Unlike the old version, the new 100 has been subjected to heated debate online since its release. Some music fans have drafted long lists of what they see as oversights: How could the likes of Chyi Chin, Anthony Yiu-ming Wong, Tseng Shu-chin, Wan Fang, and Leslie Cheung be left out?
更不同的是，新 100 名單甫公佈，即受到兩岸網友熱烈討論，有的樂迷列出了一長串的遺珠，質疑齊秦、黃耀明、曾淑勤、萬芳、張國榮等人怎會槓龜？周杰倫加王力宏還不敵陶喆？