Billboard: The Top 30 Jewish Musicians

[HolidayGuy]

What we can tell from this list in regards to the overall Top 100:
* Ms. Alecia Moore-Hart easily will appear in Billboard's next Top 100 Acts list.
* Michael Bolton passed Neil Sedaka, thanks to "Jack Sparrow" (though both Bolton and Sedaka- along with acts ranked at the bottom of the last list- will leave to make room for acts like Rihanna, Beyonce, probably Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, etc.)
* Maroon 5 may appear (though Adam Levine's solo hits would not be lumped with the group's hits)

www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat#/features/the-top-30-jewish-musicians-1008042952.story?page=1

THE TOP 30 JEWISH MUSICIANS

30. David Guetta
29. Lenny Kravitz
28. KISS
27. Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)
26. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
25. Bob Dylan
24. The J. Geils Band
23. Eric Carmen
22. Lesley Gore
21. Carole King
20. Drake
19. Bette Midler
18. David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
17. Chris Stein (Blondie)
16. Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)
15. Herb Alpert
14. Carly Simon
13. Paul Simon
12. Taylor Dayne
11. Helen Reddy
10. Simon & Garfunkel
9. Michael Bolton
8. Adam Levine (Maroon 5)
7. Neil Sedaka
6. P!nk
5. Paula Abdul
4. Barry Manilow
3. Barbra Streisand
2. Neil Diamond
1. Billy Joel

[wolfmother]

Lists such as this one are so offensive ! Billobard should be ashamed.

[rosemoor]

Billboard? LOL. oh well, like I haven't been convinced that journalism is complete dead already. thank you for reminding me. Seriously, now every media, trade magazine or not, all sink to the lowest common denominator, all about gossip and garbage lists like this.

[kingofpain]

Wow just wow. I'm sure all these listed artists are proud of this accomplishment!

[Lozzy]

Wait, so Billboard keeps track of artists' religion now?

[esoteric76]

I'm not sure how this is offensive, as these artists shouldn't be ashamed of their heritage. And talk about accomplishments!

As a Jew, who is constantly reminded how many we lost in the Holocaust, I think it's important to see how prevalent we are in different industries, and that we are visible.