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- 4. This 'monarch of music' once tried to purchase Marvel Comics.
- 5. A musical monster, this female singer only dyed her hair blonde after people kept confusing her for Amy Winehouse.
- 7. The current most awarded musician of all time also has broken 111 Guinness World Records.
- 8. Has the highest selling Christmas album of all time.
- 11. Winner of five Grammy Awards during her short life, this iconic powerhouse vocalist was known for her 6.5 inch beehive hair.
- 12. Before the buzz of fame later in her life, this queen of music competed on 'Star Search' in 1993. She also has a fly named after her.
- 14. This female singer, once heading a ska-pop infusion band during the 90's, was the first artist to sell over a million copies of a digital
- 16. This singer has been working since the age of four as the world's youngest Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas.
- 18. Growing up dirt-poor, this country singing legend has shown her musical coat of colors and even owns her own amusement park.
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- 1. The first female artist to earn a billion dollars in concert revenue.
- 2. This iconic band, and a staple of music, didn't contain a single member who could write or read music.
- 3. This known diva once didn't want to record the Christmas song that has become synonymous with her.
- 6. A musical chameleon, this musical oddity did not enjoy later in life his Ziggy Stardust persona.
- 9. Not royalty, as his name might suggest, but this artist played 27 instruments on his debut album.
- 10. Her albums '21' and '25' both spent back-to-back years as the Highest Sold Albums of the year respectively.
- 13. This iconic rock band once had an album that sold so high at one time it was said one out of every twelve people alive owned it, cementing them on the Wall of greats.
- 15. This band during the 1990's, prior to the lead singer's sudden death, was THE face of the grunge movement in music.
- 17. In 2016 this staple of folk music won a Noble Prize for his contribution to songwriting.