The music industry's 100 most influential people

[method77]

We all know the names that sell albums, but who are the figures behind the names?

The list was drawn up by a 17-strong panel of rock royalty, including the Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, Universal Music's UK chief, Lucian Grainge, the hop-hop DJ, Tim Westwood, the Glastonbury founder, Michael Eavis, and School of Rock star Jack Black.

Americans dominate the list, with about half of the top 100 hailing from the US.

100 most important people of the music industry

[cjules13]

holy crap, Eminem is really number 1? And Andre 3000 at 6? I thought there would be a lot more business mogul types instead of the artists themselves!