Best Vocalist For a Band that Had More than One Singer

Many bands have had more than one singer. Who was the best among them?
The Top Ten
1 Rob Halford - Judas Priest Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide ranging operatic voice.

Rob Halford is the best singer this band ever had (they had 3).
Judas Priest was actually founded by singer Al Atkins. He was the lead singer from 1969-1973 but didn't record an album. So we can't say how good he was. Most probably he wasn't better than Rob Halford, who replaced him, because it's hardly possible to be better than Rob Halford.
Tim "Ripper" Owens replaced Rob Halford from 1996-2003. Tim doesn't top Halford but Tim vocals are pretty impressive.

2 David Gilmour - Pink Floyd David Jon Gilmour is an English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He joined the progressive rock band Pink Floyd as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968.

I wonder why the Beatles are missing could you just not decide who was their better singer? Also Queen have had other singers since Freddy Mercury though surely they don't top him. Have I misunderstood the criteria?

I think he was the best singer in this band

I wholeheartedly agree here.

3 Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is most well known for being the lead singer in heavy metal band Iron Maiden and his solo career.Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number of other activities. He undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company, Cardiff Aviation, in 2012. Dickinson presented his own radio show ...read more.

Iron Maiden had 2 other singers: Paul Di'Anno, Blaze Bayley.
Not a real competition.

4 Ronnie James Dio - Black Sabbath Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona; July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010) was an American heavy metal singer, songwriter and musician. He fronted and/or founded numerous groups including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell. He is credited with popularizing the "metal horns" hand gesture in metal culture and is known for his medieval themed lyrics. Dio possessed a powerful versatile vocal range capable of singing both hard rock and lighter ballads; according to Rainbow/Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore upon hearing him sing, "I felt shivers down my spine." Dio sold over 47 million albums throughout his career. He died from stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67.

Black Sabbath had several other singers, not only Ozzy. And yes, I'm 100% sure Dio was a much better singer than Ozzy.

5 Ian Gillan - Deep Purple Ian Gillan is an English singer and songwriter. He originally found success as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple, and the original singer on the rock opera concept album Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber, where Gillan had the leading role (Jesus Christ).

Deep Purple had several singers - they were actually very good but didn't top Ian Gillan.

6 Layne Staley - Alice In Chains Layne Thomas Staley was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains, which he founded with guitarist Jerry Cantrell in Seattle, Washington in 1987. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s. In 2002, Staley was found dead in his home of a drug overdose.

I know that's very predictable but I think Layne Staley deserves to be in the top 10.

7 Michael Kiske - Helloween Michael Kiske is a singer best known as the former lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween.

Michael Kiske had no real competition in this band.
Helloween had 2 more singers: one singer before Kiske (Kai Hansen) and one singer after Kiske - Andy Deris. Kiske vocal skills are so damn good that it's hard to beat him.

8 Matt Barlow - Iced Earth Matthew 'Matt' Barlow is an American heavy metal singer and police officer. He was the lead singer for Iced Earth in the 1990s and 2000s. He is currently the lead singer for Ashes of Ares. After the September 11 terrorist attacks Matt Barlow decided to become a police officer and contribute to the "real world" instead of living the illusion of a "rock star." In 2007 he returned to music.

Iced Earth had 2 very good singers after Matt Barlow (Stu Block and Tim "Ripper" Owens), and one decent singer before Matt Barlow.
I think Matt is the best but Stu Block comes close.

9 David Lee Roth - Van Halen David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality.

This wasn't easy to decide but I think David's vocal technique is more polished and his voice sounds more trained. Also, David had that whopping range of 5+ octaves that can't be ignored although he didn't use his range.

10 Phil Collins - Genesis Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who has also worked as a record producer and actor.
The Contenders
11 Peter Gabriel - Genesis Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.

Phil Collins was the other singer who is actually a very good singer but not great. Peter Gabriel had better vocal skills.

12 Chester Bennington - Linkin Park Chester Charles Bennington (March 20th, 1976 - July 20th, 2017) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known for being the lead singer of Linkin Park. Before he was known for Linkin Park, Bennington was the lead singer of post-grunge act Grey Daze who was heavily inspired by Stone Temple Pilots they released two albums with Chester before his death. Wake Me and No Sun Today, a third album called Amends would be released in 2020 consisting of voice samples from Bennington. After Grey Daze dissolved, Bennington would join Linkin Parkin in 1999 formerly called Hybrid Theory, replacing former vocalist Mark Wakefield, who would go on to become Taproot's producer. Even with Bennington's ...read more.

Back when the band first started out, they were Xero and they had a different vocalist named Mark Wakefield, but he left the band and was replaced by Chester. In my opinion, Mark is okay, but Chester is the better vocalist, hands down.

13 Ozzy Osbourne - Black Sabbath John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was born on December 3, 1948. He is also known as ''The Prince of Darkness''. Ozzy is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath ...read more.
14 Ronnie James Dio - Rainbow Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona; July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010) was an American heavy metal singer, songwriter and musician. He fronted and/or founded numerous groups including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell. He is credited with popularizing the "metal horns" hand gesture in metal culture and is known for his medieval themed lyrics. Dio possessed a powerful versatile vocal range capable of singing both hard rock and lighter ballads; according to Rainbow/Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore upon hearing him sing, "I felt shivers down my spine." Dio sold over 47 million albums throughout his career. He died from stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67.

Rainbow had 3 more great singers - Joe Lynn Turner, Graham Bonnet and Doogie White. But they didn't top Dio. Although Graham Bonnet was a vocal beast.

15 Glenn Danzig - The Misfits Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter, and musician from Lodi, New Jersey. He is the founder of the bands Misfits, Samhain and Danzig. He owns the Evilive record label as well as Verotik, an adult-oriented comic book publishing company.
16 David Coverdale - Deep Purple David Coverdale is an English rock singer most famous for his work with Whitesnake, the commercially successful hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from late 1973 to 15 March 1976, when he resigned from the band and established his solo ...read more.
17 Roger Waters - Pink Floyd George Roger Waters is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He is mostly known for being the secondary lead vocalist and bassist of Pink Floyd.
18 Kai Hansen - Helloween Kai Michael Hansen is a heavy metal guitarist and vocalist. Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also the co-founder and former member of German metal band Helloween.
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