Vote Lists

What Is the Best Genre of Music?

Everybody likes different music. Music is completely in the ear of the beholder. So, is it possible to say that one genre is better than another? That's what I want to find out.

The Best 80s Rappers

Lead Vocalists Who Could Front Nirvana On Reunion Gigs

In early March, 2013, Dave Grohl surprised a few people when he revealed that PJ Harvey was nearly enlisted to front Nirvana on a reunion gig.http://www.digitalspy.ca/music/news/a467765/who-could-replace-kurt-cobain-in-nirvana.htm...

Greatest White Rappers

The Greatest Guitarists Of All Time

The best guitarists of all time, voted on and ranked by many music fans, with photos and other info. A Wisdom of Crowds comprehensive ranking of the greatest guitar players in history. All the top guitarists are on this list - mon...

The Greatest Albums of All Time

This is a list of the greatest albums of all time, created and ranked by music fans worldwide. Music is as subjective as any art form, but most people can agree there are works that rise above the rest. This is not a list of your ...

The Best Dubstep Artists

Who are the best dubstep artists of all time? This list includes more than a few pioneers of the dubstep genre of music. The artists on this list have proven themselves, with sick beats and a truly unique style that sets them apar...

The Best James Bond Movie Theme Songs

The best James Bond theme songs manage to blend perfectly with the Bond movie's opening credits (the title sequence). For Bond fans, the title sequence is extremely important, as it sets the theme of the entire film. This list inc...

Greatest Songs Sung By Female Rockers...

From Janis in the 60's to Joan Jett to Ann Wilson belting it out for Heart in the 70's women have been bringing it for a long time now. And from those great ladies leading the way to the great female rockers banging it out today t...

Rock Stars Whose Deaths Were The Most Untimely

Dead rock stars, ranked in order of how much potential great music was lost to this world by their untimely passing. This list includes solo artists as well as the lead singers to some of the best rock bands responsible for some o...

The Best DJs in the World

This is a list of the top DJs in the world right now. So, who are the best DJs of all time? It’s a crowdranked list, which means everyone gets to determine the ranking of the best DJs in the world. Who are the best DJs in the word...

The Best Classical Composers

The best classical composers of all time ranked from best to worst. These classical composers are some of the best musicians in history, and are responsible for some of the greatest works of classical music the world has ever hear...

The Best Drummers of All Time

Who is the greatest drummer ever? This is a list of the best drummers of all time, voted on and ranked by music lovers worldwide. Add your own list or vote on the greatest drummers here. Although many of the top drummers in histor...

The Best Current Female Singers

The best female singers currently performing rank among some of the best female singers of all time without contest. These are the most talented female singers in the world (and some of the most successful female musicians as wel...

Best One Hit Wonders of the 1970s

One hit wonders from the 1970s, listed by performer. This is a list of popular 70s songs from bands or artists who only had one single reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Many of these bands and artists...

The Best Female Vocalists Ever

List of the best female singers of all time, ranked by music fans and casual critics like you. Who are the greatest female vocalists ever? This list includes everyone from Aretha Franklin to Stevie Nicks to Christina Perri - those...

The Best Rock Vocalists

The best rock vocalists of all time are the frontmen of our favorite rock bands or those solo artists whose voices are some of the best ever. These talented men and women of rock could easily captivate audiences with just their vo...

The Greatest Classic Rock Bands

The greatest classic rock bands of all time embody the spirit of a generation of people who just wanted to rock. These top classic rock bands include some of the best live acts of all time and man, did they rock hard. For those wh...

The Most Musically Gifted Children of Musicians

The most musically gifted children of musicians have inherited their famous parents' natural abilities, and they've also been able to channel them into some great music. Having a musically talented mother or father doesn't automat...

The Best Beatles Albums

After becoming the greatest and most popular band in the world the Beatles decided that they would rather be artists than performers. Especially after they stopped touring, 'the album' became the focus of their creative energy and...

The Druggiest Rock Stars of All Time

Rock stars and drugs go together like football and beer: you could have one without the other and it would still be fun, but you would sense that something was missing and it just wouldn't feel quite right. And in the world of roc...

Greatest Artists With Only One Masterpiece

The greatest artists with only one masterpiece include authors, actors and actresses, directors, painters and musicians. Each person included on this list managed to have incredible impact with one truly memorable piece of work, w...

The Greatest Women in Music, 1980s to Today

The greatest female artist since the 1980s are ranked and voted on through this countdown. In 1998, VH1 ranked the greatest women in rock, from the beginning of music all the way to the 1990s as voted on by fellow female artists. ...

The Best Paul McCartney Songs

List of the Top 40 songs by Paul McCartney that have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 Hits list. McCartney is named in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the most successful musician and composer in popular music history...

The Greatest Dancing Singers

Music's best dancers are counted down. After ranking the best singers a while back, I thought it would be interesting to rank who music's best movers and groovers are. In all genres in music's history, the most rhythmic dancer in ...

Rapper with the Dirtiest Rhymes

The rappers with the dirtiest rhymes are renowned for spitting some of the most inappropriate, pornographic and dirty lyrics in all of rap. These rappers are no stranger to parental advisory warnings on their albums and censorship...

The Best Singers of All Time, Ranked

Who are the best singers of all time? That's a tough question to ask. This list includes many of the greatest vocalists ever, from all genres of music. Whether it's the incomparable, late, great Whitney Houston with her extraordin...

Dead Musicians You Most Want to See Perform as Holograms

At the Coachella Music Festival in April of 2012, a holographic image of the deceased rapper Tupac Shakur "performed" live on stage with headliners Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. The hologram greeted Coachella fans specifically...

The Greatest Live Bands of All Time

This is a list of the greatest live bands or artists of all time, created and ranked by music fans worldwide. Who is the best live act of all time? What band or artist had such an impact up on that stage that it took their music t...

Rappers With the Coolest Post-Rap Careers

The rappers with the coolest post-rap careers are those rap and hip hop artists who became famous first from their music then went on to add numerous other entries to their resumes. These are the rappers who dominated various busi...

Greatest Guitar Solos

Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time!

The Best Albums of the 1990s

List of the best albums released in the 1990s, from the years 1990 to 1999. These albums span all music genres - though tend to focus largely on popular music genres like rock, hip-hop, R&B and pop - and cover both new '90s ba...

Worst-Aged Rock Stars

The rock stars who have aged the worst (and the best, if they are at the bottom of this list), ranked by the public. Vote thumbs UP if you think the rocker has aged poorly, thumbs down if they have aged well - this is a list of th...

The Best Female Rock Singers

Who are the best female rock vocalists of all time? This list includes some of the most memorable rock goddesses ever -- women whose voices ring out powerfully in every single song. Who deserves the top spot? That's up to you to d...

Celebrities Who Deserve Their Own Postage Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service has announced that going forth, living people can now be featured on stamps. This leaves the field of potential postage stamp candidates wide open. Celebrities, musicians, sports figures, politicians, you n...

Best Rolling Stone Covers

List of the most memorable Rolling Stone Magazine covers, featuring the coolest photographs, sexiest celebrity shots, and most innovative designs ever to hit newsstands. These best Rolling Stone covers span the entire history of t...

Rank the Rock Hall of Fame Inductees

A complete list of bands and artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ranked in order of preference by music fans. For a list of artists who deserve to be inducted but haven't been yet, check out this guide to Artists...

Bands/Artists With Only One Great Album

Bands or artists who produced one great album and never came close to matching it. Vote down if you either don't agree that the one album was great, or if you think they produced multiple great albums. In the spirit of the list, d...

The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time

This is a list of the greatest soundtracks ever recorded, as ranked by the Ranker Community. Sometimes a great soundtrack can elevate a mediocre movie into something that makes it iconic. Top Gun, Footloose, Grease... these are al...

The Very Best Classic Video Game Songs

RULE: Everything on this list must be pre-Playstation. This is a list that anyone can add to by clicking "Add Items" at the bottom of the page. I'll get us started. Video game themes used to mean something. You'd have to...

20 Most Annoyingly Over-Used Movie Trailer Songs

These are the songs that make you roll your eyes in theatres, change the channel or even put the TV on mute when you hear them come on in movie trailers.Some are actually fantastic and beautifully written songs that have been ruin...

Worst Band Names Ever

List of the worst band names ever chosen. With the ridiculous multitude of options for consumers, not just among the diverse crop of musical acts but all the different ways of discovering new music, picking the right band name is ...

Why Do "Supergroups" Have Such Crap Names?

List of horribly-named Rock Supergroups. Why this trend? Do they not have access to a thesaurus? Is it because the bandmembers don't have shared-life experiences and can't agree on anything cool? Do they all just completely lack a...

Greatest Female Vocalists of the Past 10 Years

The greatest female vocalists of the 2000s from all over the globe duke it out to see who has the best voice. While every artist on the list has had a great deal of success and many of whom very popular, these international vocali...

The Best Albums of the 2000s

List of the best albums of the 2000s decade, voted on and ranked by fans and critics. This list includes the greatest albums released between January 2000 and December 2009. Despite the rising popularity of song singles and access...

Guys That Have Tattoos But Shouldn't

Tattoos and guys are usually a pretty hot pairing, except when it comes to these guys. This list is made of of men that have tattoos but they really shouldn't. Either they just don't have the body type, the persona, or they're Jus...

The Best Blues Artists of All Time

List of the best blues artists of alltime, voted on and ranked by blues fans worldwide. Add your own list or vote on the top blues artist in history here. Note that this ranking is for blues artists only - we will do a separate li...

Best Opening Act You've Ever Seen

What are the best opening acts you've ever seen? These are the bands and musicians that blew you away, making you a fan for life, even though they were only the opening act for some bigger, more well-known headliner. Almost everyo...

The Worst Albums by Great Bands

Horrible music released by usually-great artists and bands. Sometimes even the most ingenious, original and creative musical voices can turn out work that's just... not up to snuff. This should not be confused with simply being ah...

The Greatest Film Scores of All Time

The greatest movie themes and scores ever recorded, chosen by the Ranker community. (NOTE: This list is for film SCORES, the instrumental music from movies. We also have a list of The Greatest Movie Soundtracks, designed for colle...