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This is a small batch of artists that IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION pushed music forward. I'm not going to explain why, just know that I'm right. I'll forego obvious inclusions like Kraftwerk and Black Sabbath. My criteria is basically: a musical genre/aesthetic was born out of something they created or popularized.