Logo

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

10.06.2025 03:29

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

Cardi B

Piet Mondrian

NSYNC

Isn't it a turn on to have sex with a girl in a skirt or in a tight spandex?

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.

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.

Rush is #18 on the Hated Band Index.

Why is the world male-dominated?

Megan Fox

Ed Sheeran

The Doors are #13 on the Hated Band Index.

Pocket is shutting down, so I switched to a self-hosted alternative - Android Authority

Barry Manilow

by Michael R. Burch

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.

Popular chicken chain shares, massive expansion plan - TheStreet

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

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.”

Sex Pistols

The workout supplement becoming more popular outside the gym - WTOP

Kid Rock

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

BTS

First American Spacewalk 60 Years Ago Today - The Weather Channel

My Chemical Romance

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

Nick Cannon

Is it common for girlfriends to have close male friends who are single and not related to them?

Skrillex

Billie Eilish

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

What can help me fall asleep at night?

One Direction

Britney Spears

Roseanne Barr

SpaceX launches latest GPS III satellite for U.S. military - SpaceNews

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.

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

Justin Timberlake

Campbell’s Snack Business Struggles as Consumers Get Pickier About Food Spending - WSJ

Dr. Dre

Miley Cyrus

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.

Actor Valerie Mahaffey, 'Northern Exposure' Emmy winner, dies after cancer battle, publicist says - ABC News

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

Wu-Tang Clan

Palantir's stock price surges on AI news, gamma squeeze - TheStreet

Lou Reed

Yoko Ono

Black Eyed Peas

Trump attends UFC championship fight in New Jersey, taking a break from Musk feud for cage fights - AP News

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,

Milli Vanilli

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!

PlayStation Plus new free game is the service's first 'AAAA' - GAMINGbible

Billy Ray Cyrus

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!

Usher

Do Indian guys like African girls?

Tiny Tim

Grateful Dead

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

Jonas Brothers

Nicki Minaj

Linkin Park

Beastie Boys

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

LL Cool J

Insane Clown Posse

50 Cent

JAY-Z

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.

Imagine Dragons

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

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…

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

The Osmonds

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 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.”

Katy Perry

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

Kesha aka Ke$ha

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

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.

Poison

by Michael R. Burch

Jenny McCarthy

Tool

Jennifer Lopez

THE MOST OVERRATED ACTS IN MODERN MUSIC HISTORY

Lil Wayne

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.

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

Chris Brown

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

Drake

Kendrick Lamar

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

Wilco

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.

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.

Rebecca Black

Nirvana is #19 on the Hated Band Index.

Vanilla Ice

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.

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

Radiohead is #8 on the Hated Band Index.

Maroon 5 and Adam Levine

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.

Weezer