What music artist is the most overrated in your opinion?

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Maybe a hot take here, but personally while I am impressed at his speed, all of Eminem's music sounds the same to me basically.

So how about you? What artist is overrated and not deserving of all the praise they get?

MrChinaski · Accepted Answer

Rod Stewart always gave me the heebie jeebies... and he couldn't sing either.

Elvis... I like his stuff, by if he hadn't been Elvis then someone else would have been... the times were right for it

Kiss. What did they actually produce?

Meatloaf, same reason.

And finally, and most controversially, Springsteen. I did like his stuff. But not much of it. I'm not sure who made him The Boss.

DonaldDarko · Accepted Answer

Eminem is definitely overrated. I think the doors were the silliest stupidest band. I've despised everything they've done.

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

For me it’s Drake 😅

He has catchy songs and a few great tracks, but the nonstop praise like he’s the most versatile artist ever feels exaggerated. A lot of his music blends together vibe-wise, and he leans heavily on trends instead of evolving artistically. Massive hits, yes. Genius-level innovation, not really in my opinion. 🎧

OneViewpoint · Answer

I'm gonna piss off all the Swifties but I've never heard a Taylor Swift song that stuck with me. Or maybe I've never heard one at all because I can't name one. While her lyrics may resonate with young women, they aren't fundamental enough to resonate with everyone male and female of all ages. And her stuff lacks the hooks, melody and beat, to make them great pop music. I just can't imagine walking around humming a Taylor Swift song all day after hearing it on the car radio. And I can't imagine people 25 years from now rocking out the her music from their youth.

Don't get me wrong. As a person / artist / woman I think she's amazing. Intelligent. Well grounded, or as well grounded as anyone in the music industry can be. A well balanced personality with admirable morality and ethics. Exactly the type of woman I'd want around me as a friend. But the Beatles she is not.

I'm gonna gag on these words but Miley Cyrus has turned out to be a better performer. There's just the small matter of her being a severe head case I'd never want anywhere near me.

lightbulb27 · Answer

The Partridge Family. Yea they had record after record of smash hits and a popular show, but what have they done lately? And those 70's costumes... ugh... like they just left a funeral... what were the prop people thinking?

Clearly a creation of a demented Hollywood empire hell bent on brain washing innocent children into purchasing sugary cereals. Devious! Disgusting!! Delicious?

All hail Danny Bonaduce though... he was, still is, and forever will be... cool!!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/EW4E0jAeAf8

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I know I'm gonna take some heat for this, especially from the older generation but, "The Beatles". Yes, I am aware heavy metal wouldn't exist had it not been for the Beatles. It's not even about their music. They have good songs and they have shit songs, like a lot of bands, but it's their FANBASE that made me fed up with them. This guy on YouTube was doing a band contest, and the fucking Beatles were beating out bands like AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple! It was so obvious from the start that The Beatles are gonna win. Beatles fans are extremely arrogant and have no respect or admiration for other artists or genres. "Here Comes The Sun" over "Iron Man"? REALLY?

Beatles fans think we should love and respect the Beatles, yet they don't love or respect other artists. They have to be the most stuck up arrogant fans in the music world.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

Kid Rock. The guy just sounds like every other singer in that genre. And to top it off, the man throws tantrums and storms off stage if the audience doesn’t participate in his concerts the way he likes. And this was the man chosen to lead an alternative superbowl halftime show? What a telling choice.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

There's PLENTY of them!! Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond (child molester), Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Madonna, Elvis Presley, Wayne Newton, Tom Waits, The Bee Gees (first couple albums were cool, after that, they were dead boring!!), The Rolling Stones (same deal as The Bee Gees) and I could probably come up with loads of others.

Nikki1989 · Answer

All popular rappers and pop artists are grossly overrated. For bands, Nirvana, U2, Dire Straits, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Metallica, Dave Matthews band, The Warning, Halestorm, Ghost are just a few that are overrated.

RandomGirl42 · Answer

I'm certainly not a Swiftie.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

I nominate Taylor Swift. That looks more like a cult than an artist. Her fans calling themselves "swifties?" Puh-leeese! And can this women even sing?

FreyaRed · Answer

T. Swift. It's far more marketing than good music.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Apparently, everybody in this thread knows Taylor Swift but I don't, so I'm going to take a look at what she does now, excuse me 😂

ManOnFire · Answer

Taylor Swift. And Sabrina Carpenter. I can't stand any of those Nazi darlings in the pop industry.

BCRanger10 · Answer

The Beatles. Easily the Beatles. John Lenin is trash and "Imagine" is one of the worst songs ever written.

Apulu_backagain · Answer

Taylor Swift. Few of her songs are fine and catchy but way too repetitive. And all her songs are the same, teen girl crying over a teen guy.

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

All of em, I've never been a celeb ass kisser, I don't get the whole thing but the drama is pretty interesting when they get themselves arrested and stuff 💀

llorando · Answer

Taylor Swift, she isn't even that talented of a singer, and her lip singing on your Eras tour kinda confirms it.

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

Eric CRAPTON !!! (And Kid C**k, I meaan, Kid Rock, but Crapton is an overrated musician and an a**hole. :See : His Aug.5,1976 support of U. K. white supremacist politician Enoch Powell's "Rivers Of Blood" speech.)

snowboarder720 · Answer

Chris Brown. His music is trash and he promotes domestic violence outside of his music.

ElenaSeluna · Answer

I think Bruno Mars.. he has nice songs but he’s overrated in my opinion

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

I dont understand the Tate McRae or Addison Rae hype. Tbh thought they were the same person

exitseven · Answer

Taylor Swift. She is talented but not on the scale of Elvis.

SeekerOfTruth007 · Answer

Insert any rap or hiphop artist here please.

AgentG111 · Answer

Are you kidding, he's on the endangered species list! He's a white Rapper!

najekim · Answer

Beatles, Elvis, almost all of the latest pop acts.

molonski2 · Answer

Katey Perry.. Do not get the joy at all..

robocop666 · Answer

Aria grande. Her music sucks yet she's everywhere

AviatorTom · Answer

IMHO, pretty much any rapper is overrated.

Danzigdawson · Answer

Pink Floyd, definitely.

InknKink · Answer

Taylor Swift.

NathanDavis · Answer

I won't offend the elderly... lmao

msc545 · Answer

Almost any rap artist is overrated.

Xawyx-2 · Answer

I agree, Eminem.

loveslongnails · Answer

Beyonce - 35 Grammy's? C'mon. LOL

AngryCarl3 · Answer

Ned Sheeran. That is all.

LC75LC71 · Answer

Bruce Springsteen.

Staximus · Answer

Michael Jackson

Jennz6 · Answer

Taylor Swift

LiamJHayden · Answer

Most whose discography starts after 2000.

Paige2006 · Answer

Bruce Springsteen

Iron_Man · Answer

Millie Vannelli lol

NoDecision · Answer

Taylor Swift.

Smegskull · Answer

Elvis

Jeff51 · Answer

Heavy metal.

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