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.
Local H at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ilinois, February 17, 1999. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Stevie Wonder, U.S. singer-songwriter, during a live concert performance at the Rainbow Theatre, in Finsbury Park, London, England, Great Britain, in February 1974. (Photo by David Warner Ellis/Redferns/Getty Images)
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 25: Paul McCartney performs as he headlines the Pyramid Stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 07: Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards at Allegiant Stadium on March 07, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ACM)
Shelly West, U.S. country music singer, peforming a duet with U.S. country music singer David Frizzell, in a live concert performance, circa 1984. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)
