Rather than providing their own best musician list and have subjective arguments, we could appreciate the list put together by Houston musicians who have listed their favorites and most influential modern artists.

Best-of lists are, as we know, surprising and subjective and designed to infuriate. Why her? Why not him? How could you leave off (insert name of obscure band here).

The truth is, no one will ever be happy. That's why we've turned over duties to the artists themselves. Then, you can start tweet wars with them instead of us. A handful of Houston performers offer their favorite sounds of the year:

Payton Rae (country singer)

Favorite albums

"Believe," Justin Bieber: The album has a very cool variety of songs that can appeal to young and adult "Beliebers."

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