classic rock artists

60 artists ranked by Spotify popularity. Open one for albums by year, top songs and similar artists.

#	Artist	Followers	Popularity
1	The Beatles	32.3M	85
2	Fleetwood Mac	15.4M	85
3	Queen	57.7M	84
4	AC/DC	34.3M	82
5	Guns N' Roses	37.7M	81
6	Pink Floyd	24.0M	81
7	Creedence Clearwater Revival	8.5M	80
8	The Rolling Stones	16.5M	79
9	Dire Straits	9.6M	79
10	The Police	8.4M	78
11	Led Zeppelin	16.8M	77
12	Eagles	12.9M	77
13	Aerosmith	17.0M	76
14	Journey	7.1M	75
15	Lynyrd Skynyrd	6.3M	75
16	Paul McCartney	5.5M	74
17	The Doors	9.3M	73
18	Van Halen	7.2M	73
19	Foreigner	4.2M	73
20	Billy Idol	2.8M	73
21	Eric Clapton	6.9M	72
22	Def Leppard	6.0M	72
23	Santana	4.0M	72
24	Van Morrison	3.8M	72
25	ZZ Top	5.2M	71
26	Neil Young	3.5M	71
27	Bob Seger	3.1M	71
28	Steely Dan	2.7M	71
29	Men At Work	1.8M	71
30	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	3.3M	70
31	Tom Petty	3.1M	70
32	The Doobie Brothers	3.0M	70
33	Supertramp	4.2M	69
34	George Harrison	3.3M	69
35	Starship	1.5M	69
36	Jimi Hendrix	7.7M	68
37	The Who	6.1M	68
38	Steve Miller Band	3.5M	68
39	Boston	3.4M	68
40	Heart	3.2M	68
41	Rush	2.7M	68
42	The Cars	2.2M	68
43	Don McLean	1.2M	68
44	Deep Purple	6.2M	67
45	The Animals	2.8M	67
46	Kansas	2.2M	67
47	The Hollies	1.4M	67
48	REO Speedwagon	3.1M	66
49	John Mellencamp	2.0M	66
50	The Alan Parsons Project	1.8M	65
51	Wings	1.3M	65
52	Joe Cocker	2.7M	64
53	Allman Brothers Band	1.9M	64
54	Huey Lewis & The News	1.8M	64
55	Blue Öyster Cult	1.8M	64
56	Alice Cooper	4.2M	63
57	Styx	2.2M	63
58	Pretenders	1.8M	63
59	Carly Simon	1.3M	63
60	The Marshall Tucker Band	1.2M	63

Questions

Who are the most popular classic rock artists?

By Spotify popularity: The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Rolling Stones.

How many classic rock artists are listed?

60 artists above the popularity threshold carry the classic rock tag out of 72 in the catalogue.