Top 10 Countries that Make the Worst Music
India, officially known as the Republic of India, is a country located in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area and the most populous country, with over 1.4 billion people. Additionally, it is the most populous democracy in the world... read more Indian music is something so many of us have grown up with, but as a youngster, I didn't know that it's an industry that hates people like me, a Muslim, or a Pakistani. Until today, Bollywood puts subliminal messages in their movies that strengthen the already-strong hatred India has towards Pakistanis. In Raazi, for example, or taking it back to the old days, you have Border.
India has also plagiarized countless Pakistani songs/music. Recently, one of Bollywood's music companies got a copyright claim order from a famous Pakistani qawwali group. This is something that Pakistanis should have done from day one, at least once it had become possible to do so. India has lost my respect, and I'm not just talking about plagiarism.
Canada is a country in North America that is next to the United States, and it's the 2nd largest country in the world by area (size is 9.985 million km²). This country has 10 provinces, and 3 territories. Canada became a dominion on July 1, 1867. Its 10 provinces are: Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec,... read more Let's face it, Canada, a lot of what comes out of your country just doesn't quite make it. There are certainly a few really interesting, original acts up there, but their efforts get outweighed by the massive spew of either overrated or second-string acts that have emerged from the Great White North over many years.
Maybe if your government gave up on its weird Canadian content regulations so that more outside influence would get in, then there'd be a lot more cross-breeding of ideas going on, instead of the Canadian music scene being a self-enforced backwater.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims... read more I don't think it's fair to generalize the whole country for making bad pop music because South Korea has great singers and bands that are overshadowed by their manufactured pop music. I used to listen to K-pop when Baby V.O.X was still around (Yes, I'm older than most K-pop fans today). Then, I got tired of it because the groups produced the same, mediocre music over and over again, except with new faces in the scene. It's like if Steven Moffat wrote songs for them or something. I'm kidding, but in the K-pop industry, looks come before talent. I know most labels will deny it, but it's mostly true. I don't see girls who look like Susan Boyle in K-pop. Even if they hired one, they would pressure diets and surgeries on her the most, and it's sad.
Most K-pop fans I've encountered today are vain, even more so than J-pop fans. Why? It's because they value their appearances more than their music. Most I've seen on social media are unhappy with themselves because they wish they looked like their favorite airbrushed/surgically enhanced K-pop idols. Many of them actually travel to Korea just to get surgeries done, trying to reach K-pop's unattainable beauty standards. Others I know are struggling with eating disorders. You may disagree because I'm "generalizing" K-pop and their fans, but that's their reality.
Of course, people will criticize it for stupid reasons, but my reasons for disliking K-pop are valid.
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and known from the beginning of British colonial rule until 1972 as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia near south-east India. Sri Lankan music is good for murderers, rapists, gangsters, drug addicts, sexual deviants, lunatics, psychopaths, and idiots! You can't even call it 3rd class because 3rd class music is a million times better than Sri Lankan music.
You need to call it 4th class or the class of hell!
Japan is an island country in East Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It lies off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest... read more I think anime music is annoying, and I hate it. Though I kinda like anime, I don't like the music. Real J-pop is much better.
Very, very annoying vocals, incorporating unwanted high-pitched wailing. Also, a very annoying language in general.
Every singer sounds and looks like an anime character, which is bad from the start. A lot of it is pretty annoying as well.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, is a country in Eastern Asia. Its capital is Pyongyang. It is currently ruled by the Juche leader Kim Jong-Un, after inheriting the title from his father, Kim Jong-Il, who in turn inherited it from his father, Kim Il-Sung... read more I wouldn't even call anything that comes out of this country music. It's all just military marches and propaganda songs.
One would have to listen to what plays on national radio in North Korea to hear their stuff.
It's so bad it's amazing. Such cloying tripe is hard on the ears!
I didn't know North Korea had music. But then again, there's probably no such thing as "music" there anyway.
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. The largest part of Spain is situated on the Iberian Peninsula; its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands... read more I gotta say, I hate my country's music. It's everything flamenco or pop.
I wish it had some variety. And even that variety is small!
Sorry, Spain, even though your language is fun when I speak it, I hate your music.
Terrible party music. Music without soul.
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic located in North America. The country is located between the U.S. and Central America, and is known for its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico beaches and its diverse landscape of mountains, deserts, and jungles. I agree Mexico should be higher on the list. Having to listen to Mexicans playing their music, most of it isn't good. Most Mexican music is very similar and sounds the same. This guy would listen to Mexican rap music and play it on a very loud speaker. I'm glad I don't work with those guys anymore, so I don't have to hear their music ever again.
Please, Mexico, make better music and don't make it all sound the same.
It's nothing against Mexico, but I have some bad memories associated with Mexican music. Now, whenever I hear it, I remember times of being alone, surrounded by people who have no manners and don't care one way or another for you because you're white. It was a very lonely time for me.
And when I thought I found somebody, they turned around and backstabbed me. All of this while they listened to Mexican music.
Germany was formally united in 1871 under the initiative of Bismarck with King Wilhelm of Prussia as emperor. The previous 'Holy Roman Empire', basically a continuation of the empire of Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse was dissolved in 1806... read more German "pop" music is cringy, nasty, shallow, and plain horrid. Every song sounds the same, and the language is just not fit for art in any way. There are some exceptions of good German contemporary music, like Kraftwerk, Rammstein, or some former GDR bands, but they in no way make up for the hideous monstrosity that is German pop music.
While I must say that Germany had some awesome classical composers, it makes the terrible modern "music" even more shameful.
Not only do they make cringy, terrible, soulless, stale, recycled pop, dubstep, and techno music, but the Germans themselves seem to have a terrible taste in music in general. German rap is just the same song, and their selection of pop songs generally has no life or meaning.
Nice country, though.
China, officially known as the People's Republic of China, is a country located in East Asia. It is the world's second most populous country, boasting a population of more than 1.4 billion. China spans five geographical time zones and shares its borders with 14 countries, making it second only to Russia... read more China deserves to be number one on this list! I was born and raised in China, but my father and I grew up listening to Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury and western music. My mother grew up listening to Cantonese Pop, but none of us were interested in listening to Chinese pop music, especially the ones created in the 21st century. They tend to have cliché chord progressions and disgusting pitch bendings, which cannot be handled properly like the way Queen did.
Anyways, there hasn't been a single "good" Chinese song released in the last twenty years.
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... read more How stupid is a country that brought us Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Rebecca Black, Fifth Harmony, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Florida-Georgia Line, Ted Nugent, Ke$ha, Meghan Trainor, and all these emo bands (Black Veil Brides, whatever).
How stupid can Americans be to make them popular?
How is this music good? Is one song without profanity, bad references, and offensive themes too much to ask for?
Take a look at America's celebrities and you can tell why their music is messed up. Drugs! That is why! And they don't get in trouble for using them either.
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the Transcaucasian region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is a part of the Caucasus region, and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia... read more
Russia, or the Russian Federation (RF), is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across... read more If you watch all those car accident videos on YouTube, you get the feeling that those poor people are killing themselves because of the awful pop music. American pop music has basically been garbage before and after the sixties, the only time in 300 years that it was any good at all.
But Russian pop music doesn't make it sound better, just less offensive. It sounds like an out-of-tune violin next to a fart.
Communists always thought that good lyrics meant good music. This is where they failed miserably. And what is India doing here? I have heard Hindustani classical music, and it was just great. Nowadays, Indian musicians have become copycats, but if you go back to the sixties, you can really feel the emotions in it. Musicians like Salil Chowdhury and Shankar Jaikishen were simply prodigies.
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund. At 450,295 square kilometers (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third-largest... read more
Norway makes way better music than Sweden. The Norwegian accent is way more beautiful than the Swedish accent.
Swedes are not talented singers at all. They don't even know how to sing properly.
The only reason why Sweden is popular is because it's overrated. Nothing else.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard... read more Yeah, what black metal bands do is bad. Let's talk about the music, though. We're not talking about what music scenes do.
And you know what? I don't like black metal music. I don't like how the quality is always bad. Is it a rule that in order to be a black metal band, your songs have to sound like they're going through a toilet bowl? The lyrics are also pretty bland, and it's mostly just unoriginal.
This is my opinion, so please don't take it too seriously. I'm just one guy.
TL;DR version: Make the sound quality better, and it will be (sort of) better.
France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European part of France, called metropolitan France, extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to... read more
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country on the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia. It is bordered... read more Really sucks, like the government there.
All their music sounds like a goat.
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south,... read more Most Serbian music is dominated by hooting, owlish pop-folk. The rest is some type of brass orchestra music that sounds like the love child of Mexican Banda and Turkish folk. Other Balkan countries managed to keep their Slavic musical heritage mostly pure or blended their oriental influences into something tasteful. For example, Romania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia have wonderful folk styles. I don't know what happened in Serbia, though.
Serbian music sucks. Turbo folk artists have zero talent, and even the "rap" sucks. The artists are promoting alcohol, smoking, and drugs as positive things, and the production is crappy.
Songs from Serbia should be number one. I think no country has music that actually promotes drugs like Serbian music does, especially the new ones.
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. I am ashamed to be Vietnamese. Its music is the worst of the worst. V-pop or Vietnamese traditional music are so old and sound the same.
My parents listen to traditional Vietnamese music all the time. I want to die.
Traditional Vietnamese music makes me sick.
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the most populous and politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the North Atlantic Ocean. European Denmark is the southernmost... read more
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao... read more I do have to agree with this one.
When I was visiting East Asia, I had to go to the Philippines after visiting South Korea and Japan because of one of my friends and guides, who happens to be Filipino. When I went to many department stores to get anime merchandise, they were playing a lot of schmaltzy ballads. I get that a lot of people are sentimental in this country, but playing the same stuff over and over again just seems like too much.
It turns out that Air Supply is more well-known in the Philippines than in any of the other countries I have been to, including the US. The only songs I really liked from the foreign music department were probably "Stitches and Burns" by Fra Lippo Lippi and "When She Cries" by Restless Heart (also a big hit in the US during the '90s).
I found Japan's soft music scene to be a bit better, and that's saying something, since city pop and AOR are still really popular.
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey... read more I don't like the current Greek music scene, and I'm Greek. In the past, we produced better songs. Nowadays, only if you sing a bad song will you be popular here, with a few exceptions, of course.
This is the most pointless music ever!
When I was in Greece, I heard Greek radio. It was torture for my ears. They try to make songs like their traditional music, which is just pointless guitar. Yes, it's very repetitive and boring. It's an ultimate strike to the ears!
It's trash, not music, or maybe I just don't get it. And why is it so low on the list? Please, get it higher! It's awful!
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) and Lithuania to the north. With a population of approximately... read more Disco polo is probably the worst and most lame music genre ever. Surprisingly, not only peasants listen to it, but it's popular club music!
Portugal (est.1152), officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes... read more