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30. 2pac
31. Diana Ross & The Supremes
32. Beyoncé
33. Queen
34. Bob Marley & the Wailers
35. Buddy Holly & The Crickets
36. The Temptations
37. Neil Young
38. Kendrick Lamar
39. R.E.M.
40. Taylor Swift
41. Elton John
42. Mariah Carey
43. Whitney Houston
44. The Everly Brothers
45. Black ...

1. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Renée Jeanne Falconetti - The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
3. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
4. Marlon Brando - The Godfather (1972)
5. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948)
6. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)
7. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be ...

Switched.

So I reckon these lists cover 1928 - 2025 timespan pretty well but we might need to insert some earlier performances from, say, Chapman, Keaton, Gish, Chaney later.

1. Anthony Hopkins - The Father (2020)
2. Cate Blanchett - Tár (2022)
3. Emma Stone - Poor Things (2023)
4. Cillian Murphy ...

Do we want to combine Diana Ross and Supremes? I'd say their legacies are pretty intertwined and we already did it for Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield (I guess you could argue they were the principal songwriters in their groups while Diana wasn't).

1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
2. A Free Soul (1931)
3. Sadie Thompson (1928)
4. Captains Courageous (1937)
5. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
6. Duel in the Sun (1946)
7. Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
8. Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
9. On Borrowed Time (1939)
10. Arsène Lupin (1932)

The lists are up on a main site, check the first page.

#220-229 re-ranked:

1. LaVern Baker
2. The Moody Blues
3. Chuck Willis
4. Pretenders
5. Jackson Browne
6. War
7. John Mellencamp
8. Shirley & Lee
9. Jan & Dean

Out: Bobby "Blue" Bland

Moody Blues significant album & singles success over the decades plus key influence on prog rock, an early rock ...

I was actually under the impression that Dire Straits and Dion are more popular than Petty with Dion's singles success (The Wanderer, Runaround Sue) and Dire Straits' blockbuster success of Brothers in Arms plus Money for Nothing and Sultans of Swing being more popular than any Petty song. As for ...

The 1930s update:

1. Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
3. Peter Lorre - M (1931)
4. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights (1931)
5. Charlie Chaplin - The Modern Times (1936)
6. Marlene Dietrich - The Blue Angel (1930)
7. Clark Gable - Gone ...

Where would I insert #210-219:

140. Chic
141. Talking Heads
142. The Smiths
143. The Cure
144. Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young)
145. Elvis Costello
146. Yes
147. Iggy Pop & the Stooges
148. The Allman Brothers Band
149. Rick Nelson
150. Sex Pistols
151. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
152. Sam ...

As for The Who, I'd say they win influence over Jay, lose popularity and cultural impact and might edge out in acclaim though it's a hard comparison.

Ethel Barrymore (1879 - 1959)
1. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
2. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
3. The Paradine Case (1947)
4. Pinky (1949)
5. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
6. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
7. The Red Danube (1949)
8. Kind Lady (1951)
9. Night Song (1948)
10. Rasputin and the Empress ...

Antonio Banderas (1960 - )
1. Pain and Glory (2019)
2. The Skin I Live In (2011)
3. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
4. Genius: Picasso (2018)
5. Evita (1996)
6. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
7. The Mask of Zorro (1998)
8. Official Competition (2021)
9. Desperado (1995)
10. Shrek 2 ...

- I think Bruce's lack of influence for this range of the list should keep him a little lower than you have him right now. Pink Floyd and U2 are comparable, if not a bit stronger, in popularity, Bowie's comparable in acclaim, and all three are clearly more influential (Bowie and Floyd especially ...

Not to accidentally recreate the old list but some other artists who may benefit from the live performance aspect include The Who (I can see them edging out Jay for #20), Bruce (just below Cooke), Elvis vs Beatles prolly becomes a real debate again, while James Brown vs Bob Dylan prolly settles in ...