have been unable to reach some mainstream popularity.

None of my favorite musicians are mainstream by a long shot, but here are some mainsteam musicians that I do listen to.

Muse

David Bowie

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

The Who

The Shins

Atmosphere is one of my favorite hip-hop groups and it seems recently they have been introduced to the mainstreamFe_Maiden

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Wu Tang Clan

Yet again if they count, mega talented

BiancaDK

this ^

unsure if it's mainstream or not, but i honestly don't care. Wu-tang is intense and a true blessing to hiphop overall

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Wu Tang Clan

Yet again if they count, mega talented

KHAndAnime

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unsure if it's mainstream or not, but i honestly don't care. Wu-tang is intense and a true blessing to hiphop overall

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Wu Tang Clan

Yet again if they count, mega talented

KHAndAnime

this ^

unsure if it's mainstream or not, but i honestly don't care. Wu-tang is intense and a true blessing to hiphop overall

That entirely depends on where you live. Where I live, wu-tang belongs to a subculture. So no, i'm not kidding. :)

Incubus, Goo Goo Dolls, and some more but too tired to think of them off the top of my head right now.

That would have to be Justice.

Lady GaGa for sure.

Jay-Z

Lil Wayne

Biggie Smalls

Eminem:

If anyone deserves their fame it's Eminem cause this guy is one of the best lyriscists and artists in the game. Hip Hop artists are afraid of him, they don't even wanna have him on their tracks lest he murder them on their own stuff.

Toriko42

Out of the ones you have picked This is by far my favourite, he has some great songs.

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unsure if it's mainstream or not, but i honestly don't care. Wu-tang is intense and a true blessing to hiphop overall

That entirely depends on where you live. Where I live, wu-tang belongs to a subculture. So no, i'm not kidding. :)

The Killers, 30 Seconds To Mars, Led Zeppelin, Lady gaga, Eminem

metallica, aerosmith, nirvana, foo fighters, alice in chains, avenged sevenfold, guns n roses, pantera, rage against the machine, skid row

Foo Fighters, Muse, Radiohead (no radio play, but everyone's heard of Radiohead), Three Days Grace, and Queens of the Stone Age.

Difficult to me because I haven't been very loyal to many of the bands I like that hit the mainstream. It's not because i'm the type who thinks they have sold out or something, just seems to be a pattern that when they get to a certain point in fame they start to experiment with their music and lose the something I liked about them in the process.

Happened with My Chemical Romance and Happened with Muse, which will be my two answers to that question.

Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine and older Nightwish

Probably Eminem. I would have said Dragonforce but I don't listen to them anymore. I still listen to Eminem occasionally. And Rise Against as well. I completely forgot that I heard them on a mainstream rock station over the summer.