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Most sampled performers

Image Artist Samples Sampled songs Sampling artists
1 James Brown 163 49 52
2 Kool & The Gang 58 25 26
3 Parliament 46 24 11
4 Sly & The Family Stone 40 21 15
5 Marvin Gaye 28 20 21
6 Elvis Presley 19 18 13
7 Funkadelic 33 17 14
8 The J.B.'s 41 16 19
9 The Beatles 16 14 10
10 Michael Jackson 16 14 14
11 Isaac Hayes 29 13 25
12 Bing Crosby 18 13 9
13 Curtis Mayfield 22 13 19
14 The Meters 21 13 15
15 Stevie Wonder 14 11 9
16 Kraftwerk 13 11 12
17 William S. Burroughs 13 11 2
18 Average White Band 18 10 11
19 Earth, Wind & Fire 10 9 9
20 David Bowie 12 9 11
21 Glen Campbell 9 9 6
22 Herbie Hancock 13 9 10
23 Otis Redding 9 9 9
24 The Isley Brothers 18 9 18
25 Aretha Franklin 11 9 9
26 Diana Ross 12 8 11
27 War [US] 12 8 11
28 Ohio Players 17 8 13
29 The Temptations [US1] 10 8 9
30 Led Zeppelin 15 7 11
31 Ray Charles [US1] 8 7 6
32 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 11 7 11
33 Gladys Knight 8 7 8
34 The Jordanaires 7 7 5
35 Nina Simone 11 7 11
36 Cannonball Adderley 7 7 5
37 The Jackson 5 9 7 8
38 Lou Donaldson 12 7 7
39 Gil Scott-Heron 7 7 7
40 Grover Washington Jr. 13 7 13
41 Bob James 65 7 54
42 Jimmy Castor 12 6 11
43 Bee Gees 6 6 5
44 John Barry 6 6 6
45 The Commodores 6 6 6
46 The Clash 7 6 6
47 The Crusaders [US1] 6 6 5
48 The 5th Dimension 10 6 7
49 Bill Withers 12 6 11
50 Zapp 14 6 9
51 Roy Ayers 9 6 7
52 Donald Byrd 10 6 9
53 Quincy Jones 8 6 8
54 The Pointer Sisters 8 5 7
55 Abbé Pierre Kaelin 5 5 1
56 The Police 7 5 5
57 Whitney Houston 5 5 5
58 Donna Summer 5 5 4
59 Patrice Rushen 5 5 4
60 Three Dog Night 5 5 4
61 The Rolling Stones 6 5 5
62 Tammi Terrell 7 5 7
63 Lalo Schifrin 7 5 5
64 Chic 10 5 10
65 Little Richard 5 5 3
66 Jimi Hendrix 6 5 3
67 B.T. Express 11 5 9
68 Rose Royce 8 5 8
69 Public Enemy 8 5 7
70 Heatwave 6 5 6
71 Rufus Thomas 10 5 7
72 Donny Hathaway 7 5 7
73 Sugarhill Gang 10 5 8
74 Rick James 11 5 8
75 Queen 7 5 6
76 The Five Stairsteps 13 5 11
77 Barry White 8 5 6
78 John Scott Trotter 10 5 6
79 The Bar-Kays 14 5 10
80 Willie Hutch 5 5 5
81 Mandrill 7 5 6
82 Les McCann 6 5 5
83 The Spinners [US] 5 5 4
84 Steve Miller Band 19 5 13
85 Steely Dan 6 5 6
86 Elton John 5 5 2
87 Vangelis 8 5 4
88 Weather Report 5 5 4
89 ABBA 4 4 4
90 N.W.A 4 4 2
91 The Soul Searchers 8 4 7
92 Depeche Mode 6 4 5
93 Joni Mitchell 4 4 3
94 Love Unlimited Orchestra 4 4 3
95 The Gap Band 5 4 4
96 The Coasters 4 4 4
97 Blood, Sweat & Tears 5 4 4
98 U2 4 4 4
99 Beastie Boys 5 4 5
100 Ennio Morricone 4 4 4