Adele, Simon Cowell Named Most Powerful People In Music

Adele and Simon Cowell have been named the most powerful people in music.

The pair topped the Guardian's The Music Power 100 list for their cultural and social influence on the current British music scene.

Team Adele at XL Recordings came in at number one after the London singer's impressive success over the last six months with new album '21'.

Universal Music Group executives Lucian Grainge and David Joseph are at number two with music mogul Cowell at number three.

Other big names on the list included iTunes UK, YouTube founders' Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The Guardian's top 20 most powerful people in music:

1. Team Adele - XL Recordings
2. Lucian Grainge and David Joseph - Label executives, Universal Music Group
3. Simon Cowell - Label executive, Syco
4. Nigel Harding - Music policy executive, Radio 1
5. iTunes UK - Retailer
6. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim - YouTube founders
7. George Ergatoudis - Head of music, Radio 1 and 1Xtra
8. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt - Google co-founders
9. Simon Moran - Live music promoter, SJM Concerts
10. Jeff Bezos - President and CEO, Amazon
11. will.i.am - Artist and producer
12. Lyor Cohen - Label executive, Warner Music US
13. Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook founder
14. Team Radiohead
15. Ged Doherty - Label executive, Sony BMG UK and Ireland
16. Max Hole - Label executive, Universal Music Group
17. Jeff Smith - Head of music, Radio 2 and 6Music
18. Lady GaGa - Artist
19. Rob Stringer - Label executive, Sony Music Label Group
20. John Reid, Christian Tattersfield and Max Lousada - Label executives, Warner Musi