In your opinion, who is the most overrated singer/band/artist in modern music history and why?
Last Updated: 03.07.2025 03:04
Beastie Boys
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.
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.
Marchand, Bennett, Ekblad want to remain with Panthers, aim for Stanley Cup 3-peat - NHL.com
Justin Timberlake
Barry Manilow
One Direction
Do any other guys like to eat cum of another man from their wife's pussy?
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!
Nick Cannon
Kid Rock
Microsoft Confirms Google Chrome Block After Windows 11 Users Complain - Forbes
Jenny McCarthy
Jennifer Lopez
Vanilla Ice
Tigers Defeat West Virginia, 12-5, to Earn 2025 College World Series Berth - lsusports.net
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.”
Ariana Grande has an amazing vocal range but her songs haven’t wowed me. I do like “Bang Bang” and “The Way.”
Kings of Leon
Why do unattractive men assume that a pretty woman like me want them?
Piet Mondrian
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.
Linkin Park
Robotic sucker can adapt to surroundings like an actual octopus - Ars Technica
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,
Chris Brown
Spin Doctors are #20 on the Hated Band Index and also the #20 worst band according to LA Weekly.
How the largest digital camera ever made is revolutionizing our view of space - vox.com
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.
Megan Fox
Lil Wayne
China-US Deal Didn’t Address Some Rare Earths Controls: Reuters - Bloomberg.com
BTS
Poison
#ART #MUSIC #POP #ROCK #MRBART #MRBMUSIC #MRBPOP #MRBROCK
My Chemical Romance
Justin Bieber is a good-looking guy who can carry a tune. Does that make him a megastar?
JAY-Z
Google Photos albums redesign adds Material 3 Expressive toolbar, QR code sharing - 9to5Google
Kesha aka Ke$ha
NSYNC
Garth Brooks did have good songs like “Shameless” and “The Thunder Rolls.”
Black Eyed Peas
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.
Rush is #18 on the Hated Band Index.
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.
LL Cool J
Dr. Dre
What are the psychological reasons behind an extreme obsession with another human being?
And to make it a perfect menage a trois, there is Beyonce…
Kendrick Lamar
Phish is #7 on the Hated Band Index and the #17 worst band according to LA Weekly.
Nicholas Galitzine Says Masters of the Universe Has Wrapped Production - Variety
Cardi B
Mumford & Sons is the #5 on the Hated Band Index and the #17 most overrated artists according to Ranker.
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?
THE MOST OVERRATED ACTS IN MODERN MUSIC HISTORY
Wilco
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…
Wu-Tang Clan
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.
Usher
Imagine Dragons
Miley Cyrus
Metallica is #14 on the Hated Band Index and the #6 worst band according to Ultimate Guitar.
Lou Reed
Insane Clown Posse
Nicki Minaj
Britney Spears
Korn is #15 on the Hated Band Index and the #20 most overrated artists according to Ranker.
Skrillex
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.
Nirvana is #19 on the Hated Band Index.
Ed Sheeran
by Michael R. Burch
Billy Ray Cyrus
On the brighter side for lingerie lovers, Madonna got the whole “singing in our undies” thing going.
by Michael R. Burch
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.
Maroon 5 and Adam Levine
Tool
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.
Rihanna has had good songs such as “Stay,” “Diamonds,” "We Found Love" with Calvin Harris, and "Love the Way You Lie" with Eminem.
Roseanne Barr
50 Cent
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
Pearl Jam is #17 on the Hated Band Index and the #7 worst band according to LA Weekly.
Yoko Ono
Grateful Dead
Kanye West is best known for dissing Taylor Swift, no?
The Osmonds
Radiohead is #8 on the Hated Band Index.
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.”
Drake
Rebecca Black
Weezer
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.
Tiny Tim
The Doors are #13 on the Hated Band Index.
Sex Pistols
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!
Billie Eilish
KISS is #9 on the Hated Band Index and the #10 worst band 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.
Jonas Brothers
Milli Vanilli
Katy Perry