Will Young voted most popular music act of all time
Gay pop star Will Young has beaten the Beatles, Robbie Williams and Coldplay to be named the most popular British artist of all time in a poll of radio listeners.
The 27-year-old came out as gay shortly after winning the first Pop Idol contest in 2002. He beat fellow British artists to top the poll of the 40 most popular artists by listeners of commercial radio.
Young said he was “honoured” to have reached the number one spot. He added: “What makes it so special is that it`s voted for by the public.
“I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who took part and made the effort to vote. I`m over the moon.”
The full chart as voted by listeners is as follows:
1) Will Young
2) Robbie Williams
3) Paul McCartney
4) Spice Girls
5) Coldplay
6) Sugababes
7) Take That
8) Gorillaz
9) Oasis
10) Beverley Knight
11) Pink Floyd
12) Arctic Monkeys
13) Simply Red
14) Jamiroquai
15) George Michael
16) Kaiser Chiefs
17) James Blunt
18) Girls Aloud
19) Keane
20) Sir Elton John
21) Queen
22) Lemar
23) McFly
24) Eurythmics
25) Basement Jaxx
26) David Gray
27) KT Tunstall
28) David Bowie
29) Franz Ferdinand
30) Craig David
31) Stereophonics
32) Duran Duran
33) Texas
34) Beatles
35) Snow Patrol
36) Richard Ashcroft
37) Charlotte Church
38) Sting
39) Blue
40) All Saints
