A ranking of the 200 best singers puts Celine Dion in the closet, angry fans

To choose is to renounce.

The American magazine

revisited, on January 1, its ranking of the "best singers of all time" published in 2008. Revised and corrected, the list has been expanded from 100 to 200 artists in order to mix up a considerable palette of performers. and genres.

The young stars Rosalía and Billie Eilish now jostle there;

rock grandpas Ozzy Osbourne and Mick Jagger;

world talents like Fela Kuti or Jung Kook;

timeless masters, too, like Prince, Elvis, Little Richard or Aretha Franklin, at the top of the rankings once again.

Another similarity with the 2008 list?

The absence of Celine Dion.

The omission of the Quebec singer from this elongated ranking provoked the black anger of the fans, outraged to find that 200 artists were preferred to their favorite star.

choked Canadian singer Diane Warren on Twitter.

," said Dominican-American rapper and producer Elijah Blake.

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The astonishment was even shared by a part of the public less won over to the star.

, also reacted the Irish interpreter Janet Grogan, after the publication of the ranking.

,” observes a user on the Reddit forum.

What mattered most to us was the originality, the influence, the breadth of an artist's catalog and the importance of their musical heritage.

Rolling Stone editorial staff

As extensive as it is,

's list remains an inevitably imperfect arrangement, inevitably inept at satisfying the entire universe of tastes.

notes the editorial staff of the magazine in the presentation of his ranking.

added

, noting that the mode of selection has been refined since their 2008 list, which was too loaded with rockers from the 1960s. 1960-1970.

The 2023 version of the ranking was instead infused with the likes of the magazine's editorial staff.

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The list thus snubs Jerry Lee Lewis, but not Sylvester James;

forget Pat Benatar but not SZA;

ignores Sting but praises Kelly Clarkson;

laughs at Judy Garland and celebrates Vicente Fernández.

Even France is represented, with Françoise Hardy… but not Edith Piaf.

So go the editorialized rankings of which

has the secret.

The editorial staff has not yet responded to the remonstrances addressed to him by the scorned fans of Celine Dion.

They at least consoled themselves by sharing on social networks the video of an old interview given to the American channel ABC, in which the singer curries music journalists.

, she is indignant in the archive.

It is not certain that this petrifies the editorial staff of

.