Most Overrated Music Artists of 2016

The Top Ten
1 Twenty One Pilots Twenty One Pilots is an American musical duo that is originally from Columbus, Ohio, who are best known for their songs "Stressed Out", "Heathens" and "Ride". Currently there are two members, Tyler Joseph (lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, ukulele, bass and guitar) and Josh Dun (drums and ...read more.

People really have forgotten what the word overrated means. They aren't terrible, but I've taken a listen to them, and they seem to have declined in creativity with each album. What really settles it is how much their fans claim to be "fans" but only listen to songs off Blurryface, by far their worst album, and yes, Heathens, likely their worst song. They never really had much uniqueness, and their songs already were just suburban white trash cliches. I certainly don't have much positive stuff to say other than, they're, catchy? I guess...other than that, they're simply the most overrated music artist of today.

(All my opinion here. If you have a different one, that's okay!)

Heathens was their big song this year, and unfortunately probably one of their worst songs. It was shallow sounding, the lyrics were boring, the chorus and hook were just- well, everything about that song was bland! Onto Twenty One Pilots themselves: these guys are consistently overrated. The instrumentals are nothing special. K-mart/Soundcloud beats over high school poetry slam rapping. The part of TOP that's most often praised are their lyrics.

Um.

Maybe in their self titled album, and possibly Vessel. But this is 2016 here- the focus is Blurryface and Heathens. While there is some wordplay I like in songs like Stressed Out- "out of student loans and tree house homes we all would take the latter" (gedd it? l atter and ladder? Ha ha.) the lyrics are for the most part mind-numbingly cheesy/straight up bad. Examples:

"My taste in music is your face! "

"I wasn't ...more

Ok, I'm 50/50 on this one. don't get me wrong, I've been a fan of twenty one pilots for years, but I do think people puff them up a lot. I've been to one of their concerts and even though it was literally like the best experience of my life, the setlist was very mediocre and didn't have a lot of their very popular songs (Migraine, Chlorine (which was added recently), Heavydirtysoul, Guns for Hands, etc) While it did have not very popular songs (We Don't Believe What's on T.V., Leave the City, The Judge, etc... (don't GET ME WRONG, I LOVE THESE SONGS SOOO MUCH BUT I don't THINK SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE ON THE SETLIST)) and finally, some songs are very mediocre as well. Like Stressed Out? How did that become so popular?

Yeah- I do love twenty one pilots. and yes; I do think that they became overrated.

but mainly because of the radio.

Stressed out, ride, and heathens BLEW up over 2016, playing on the radio, being put into mashups, etc.

all of these songs are still amazing and lyrically beautiful, but the radio ruined the tune to these said songs.

but, this does happen to most bands or artists that do make it onto the radio, kind of like a side affect of getting known by other people.

but that is all I have to say, and I wonder what this band will come out within the next few years.

2 The Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American DJ and production duo consisting of Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart. The EDM-pop duo achieved a breakthrough with their 2014 song "#Selfie", which was a top twenty single in several countries.

WHY THE HECK ARE THE CHAINSMOKERS CONSIDERED GOOD MUSIC?!?!?! Almost everyone I know loves them. They have laughably horrible synth work and REPREHENSIBLE SONGS (especially Closer, which is one of the most horrid songs ever created). Go listen to Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren, Deadmau5, and all of the other masters of EDM. The Chainsmokers are the worst things to come out of my absolute FAVORITE music genre.

They use the same rhythm (or path as some people call it) of chords in every damn song. They do NOT have any musical talent whatsoever and their albums just keep getting worse and worse.

How do people even like them? They can't even sing and their EDM is so recycled. I can't even tell the difference between one song of theirs to another.

All they know is how to jam the l key while jacking off to porn and then after their ejaculation, they make a number one hit.

3 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".

Not overrated just bad in my opinion

I put Drake this "lw" because his music has gotten low accaim and lots of hate as= well

He's worse now

Twenty One Pilots and Melanie Martinez above drake?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Drake has turned hip hop from a fast-paced lyrical genre to a slow and generic "genre"
It truly is a shame that he has so many No. 1 songs. He deserves 0% of his credit.

4 Melanie Martinez Melanie Adele Martinez is an American singer and songwriter. Melanie Martinez auditioned for the American television vocal talent show The Voice and became a member of Team Adam.

Voted just for commenting. If you guys don't know what you're talking about than just don't. Melanie is awesome: her songs have the whole childhood thing but they do have extremely serious meanings. Her voice is marvelous. And she isn't "another pop hoe". Go build an argument before hating on people. Ya'll dumb though.

She is defiantly overrated. While her music is quite catchy, it's cringy and fake alternative. Martinez strikes me as an attention seeking brat who is going to lose her "uniqueness" at least a year from now (2017).

Really overrated, and overhyped by her fans. She is nothing but an average singer, that rely her image and opinions on tumblr. Annoying, a try harder & an average singer. Romantize psychopaths to.

To be honest I love Melanie and her music (exept the crybaby album) but her 13 year old fans are so rude and they can get so angry easily and even Melanie herself can't stand her fans

5 Justin Bieber 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.

I mean I find it hilarious if someone who had a better voice than bieber came onto the scene, just cause fan girls don't idolize them, their songs will never reach number 1

Wow, beiber on the top of a top tens list, what a TWIST! Seriously, his new stuff is pretty good, it's time to move on from 2009.

What? It's over 7 years since his debut and you're still raging around the corner? It's time to move on!

He's decently rated as of late, but seriously, I don't think he should be number one.

6 Adele Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. Graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006, Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. She is best known with her international ...read more.

Her voice is good, some of her songs are good but the others are not that good. I think she's so considered because there's no soul singer better than her, but you can't say she is the soul queen. Amy maybe could be but not Adele.

25 was so overplayed, and so was hello. It was a good song, but so overrated

Patrick Stump has a better soul voice than anyone

7 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.

New Americana only hit top 60. Chainsmokers were the primary reason of Closer going #1. Colors and Gasoline flopped hard. Outside of her fanbase, no one really liked her. How is she overrated?

I love Halsey! Like TOP, listen to her other stuff.

Shes so overrated!

8 Rae Sremmurd 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 Records", which is where their band name is derived from.

Though Black Beatles was awesome. SremmLife 2 was awFUL. RAE SREMMURD IS THE WIRST BAND EVER. But they getting some hate so I disagree

9 Shawn Mendes Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer-songwriter and model. He attracted a following in 2013, when he began posting song covers on the popular video sharing application Vine.

Seriously, first of all the picture isn't photoshopped, if you had stopped hating and actually went to the gym, you could have a body like that

Is a song on believing on you or feeling happy and excited or anxiety about love and relationships?

So overrated and every song he writes is just about love and relationships

He is a good music artist but, does not deserve his fame, + he is overhyped

So true and that picture is pure photoshop and CRAP!... I am not a hater...

10 Beyonce 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 as "Crazy In Love", "Single Ladies", "Halo", "Partition", "Irreplaceable", "Drunk In Love", "Baby Boy", "Beautiful Liar", "7/11", and "Run The World (Girls)", and has since become one of the most influential performers and biggest celebrities of the 21st century.

Holy crap! Just saw where the university of Texas is offering a course featuring Lemonade as a major study unit. Gag me with a forklift.

What can anyone say about this? It can't be what came to you all the other times it was listened to.

If she was ugly and had a below average figure, nobody would care about her at all.

Geez, her fandom keeps gushing like "Lemonade" is the next "Blonde on Blonde".

The Contenders
11 DNCE DNCE is an American pop rock band. The group consists of members Joe Jonas, Jack Lawless, Cole Whittle, and JinJoo Lee.

They suck, but not as bad as Shawn you-know-who...

12 Jackie Evancho Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho is an American classical crossover singer who gained wide recognition at an early age. Since 2009, she has issued an EP and eight albums, including a platinum and gold album, and three Billboard 200 top 10 debuts. Evancho's latest album 'The Debut', was her eighth consecutive ...read more.
13 Nick Jonas Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer, songwriter and actor, best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop rock band he formed with his brothers Kevin and Joe.
14 Luke Bryan Thomas Luther Bryan, known professionally as Luke Bryan, is an American country music singer and songwriter.

The Nickelback of country music

15 Thomas Rhett Thomas Rhett Akins, Jr., is an American country music singer and songwriter. His father is the singer Rhett Akins. Rhett has released three studio albums for Big Machine Records' Valory Music imprint: It Goes Like This, Tangled Up, and Life Changes.
16 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 ...read more.

A lot of her music today sounds the same. She's becoming more generic and bland than ever. And am I the only one who's getting this really forced sexy vibe from her music videos? People say that she's pretty, but I can't tell with all the make up caked on her face. She doesn't bother to pronounce her words when she sings. She can hit a few high notes here and there, but that doesn't make her outstanding. Honestly, I've heard better vocals from Demi Lovato!

She's so overrated, it's annoying. Her fans love to say that she's transforming into this ultra sexy idgaf chick, but there is nothing sexy about constantly singing that you take dick! The tactic is so overused, I wouldn't be surprised if she sung about giving head.

She isn't that great of a singer

17 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

At least Melanie & Adele deserve a good portion of the attention they get.

18 Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian-American pop singer. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president, hip-hop producer and rapper Jay Z.

Should be higher.

19 Meghan Trainor 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.

All her songs sucks.I'm even amazed that people liked her song "me too", where in the entire song is basically her bragging about herself. There are idiots that actually love this garbage.

A song about how people shouldn't worry about their appearance gets her famous and she totally ruins it by singing a song about how people should be just like her.

All her songs are about that men suck, and why do suck, basically a ultra feminist

She became famous because of a song that shames skinny girls.

20 Lukas Graham Lukas Graham is a pop-soul band from Copenhagen, Denmark. It is currently made up of Lukas Forchhammer, Mark Falgren, and Magnus Larsson.
21 David Bowie David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie (January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016) was an English singer born in London, the son of a fundraiser and a waitress. He is credited for his experimental and creative musical discography which has won praise and accolades for many critics and fans. The man who the world knew as David Bowie was an actor, a painter, a philosopher, and many other things. But first and foremost, and what he was known for most, he was a rock star, covering every genre from psychedelic folk to industrial. His influence on fashion, music, and pop culture in general remains as his legacy--along, of course, with his unforgettable music.
22 Sia Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, referred to mononymously as Sia, is an Australian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album in 1997 but mainly gained mainstrem attention in the 2010s. In 2021, she released the highly controversial film "Music". The film has received negative reviews online.
23 Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005.

She seriously makes me sick.

24 Fifth Harmony
25 Prince Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 - April 21st, 2016) was an American musician, best known for being one of the most popular and influential artists from the 80s, with songs such as "Purple Rain", "Little Red Corvette", "1999", and "When Doves Cry" .

I've liked every single song I've ever heard by Prince. He isn't overrated but underrated. People only really took notice of his most famous songs after his death.

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