Is Metallica still the most popular among all the Rock bands?

Last.fm collected data with the top artists their users had listened to, from 2002 to 2012. This is actually quite an interesting list, since you can filter the top artists by genre. This is the top 10 artists tagged "metal" that Last. read more

But now there are a lot of new music aficionados who haven't been exposed to Metallica that much, so current bands like Linkin Park, Green Day etc. are the new popular bands among them. Still, out of all the Rock bands, I would say that Metallica is the band which is followed by most people. read more