Top 10 Worst Music Artists of All Time
Everyone has their own taste in music, and for every artist adored by millions, there's one who makes others shake their heads in disbelief. Whether it's due to questionable talent, annoying personas, or just overplayed, oversaturated sounds, there are some artists who get a reputation for being... well, not great. This list is a collection of musicians who have earned their spot among the worst in the industry, as voted on by thousands of people who probably found themselves frantically reaching for the skip button whenever their songs came on.
Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He currently resides in Ontario, Canada and is Christian. He is the son of author Pattie Mallette... read more Justin Bieber is okay. His song Love Yourself is really amazing. However, Yummy and Honest are garbage songs that I don't want to hear again.
I may respect him a little after he grows taller than the girls in his music videos, but until then, I cannot handle this kid. I honestly thought he was a girl for over a year. His music is empty and unoriginal, just like all pop music seems to be these days.
Also, I'm surprised not enough people know he covers some of his songs. I wish people would critically evaluate their music and the quality of its lyrics, rather than following it blindly just because every other kid listens to it on the radio.
Onika Tanya Maraj, known professionally as Nicki Minaj (born December 8, 1982) is a Trinidadian/American rapper / pop music artist. Minaj is most known for her songs such as "Anaconda", "Super Bass", "Starships" and her feature on "Bang Bang"... read more This woman has got to be the worst female rapper ever! Can you even call her a rapper? What is she? She has to use auto-tune and sounds like a whiny little girl whenever she raps. She has got to be the worst female rapper I have ever heard. At least with all these other rappers on this list, you can call them rappers. But Nicki Minaj is so horrible that she can't even be classified as a rapper.
Even Lil Wayne, you can call him the worst, but Nicki Minaj? What is she? She can't even be called a rapper! She's lower than the worst. What is this woman? I hope she never comes back. I hope she never tries to come back. And I certainly hope that all these awful, fake, phony mainstream rappers (that includes Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus) never come back. I hope they all end up like Bubba Sparxxx, who left and never returned.
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), known professionally as Miley Cyrus, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus. Her voice type is Mezzo-Soprano and spans 4 octaves... read more Dolly Parton must be really disappointed. I saw this video where Miley Cyrus was singing Jolene with Dolly Parton. She sang pretty well. I honestly thought that Miley Cyrus couldn't sing. When I compared that video to one of her recent live performances, it almost looks as if it's a completely different person.
I have no idea whether she is in her right mind or whether she is drunk when she is performing, but I just don't understand why some people like her. She always uses autotune, and her songs are horrible! Plus, she gets drunk at concerts and acts like a mad person.
Blood on the Dance Floor was an American electronic music group from Orlando, Florida, originally consisting of Dahvie Vanity and several other members over time. The group formed in 2006, with former members including Jayy Von Monroe (2009–2016) and Garrett Ecstasy (2009), all of whom provided vocals... read more Music - Awful, all of their songs have forgettable beats and horrible singing or rapping.
Lyrics - The worst thing about the band. All of their songs are filled with immature lyrics about sex, and that's it.
Appearance - I know this doesn't really matter, but they look hideous. They look like two emos who got sprayed with rainbow-colored spray paint.
End of rant.
I think we already know enough about these homeless emo degenerates. Their music is as awful as their hair. Their production sounds like 8-bit video games, and not in a good way. Also, their vocals sound like every emo person.
One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) were a British-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records... read more I live in Sydney, Australia, which is, believe it or not, not actually the capital of Australia. Sydney is generally a cool place, right? We host many music festivals, my personal favourite being Soundwave, an epic metal festival on its 9th year running.
A few years ago, a shop dedicated entirely to One (No) Direction opened up. I was there the day it opened, and was so tempted to run down the 500-metre long lines of screaming fan girls with my car in an effort to save them from this corruption. I actually pulled up at the end of one of the THREE queues, yes, there were three, and gunned my engine. Thankfully, no one noticed me as they couldn't hear my engine over the screams of the girls.
Now, I drive an old Nissan Skyline. I have a turbocharged V6. That is not a quiet engine. I have been pulled over for noise pollution twice. There was that much hype over a single store.
To sum this up, I hate One Direction so much that I would murder their fan base to save them from the horror that they call music. To say what they put out is music is to say that Michael Bay's TMNT movie is actually decent. If I ever meet One Direction in person, I will take a chainsaw to them. Period.
Daniel Hernandez (born May 8, 1996), known by his stage name 6ix9ine, also known as Tekashi69 or simply Tekashi, is an American rapper. He is mostly known for his legal issues, particularly his sexual crimes... read more I bet this artist gets all the ladies with such a dashing appearance. His music makes scratching the walls sound like Mozart.
He takes everything bad about Tyga and mixes it with screaming and rainbows. Honestly, this guy makes me cringe so hard my face burns.
His "song" "Gummo" makes "Baby" by Justin Bieber look like "Bohemian Rhapsody." And that picture... pass me the barf bag, please.
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was discovered by Brian "Baby" "Birdman" Williams at a very young age, and was signed to Cash Money Records, where he would be one quarter of the rap group Hot Boys. In the years to follow, he would go on to find his own... read more Can't even call him an artist because he is such a massive sellout, like every other mainstream hip-hop artist. He is ruining the American youth because he raps about drugs, hoes, sex, and violence and makes kids think the way he lives in his music videos is cool.
I know from firsthand experience that teens want to be like their favorite rappers, so they start smoking, drinking, fighting, and having sex, ruining their potential in life.
Lil Wayne is a show of what our country has come to nowadays. What happened to the original genres: rock and country? Not to mention that he is setting one of the worst examples for teens today. Personally, I am a teen, and I can't stand today's music.
I like classic and newer rock, and some country. In my school, people cuss, they smoke, they blare rap music, and it gets annoying.
The Jonas Brothers are an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. Oh phooey. Really, guys? They're a Disney band, not a legitimate pop-rock band!
Nobody is even into these guys anymore. They all split up.
The Jonas Brothers produce the most boring and bland music in the industry. Their songs give me stage five headaches. So boring and repetitive, they really just fit into the definition of meaningless pop music.
Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his church choir and several local talent shows from a young age. He is most well known for his physical assault towards the singer Rihanna in... read more One of the worst R&B artists ever in history. Nothing talented about him but the same bland dance routine trying to imitate Michael Jackson and making disrespectful songs to women. His nasally voice is annoying, and he autotunes his way into the music business.
Chris Brown is so rude, he makes Kerry King look like the nicest man known. Brown beats up women and even has a tattoo of a battered woman. That tattoo on Brown makes Kerry King's "GOD HATES US ALL" tattoo look divine and pure.
He gave Rihanna a black eye. He even had a tattoo that looked suspiciously like a battered woman. It's not a homage to Rihanna, but the resemblance is uncanny.
Rebecca Black is a YouTube personality and singer who's infamous for her 2011 single "Friday," which was the most disliked video on YouTube until "Baby" by Justin Bieber became the most disliked video in 2012. She has also released other songs, including "My Moment" and "Saturday". Her voice is nowhere near as bad as Justin Bieber's because she actually sounds like a girl. However, the lyrics to her Friday song are even worse than Justin Bieber's Baby.
Friday is one of the worst-written songs I have heard. Just pure annoying. But at least she's better than like 100 others.
How is she even considered an artist? Lucky to be on the list.
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Sean John Combs, also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Love and Brother Love is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur.
Of Monsters and Men is a five-member, English-language, indie folk-pop band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2010.
LMFAO was an American hip hop-electronic dance music duo consisting of uncle and nephew Redfoo and SkyBlu. LMFAO are nothing but talentless, perverted hunks of garbage. Their songs have absolutely no reason to be known (nor did they ever deserve to be number one in America!) And they just try too hard, especially with Sexy and I Know It.
They need to be gone from the media, and gone from the earth. FOR GOOD.
Not to mention that one of their songs, Party Rock Anthem, has a lyric that is a great kick in the face to Led Zeppelin. Now that's sinful.
OK, I'll be honest, some of their music is actually OK, but the main grudge is their music videos. They are usually twice as long as the songs, and the songs don't usually start until over three minutes after the video begins. Trying to create a whole new genre called "party rock" doesn't really sit well with me because it isn't rock, you know?
Why the hell do people think having kids with no singing talent cover terrible music is going to make hits? It just makes me hate the song even more and the kid who sang it. I remember hearing this, and I wanted to push whoever thought of this garbage off a cliff. Honestly, I'm not a fan of mainstream pop, but whoever thought of this does not deserve to possess money.
I can't believe that spoiled brats will get their parents to get them into this. Don't get me started on the name of this. Who the hell thought Kidz Bop was good? It makes me cringe. In the least offensive way possible to those younger generations who like this, don't look up to anyone that goes into this. If you do, you're going to end up on the streets digging through trash cans. I'm pretty sure I can even write a novel about how much I hate Kidz Bop.
Nickelback is a Canadian post-grunge band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. The band is composed of guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair. Okay, now don't get the wrong idea, but they aren't the WORST band. I don't like them. They're terrible, but at least they play instruments and don't use auto-tune. Their songs all sound the same, and they are far from good, but not the worst.
Eh. Nickelback is pretty bland. Silver Side Up was their only good album, and even then, it only had one good song.
I like Burn It to the Ground and How You Remind Me, but other songs are too similar to hear, and some songs are so bad, like Something in Your Mouth.
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... read more This isn't real music. He must be the least talented musician ever. It's sad that people that play real instruments aren't getting any support, and this crap is. All he does is twist a few knobs, push a few buttons, and wave his arms around.
The music doesn't even sound good. It sounds like two transformers having sex. This is the most pathetic excuse for music. It's sad that he gets credit, and talented bands like Yes or ELP get no credit at all. I can't believe I made a comparison with that.
Skrillex is my most hated artist of all time. I despise Skrillex more than Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus, which is saying something, as he has ruined electronic music in the eyes of many.
Skrillex is far from a musical genius, and calling him a "musician" is an insult to actual musicians who put effort into their music. He is a 2010s hipster who discovered dubstep and made it into a cultural phenomenon. Skrillex is to electronic music what Kenny G is to jazz or what Starbucks is to coffee: watered-down garbage for the masses that gives others in the field a bad name. The worst part is that Skrillex still has a career, as he seems to do well on YouTube and Spotify, even though dubstep lost its mainstream popularity in the mid-to-late 2010s, thankfully.
If you want some great electronic music to listen to, then there is plenty. Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Isao Tomita, and Tangerine Dream are among them. I would argue that they are musical geniuses on par with Chopin or Miles Davis.
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in New York City, she became an internet celebrity by achieving popularity on Vine and Instagram. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular... read more She used to drug and rob multiple men as a stripper. Her entire career is based on controversy, and all her fans are just some teenage boys who only listen to her because they think she's hot. Literally, no one listens to her music for the lyrics, rhymes, or even the actual sound of them. It's oversexualized garbage that has no redeeming qualities or reason to exist.
It's painfully obvious that she has every song written for her because her delivery has remained awful for five years. She is a dollar-store version of Nicki Minaj.
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 The only remarkable thing she's ever done is create the most toxic fan base in history, almost destroy the planet, and make everyone's ears bleed. Well done, Taylor!
I will never understand why you would listen to her when you could listen to The Beatles or Queen. Like, come on, people?!
I honestly liked her songs like Love Story and Enchanted. However, now she is singing only breakup songs. I don't know why this girl behaves as if every boy on earth has dumped her. In every song, she curses her ex and says that it's over now.
Then she releases another single, and you will realize that it's not over. The breakup story continues with another new ex.
Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer and songwriter. Trainor's work has been recognized with several awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award, Music Business Association's Breakthrough Artist of the Year accolade and two Billboard Music Awards. She's pretty, and her voice is good, but her song "Dear Future Husband" essentially conveys this message: "If you want me, you need to sacrifice yourself for me, adore me, and give me all I want, because otherwise, it means you don't love me." That one song annoyed me.
She is horrible. All of her fans say, "She's trying to make girls feel good about their bodies," well, apparently you missed the part in "All About That Bass" when she calls skinny people "silicone Barbie dolls."
Having the same repeated, completely idiotic lyrics doesn't count as a song. How she became famous, I will never know. I'm so sick and tired of all these terrible pop artists becoming famous.
1. She made an offensive joke about Asian stereotypes, and her "apology" was fake and staged.
2. She made a terrible song called "DDLG," which promotes ageplay in a way that resembles promoting pedophilia. It almost seems as if that's what she's disguising it as.
3. Her voice is very grating. She sounds like a 10-year-old girl who just learned how to swear and is trying to rap. It comes off as obnoxious. She also sounds similar to Vicky from The Fairly OddParents and Trina Riffin from Grojband.
4. She doesn't have any wholesome or authentic moments as a person and is only focused on being sexual.
5. Her stage name is laughable and annoying to even say out loud.
6. Her single covers are ugly, annoying, and disturbing.
7. She doesn't seem to understand when to "shut up."
8. She ruined "3 Musketeers."
9. She is a ripoff of Ashnikko and Rico Nasty combined.
10. Her fanbase is extremely toxic.
Jake Joseph Paul (born January 17, 1997) is an American social media personality and professional boxer. He initially rose to fame on Vine, before playing the role of Dirk Mann on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark for two seasons. Throughout his career, Paul has become the subject of many controversies... read more The fact that this man (who literally thinks England is a city) is from my home country depresses me quite a bit.
How does he count as a music artist?
Creed is an American post-grunge band, formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida.
The band's best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips. It's not really a surprise that Creed is here at the top. This band was even sued by fans after an awful show in Chicago.
They have a great guitar player. That's about it.
Amethyst Amelia Kelly, born June 7, 1990 known professionally as Iggy Azalea, is an Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model. She can't even rap. Listen to 'Fancy.' Not one lyric rhymes, and she's just some ghetto thug who only got famous because of that song with Ariana Grande. She wasn't popular before 'Problem' and 'Fancy.' She doesn't have one popular song without someone featured in it. She makes Nicki Minaj look like a goddess.
Black Widow was literally the only okay song she made. Heck, it was the ONLY song she made. The rest are simply sounds that surprisingly wandered over to popularity!
Say what you want about Cardi B, but at least she has a good rhythm and can flow well, and she actually raps in sentences, not single words. Iggy Azalea has none of those things. She can't even form a sentence. Especially in 'Kream,' where the chorus is literally, "Ass...cash, bags..."
Rae Sremmurd is an American hip hop duo, composed of two brothers, Khalif "Swae Lee" Brown (born June 7, 1995) and Aaquil "Slim Jxmmi" Brown (born December 29, 1993). They are best known for their platinum singles "No Flex Zone" and "No Type". They are signed to Mike WiLL Made-It's label, "EarDrummer... read more The fact that Taylor Swift and One Direction are both ranked higher than these guys lowers my level of faith in music listeners from -1 to -2. (Remember, I already lowered it from 0 to -1 after 'That's What I Like' won Song of the Year).
Anyway, I have heard 'No Type,' 'No Flex Zone,' 'Over Here,' and part of 'My X,' and all of them except 'No Type' are basically the music of the devil.
Rae Sremmurd is basically just kids who brag about their lives. I mean, look at their song No Type's hook. This song has no reason to exist at all! They are just disgraces to the music community!
Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and fashion designer. He is regarded as one of the most influential, as well as controversial, artists of the 21st century... read more I don't know why Rolling Stone is praising Kanye for his latest release. Then again, Rolling Stone is giving praise to a lot of "artists" who can't sing, play an instrument, dance, or even perform live. This summer, I'll be sure to spend my hard-earned cash on a ticket only to watch someone lip-sync to the album I already own.
Oh wait, I wouldn't ever buy an album by one of these so-called "artists". In fact, I wouldn't download any of it either.
To be honest, he's not really anything special. He's always so self-centered, interrupting Taylor Swift and Beck at the Grammy awards, saying George Bush doesn't care about black people, and always bragging about "I'm the greatest rapper alive! I am the next Jim Morrison! I am the next Kurt Cobain! I am a genius!" So what? It should be about the music, and his music sucks!
Britney Jean Spears, born on December 2, 1981, is an American former singer and actress. She was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. As a child, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows, such as "The Mickey Mouse Club," before signing with Jive... read more Hey I'm not a fan of Justin Bieber but at least he sounds a little decent without auto-tune, but Britney Spears...she sucks so bad, she started this whole auto-tune thing and still gets herself the title "princess of pop" Just listen to "Pretty Girls" I swear I never hated a song so much in my life.
She ruined everything Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day, and Weezer did to bring music back to its pure state with her candy pop that only 10 year old girls listen to! I can't believe Bono and Kurt made the list! They write MUSIC! That is something Britney Spears doesn't know about and NEVER WILL!
Micheal Ray Stevenson, known by his stage name Tyga, is an American hip hop recording artist. In 2011, Tyga signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. When producers sign rap artists like this dude, it kind of makes me wonder what kind of drugs they're on.
I shouldn't even be talking about this guy because he's so irrelevant now. He still sucks.
Tyga is ranked lower than Lady Gaga and Ke$ha and Taylor Swift? Guys, please get taste.