"The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" is a feature published by American magazine Rolling Stone in 2008.
[2] American singer Aretha Franklin topped both versions of the list.
The omissions of singers Dionne Warwick, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Bieber, Bill Withers and Nat King Cole were also criticized.
[4] Singer Chaka Khan, who was ranked 29th on the list, called Rolling Stone editors "children of Helen Keller" and publicly expressed her outrage about being placed lower than Mary J. Blige, Adele and Mariah Carey.
[6] Musician Van Morrison, who placed 37th, also criticized the list, claiming that singers Joan Baez, Solomon Burke and Bobby Bland should have all ranked in the top twenty.