Top 10 Most Overplayed Music Artists of 2018

Music artists, good or bad, who got WAY too much plays on the radio in 2018, up to the point where you would want to rather have a seizure than hear these artists on a regular basis.
The Top Ten
1 Ariana Grande Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, one Bambi Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards,... read more

To be honest, she's not even that overplayed anymore as she used to be. Okay, I know this is completely off topic since 1), 2018 was literally three years ago, and 2), this is a list on overplayed artists of 2018. But seriously, some of her music is pretty okay. I just wish that her old songs would get played too. Like Right There for instance. That's a good one. And how about Piano or One Last Time? Those are good songs. Yes, she's overplayed because of some of her songs that get overplayed on the radio, but the ones I've listed above need to get heard more. Those are MASTERPIECES made by the amazing and talented singer Ariana Grande herself. I'm not a huge fan of her, but DAMN this girl can sing!

I absolutely despise how deluded and ignorant people can be these days. They act like everything Ariana Grande does is a good thing but everything Victoria Justice does is wrong. The second Victoria gets the lead in a Victorious song, it's a problem but when Ariana Grande licks donuts in a shop and says I hate America, it's, "oh no, maybe she was drunk. Everyone makes mistakes." I know I should not be bringing it up and it's all in the past, but I don't hear anyone zipping it up about JB spitting on his fans. Even though she apologized, all she said was, "I didn't know I was being recorded and if I'd known, I wouldn't have done it." So you're telling me that she only plays nice, sweet and innocent on camera, but acts like a prick when no one is looking. Also, she always has to try and play innocent when she's not. I've actually lost interest in her ever since Victorious ended and afterwards in the years she made annoying songs. I like her as a good singer, but not in person. She acts like a jerk. Don't bother bashing on my opinion because clearly I don't care and I'm only saying the truth.

2 Post Malone Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist.

Forget everyone else on this list! Post Malone is so overplayed. Not just that, but his songs sound worse every time I hear them. Ariana Grande is also a little overrated, but she isn't painful for me to listen to. PM on the other hand drives me nuts with his heavy autotune, you can't even understand a single word. Please get him to number 1. I swear if I hear better now one more time, I will rip my ears off.

Rockstar, Better Now, Psycho, Congratulations, Jackie Chan, etc are all overplayed. It's like you can't find any radio station that doesn't play his generic music!

My favorite songs by Post Malone had to be Circles and Jackie Chan. They were good songs.
However they are extremely overplayed on the radio. Still, no matter how many times they play I'll still give them a 10/10

3 Cardi B Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper. 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 cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations. She... read more

Okay, I don't care what that spoiled brat Luvly says, because obviously she doesn't respect ANYONE's opinions and I say that Cardi B is TRASH. She's literally the worst when it comes to rapping, I hate her music so much. Every single song she has, even when she's featured on someone else's song has to be swearing, except for when she was featured on Girls Like You. The one time she didn't swear when she was featured in song, they only overplay the one that doesn't have her in it. You know what? Say what you want about me because I don't care. This is my opinion and I will say what I want.

She is horrible. None of her own songs are famous just the ones she did a collab with and not to mention those were with talented people lie, Bruno Mars and Maroon 5. All she dies is shouts and drugs people.

Who even wants to be her, it must be painful to have golden spikes implanted into her head, why is her nose and mouth always covered by a bunny or vampire faccemask, and where did she get that bunny tail?

4 Drake Aubrey Drake Graham, known professionally as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Canada. He started his career on Canadian reality show "Degrassi: The Next Generation".

Okay, very unpopular opinion but some of Drake's music is so relaxing to listen to, especially because his voice is just so calm and nice sounding.
But yeah, he played a lot back in 2018, but it was mostly his good songs.

Egotistical, rude, and keeps caliming he is bigger and better than The Beatles and Michael Jackson. Sorry but he never will be and is not. Go to any third world country and they WILL KNOW Michael Jackson. They won't know this wannabe.

He has absolutely no skills. The lyrics are basic and don't rhyme whatsoever. The delivery is boring.
Every time I hear a drake song I fall asleep before I can shot myself in the brains

5 Billie Eilish Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, known professionally as Billie Eilish (born December 18, 2001) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her songs "When the Party's Over", "Bury a Friend", "Everything I Wanted", "Happier Than Ever" and especially "Bad Guy".

I have to admit that while she isn't my favorite or something I would listen to everyday, but compared to a lot of the other artists on this list, hearing one of her songs on the radio is a real breath of fresh air. Her songs are way more interesting then your typical pop songs. Even if she's overplayed, it would be better Billie Eilish than Ariana Grande.

Where to begin with Billie Eilish? She has a creepy singing voice, a creepy face, creepy music videos, even though I've never seen them they just pop up just like that, she also has this obsession with singing about depression, death and other creepy stuff. So I just really hate her.

Billie is great, I listen to her when doing my laundry and I literally block everything out when I listen to her music. She got the best female artist for a reason. Maybe try listening to her other songs, other than bad guy and try listening to the lyrics.

6 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 11 Grammy Awards.

She developed an interest in country music when she was around nine years old. After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, Swift felt inspired to go to Nashville to begin a country music career. Subsequently,... read more

Her old songs are better than her new ones. Love Story and all of her other old songs have a nice, sweet and affectionate meaning and good lyrics about love. But what do her new songs have? The same line all the time, "I dumped my boyfriend" and "He dumped me vice versa to the point where it's just become boring, repetitive and annoying. Shake It Off, Bad Blood, and all those songs from her reputation concert album are SO overplayed. So she's not really overrated, since no one likes her music anymore. I really love her old music. It was nice and sweet plus she had a cute singing voice when she sand love story.

Taylor Alison Swift is really awesome and very amazing and really beautiful and Taylor Swift has a a wonderful singing voice and she is really talented with wonderful songs like shake it off, mean , you need to calm down , tell me why , bad blood , white horse , tied with a smile , love story , ready for it , end game king of my heart and many others . I am a big fan of Taylor swift and I think she is really awesome and amazing and even Taylor swift is my role model and my biggest inspiration.

7 Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He sang songs such as The A team and Shape of You. He was born in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk.

Okay, Ed Sheeran is a great singer and all, he's just not my favorite and there are guys who sound just like him who I almost can't even tell the difference. Especially in I Don't Care. When he sings it with Justin Bieber, I even thought it was just Ed singing and not JB. At the same time, he also sound like Lewis Capaldi, especially in Before You Go.

Maybe... I like Castle On The Hill, Galway Girl, and then Shape Of You. Think about it though- today's music uses like, no instruments! And Ed? He plays guitar! I honestly don't really like Perfect... But seriously, I might go insane over Castle On The Hill!

To the people b! tching about Ed Sheeran, YOU do better.
His voice is so clear that the listener can hear every word he sings unlike many, many, many other artists, AND he is EXTREMELY successful.

8 Pink Alecia Beth Moore known professionally as P!NK, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.

What about us is like pop music in an airport and the airport is so bad that it can only afford one song that is how overplayed this is. Also a million dreams and beautiful trauma were played tooo much

I like P! nk but "What About Us" was played so much that I started to hate it.

What About Us, Beautiful Trauma, A Million Dreams were highly overplayed throughout the year, they were so annoying,

9 Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, professionally known by her stage name Katy Perry, was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. She is a singer, songwriter, actress and an ambassador on one of the most popular companies of now, UNICEF.

She is also is one of the best-selling artists of all time. She won 4 Guinness World Records, 5 MTV Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 16'ASCAP Pop Music... read more

I actually like Katy Perry. But I don't understand why Chained To The Rhythm doesn't play anymore. It only played once on my radio, that's it. And I actually like that song. Her only songs that ever play are Teenage Dream, Hot N Cold and Roar. But to be honest, she really doesn't get as overplayed as the other artists here which isn't really such a big deal anyway. Still, I'd just really appreciate though is "someone" could mind her own business. And by someone, I mean that retard, Luvly!

The only new song I know by Katy Perry was Chained To The Rhythm and that was 2017.

I love her voice and her songs, but I do think she's overplayed.

10 Camila Cabello Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, or professionally Camila Cabello (born March 3, 1997) is an American-Cuban musician. Camila was best known for being part of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony are known for songs like Worth It, Work From Home, All In My Head (Flex), Bo$, and Sledgehammer. Camila left Fifth Harmony in December, 2016. In her solo career, Camila became a huge hit again with her... read more

Listen, it's nice hearing some music artists, like Camila Cabello, who can make more than just regular boring 2010s pop music, who can bring diversity and culture into the music industry, but... I really wasn't feeling for "Havana". I don't know. It was too overplayed, and I really am not a fan of Camila's voice, either.

Camila was one of the main reasons why I didn't enjoy music from 2017. Her song Havana played so much in 2017, till now. I'm writing this in 2020, just to let you know. But she's a good singer, I like her voice and although she isn't one of my favorite singers, I appreciate those who have their own opinions about liking her.
Also, this is what surprised me the most. Camila can play guitar! I was like, are you freaking kidding me right now?! That's amazing! Plus, she's really good too. I watched a couple of duos where she's singing and playing guitar with Ashlee Juno and they're really amazing, no joke.

The Contenders
11 Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop/pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California. Before the current group was established, the original four members, Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, formed a band known as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were still in high school.

Ah, yes. Maroon 5. Basically the modern-day version of post-sellout Chicago. The similarities between Maroon 5 and the latter are actually true, for the most part. Chicago: Sold out in the 80s by becoming a soft rock act. Maroon 5: Sold out in the early 2010s thanks to Moves Like Jagger. Whoever has learned from history (Chicago) are doomed to repeat it (Maroon 5.) Don't forget Adam Levine's voice getting worse and worse over the years. What happened to the Songs About Jane days?

Girls Like You is practically their only song being played. Their other songs are never played at all compared to that generic cancer "song". That song makes Taki Taki look like Hotel California

Question, how do you go from the amazing "Songs About Jane" to the terrible "Red Pill Blues". Answer, you become Adam Levine and do anything for money.

12 Bebe Rexha

Meant To Be is an awesome song, this is an unpopular opinion, but it actually rocks.

"Meant To Be" sucks, I agree, but "I'm A Mess" and "In the Name of Love" are good songs.

Okay but have any of you heard "I'm a mess"? That's one of her best songs.

13 Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Provo, Utah, and are now based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Imagine Dragons' lineup consists of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their single "It's Time", followed by their award-winning debut studio album Night Visions (2012), which resulted... read more

This band is amazing, but most people wont know because they are "hate" this band because THE RADIO plays maybe THREE of their songs too much. Well let me say this I NEVER get to hear these guys on the radio and they have Amazing songs(especially the older ones) such as: Bleeding out, its time, amsterdam, fallen, thief, dream, smoke and mirrors, 30 lives, round and round, my fault. Their music means something special unlike most music today. They give good messages (gold is about the dowside of being famous. 30 lives was written for one of their friends/fans that died of cancer. Bleeding out to me means doing anything for someone we love even if it means dying or bleeding out)

Look I get that Imagine Dragons is an amazing band, but there is one detail you guys should get into your heads...
This list is called Overplayed Music Artists Of 2018. These artists aren't on here for nothing. It's because their same songs (or song) played a LOT on the radio. No one said they were bad, so don't jump into conclusions just because you see your favorite artist there. Even a favorite artist could get overplayed.

14 Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, is an American singer and actress, who started out in the popular pop/r&b girl group Destiny's Child. They had multiple top 5 hits such as "No, No, No", "Say My Name", "Bills, Bills, Bills", "Survivor", "Independent Women", "Bootylicious", and "Jumpin', Jumpin" from 1999 to 2004. After they broke up in 2006, Beyonce pursued her solo career, creating smash hits such... read more

I think this is because Beyonce just fell off. She doesn't really make new music anymore. That's why on the radio they usually play her old music

What has she even released recently? She just doesn't have the songs to live up to the hype.

I am part of the minority of people who think that Beyoncé is overrated. I'm 12, I've listened to Beyoncé songs, and I found them... boring.
I believe that she's a beautiful woman and probably a great person, her music is way overplayed.

15 BTS BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed in Seoul in 2013. RM is the leader and the other members are V, Jimin, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, and Jungkook

If we took the amount of makeup and plastic surgery they have on their faces, their weight would be cut in half.

They are the perfect 14-year-old white girl magnet. They seem cute as hell, sure, but they only are that way because of makeup and plastic surgery. (lots of Kpop artists get that for some reason)

Their music is just pure no. I don't understand it, not because of language. I don't get why anybody likes it. I hear BTS singing and I hear more autotune than actual voice, same with most new pop and hip hop I hear. The background is drenched in the same electronic sound effects and crappy drum machines that 100% of electronic music uses these days; in simpler terms, it's generic and I have heard better. Not to mention their fans are ridiculously aggressive, such as the commentor below who said "This behavior is absolutely disgusting. They're humans too, so act like it." You calling the act of people sharing opinions that differ from yours disgusting disgusts me.

In my book, this is how it goes: If a musical act needs autotune to have good vocals, uses generic electronic sounds you hear in 90% of modern popular music, never does anything unique or artistically creative, and has generic lyrics, it has no talent. No singing talent+no songwriting talent+no instrumental talent+no artistic talent=no musical talent. I'm sorry, but that is just logic, and I hear none of the above in BTS.

16 Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer. She is best known for songs like "Come & Get It", "Good For You", "Same Old Love", and "It Ain't Me". Selena Gomez's voice is mezzo-soprano but she usually sings in alto. She is best known for her role as Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place.

Selena Gomez started off good with The Scene in like, 2008 or '09 I think and she sang really good. Then at one point she just started singing so terribly! Just listen to Bad Liar and TELL me that's not the most cringeworthy sound of singing you've ever heard. OMG, it was so BAD! And I'm literally not joking and this is coming from the girl who's super into Love You Like A Love Song and Naturally. I appreciate that she has so much fans because she really deserves it like any other artist, but she really can't sing. I saw this video, like so many videos were made of her worst vocals. I mean no disrespect, but sometimes she tries to hit a high note and she ends up singing the wrong note. I am so deeply sorry Selena Gomez fans, but I'm just stating my opinion here.

Selena Gomez's music is literal trash, her vocals are almost as bad as her lyrics. I'm sorry if you love her, but I honestly hate her music, hate her, hate her petty, vulgar attitude and I absolutely can't stand her. I can recognize talent but this just isn't it.

17 NF Nathan "Nate" John Feuerstein, whose stage name is NF, is an American Christian hip hop rapper, singer and musician from Gladwin, Michigan.

Why the heck is NF on this list? He is the best music artist. Ever. Any genre, I am a huge fan of every single one of his songs, plus, he is really the only rapper that will put his actual beliefs and feelings and thoughts into his lyrics. And, I listen to the radio a lot, I have honestly heard maybe paralyzed once, maybe let you down a couple times, all year, that's it. Honestly the artist that deserves the least to be on an overplayed list

I love his songs though... Paralyzed, let you down, other ones I can't remember the names off the top of my head... Don't at me please.

He is the one artist that will really describe how he is feeling through raps and not hold back. The meaning behind his songs are so amazing and insperational

18 Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco was an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 and featuring the current lineup of vocalist Brendon Urie, accompanied on tour by bassist Dallon Weekes, guitarist Kenneth Harris, and drummer Dan Pawlovich.

Panic at the disco used to be good. I like I write sins not tragedies, but now it's not even panic at the disco, it's just the Brendan Urie project. And also, I think high hopes the most overrated and annoying song in 2019. Because they always play it on the radio and in my school.

I love highhopes but it is just played every second of every day. There are much better songs I would like to hear besides high hopes and on the alternative radio I write sins. They are good songs but over played. Panic at the disco is like my favorite band but high hopes has been played way too many times

Panic!, now just The Brendon Urie Show used to have amazing Alternative/ Indie music and even though the new material is not as good, it is quality music that is overplayed. Basically, Panic!'s music is quality, but overplayed.

19 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa (born 22 August 1995) is an English singer and songwriter. Dua Lipa was born in Westminster, London, to Albanian parents.

Levitating is seriously, and I seriously mean SERIOUSLY freaking boring. Like, I swear this song would play every freaking day!

She's pretty, and she's got decent music. For some reason she reminds me of a older Millie Bobbie Brown.

OMG I love her SO much. She's totally my type .

20 Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian-Spanish singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model.

Beautiful voice, beautiful dancing, and beautiful everything she truly is talented and she can really pull of those bridges.

She hasn't released anything in a while but I love her music and dancing.

@Luvly, how about YOU get a slap in the face for acting like a brat?

21 AC/DC AC/DC are a Australian hard rock band, formed in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, who continued as members until Malcolm's illness and departure in 2014 . They were fronted by Bon Scott until his untimely death due to alcohol poisoning in 1979, after which they hired Brian Johnson to front the band. Commonly referred to as a hard rock or blues rock band.

These guys are never played on the radio! If so, then they deserve to be played on the radio. Thunderstruck, Highway to Hell, Fly on the wall, all great songs made by a legendary band.

I love 'em my bro loves 'em & my dad loves 'em by the way I LOVE your name thingy as I'm a big Nickelback fan and a MASSIVE Linkin Park fan.

The most overrated rock band.
So simple that every song and album sound exactly the same.

22 Nickelback 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.

I think that "Everybody" is a great song, but "I Want It That Way" gets played way too much!

Should be top 10

23 Queen Queen are an English rock band formed in London in 1970. The original lineup was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar, vocals). Before forming into Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had played together in a band named Smile. Freddie Mercury was a fan of Smile and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate... read more

Take it from me. I love Queen, but the only songs that are ever played on the radio are bohemian rhapsody, we will rock you, we are the champions, another one bites the dust, and somebody to love. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with those songs, they're really good. However, they are played so much that they lose their magic. I'm all in favor of more Queen on the radio, but I think stations need to broaden their horizons

I'd say Queen is overplayed for a good reason. I was drawn in by their cheesy songs and then introduced to their earlier works where they were much weirder and some would say hard to access. I'm glad they're over played because it's the reason why I got out of EDM and into what ever the hell I listen to now.

Overplayed? I NEVER hear them on the radio, more's the pity. Maybe they'll be played more now because the movie Bohemian Rhapsody has been such a HUGE hit. If you don't like them, it's easy - switch the channel.

24 Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone, known professionally as Madonna, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She influenced a lot of singers such as: Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears. She is known as Queen of Pop and at modern pop culture specifically in 2012 "Madge" or MDNA. She has 14 studio albums (Madonna, Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer,... read more

She doesn't have any new songs out...

The smell. The awful, awful smell.

She died in the 80's

25 Halsey Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known by her stage name Halsey, is an American singer and songwriter. She was born on September 29, 1994 in New Jersey. She started her career by releasing songs on SoundCloud, and now she is a well-known pop singer with hits like Bad at Love, and Now or Never. She had originated from Tumblr, and believes Hotel Shampoo is racist.

The whole hotel shampoo thing is why I despise people like Halsey, which is way too many. It is so ridiculous, I think I literally face palmed when I saw it. Halsey needs to grow up and find better, reasonable ways to get attention.

Halsey is cool in my opinion, though some of her songs are overplayed. Her voice is quite unique, and her older songs (Control, Castle, Colors, Sorry) are quite good.

"Bad at love" "Him and I" and " Without me" are overplayed.

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