Most Powerful People In Music Revealed


A new poll has reported who the Top 100 Most Powerful people in the Music Industry worldwide are. And surprisingly we Brits don’t fair too badly at all, with Coldplay, Radiohead and even Mike Skinner getting an appearance.


The new list features in today’s Independent newspaper, and sets out to list not only all the artists considered to be the most powerful in the music scene, but also the company heads behind the hits.

While the top ten is unsurprisingly dominated by such industry moguls as the Chief Executives for Clear Channel, Universal and Sony, also included are Outkast’s Andre 3000 (6), Apple pioneer Steve Jobs (2), Bono (9) and our very own Chris Martin from Coldplay at number 10.

Beating all these however is Eminem in the top spot.
His influence on American youth (he recently persuaded 75,000 young people to register to vote for the first time at the Hip Hop Summit Action Network) and culture as well as his massive market power, led the panel to vote him the most powerful figure in music.

"There's a generation of people who listen to what he has to say in the same way as the great spokespeople for previous generations, such as Bob Dylan and John Lydon," said Q magazine deputy editor of Gareth Grundy, whose magazine compiled the list (Now there’s a surprise, a list? In Q Magazine?).

Elsewhere the old guard are represented by Paul McCartney (16), Bob Dylan (23), David Bowie (45), John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono (32) (whose entry is deliciously justified as "without her there'd be nobody to say 'No' to Paul McCartney") and Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, who appear in the chart at 53 .

Alongside the predictable popstars (Madonna (27), Britney Spears (17), George Michael (56) and Robbie Williams (55)) there are also surprise entries for No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani (56) remixer Danger Mouse (89), Muse’s Matt Bellamy (80) and The Streets’ Mike Skinner (98)

The list was drawn up by a 17-strong panel of ‘experts’ including Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, Tim Westwood, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis and (bizarrely) ‘School of Rock’ and Tenacious D star Jack Black.

The full list is:

Eminem
Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive (Apple)
L Lowry Mays (Chief Executive Clear Channel)
Doug Morris (Chief Executive Universal)
Edgar Bronfman Jnr (Chairman Warner Music Group)
Andre 3000
Jimmy Iovine (Head of Interscope records)
Sir Howard Stringer (Chief executive Sony)
Bono
Chris Martin


50 Cent
Rick Rubin
Rolf Schmidt-Holtz (Chief Executive of BMG)
Clive Davis (Head of BMG North America)
Simon Fuller
Sir Paul McCartney
Britney Spears
Jack White
Dr Dre
Van Toffler (MTV President)


Lyor Cohen (Chief executive Warner Bros)
Kanye West
Bob Dylan
Michel Gondry
Dave Grohl
Alan Levy (Head of EMI)
Madonna
Beyoncé <br>Michael Bebel (Head of Napster)
Thom Yorke


Rich Harrison
Yoko Ono
Terry McBride (Head of Nettwerk Productions – Dido)
R Kelly
Spike Jonze Music
Antonio "LA" Reid
Linda Perry
The Neptunes
Jay Berman (Head of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)
Dido


Rod Smallwood & Andy Taylor (Sanctuary Records Group)
Usher
Jeff Kwatinetz (The Firm Mamagement - Limp Bizkit)
Kevin Weatherly (Head of LA radio station KROQ)
David Bowie
Justin Timberlake
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Jay Z
Prince
Norah Jones


Korda Marshall (Managing Director - East West UK)
Beastie Boys
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Simon Cowell
Robbie Williams
George Michael
Gwen Stefani
Tim Armstrong
Christina Aguilera
Big Boi


Bruce Springsteen
Cliff Burnstein & Peter Mensch (Q Prime Management - Metallica)
Martin Dodd Senior (Sony Vice President)
Timbaland
David LaChappelle
Cathy Dennis
Courtney Love
Metallica
Axl Rose
John Silva (ex-Nirvana, now Foo Fighters and Beastie Boys manager)


Sharon Osbourne
Alex Jones Donnelly
Missy Elliott
Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Air, Beck and Travis producer)
Kelly Jones
Beck
Morrissey
Noel Gallagher
Kylie Minogue
Irving Azoff (Christina Aguilera and Eagles manager)


Russell Simmons
Matt Bellamy
Josh Homme
Geoff Travis (Head of Rough Trade)
Janet Jackson
Marilyn Manson
Joseph Kahn (MTV video director)
Lil' Jon
Sean Paul
Alicia Keys


Danger Mouse
Michael Parkinson
Vince Power (Mean Fiddler Venues/Festivals Group)
Jack Black
Tim Westwood
Liam Howlett
Ryan Adams
Rollo Armstrong (Dido's producer, co-writer and brother).
Michael Eavis
Mike Skinner