Aretha tops Rolling Stone's list of 200 greatest singers but how does Bob Dylan's 'ugly-duckling delivery' rate?

Best-of lists — whether year-end or all-time — always spark debates.

None more so than Rolling Stone's new list of the 200 greatest singers of all-time.

Aretha Franklin is No. 1. No arguments there. Tweet your opinions about Whitney Houston at No. 2 and Sam Cooke at No. 3.

The big kerfuffle is over Bob Dylan at No. 15 because, well, some people don't regard him as having a great singing voice. Wrote Rolling Stone: "He owned his ugly-duckling delivery, and shaped it into something as expressive as his wildly inventive lyrics."

Let the kvetching commence.

Rolling Stone prefaced its rankings by stating, "this is the Greatest Singers list, not the Greatest Voices List. Talent is impressive; genius is transcendent. Sure, many of the people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch, and boundless range. Others have rougher, stranger, or more delicate instruments."

Besides Dylan, two other Minnesotans made the cut — Prince ("fluty falsetto") at No. 16 and the Replacements' Paul Westerberg ("barbaric yap") at No. 196 (ahead of Billie Eilish).

The list was compiled by Rolling Stone's writers "and key contributors," whoever they may be. The selections are quite diverse, embracing global singers — Latin, Indian, African and Middle Eastern — probably unfamiliar to many readers.