Logo

In your opinion, who is the most overrated singer/band/artist in modern music history and why?

11.06.2025 00:17

In your opinion, who is the most overrated singer/band/artist in modern music history and why?

Chris Brown

Creed is the #3 most-hated band of all time on the Hated Band Index and the #4 worst band of all time according to Ultimate Guitar.

Radiohead is #8 on the Hated Band Index.

Physicists Unveil New Quantum Super Material That Could Revolutionize Electronics - SciTechDaily

My Chemical Romance

Nick Cannon

Dr. Dre

Protests erupt after Massachusetts high school student detained by ICE - ABC News

Pearl Jam is #17 on the Hated Band Index and the #7 worst band according to LA Weekly.

Spin Doctors are #20 on the Hated Band Index and also the #20 worst band according to LA Weekly.

BTS

What is the most interesting question you can ask to get to know someone?

50 Cent

Jennifer Lopez

Jenny McCarthy

Apple Is About to Upgrade Your Current AirPods with Some Neat New Abilities - Gear Patrol

Rihanna has had good songs such as “Stay,” “Diamonds,” "We Found Love" with Calvin Harris, and "Love the Way You Lie" with Eminem.

Piet Mondrian

Rush is #18 on the Hated Band Index.

What made you feel disgusted today?

K.C. and the Sunshine Band don’t just play the same three chords over and over again, they sing the same three or four words over and over and over again.

Lou Reed

Wu-Tang Clan

Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul - theregister.com

Tiny Tim

Yoko Ono

Coldplay has had good songs like “Fix You,” “Viva La Vida,” “Clocks” and “Yellow” but they do seem overrated overall. Coldplay is #11 on the Hated Band Index and the #12 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar.

Musk threatens to decommission a key space station link for NASA - AP News

Grateful Dead

Rebecca Black

On the brighter side for lingerie lovers, Madonna got the whole “singing in our undies” thing going.

The Weekender: LSU Shreveport Baseball Has Perfect 59-0 Season, Cornell Wins Men's Lacrosse National Champions - Eleven Warriors

Britney Spears

Mariah Carey has a great voice and and amazing vocal range. I like a number of her songs but none have made my all-time playlist.

Beastie Boys

What's the most trivial thing that ever made you go to the doctor?

The Dave Matthews Band is #10 on the Hated Band Index and the #1 worst band according to LA Weekly. They made it a clean sweep by being the #16 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar and the #22 overrated artists according to Ranker.

Nickelback is the most hated band of all time, with a near-perfect 99.99 score on the Hated Band Index, and is also the #1 worst band of all time according to Ultimate Guitar. David Grohl said that if you play a Nickelback song backwards, you’ll hear the Devil, but if you play it forwards, even worse, you’ll hear Nickelback!

I have a number of rappers in my “overrated” list. It’s not that I discriminate against the genre. My favorite rap acts include Tupac Shakur, Arrested Development, Public Enemy, Eminem, Nas and Outkast. But I’m a lyric man and I often find rap lyrics to be high on rhythm and rhyme but not all that compelling otherwise.

Is the Philippines PH a poor 3rd world or 4th world country forever and forever?

Kid Rock

Billy Ray Cyrus

And to make it a perfect menage a trois, there is Beyonce…

RFK Jr. looks to fast track rare disease drug approvals (updated) - Seeking Alpha

Billie Eilish

Lady Gaga produced great songs like “Paparazzi,” “Poker Face,” “Bad Romance” and “Shallow.” But, as with Madonna, it often seems more about the spectacle than the music.

Lil Wayne

Today's Best Deals: Enjoy Big Savings on Switch 2 Accessories During Launch Day — Plus Cheap Handheld Gaming PCs, Father's Day Gifts & More - IGN

Green Day is #12 on the Hated Band Index and the #13 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar. They are also the #2 worst band according to LA Weekly.

Megan Fox

Insane Clown Posse

Black Eyed Peas

Justin Bieber is a good-looking guy who can carry a tune. Does that make him a megastar?

Usher

Jonas Brothers

Wilco

by Michael R. Burch

Imagine Dragons

Tool

Kanye West is best known for dissing Taylor Swift, no?

I’m a longtime music lover and I’m very liberal, loving the best hard rock, soft rock, pop, blues, R&B, soul, jazz, country, folk, classical and opera. I’m not a huge fan of rap, but I do have favorite rap songs as well. However there are singers, bands and other musical artists who seem overrated to me…

Poison

Ariana Grande has an amazing vocal range but her songs haven’t wowed me. I do like “Bang Bang” and “The Way.”

Phish is #7 on the Hated Band Index and the #17 worst band according to LA Weekly.

Miley Cyrus

Taylor Swift is drop-dead gorgeous and I do like some of her songs, but still… how good can you be when you have to sing in your undies?

Nirvana is #19 on the Hated Band Index.

Milli Vanilli

Cardi B

Roseanne Barr

Vanilla Ice

These are artists sometimes called “overrated” for whom I do NOT agree: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Gary Barlow, Bon Jovi, Kurt Cobain, Celine Dion (I’m not crazy about all her songs but what an amazing voice!), Doors, Eminem, Jackie Evancho, Guns N' Roses, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Outkast, Steve Perry, Pink aka P!nk, Elvis Presley (in his better songs like “That’s All Right,” “Peace in the Valley,” “American Trilogy” and his amazing covers of “Blue Moon” and “Fever”), Prince, Queen, Rolling Stones, Axl Rose, U2, Neil Young

Barry Manilow

#ART #MUSIC #POP #ROCK #MRBART #MRBMUSIC #MRBPOP #MRBROCK

Madonna put out some great songs like “This Used to Be My Playground,” “Ray of Light,” “Justify My Love,” “Express Yourself,” “Like a Virgin,” “Like a Prayer” and “Papa Don’t Preach.” But somehow it became more about the spectacle than the music.

Justin Timberlake

One Direction

Ed Sheeran

Sex Pistols

Linkin Park

Kesha aka Ke$ha

Weezer

The Doors are #13 on the Hated Band Index.

Maroon 5 and Adam Levine

LL Cool J

Kings of Leon

Jefferson Airplane aka Jefferson Starship aka Starship had some good songs like “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love” but got pop-fizzy with songs like the unlistenable “We Built this City.”

Limp Bizkit is the second most-hated band of all time, with a 96.79 score on the Hated Band Index, and is also the #2 worst band of all time according to Ultimate Guitar.

Oasis is #16 on the Hated Band Index and the #5 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar. They are also the #18 worst band according to LA Weekly and the #42 most overrated artists according to Ranker.

NSYNC

Mumford & Sons is the #5 on the Hated Band Index and the #17 most overrated artists according to Ranker.

The Osmonds

Skrillex

U2 is #4 on the Hated Band Index and the #7 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar. But I like a good number of their songs and disagree here.

Barry Manilow heads my lists of concerts I’m not going to attend, and while I love some of his songs I’m not going to sit through a concert of Bob Dylan singing in that nasal monotone of his. Other concerts I’m not going to be attending include those of KISS, Maroon 5,

by Michael R. Burch

Korn is #15 on the Hated Band Index and the #20 most overrated artists according to Ranker.

Garth Brooks did have good songs like “Shameless” and “The Thunder Rolls.”

The early Beatles were overrated for pop-fizzy songs like “Love Me Do,” “Please Please Me,” “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

THE MOST OVERRATED ACTS IN MODERN MUSIC HISTORY

KISS is #9 on the Hated Band Index and the #10 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar.

Kendrick Lamar

Metallica is #14 on the Hated Band Index and the #6 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar.

Nicki Minaj

Katy Perry

Bob Dylan is overrated as a vocalist, if anyone rates him as such, but he has written many good and great songs. Dylan said he’s more of a poet than a musician, and I agree. Dylan is the #6 most-hated band of all time on the Hated Band Index and he’s not even a band!

JAY-Z

Drake