The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
The Rolling Stones
Buddy Holly
Simon & Garfunkel
Eric Clapton
David Bowie
Elton John
ELO
Roy Orbison
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Oasis
The Police
Pink Floyd
Jeff Beck
The Foo Fighters
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath (the Dio years)
and of course... Queen.
Besides Queen, right?
Aerosmith
Van Halen (with both Roth/Hagar)
AC/DC
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Foo Fighters
Bob Marley
Dave Matthews Band
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
Incubus
Journey
Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
Pink Floyd
Santana
Tool
Soundgarden
ZZ Top
The Doors
The Police
Do I need to keep going? :)
Oh God! don't get me started :)
Oh well, if you must......
QUEEN
Billy Joel
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
The Darkness
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Led Zeppelin
Meat Loaf
AC/DC
REM
Elton John
and even guys like Ultravox, Midge Ure, The Beautiful South, The Lightning Seeds, Travis, Oasis (and yes, even Mika lol)
Among my all-time favourites, though not sure about the 'royalty' status:
Queen (obviously)
Rush
Mike Oldfield
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Small Faces
David Bowie
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
And that's not including the myriad of artists I really, really enjoy, which would take a few pages to list!
Besides Queen? Hmm...
David Bowie
Alanis Morissette
Alice Cooper
The Clash
Prince
Adam Ant (the new wave icon HYH - His Yuppie Highness)
The Carpenters (OBVIOUSLY. Seriously. Karen's voice. Listen to her eponymous solo album - ahhh... those vocals...)
The Doors
Dusty Springfield (although if anyone's going to start up any Goin' Back debates, I prefer the Larry Lurex version)
The Beautiful South (thanks, Thistleboy1980, for mentioning them. Their legacy needs to be CHERISHED! They rock ass)