ROBERT Plant has been named in Rolling Stone's '200 Greatest Singers of All Time' list.

The music publication has ranked the Black Country-born Led Zeppelin frontman at number 63 - slotted between Björk and George Michael.

The list, which was published on New Year's Day, features singers from across the musical spectrum.

As part of Robert Plant's entry, Rolling Stone said: "As much flak as Robert Plant rightly gets for his liberal borrowings from blues lyrics, his actual vocal style, informed early on by sources such as Skip James and Blind Lemon Jefferson, quickly evolved into something unique.

"Take “Immigrant Song,” with its screechy wailing and weirdly languid croon, or the dreamy warble he adopts in “Kashmir.”

"As over the top as his Led Zeppelin work could get, some of Plant’s greatest performances came when he aimed for serenity rather than savagery (see: “Going to California,” “The Rain Song,” “Ten Years Gone”).

"It’s almost as if he always knew he’d reinvent himself as a mystical folkie — and one reason why his later collaborations with Alison Krauss and musicians from Mali and Morocco are some of the most credible late-career vocal work by an ex-arena rocker".

The list's top five features Mariah Carey, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke and Whitney Houston, with Aretha Franklin making the number one spot.

People can see the full list on the Rolling Stone website.