(favorite genre?) How about just 5 favorite bands and or solo artists... In my collection you'll find Motor Head to Nana Mouskouri...
Tough one but,,,
In no particular order:
-Led Zeppelin \ In Through The Out Door (and ofcourse more)
-Weezer \ I like a couple releases.
-Nana Mouskouri \ Mostly like "Song For Liberty" (but I do other releases also)
-David Wicox \ (The Canadian David Wilcox)
-Sarah Mclachlan
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Clearly I could go on, but that's just what popped into my head while sitting here...