Top 10 Worst Singers of 2023

These singers were terrible in 2022 and might still be in 2023, though I hope to be proven wrong. More entries will be added as the year progresses.

Whether the issue is their vocals or songwriting, share your entries, but be constructive in your criticism instead of just saying, "I hate him/her" or "He/she sucks."

1. 6ix9ine

   

   Daniel Hernandez (born May 8, 1996), better known by his stage name 6ix9ine, also called Tekashi69 or Tekashi, is an American rapper known both for his music and for his legal controversies. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of using a child in a sexual performance, though he denied any sexual... read more

   It looks like this pedophile is finally no longer relevant, and his "fans" have finally moved on from him. Do not give him any attention now, and hopefully he'll go back to prison.

   I have never, in my entire life, met someone who was a fan of 6ix9ine.

2. Tory Lanez

   

   Daystar Peterson, known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian rapper and singer. He gained significant recognition for his mixtape Lost Cause and the hit singles "Say It" and "Luv." These tracks reached numbers 23 and 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, respectively.... read more

   I hope this lying douchebag gets what he deserves after shooting Megan Thee Stallion.

   For what he did to Megan Thee Stallion, he deserves to be in jail for 10 years.

3. Taylor Swift

   

   Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. She developed a strong interest in country music around the age of nine after watching a documentary about Faith Hill. Swift moved to Nashville as a teenager, signed a development deal with RCA Records... read more

   THANK YOU! After Reputation, she fell and is now terrible. Midnights was genuinely a terrible album.

4. Leah Kate

   

   The worst Olivia Rodrigo clone and one of the worst singers ever. Her vocals are not terrible, but they clearly don't stand out. She has no personality at all (she basically jumped onto the pop-punk revival bandwagon), and her lyrics are too crude for kids and too dumb for teenagers.

   The worst part is that she's in her late 20s and still manages to make songs more immature than Gayle and Olivia Rodrigo (who's a great songwriter for her age). When she released "Twinkle Twinkle" last year, she became a subject of ridicule, and her career ended before it could even begin. She will be forgotten this year for sure.

   Absolutely atrocious vocalist. It wasn't enough that she had to do this cringe stuff where she performs an immature nursery rhyme to diss her exes, but the whiny vocals make my ears bleed. I hope we don't hear more from her.

   A lot of people are saying she's immature for doing this in her late twenties (now early thirties), but that isn't even my biggest gripe with her. Late twenties to early thirties is still young, but not young enough for this nursery rhyme nonsense.

5. Lil Pump

   

   Gazzy Garcia (born August 17, 2000), known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper, record producer, and songwriter. He began his career in 2016 with a freestyle collaboration with Smokepurpp that gained popularity on SoundCloud. He achieved mainstream success in 2017 with his self-titled debut... read more

   He tried to make a comeback last year but failed miserably. Let's leave Gummy Worm Hair back in 2019.

   He did just release a new album, but I have a feeling it will flop. Fantano gave it a "Not Good" rating. Let's leave Sir Pumpernickel back in the late 2010s.

6. Machine Gun Kelly

   

   Colson Baker, better known by his stage names MGK and Machine Gun Kelly, is an American rapper and actor from Cleveland, Ohio. He first gained attention for his rapid fire delivery and releases such as Lace Up in 2012, and he has since put out multiple studio albums. In the 2020s, he shifted toward... read more

   His pop-punk revamp sounded fresh at first, but now it just sounds like a caricature of everything pop-punk should not be. I hope he goes back to rap already.

   Edit: He went back to rap, but he's still terrible.

   I hope this guy just fades into obscurity sometime in the future.

7. Tyga

   

   Micheal Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989), known by his stage name Tyga, is an American hip-hop recording artist. In 2008, Tyga signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records. His major label debut album Careless World: Rise of the Last King... read more

   Why are all these artists down to collaborate with him? His vocals are annoying, and his lyrics are awful. Hopefully, he'll be forgotten about over these next couple of years.

8. Kanye West

   

   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 and controversial artists of the 21st century.

   Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West initially gained fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella... read more

   Dear Ye,

   I loved your music growing up. You are a great artist, great rapper, great producer, and great songwriter. However, all you need right now is a break. The last few songs you released sound like a man who has descended into complete madness and needs a lot of help before he destroys not only himself but also his family and surroundings.

   I am deeply saddened and appalled by your recent antisemitic and anti-black comments, your praise of Hitler (although David Bowie made similar declarations in the mid-70s when cocaine was impairing his judgment), and everything that's been going on around you lately.

   So please, Ye, before you release more terrible music that exemplifies your dangerous extremist views, and before you hurt more people, get help. You need it really badly!

9. Adam Levine

   

   Adam Noah Levine is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist for the Los Angeles pop rock band Maroon 5.

   Levine began his musical career in 1994 when he co-founded the band Kara's Flowers, where he served as lead vocalist and guitarist. After limited success with their debut... read more

   He is super desperate to stay relevant, but hopefully, he and his "band" will finally go on hiatus and stop being relevant. I have lost my respect for him this year, and then the cheating scandal came out, showing that he is a terrible husband.

   The only people I could see listening to Maroon 5 - wait a sec, I mean "The Adam Levine Experience" - now are single moms who have a big crush on him. But would I want to be married to someone with a big ego? Heck no!

   I was hoping he would redeem himself this year, but nah, his vocals still sound slurred as hell and whiny. "Middle Ground" by Maroon 5 could've been a good "return to form" if it weren't ruined by Adam Levine's obnoxious belting in the chorus. Sorry!

10. Dahvie Vanity

    

    Jesus David Torres (born September 5, 1984), better known by his stage name Dahvie Vanity, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. He is best known as one half of the crunkcore duo Blood on the Dance Floor and as the face and creative mind behind the industrial project Sinners are Winners. He is... read more

    Get him to prison ASAP. He's just as bad as a musician and a person as 6ix9ine.

The Newcomers
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    A Cupcakke wannabe who somehow got famous because she's friends with Drake.

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    Jimmy Fallon

    

    James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon is an American comedian, television host, actor, singer, writer, and producer. He is best known for hosting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Before hosting his own late-night shows, he was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2004.

    Why is this TV show host all of a sudden trying to be a musician, as well as trying to write the next Christmas classic? "(It Was a…) Masked Christmas" was pretty bad, but his recent "Wrap Me Up" with Meghan Trainor is just atrocious.

    He's just as pathetic as Corey Feldman, and if he all of a sudden releases an album, it could be just as bad as the now-infamous Angelic 2 The Core.

The Contenders

13. Gayle

    

    It looks like she will be added to the very short list of artists who had a song at or near #1 but never had a song hit the Hot 100 again, along with artists like Crazy Town and Daniel Powter. Like Crazy Town, Gayle sounded like she was trying to emulate an artist ruling the world at the time their song went big (in Gayle's case, Olivia Rodrigo, and in Crazy Town's case, Linkin Park). Their second album flopped hard and caused their breakup.

    Every song she released after "abcdefu" (which is, by far, decent) is worse than the previous one. She will be a one-hit wonder for sure, not only because she basically rode Olivia Rodrigo's coattails, but also because her vocals are weak and her lyrics are immature. (Though Leah Kate, who's a decade older than Gayle, is worse.)

14. Corey Feldman

    

    Corey Scott Feldman is an American actor and singer. He rose to prominence during the 1980s with roles in films such as The Fox and the Hound, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, Gremlins, and The 'Burbs. Feldman was a prominent figure among the young actors of... read more

    Why is he desperately trying to be a musician even though he can't sing? If you watch Anthony Fantano, you'll know how bad his "music" is. "Angelic 2 the Core" was his worst album of the decade. But at least it doesn't really sound like he's trying to be mainstream.

15. Ronnie Radke

    

    Ronald Joseph Radke is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, musician, and record producer from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Falling in Reverse.

    Before forming Falling in Reverse, he was the original lead singer of Escape the Fate. He recorded one... read more

    He's one of the most pretentious singers in existence. Recently, he released a new song with Falling in Reverse called "Watch the World Burn," which sounds like Tom MacDonald making a rap-metal song. If you don't believe me, go listen to it and you'll see what I mean. Or better yet, don't listen to it!

    Bruh, this guy is the most pretentious person I've ever seen. And the thing is, he's only getting attention because of how bad he is, how his Twitter/X account got deleted, and the fact that he's now trying to rap.

    He's not in any rock bands with real name recognition. Falling in Reverse might as well be off-trend nu metal from the early 2000s. Since he's 40, he probably relates. Yet he acts as if he's in Green Day. Get out of here.

16. Colleen Ballinger

    

    Miranda Sings is a fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian, actress, and YouTube personality Colleen Ballinger. The character first appeared online in 2008 and is depicted as a comically untalented, self-absorbed performer who sings poorly, gives unhelpful tutorials, and misinterprets... read more

    Yeah, this YouTuber is just a whiny, pathetic human being. She makes excuses instead of apologizing for what she did wrong, doing her little acoustic guitar schtick while singing about the (deserved) hate she's getting online. Good riddance if we forget about you, but honestly, she deserves the loathing attention.

    Just in case you guys were living under a rock, Miranda Sings, a YouTuber that used to be very popular, was accused of racism after an old video of her performing Beyoncé's song "Single Ladies" while wearing blackface resurfaced on the web. I honestly didn't think that a YouTuber could be that racist, and I don't like it one bit. She deserves every criticism she can possibly get for doing that type of BS.

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17. Blueface

    

    Why are you giving attention to this artist? He fell off and will eventually be forgotten.

18. Kid Rock

    

    Robert James Ritchie Sr., professionally known as Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician, record producer, and actor. He has blended genres such as rock, hip-hop, and country throughout his music career. Kid Rock is also known for his outspoken personality and activism.... read more

    He ridiculed himself so hard last year with his Bad Reputation album. Let's just stop giving him attention already.

19. Lil Mabu

    

    This man is just a rich white kid from NYC who writes horrible songs about how rich he is. Let's not give him any attention.

20. J. Rey Soul

    

    Oh look, another generic "you can't mess with me, I'm a bad chick" female rapper. She just makes generic trap and Latin music. I love Fergie, but I don't like her.

    Fergie was a great singer with the Black Eyed Peas, but this female singer cannot replace Fergie. She basically looks like a discount Cardi B and has no charisma at all. Say what you want about Fergie, but at least she was entertaining and had soul, while J. Rey Soulless is just boring and... soulless.

21. Tom MacDonald

    

    Thomas "Tom" MacDonald, born on September 21, 1988, is a Canadian rapper, songwriter, and former professional wrestler. He first gained attention with his 2017 song "Dear Rappers" and has since built a large independent following, with several songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Fake... read more

    The faster this man is out of the music industry, the better. He released that song "Facts" this year with Ben Shapiro (where Ben Shapiro "straight up spit gold bars haha"), which is guaranteed to make it onto my worst songs of 2024 list. It doesn't sound badass to rap about terminally online conservative bull or who we "don't rap about strippers, drugs, and hoes".

    He's also just another hateful person. Can't believe Canada produced this guy, but then again Canada also gave us Steven Crowder, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

    I know we should stop giving attention to this clown, but I couldn't help including him because I pity whoever likes his music.

22. Marilyn Manson

    

    Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, author, and former music journalist. He is the lead singer and only constant member of the band Marilyn Manson, which he formed in 1989.... read more

    He's a good artist, but he's a horrible human being who's likely to get the R. Kelly treatment over the years.

    Let's hope this monster finally goes to prison.

23. DaBaby

    

    Jonathan Lyndale Kirk (born December 22, 1991), known professionally as DaBaby and formerly as Baby Jesus, is an American rapper. He rose to mainstream prominence in 2019 with the release of his debut studio album Baby on Baby, which featured the hit single Suge. Before that, he gained attention through... read more

    His lyrics are becoming more and more unappealing, especially since his homophobic remarks at Rolling Loud in 2021.

24. Andrew Taggart

    

    Andrew "Drew" Taggart, born December 31, 1989, is an American DJ and singer best known as one half of the DJ duo The Chainsmokers. He and his partner, Alex Pall, gained fame with hits such as "Closer," "Don't Let Me Down," and "Paris." The Chainsmokers have won a Grammy Award and numerous Billboard Music... read more

    The Chainsmokers' music has always been pretty generic. Drew's vocals are very whiny, and he can sound bored at times. Let's leave them in the late 2010s already.

    I've never been a fan of the Chainsmokers. In their early days (2013-2015), they were just tolerable. But since they released "Closer" in 2016, my loathing for this fake EDM has never stopped. He can't justify his vocals either because even when overprocessed and autotuned, they are trash. He and David Guetta need to get out of the way for the real EDM DJs that don't get nearly enough recognition.

25. Forgiato Blow

    

    Nothing more to say about him other than that he's just a garbage human being. He released that transphobic "Boycott Target" song last year, which I'm sure only appealed to the mindless drones that support Trump on Truth Social. I don't like him (in fact, I hate him), and he only contributes to the division being sown in this country.

    A terrible MAGA rapper who made that horrible song called "Boycott Target," which has openly homophobic and transphobic lyrics. It's so agonizing it makes Tom MacDonald sound inoffensive.

26. Adam Calhoun

    

    He made an album with Tommy the McDonald Clown and deserves to be ignored.

    He looks like an overweight Texas man in his 60s.

27. Soulja Boy

    

    DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), known professionally as Soulja Boy Tell 'Em or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer. In September 2007, his debut single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" peaked at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks. The single... read more

    This idiot still makes music in 2023?