Celine Dion was glaringly omitted from Rolling Stone’s 2023 list, “The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.” While there were lots of mixed opinions, the common theme was shock that Dion didn’t make the cut and Twitter got into a frenzy about it. “Useless list!!!!! One of the biggest singers [of] our time is not included, the one and only: CELINE DION … shame on you !!!” someone wrote. “I’m genuinely asking why Celine Dion is not on this list?” another questioned. “Sorry? Where is Queen Céline? Shame on you,” someone else said.
Several readers were upset by the fact that some who made the list — like BTS’s Jung Kook, SZA, and Billie Eilish — are seemingly too young and new in their careers to qualify as legends, taking up space from those who are established artists. “A genuinely pathetic list that has lightweights like Burna Boy, Brandy, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, SZA, etc, but not Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Nat King Cole etc…Did you have a bunch of 14 year olds come up with this list? Is this a list of the last six months? Just pathetic,” someone added on Twitter. It might sound harsh, but many people agreed.
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While Dion was snubbed by Rolling Stone, the running theme of the comments was praise for her talent, so in a way, she topped everyone. At the very least, she received way more attention than those who actually made Rolling Stone’s top 200 list.
