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.
American dance band C+C Music Factory (American singer and rapper Freedom Williams, Liberian-born American singer and songwriter Zelma Davis, American record producer David Cole, and American record producer and songwriter Robert Clivilles) in the 2nd Billboard Music Awards press room, at the Barker Hangar of Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California, 3rd December 1991. C+C Music Factory won the '#1 New Pop Artist,' '#1 Hot Dance Club Play Single,' '#1 Hot Dance Club Play Artist,' '#1 Hot Dance 12" Singles Sales,' '#1 Hot Dance 12" Singles Artist,' and '#1 Hot Dance Club Play Single' awards at the ceremony. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
British rock group the Beatles arrive at London Airport, UK, after their final concert tour of the United States, 31st August 1966. From left to right, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison with a cardboard cut out of John Lennon from the film Yellow Submarine. July 1968. (Photo by Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Group portrait of British rock band Led Zeppelin on June 05, 1973. Left to right are singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, drummer John Bonham (1948 – 1980) and bassist John Paul Jones. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
