My Random Music

Good shout. If they were an option they'd be my 3rd vote. For a long time they were the act to have the most hits without a Top 10 but finally got one as part of an anti-X Factor campaign as I recall.

In my opinion if you're an obvious singles act with several Top 10's but no number 1 in your heyday then you're probably not big enough to have a number 1. Of the Top 5 in this poll I think Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi have the best case because neither are obvious singles acts but have sold lots of albums and played lots of stadiums. Back to my school days in the early 90s plenty of people had the "Keep The Faith" album but I don't recall anyone buying the singles. Also their older albums at the time were arguably better known than the singles. Many of us knew they had the album "7800° Fahrenheit" and that didn't have any Top 40 hits on it. Tina Turner has a case at a stretch, she's big enough to have her own West End musical for example and had quite a few well known songs. My main reservation is that Tina Turner the solo artist and Ike & Tina Turner are not the same act. Both big in their own right big not as big as if you were to treat it as a single entity. Janet Jackson's UK Top 40 record is reflective of how big she is, I think the fact she was bigger in America and she's Michael's sister may give the impression she's bigger than she really is. As for Amy Winehouse, not even close. Her best known song is one where she simply provided vocals on a Mark Ronson song. Her celebrity status was bigger than her music. Yes she had a big album but she had 5 years to make another but didn't

I don't think The Killers are bad and yes they have been successful but we're talking about the biggest bands ever and none of these arguments convince me they're one of them. By the same token I've never thought much of David Bowie but it's clear to me that he was one of the biggest artists of all time.

I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of those 400m viewers watched it for the football rather than to watch The Killers play. I remember Camila Cabello opening the Champions League final and she got booed and many commented how terrible she was so it's hardly a measure of how big someone is.

Sure there are different ways to measure how big an artist is and the best way is a matter or opinion but surely nobody could seriously say that Avril Lavigne is bigger than Led Zeppelin.

That's a fair comment about "Smells Like Teen Spirit". However it was evident to see how big Nirvana were, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know who Kurt Cobain was and many of us knew Krist and Dave too. The "Nevermind" album cover is amongst the most recognisable album covers ever. The sheer quantity of people wearing Nirvana t-shirts. I was still in my 20s when The Killers were in their prime so wasn't over the hill yet and I do remember a couple of other songs they did but certainly not all those listed and I haven't heard any except "Mr Brightside" in the last 20 years or so. They were popular no doubt, but they were just one of many indie bands of the time beginning with K. I know the singer is Brandon Flowers but that's pretty much all I know about them, couldn't name another member or tell you how many of them there were. I believe they had an album called "Hot Fuzz" but wouldn't recognise the cover. I can't ever recall seeing someone in a Killers t-shirt. The only thing that makes them stand out compared to other indie bands of the time is the longevity of "Mr Brightside". Regarding Avril Lavigne, her influence on a couple of modern Disney pop singers who don't even write their own music doesn't say much for her credibility.

There are some on the list who I wouldn't consider to be big acts let alone the biggest without a number one. Avril Lavigne had a couple of relatively well known songs but was seen as a joke by most people I know. The Killers have 1 big song, it's almost like saying Chesney Hawkes is a big act. The 2 I would consider the biggest without a number one are Led Zeppelin and Nirvana. Led Zeppelin didn't release singles but all their albums except their first one topped the albums chart and if you ask anyone who was around at the time they'll tell you just how big they were. When I was at school in the early 90s Nirvana were by far the most popular band amongst my peers. The reason their chart positions didn't reflect this is because people bought the albums rather than the singles and those who didn't buy the album would get a copied tape off someone.

I'm surprised nobody has said "My Name Is Prince" by Prince yet.

5 best: Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song Howard Jones - New Song The Alarm - 68 Guns Depeche Mode - Love In Itself. 2 Freeez - Pop Goes My Love Worst: Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence

The above performance on his show for a start. If Alesha didn't stay in the spotlight it wouldn't be getting this much attention and she's stayed in the spotlight thanks to Simon Cowell. That's not being negative, it's being realistic.

Looks like my favourite number 1 of 1994 is in your Top 2. There are 6 number ones I like, the others being Stiltskin, Prince, Pato Banton, Wet Wet Wet and East 17. The worst one by far is "Without You" by Mariah Carey.

The 5 best: Depeche Mode - Everything Counts Galaxy Featuring Phil Fearon - Wait Until Tonight (My Love) Kraftwerk - Tour De France New Order - Confusion Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita The worst: Kim Wilde - Love Blonde

OK looks like they've sold a respectable number of tickets. I guess I underestimated the power of being Simon Cowells sidekick. I won't be going myself at those prices.

It's a huge jump, we're talking 3x the number of people who were there when they were in their prime. Where are these additional 8k fans going to come from? OK I might be one of those 8k if the price is reasonable, but I live in London so it's handy for me. If I lived in Birmingham for example there's no way I'd go.

Without trying to be disrespectful and as someone who likes Mis-Teeq, is there going to be enough demand for them to play at Wembley Arena? Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure they didn't play venues that size in their own right the first time around. Even the big American 90s R&B acts like Jodeci and Blackstreet had to join forces to play a venue of that size a few years back.

Top 5: Imposter - Pills And Soap Iron Maiden - The Trooper Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh) Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You The worst: Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Top 5: Galaxy Featuring Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight New Edition - Candy Girl Pink Floyd - Not Now John Flash And The Pan - Waiting For A Train Mtume - Juicy Fruit Worst: The Belle Stars - Sweet Memory

Our number ones are the same. I have memories of being a kid in the kitchen hearing this on the radio and thinking wow. It was probably the song that got me started on my journey as a music nerd.

The record label going bust was certainly a factor but if you look at the chart positions of their singles it does look like the decline had begun. I get the impression they've been successful outside of music post Mis-Teeq for it to not really matter.

The Whitney Houston record is the other one which would be in my bottom 2. I didn't think much of it at the time but the number of times I've heard it since has made it more and more irritating. I'm not just talking radio or nights out, my wife loves it so I can't even escape it at home. Now a 50/50 chance our favourite number one of 1987 is the same.

They came about at a time when everyone seemed to be jumping on the UK Garage bandwagon. I was into UK Garage when it was still underground and didn't like the overcommercialisation of it, but did concede that Mis-Teeq were actually quite good. I think "All I Want" is by far their best single and I bought the "Lickin On Both Sides" album though admittedly I didn't listen to it much. When they came back with "Scandalous" UK Garage was dead but I thought it was a decent R&B effort. Didn't think much of the remaining singles though and when they did call it a day I thought they'd run out of steam.

The 5 best: Malcolm McLaren - Soweto The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream Mezzoforte - Garden Party New Order - Blue Monday Kissing The Pink - Last Film Worst: Tracie - The House That Jack Built

Very much so. When I was 17 my 40 something driving instructor said you'd expect someone his age to like the oldies on Radio 2 but he loves the new music on Radio 1. I was adamant I'd be the same when I reached my 40s. Then I reached my mid-20s and struggled to like new music even though I tried to like it. Now I'm in my 40s so I guess I'm not supposed to like new music anyway.

There are 4 songs I'd definitely put in the Top 5 and it's a close call between a few records for the final spot but here they are with the Top 4 first: Marvin Gaye - My Love Is Waiting Men At Work - Down Under The Stranglers - European Female Prince - 1999 Billy Griffin - Hold Me Tighter In The Rain Worst song is a very easy pick: The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times

"Respectable" is one of my bottom 2, is that one you were expecting to be in it? I was too young to be biased at the time and though I was aware of Stock Aitken & Waterman I don't think I knew which songs were there's until later. I also don't dislike everything Stock Aitken & Waterman did but I have found that a lot of the songs that irritating my young self back then were produced by them and this was one of them.