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From Elvis Presley's 600 million records sold to Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize in Literature, these ten voices redefined what the human voice could achieve across a century of recorded music. Between them they hold 107 Grammy Awards, sold over 1.9 billion records, and produced albums that Rolling Stone, the BBC, and UNESCO recognise as the greatest in history. These are not just the greatest male singers โ they are the defining artists of the modern era.
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"King of Rock and Roll", estimated 600M+ records sold globally making him the best-selling solo music artist of all time, 3 Grammy Awards, inducted into 5 Halls of Fame

"Ol' Blue Eyes", 150M+ records sold, 11 Grammy Awards including Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, pioneered the concept album format in the 1950s

"King of Pop", 350M+ records sold, 13 Grammy Awards (single-night record of 8 in 1984), Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time at 66M+ copies

Queen frontman with a 4-octave vocal range, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) voted the greatest song of all time by BBC listeners in 2002, Live Aid 1985 performance voted greatest in rock history

25 Grammy Awards (record at time of winning), 100M+ records sold, mastered piano, harmonica and drums; 4 consecutive albums nominated for Grammy Album of the Year (1972-1976)

Only musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (2016); "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) named the greatest rock song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine; 10 Grammy Awards

Tenor who sold 100M+ records bringing opera to mainstream audiences; part of "The Three Tenors" whose 1990 World Cup concert sold 10M copies (best-selling classical recording ever)

"The Genius", pioneer who merged gospel, R&B, country and pop; 17 Grammy Awards, the only artist with #1 hits in 5 different decades

"Ziggy Stardust", 140M+ records sold, 5 Grammy Awards; pioneered glam rock, new wave, and avant-garde pop across 5 decades from 1964 to 2016

"What's Going On" (1971) ranked #1 greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone in 2020; "Sexual Healing" (1982) won first Grammy of his career; 3 Grammy Awards
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"King of Rock and Roll", estimated 600M+ records sold globally making him the best-selling solo music artist of all time, 3 Grammy Awards, inducted into 5 Halls of Fame

"Ol' Blue Eyes", 150M+ records sold, 11 Grammy Awards including Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, pioneered the concept album format in the 1950s

"King of Pop", 350M+ records sold, 13 Grammy Awards (single-night record of 8 in 1984), Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time at 66M+ copies

Queen frontman with a 4-octave vocal range, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) voted the greatest song of all time by BBC listeners in 2002, Live Aid 1985 performance voted greatest in rock history

25 Grammy Awards (record at time of winning), 100M+ records sold, mastered piano, harmonica and drums; 4 consecutive albums nominated for Grammy Album of the Year (1972-1976)

Only musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (2016); "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) named the greatest rock song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine; 10 Grammy Awards

Tenor who sold 100M+ records bringing opera to mainstream audiences; part of "The Three Tenors" whose 1990 World Cup concert sold 10M copies (best-selling classical recording ever)

"The Genius", pioneer who merged gospel, R&B, country and pop; 17 Grammy Awards, the only artist with #1 hits in 5 different decades

"Ziggy Stardust", 140M+ records sold, 5 Grammy Awards; pioneered glam rock, new wave, and avant-garde pop across 5 decades from 1964 to 2016

"What's Going On" (1971) ranked #1 greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone in 2020; "Sexual Healing" (1982) won first Grammy of his career; 3 Grammy Awards
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