Editing Robert Plant (section)

==Legacy==
Plant has influenced the style of many of his contemporaries, including [[Geddy Lee]], [[Ann Wilson]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Ann |title=Ann Wilson Song By Song description&nbsp;– Hope & Glory |url=http://www.virb.com/annwilson/blog/269807 |access-date=26 August 2008}} {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Sammy Hagar]],<ref>{{cite episode |title=100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock |series=VH1 The Greatest |series-link=The_Greatest_(TV_series)}}</ref> and later rock vocalists such as [[Jeff Buckley]] and [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] who imitated his performing style. [[Freddie Mercury]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and [[Axl Rose]] of [[Guns N' Roses]] were influenced by Plant.<ref name=ROLLS/> ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' notes that "Exaggerating the vocal style and expressive palette of blues singers such as [[Howlin' Wolf]] and [[Muddy Waters]], Plant created the sound that has defined much hard rock and heavy metal singing: a high range, an abundance of distortion, loud volume, and emotional excess".<ref name="Britannica.com">Susan Fast, "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334473/Led-Zeppelin Led Zeppelin (British Rock Group)]", [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]</ref> Plant received the [[Knebworth]] [[Silver Clef Award]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=2972 |title=Knebworth: The Silver Clef Award Winners-Volumes One, Two & Three (1990) |publisher=Michaeldvd.com.au |access-date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204212209/http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=2972 |archive-date=4 December 2011}}</ref>

In 2006, hard rock/heavy metal magazine ''[[Hit Parader]]'' named Plant as No. 1 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time, a list that included [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] (No. 2), [[Steven Tyler]] (No. 3), Freddie Mercury (No. 6), Geddy Lee (No. 13) and [[Paul Stanley]] (No. 18), all of whom were influenced by Plant.<ref name=HITP/> In 2008, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named Plant the 15th-greatest singer of all time on their list of ''100 Greatest Singers of All Time''.<ref name=ROLLS/> In 2009, he was voted the "greatest voice in rock" in a poll conducted by ''[[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]]''.<ref name="Robert Plant voted rock's greatest voice"/><ref name=NME>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/41860 |title=Robert Plant voted 'greatest voice in rock' |publisher=Nme.com |date=3 January 2009 |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> He was included in the [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]]'s 2009 list of "Artists of the Century" and was ranked at number 8 in their list of "100 Greatest Singers" in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelifefiles.com/2009/11/27/uks-q-magazine-lists-their-artists-of-the-century/ |title=UK's 'Q' Magazine Lists Their Artists of the Century |publisher=Thelifefiles.com |access-date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005080244/http://www.thelifefiles.com/2009/11/27/uks-q-magazine-lists-their-artists-of-the-century/ |archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#100%20Greatest%20Singers |title=Q&nbsp;– 100 Greatest Singers |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=1 January 2012 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013220837/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#100%20Greatest%20Singers |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2009, Plant also won the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the [[Q Awards#2009 Results|Q Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/53147/Muse-Kasabian-Robert-Plant-Triumph-At-Q-Awards-2009---PHOTOS |title=Muse, Kasabian, Robert Plant Triumph at Q Awards 2009&nbsp;– PHOTOS |work=GIGWISE.com |access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> He was placed at No. 3 on ''[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]]''{{'}}s list of "The 50 Greatest Rock Frontmen of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVuFuZEeUX0C&pg=PA70 |title=The 50 Greatest Rock Frontmen of All Time |work=Google Books |date=August 2004 |access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

On 20 September 2010 [[National Public Radio]] (NPR) named Plant as one of the "[[50 Great Voices]]" in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114013402 |title=Robert Plant: Born In England; Made In America |date=2 November 2009 |work=NPR.org([[50 great voices]]) |access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

In July 2018, Plant won the Silver Cleff Integro Outstanding Award, announced by music charity [[Nordoff–Robbins music therapy|Nordoff Robbins]].<ref>{{cite web |date=31 July 2016 |title=Stars Honoured At 2018 O2 Silver Clef Awards |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/18160-stars-honoured-at-2018-o2-silver-clef-awards |access-date=28 January 2022 |work=[Look To the Stars]}}</ref>

On 15 March 2022 Plant was the guest on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. His musical choices included "[[I Ain't Superstitious]]" by [[Howlin' Wolf]] and "[[Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)|Ohio]]" by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]]. His book choice was ''The Earliest English Poems'', translated by Michael Alexander, his luxury item was a basket containing photos of [[homing pigeon]]s and his favourite musical piece was "[[Serenade (1956 film)|Serenade]]" by [[Mario Lanza]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00159xd|title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Robert Plant, singer and songwriter|website=BBC}}</ref>