With The List, American Songwriter details the best, the brightest, the most enduring, the worst, the most hated, and the most surprising songs ever–among many other qualifiers. If you’re looking for our definitive rankings on music, you’ll find them below.
NASHVILLE, TN – OCTOBER 12: Reba McEntire performs at the GRAMMY Salute to Country Music Honoring Loretta Lynn presented by Mastercard and hosted by The Recording Academy at Ryman Auditorium on October 12, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/WireImage for NARAS)
The Beatles posing for a group photo, London, May 19th 1967. The band were standing outside former manager Brian Epstein's house to promote the release of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". (Photo by John Downing/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 23: Mike Campbell (L) and special guest Bob Dylan perform in concert during Farm Aid at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center on September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 08: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE.) Lil Nas X performs onstage during WiLD 94.9's FM's Jingle Ball 2019 at The Masonic Auditorium on December 08, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
US singer and songwriter Dolly Parton arrives for the 57th Academy of Country Music awards at the Allegiant stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Bridget BENNETT / AFP) (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo of WINGS and Paul McCARTNEY; performing live onstage with Wings, playing Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar / Elton John performing in concert on August 10, 1976 at Madison Square Garden in New York City (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns; Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
