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.
(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) American alternative rock band Toad The Wet Sprocket, including singer Glen Phillips, on stage, 1995. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images)
Portrait taken on September 13, 1982 shows British singer and drummer Phil Collins. Phil Collins combined his career as a drummer and singer with the band Genesis and a successful solo career. (Photo by Johan HULTENHEIM / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT
Queen Latifah at the "Big Screen Achievement Awards" during CinemaCon 2026, the official convention of Cinema United, held at The Dolby Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 16, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
Portrait of Japanese-born artist and musician Yoko Ono and British musican and artist John Lennon (1940 – 1980), December 1968. (Photo by Susan Wood/Getty Images)
