Items That Are High on Both Best and Worst Lists

My first such experience was Avenged Sevenfold, when I found them #8 on Best Metal Bands and #5 on Worst Metal Bands. Some controversial things got really high on oblivious lists.
The Top Ten
1 McDonald's McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand. The first time a McDonald's franchise used the Golden Arches logo was in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's was originally headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved to Chicago in 2018.

Just wondering do the lists have to be positive and negative lists about the same thing? I am wondering about for example someone on a list of best music artists and worst people in the music industry.

Ha ha, it's first on both Best Fast Food Restaurants and Worst Fast Food Restaurants. 16/01/2019

2 PewDiePie Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (born October 24, 1989), better known by his online alias PewDiePie, is a Swedish web-based comedian video producer, and commentary channel. He is best known for his Let's Play commentaries and Vlogs on YouTube. He is known for being the most subscribed-to YouTuber on the website for nearly 6 years, even though T-Series surpassed him and now has 240 million subscribers. As of March 2023, PewDiePie has over 111 million subscribers. ...read more.

He sucks, and I have no idea how he got first place on Best YouTubers. His position on Worst YouTubers, I can understand.

People who hate pewdiepie are jealous of success

3 Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American alternative rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The current members include Mike Shinoda (vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Brad Delson (guitar), Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (bass), Joe Hahn (DJ), and Rob Bourdon (drums). Linkin Park is associated with a mixture of alternative rock, hip hop, and techno. Some of their influences include Nine Inch Nails, Deftones,... read more

#1 on Best Nu-Metal Bands, Top 10 Best Modern Rock Bands, Best Rock/Metal Rap Bands, Greatest Rock Bands of the 21st Century.

At the same time, they are #2 on Worst Nu-Metal Bands and #4 on Worst Metal Bands of All Time. 16/01/2019

So a lot of people like and dislike Linkin Park?

4 United States The United States of America, or the U.S.A. for short, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, 48 of them are contiguous states. There are two other states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are north and south of the contiguous states, respectively. The United States declared its independence from the British Empire in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. They won their independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Its capital, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) is defined by imposing neoclassical monuments and buildings including the iconic ones that house the federal government's 3 branches: the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. Though it has no official language, English and ...read more.

Well the U.S has done both some good and questionable things throughout their history so it makes sense

#1 on Best Countries in the World, #4 on Worst Countries. 16/01/2019

5 Axl Rose William Bruce Rose Jr., better known as 'Axl Rose', is an American singer born on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana. He Is the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He is a celebrated but controversial figure in the world of rock.

#1 on Top Ten Greatest Hard Rock Vocalists
#1 on Top Ten Male Hard Rock Vocalists
#2 on Best Hard Rock Singers
AND
#2 on Worst Rock Vocalists Ever
(as of Jan 16, 2019 but I noticed these contradictory rankings long ago, maybe in 2016)

6 Bohemian Rhapsody - Lil Meerkat

I am guessing this will go down on the best list over time as more votes are cast but at the moment yes.

#1 on Worst Songs of 2019, #2 on Best Songs of 2019 (as of Jan 29, 2019).
Update: as of Feb 2019 it's at #1 on Best Songs of 2019

7 Chicago Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is also the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world. ...read more.

#3 on Top Cities in the United States, also #3 on Top Ten Worst Cities In the United States. 16/01/2019

Best Pizza, WORST sports fans (all bandwagon jumpers).

8 Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is played with a spherical ball. The objective is to score the ball in the other teams goal.

Why do US hate Soccer so much? Some people hate US because they call football 'soccer'.

#2 on Top Ten Greatest Sports, #4 on Worst Sports. 16/01/2019

9 Facebook Facebook is a corporation and an online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California, in the United States.

#5 on Best Websites, #6 on Top 10 Worst Websites. Similar for YouTube. 16/01/2019

10 J.K. Rowling Joanne Rowling, CH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film and television producer and screenwriter best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.

#4 on Top Ten Greatest Authors and #5 on Top Ten Worst Authors. 16/01/2019

The Newcomers

? iCarly iCarly is an American teen sitcom that ran on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007 until November 23, 2012. The series, created by Dan Schneider, focuses on teenager Carly Shay, who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam Puckett and Freddie Benson.
? Victorious Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon from March 27, 2010 through February 2, 2013 . The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega, a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her... read more
The Contenders
11 Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band, that was formed 1999 in California. Their longest lineup of members was M. Shadows (Vocals), Synyster Gates (Lead Guitar), Zacky Vengeance (Rhythm Guitar), Johnny Christ (Bass Guitar), and The Rev (Drums).

Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (Drums), their most notable drummer, passed away in 2009, being temporarily replaced by Mike Portnoy, who was replaced by Arin Ilejay, who was finally replaced with Brooks Wackerman. A common phrase for fans "foREVer" was created after the Rev's death in his remembrance. ...read more.

It was once in late 2018 #5 on worst metal bands and #8 on best.

12 2017 2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

#5 on Best Years in History, #10 on Worst Years in History.

13 Necrophagist Necrophagist is a German technical death metal band, founded and fronted by guitarist and vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez.
14 Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift is best known for writing personal songs and has won 13 Grammy Awards... read more
15 Yummy - Justin Bieber

It's currently ranked the best and worst song of 2020, as of January 25, 2020.
Edit: this aged badly.

First on the list of best songs of 2020 and first on the list of worst songs of 2020.

16 Pop

As of September 2020 #6 best genres number #3 worst genres for the record that is the most generous that I have seen it's placements.

17 Drivers License - Olivia Rodrigo

As of the 22nd Jan number 2 on both best and worst songs of 2021.

18 Eminem Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American rapper, actor and music producer born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Eminem has sold over 300 million records making him the bestselling hip-hop artist of all time. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12 and (with Royce da 5'9") half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil. Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the King of Hip Hop. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and 5 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and 13 worldwide.
19 Frozen

Which positive list is it high on?

20 Serena Serena has proven to be a kind and polite girl but she can also be openly rebellious towards her mother, Grace. In Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, she refused to wake up when Grace ordered her to, and gave a sassy response to her mother's call to watch the news. This tumultuous relationship was best demonstrated when Grace made her practice Rhyhorn riding, an activity Serena had hated doing. However, their relationship is also very loving as shown in later episodes. Although shown to have a strong will, Serena can be sensitive and insecure at times as seen in Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!. When she was frustrated with her Pokémon, she lashes out when at her limit and leaves ...read more.

Number 6 on best Pokemon characters from the anime and number 1 on the worst

21 Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Which list is this ranked high on?

22 Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American EDM producer who is known for popularizing dubstep. He is part of the bands Jack Ü (DJ) and From First To Last (Lead Singer). His album Recess debuted at 4 on the BB200, tying him with Zedd for the highest debut for an EDM album on that chart. He is best known for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, Bangarang, Kill Everybody, Mind, and Where Are Ü Now, and is well known for his "mop like hair". He has created multiple albums and songs besides the ones he is best known for, he has also been in contract with multiple record labels including Atlantic Records, Mau5Trap, Asylum Records, and more.

He is #3 on best electronic music artists but #1 on worst electronic music artists.

23 John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena Jr. (/ˈsiːnə/; born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, rapper, actor, and reality television show host signed to WWE, where he is assigned to the SmackDown brand. ...read more.
24 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson; August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, dancer, and songwriter. He passed away from cardiac arrest caused by a propofol and benzodiazepine overdose on June 25, 2009. He donated (at least) a remarkable 500,000,000 dollars to charity. Michael is also known as The King of Pop (a title given to him by Elizabeth Taylor) or under the initials MJ. Dubbed the King of Pop, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. ...read more.

Mostly high on positive lists best pop stars, greatest music legends, best dancers but also number one on the list of biggest jerks in music.

25 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

Saying this for April 18, 2020:
#1 on Best Carly Rae Jepsen Songs
#1 on Catchiest Carly Rae Jepsen Songs
#1 on Best Songs on Carly Rae Jepsen’s Kiss
#1 on Best Songs With More Than a Billion Views on YouTube
#1 on Top Ten Pop Songs That Have More Then 1 Billion Views on YouTube as of July 7 2017
#1 on Top Ten Songs Which Have a Billion Views on YouTube
#2 on Top Ten Best Teen Pop Songs
#10 on Top 10 Best Pop Songs
#11 on Best Songs of 2012
#17 on Best Songs of 2012-2013
Meanwhile, however...
#3 on Worst Songs of 2012
#5 on Most Annoying Songs Ever
#10 on Top 10 Worst Billboard Number 1 Scoring Songs of the 2010s (thanks Powell for this)
And of course, #29 on Worst Songs of All Time.
(Might be more so if I missed anything tell me.)

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