Rolling Stone are not all that accurate I think. Celine Dion for top 5 worst singers ever? Jeez, I thought this music magazine was supposed to be like one of the world’s best. Or THE world’s best. A bit of a joke, really. I think Rolling Stone just wanted to kick up a stink (pardon the huge cliche) without actually putting in a large enough effort and time to make that list very genuine. Seems as if they just wanted lots of people to get all angry and have a big cry about it all. Hopefully they lost some subscribers.

I totally disagree with RS. This list is actually one more critic of RS to the mainstream pop, pop rock and dance, commercially successful nowadays… TO RS those styles are the cancer of contemporary music, but that’s because RS is a magazine with tastes too distinct of the usual ones today. Impartiality here is laughing… And great vocal able musicians always are criticized, no matter what.

Obviously I’m in disagreement with the inclusion of celine dion. She is one of the best singer ever, I have to say it even disliking her sometimes. My heart will go on is only an example of greatness. The fact she only sings bout love songs isn’t equal to unfelt singing by her. There are many artists out there singing everything, and they’re nothing but horrifying… Celine is a furious heartbreaking soulful diva able to compete with everyone for a good performance. Like Mariah (though this last one is better), every high note is explosion of feeling she cant express better. Are expressive ways also typified? Have we all to sing like some kind of model to be good singers? I don’t think so… Either ways, this last point is a matter of liking… But talent of the two ladies mentioned is undeniable… Celine is a master piece!

In what cames to others, I believe there are worst singers out there. Too wort to believe at first hearing.. But, either way, I believe it’s unprofessional for RS to do this kind of list: is sensationalism arriving to RS? or has it always been there?

While I can’t particularly disagree with your choices,
I’d have to put others way below those 5:

Hilary Duff

Miley Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus (what the heck, and it’s even worse because he was vomit-inducing when he had his one hit, and now he’s riding his daughter’s 15-minutes-of-fame coattails)

Taylor Swift
Is it just me, or does she always sing flat, no matter what?
(yes, here come the rants of die-hard Taylor Swift fans insisting “it’s me.”)

David Archuleta -
Granted, he came along after this poll was originally done, but…
C’mon folks- nice guy, high voice, but for God’s sake, he’s another Michael Bolton in the making.
They are preparing a place for him at the Vegas lounge-lizard act boutique as we speak.

he got were punished School pirates even I go back I go back from

Without a doubt, Chris Martin.
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” and have heard the song that kills the tomatoes because it’s so bad, well, Chris Martin makes that song sound like a timeless classic.

I’ve heard people in the city use his singing to keep cockroaches out of their housing.

horizontal off I grew with a called I didn’t off berries. a pair a job

avril lavigne by far

Madonna. Without pitch correction she misses the notes by a country mile.

avril lavigne, avril lavigne, avril lavinge, and oh yes avril lavigne!

Worst singers LIVE !

Anthony Kiedis from RHCP
Axle Rose from G & R
The Killers weak lead singer .
The bloke from the Darkness .

Best singer by far Incubus’s Brandon Boyd !!!!

Definitely avril lavigne, not only singing, music and personality, everything sucks!! Also there is a difference between a bad singer and bad music, like they mentioned bob dylan wasnt a great singer, but made great music, axl, corgan, stevie nicks, etc. But as far as Celine Dion, R u crazy, she has a great almost amazing voice, do I like her kind of music??…NO, but she is not a bad singer.

Ya, GB, I agree these singers really don’t have much vocal skill and thus when they sing (act as a poet in the form of music) they offend you, myself and others. However, all I was trying to say in the previous posts is that somehow they connect with certain people, making them good singers but still bad, bad vocalists. A sort of modern philosophy… Measure the singer with the current ratio of fans vs. haters and measure the vocalist with something like: can one control tone, pitch and volume simultaneously? I share this because many people below were arguing and meshing the two different aspects… But ya some people seem to be bad singers and bad vocalists like the musicians GB and others mentioned

Chris Martin is just terrible, maybe worst ever, sounds like hes taking a dump while perfusely vomiting. Others who really suck are the guy from Simple Plan (sounds like a 5 yr old girl), the guy from Fall Out Boy (almost as bad as Chris Martin and the guy from simple plan). Oh and agree about Fred Durst and the guy from 5 for fighting also sucking.

My bad-> affectively

To add: punk bands -> bad vocalists because the tone accidentally floods into their nasal cavity when they increase pitch or volume because they can’t manage the air efficiently and don’t have larynx coordination, but good singers because the extra bright tone matches their f-life-i-do-what-i-want lyrics and draws in teens, giving them an adrenaline rush… (Another example of accidental tone as a crutch, is breathiness, btw)

I dislike punk singing… because that message isn’t for me… and I dislike the (major) lack of vocal skill… but I won’t say: he’s a horrible singer… its just ignorant I think, in this day and age

A good singer is always a good poet but not always a good vocalist and a vocalist is not always a good singer and thus not always a good poet.

Dang I just came up with that and I think its good…

Ok look, I couldn’t read all posts, but I think I read enough and I’d like to add…

In my opinion, this entire post is somewhat moot; because the only way a popular singer can be a horrible singer is if he or she is not popular.

A singer, in the popular sense (rock, pop, rap - anything non classical) is a person telling a story via music. If the story gets across effectively and or makes a listener feel something, then that person is a good singer.

In the past, singing was restricted to set of parameters that are now labeled as ‘classical singing’. In this sense, if you are off technically then you are a bad singer.

Nowadays, and in the popular sense, this technical analysis should be labeled as how good of a vocalist the person is or is not… I’d call someone like Celine Dion a talented vocalist, for she has wonderful control of pitch, tone and volume.

But what does she do with that control? I’d say she’s a bad conveyer, because I have no idea how she feels and I cannot tell the difference between the stories that she tells. A storyteller, who speaks the stories, alters the tone and volume doesn’t he or she? Celine is made fun of frequently, despite her vocal skills, because what she chooses to do with her skills is not thought provoking; it leads to merely: she has a nice voice.

Also, some singers are strong in more than the obvious, like rhythm and lyrics and dynamic volume. The point is, if a singer has some pitch problems, or a tone that isn’t ideal (in your opinion), then some people label that person as a bad singer. More likely a case is that they aren’t a fully equipped vocalist. However, if while using what they do have available, they are an effective storyteller (aka emotion inducer) then they are a good singer.

This thread might be recreated to be “worst vocalists”… However, how would this be important? If a popular singer is a bad all around vocalist, but popular, it doesn’t really matter. It would be like crapping on a great home run hitter like David Ortiz for not being a fast sprinter… If the singer gets the results then that means there is something there, and you can chose to like it or dislike it… I am posting this because I don’t like how some listeners see their opinion as qualification that a singer is of the bad variety.

I’d like to comment on a few singers you’ve mentioned… For what it is worth, this is some of my analysis…
Corgan has a lot of fans because he is strong in pitch, writes great music, and (actually most of all) projects raw emotion within his very unique tone. As a person who studies popular/rock singing, I agree, that his ‘style’ may have been accidental in the early years so that he could be on pitch. However, the variety and uniqueness of his tones pulls in certain listeners just the same. Not liking it is like not liking green shirts; it doesn’t suit you, so just move on…
Anthony Kiedis used to have some pitch problems… but he is so in the pocket of the rhythm and it suits his band. Do you like his band or not? Those that don’t like the band don’t assert that RHCP is the worst band of all time right? There are many aspects to a popular singer. Celine Dion is a good vocalist but would be a horrible singer if flea were on bass.
Panic, btw, uses massive amounts of pitch correction; can you hear it? All know about pitch perception, but there is also a certain skill one can develop of hearing tone more precisely and as this develops one starts to hear more blatantly how the tone alters from pitch correction. Regardless, they gained massive popularity because of their interesting lyrics and vocal rhythms.
Scott Stapp’s throat muscles can withstand massive amounts of pressure, thus in the early going, he executed a decent rough tone, which gained him popularity when Creed was more of a raw band… Then he tried a smoother tone, which requires holding back air with the torso and the vocal structure as opposed to neck muscles, and he flopped…
Ashlee Simpson, thrown into a singing every day situation (because she was hooked up), became tired which lead to less flexibility and stamina and she also crashed and burned. This goes to show that sometimes it is necessary to exercise and become a better vocalist, then sing. This way the instrument will project the ideas instead of being limited by overuse…
So a singer: someone who uses what they have to connect with people. Do they connect? If yes then they are a good singer. Corgan, Radiohead, Incubus (aka every singer that has sold lots of albums)
A vocalist: someone who has raw vocal skill and control. (Celine Di, Incubus)
The better the vocalist the more the singer can do what he or she wishes to do, to honor the songs.
However, the vocalist might not necessarily do what you want with their skill… and in many people’s opinion this is -> Celine Di.

Hope the flow is ok, I just threw it together…

Dana

Nina Persson from the Cardigans, it’s like she’s making an effort to sing off key.

Oh, and Anthony Kiedis from RHCP is the most overrated singer! I’ve seen him live a bunch of times and he’s dreadful.

dang.. I wonder whos the BEST singer then!? I think she’s wayy better than those so-called “singers” these days.
-_-

Rollingstone?
Come on. T_T

R&B & Rap is so overrated nowadays, and you call them good..

Celine is far way, way better.

This comment is in response to Amber on Amber 3/6/2007, 9:52 pm

She is only imitating all the great singers of the past…? Then she can sing. If she couldn’t sing then she could not imitate a great singer. People hate for no reason. Dislike her for opinions…be jealous of her beauty…or whatever. But say she can’t sing…? Come on. Be serious. Let’s hear you do better.

Let me first start off by saying that I don’t think Christina Aguilera is not one of the worst singers in the worls. However, I think she screams and oversings way too much. I think she is completely overated. She is simply imitating all the great(real) singers of the past.

I find the many voices of todays music very monotoned. It really bugs me to just hear the same tone over and over again. If you turn on your radio to a Modern Rock radio station, you will see what I mean. What happened to the amazing voices of the 80’s. Like Bruce Dickinson, Freddy Mercury, Dave Mustaine, Ronnie-James Dio, and Rob Halford go (mostly metal singers named)? THOSE guys will be forever remebered. They have some of the most distinced voices to ever grace the equipment of a recording studio. I hope it gets better.

Yeah Chino from the Deftones pisses me off, the songs could be so good if he wasnt such a poor singer. Off key all over the place, especially the soft bits.

Can we add Axl Rose to this list?
His voice is like nails on a chalk board.

Most popular singers aren’t that talented- Jessica, Hilary, Fergie, Fall Out Boy , Good Charlotte etc, they’re popular because of media hype. They wont go down in history as great talents so don’t worry, they’ll be forgotton, Britney we might remember due to the fact she was the first of the current crop.

there is no credibility whatsoever in a blog that lists Celine as anything resembling a “bad” singer.
the FIRST requirement of a “good” singer is a good “instrument”, i.e. the voice.
Celine has , for a nom-operatic singer, possibly the best “instrument” in the past 50 years aside from Streisand.
her pitch and tone are perfect.
her dynamics, her power, and breath control virtually incomparable.
say you don’t care for her choices in the material she performs or records. that’s different.
but DON’T even try to call her bad singer.
she has an extraordinary voice, one of the best ever, and is thereby an extraordinary singer, one of the best ever.
to qualify her as anything LESS because you don’t like her material means you simply know NOTHING about vocal skills or singing.
and…she sounds as good live as she does on a studio recording.
that’s the mark of a great singer.

the worst part bout this is that the horrible singers are actually making money off of their voices, and thats because there are people/idiots that actually think they are good.

Does Sanjaya not know that people are only trying to keep him on AI to invalidate the show because he’s terrible. Bless his heart. Just back out…have some pride. One of the worst people ever to try to become a professional singer. He will not sell.

Sanjaya Malikar - He just needs to back out of the competition adn save face - definitely on the list of top 10 worst singer’s ever.

Sanjaya from american idol is by far the worst singer ever - if you even consider him a singer

Neil Young. He rocks but jeez.
& Paris can just go kill herself because her voice already sounds liek she is.

Some voices too painful to hear:
- Hillary Duff: Please stop!
- The Beatles: Any of them was a good singer: The greatest band and the worst singers
- Mariah Carey: Someone says she had a beatiful voice and the lost siren dedicated her life to tortured us with magnificient squeaks
- Billy Corgan. Too much drama and too much nasal
- Not the worst singer but Anthony Kiedis must give the microphone to John Frusciante
- Mick jagger: Just dance like school girl on the stage
- 50 cent: Open your mouth a little, or cut your teeth, but do something
- Ashlee and Jessica Simpson: I prefer to hear Marge singing Las Mañanitas
- Craig Finn: The Hold Steady rules but ¿what could happened if they try with another voice? maybe TOTAL SUCCESS. maybe this is the way The Hold Steady rocks, I don`t know.he sings every song like the last.

What else can we say about Celine, Sanjaya, Britney, Aaron Carter, Scott Stap, the guy from Staind, Avril, Mandy Moore, J Lo or Paris? let them open their mouths, we don’t have to do anything

David Byrne, because the better the singer’s voice the harder it is to believe what he is saying

Why don’t we just vote everyone as having the worst vote ever since that obviously hasn’t been done in anyone’s post yet. Oh wait…

Michael Bolton- he sounds like a vacuum cleaner with a sinus condition.

I love Tom Wait’s voice, but whenever he sings falsetto, he just distorts the space-time continuum. I nominate Davey Havok.

All the Britney & crew suggestions are really pointless, because they can’t even be considered singers, Can they? Dancers who can mouth the words to a song, sure, but they’re not singers.

Now I could just fill the whole list by sniping the crap frontmen of all those carbon-copy “post-grunge” rock bands like nickelcreed, but I’m just going to count them all as Scott Stapp, since I’m pretty sure they’re all just him anyway(or perhaps they’re some sort of evil army of robots, out to drain us all of the will to live). For what it’s worth:

Scott Stapp
Tiny Tim (if you don’t agree, you haven’t heard)
Bob Dylan
Jack White
Anita Doth (that’s right, you’re curious…go, seek out that which is awful)

Yoko, she shrieks like a dying kitten or worse… Jimi, he talks but his OWWW screams are cool… K-Fed, never heard him but I can tell by looking… Jerry Garcia, thank god I was tripping those 117 times I saw the Dead… sorry still living in the sixties…

Van der Graf Generator!

What…? McCartney in the list? What are you talking about?
You should have put Tiny Tim, Yoko Ono, Karen Carpenter, Tom Jones, sorry Ringo but you’re in.

well, i just guzzled my fathers love juices, he calls me is little catcher. I hope I don’t grow up to be gay, but I just love the taste and making it come out, god, I’m so torn. Decisions, decisions.

All boy/girl band members (with the exception of Robbie Williams and Beyonce, who only just limp over the line).

Britney, Ashlee, Jessica, Paris, Lindsay etc al. It’s not that I hate female singers - it’s just that there are precious few that can actually *sing* !

Chad Kroeger (Nickelback) & Austin Winkler (Hinder)… were these two separated at birth ?

CELINE DION is so overrated all she does is scream. Jessica and Ashley should be #2 and 3, all 3 are products of good marketing campaigns

I’m surprised no-one mentioned K-FED.

Fergie.
Fergie.
Fergie.
Fergie.

and Fergie.

She doesn’t even sing. If anyone in pop music deserves to be on this list it’s her. The kiddies are eating it up. It’s soulless crap.

Chad Kroger from Nickelback is the worst singer in rock’s history. All Nickelback songs have the same generic corporate sound. They soung no different from Staind or HInder. Kroger is a bleach haired Canadian faun.

Dave Matthews represents the lame, fratty, Real World type “chill” listeners he appeals to. Learn how to play guitar, drop 500 pounds of shit on some people and drink a Starbucks Machiatto! By the way, Alex and Colie from “Real World: Denver” love you.

Don Henley sucks, plain and simple. “Desperado” makes my skin crawl. The Eagles were superficial, California, soft-country coke rock.

Emo bands are a bunch of talentless hacks. All they do is whine, whine, whine while looking like Tim Burton creatures on crack.

Ashlee Simpson, enough said.

I have to say Lou Reed. But also, I have to say that I would not have anyone else singing his songs.
Layne Staley is one of the best ever.

It’s not whether you’ve got a voice, it’s what you DO with it. Sure, TECHNICALLY Celine Dion has a stronger voice than Neil Young, but he accomplishes more in one song than she has in an entire career.

Anthony Kiedis by far, he sucks so much scrotum it’s re”dick”ulas…..BTW red hot chili peppers suck too

Well I don’t really care for Celine but she can sing. The guy from Five For Fighting may not be a great singer but his lyrics are good. I agree that the other three should be on this list. The Limp Bizkit guy is probably the worst singer ever. J-Ho is actually going to coach this years American Idols. It’s sort of like Pauly Shore giving comedy lessons. And that Creed guy is awful too. To the list I’d add that Nickelback Guy and any other kook that sings like him, and any of the Simpson siblings.

Not only do I hate Hinder and find their music completely annoying, but the singer is probably the worst element in their music. Their single is like watching a “made for TV” movie.

Also, Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan is pretty talented at singing out of his nasal cavity.

If we’re discussing emo bands, that’s tough. Because emo singers are supposed to emulate the mood of their music. I would agree that, for example, Gerard Way from MCR is not a talented singer, but the intensity and darkness of his vocals are unparalleled and match the music perfectly. The man sounds posessed.

Fred Durst really is one of the worst people to ever live. Not only a terrible terrible singer but an all round disgrace.

Ashley Simpson anyone?

Celine Dion belongs on the list because she sings only pointless, generic pop tunes written with no particular spiritual, personal or political themes in mind. Having a voice like hers doesn’t mean jack shit if you don’t sing about anything meaningful. I would rather listen to the wind or my refrigerator motor than Celine Dion.

I could happily live out the rest of my life without ever hearing another Limp Bizkit song. Does Fred Durst have pictures of someone raping a kid? I would think that’s how he’s managed to get the breaks he’s had. And I mean that sincerely: he’s not talented at anything, even promoting himself, since Bizkit’s last album failed miserably like a white corporate robot trying to get street cred by wearing his hat on backwards. Durst is the physical embodiment of all that is wrong with the music industry, and he can’t sing or rap worth a shit either.

American idol is lowering the bar for meaning in music and the effect is going to last for at least ten more years, until all the copycat shows run their course, the idol teenyboppers go to college and the trend evaporates. For a while it looked that through the internet music could escape cynical greed. Fat chance now.

More than even in the golden age of bubblegum pop, music now is just pleasant, background ear candy, the music of middle-America’s corporate borg who are too stressed out by debt, children and living in suburbia to think their lives can have spiritual and political meaning. The first non-offensive pop that hits their ears is suddenly their favorite music because they’re too lazy to get a soul and a life.

And a word to aspiring lead singers in grunge/alternative, nu-metal or emo bands: screaming into a microphone does not make you a singer, or even someone who should be making music. If your profoundest moment is “I miss my ex-girlfriend,” you’re just corporate mass-marketed work-for-hire, not an artist. Anybody can say they miss their ex-girlfriend.

Stephen Malkmus and Rivers Cuomo

So, there’s no way I can take any of you seriously, atleast those who continued writing after guys like ‘homosexuals are fun to laugh at’ started spouting their homophobic bullshit. I don’t care if it’s just a joke. Anyone who doesn’t call another person on something like that is a fucking coward. Enjoy making your clever little comments while hiding behind your computers.

What about Dexter Holland,that
bloke from Smashmouth,Daniel Johns,
Madonna,Kylie Minogue and how on
earth can you leave out Yoko Ono?

We should start a new poll about the worst music magazine ever and rolling stone would be number one,I tought you need to know something about music,that include voice as well,to write for such a big magazine like rolling stone.I guest not,cause like everybody else,i don’t like celine but i know she got a beautifull voice,you guys should change your name for the national inquires and keep writing stuff about gossipp and please,stay away from the music….like axl would said:
Get in the ring M…. F…..

Kurt Cobain. He’d probably sound better if he tried singing with half his head blown off…

John Mayer and Dave Matthews sound like there’s something wrong with them but at least they have talent.
Chris Cornell has a great voice but cannot write a decent lyric.
Nickleback and Creed are beneath contempt.

Major issue here… you lumped in real rock singers w/ people who by and large are pop fluff. Practically all rock singers male or female from any era tend to fit the act their part of more than their voice does against the musical spectrum in general.Dylan, Hendrix,whomever, didn’t have the best voices but all fit well within the style they were trying to do. Even if you don’t care for the act the group tends to work cause the singer (if they have one)tends to fit the whole.

Lennon and McCartney have always annoyed me. They sound like cotton candy to the ears. Light, fluffy, and empty inside, but beloved by the duped masses. The counter culture was just another dead end.

What criteria are you using for these lists RS? It can’t be how good a voice is because you have Celine Dion at number one zero here. I agree with all the others though, so maybe you are going with genuinely annoying they are. In that case the list makes sense, but Nickleback guy should be number one. Number 2 Jessica Simpson. There voices will physically gouge your ears out!

Fergie
Jennifer Lopez
Ashanti
Ciara
Paris Hilton
Lindsey Lohan
Britney Spears

All of these bitches are pure, manufactured products.

I think Mariah Carey is one of the greatest & most versatile singers of all time. The woman has one incredible voice.

Let me first start off by saying that I don’t think Christina Aguilera is not one of the worst singers in the worls. However, I think she screams and oversings way too much. I think she is completely overated. She is simply imitating all the great(real) singers of the past.

I thought Leonard Cohen was born with the gift of a golden voice and Bob Dylan could hit all those notes. You have to listen really closely but he can hit them. Also I don’t know how great Daniel Johnston’s voice is, technically speaking.

let us try to remember
Critics need artist to work
Artist do not need critics
to produce A-R-T

I might be alone in thinking this, and if I get some heat then I’ll take it, but I think Barbara Streisand sounds exceptionally horrible. She’s certainly in my top 5, maybe even #1.

Others: Cher, Scott Stapp, Celine Dion, Chad Kroeger (dude from Nickelback), Jennifer Lopez (gets annoying in such a short amount of time), any and all of the teenie-boppers both past and present, and David Lee Roth.

Oh, and to the person who listed Bowie as a bad singer: listen to fucking “Life on Mars?”, “Lady Stardust”, or “Under Pressure”, and then tell me why he deserves to be in the same category as Scott Stapp.

Let us remember
and never forget that
Critics need artist
to have work
Artist do not need
critics to
produce ART

J. Mascis (Dinosuar Jr.)

great guitarist though

almost any singer that is from late 90’s till now lets see…

britney spears
jlo
hilary duff
LIDNSAY LOHAN

i happen to like the rock singers that you guys are listing but thats fair i understand they dont have the best voices–but in the world of rock its not about the voice its about the insturmentals.

toni childs - sounds like she’s got a lobster jammed down her gullet.
keith richards - sounds like a drug f**ked drag queen. (oh, he is?)
lou reed - lou, we love you. you are a genius. don’t stop writing, but please….shut the f**k up. yr scaring the horses.
anthony kiedis - same deal as toni childs, but the lobster is up his ass. biting hard.

wow rolling stone, its like you read my mind. thats kinda creep actually

The guys from Hinder and Nickleback.
And Justin Timberlake. Does he actually have any talent at all?

Not even a contest. CHRISTINA AGUILARA! There is nothing worst than somebody trying to fake emotion and she is the all time queen of that.

Hey MD, pull your head out of your ass. I like zeppelin and alice, I just think their voices weren’t impressive.

most of my favorite artists are horrible singers in the classical sense. i.e. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Wayne Coyne. Turns out, I don’t like listening to “good” singers. If it’s “good” singers you want, then watch american idol. I prefer bad singers, A-holes.

i think a better question would be: who really sucks at singing that you would still do?

The guy from Simple Plan.

I respect everyone’s opinion, but James Brown and Celine Dion DO NOT belong on the ‘WORST SINGERS EVER’ list.

These are the people I think DO belong on this list:

1. Nickleback singer
2. Creed Singer
3. J-LO
4. Britney
5. Ashanti
6. Shakira
7. Jessica Simpson
8. Gloria Estefan (sorry!)
9. Paula Abdul

Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Nicks

the guy from korn and panic! at the disco, they must use vocal boosters in the studio cuz i saw them live on tv once, and they fucking sucked

RAINE MAIDA (of our lady peace):
writey, no singy. where most singers have a flat note or two, this guy (live, anyways) can’t string two average tones together. sad stuff. the stuff that pitch correct is made of. and good hair i suppose.

50 CENT:
terrible. just don’t kill me

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS:
see Raine Maida. minus the writey.

LEONARD COHEN:
self explanatory

LINDSAY LOHAN:
edge of 17 my ass.

Skullfreak is not only an absolute moron but has got to be deaf. Layne Staley?!!!! Robert Plant?!!!! I guess the millions of us who think that these two guys had incredible voices–including all those dumbass record company people who signed them and the millions of us who regard them as legends in rock–just don’t know true talent, huh? If Skullfreak is such a great judge of vocal talent, I guess he must be making millions right now. Let’s be fair people. Just because you may not like someone’s music or don’t particularly care for their voice doesn’t mean that they are a bad singer.

This list is actually okay. While I think Celine Dion is incredibly lame, she isn’t one of the worst singers ever. Fred Durst is a great choice, as are Scott Stapp and J Ho. Don’t you think the list is too modern though? I guess RS always shits on new stuff then loves it after 10 years (ie Weezer’s Pinkerton). As far as actual worst technical singers to ever release an album, William Hung from American Idol has to be the most abominable.

Pelle Almquist. I love the Hives, but if you hear them live, he really brings down the band.

Brittany Spears has a pretty awful voice. I’ve never liked it; a lot of her fellow popsters make crap music too but atleast they actually have good voices. Hers is just awful.

A lot of those melodramatic emo rockers sound pitiful.

chad kroger from nickleback
scott stapp from creed
ashlee simpson

Celine Dion? Her music is bad but her voice is one of the best ones in pop.

Enrique Yglesias. That song “Hero” by itself is more than enough to put him on this list. Worst Singer and Worst Song Ever.

Dylan’s voice works for what he does. Obviously he’s never had the “pipes”, but his phrasing is great.

David Lee Roth. In fact, he was so bad, he gets his name twice.

David Lee Roth. HORRIBLE. David Lee Roth is the kind of guy that gets drunk and hits on his own Niece at a party. YUCK

Avril Lavigne
Justin Timberlake
Hinder

Anyone Pop.

Bob Dylan

Very few pop stars are good singers if you think about it. All of the teen singers are terrible - I think Hilary Duff is the worst - as are “dance music” singers like J-Lo and Janet Jackson.

You don’t have to be a good singer to write good songs and be a great musician and artist (Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Neil Young).

I don’t think any of those singers is any worse than Bob Dylan… except Fred Durst. But much respect, Mr. Dylan, much respect.

Oh and how about the guy from ‘Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’. Atrocious.
And Bjork. And Britney Spears.

all rappers

look, with a guys like anthony kiedis, he works great with RHCP but you’ll never him making a solo album.

thats why theres a big difference between a great lead singer of a band and a great frontman. freddy mercury is great at both, byt anthony kiedis is just a great frontman.

to answe the lists, of course u gotta say ashlee and jessica, hinder guy and nickelback guy, and also the All american rejects guy. today, it just seems like you can be successful by sucking testicles like these guys. but everyone who said celine doesnt belong on this list is right. you may hate her, but shes got a great voice

It’s been said but I agree! Being from Quebec myself won’t make me love her music, her style….and her antics! I actually despise all of this, but she doesn’t have a bad voice at all….RS got this idea all wrong in my opinion

Paula Abdul which is ironic since she now judges other singers.

Regarding Anthony Kiedis; his voice works perfect amidst the sounds of the collective RHCP. That does not make him a “singer”.

I must add another to the list. Again, great band, annoying warble… Chris Martin from Coldplay.

If I hear that song from Robin Thicke one more time I will stuff a sharpened pencil into each eardrum and PLUNGE

Shakira (I am really sick of her bleating, in general)
Wyclef (wonderful artist, worst singer ever)
I must agree with Scott Stapp and the Five for fighting dude

Pretentious People: stop putting anthony kiedis on your list. it’s clear you haven’t attended an rhcp show since 1996.

Wow, I know there are a lot of Fall Out Boy haters, which is just fine. However, Patrick Stump has an amazing voice; only discovered when he does R&B covers.

Billy Corgan was mentioned, as was Anthony Kiedis and Stevie Nicks; this just goes to show how it doesn’t take great vocals to make great music. Music is a package deal, and a great singer doesn’t neccessarily make a great musician/artist.

No one mentioned The Hoff yet… haha.

Rolling Stone actually made a list that I can agree with!

Brittney Spears…oh wait, she lip syncs

Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Jessica Simpson
Anything Ozzy Osbourne sang after “No More Tears” album
Billy Corgan
Scott Stapp
Jennifer Lopez

Aries-73–I disagree with your exception to Celine Dion (that woman is very, very bad), but I applaud your astute recognition of this failed forum. Credibility is something that your actions and your character define; musical opinions are merely preferences that are used to get friends, get laid, and get an easy shortcut to a personality. Bravo, Aries-73.

Ok, maybe you can hate the guys originally listed, but calling them the worst singers ever is a stretch. Celine makes me want to chuck my stereo out the window, but she’s got pipes.
Here’s a take:
Bob Dylan is still cool, but the guy’s voice was made for silent movies.
Brian Johnson is unique and it works for AC/DC, but you won’t see him winning any vocal competitions.
Totally agree with Eddie Veder - love PJ, but he’s almost monotone.

Brooke Hogan
Paris Hilton
Axl Rose
Lead singer of Nickleback (wow, bad)
Most rappers
Henry Rollins
Fall out Boy

Putting Celine Dion anywhere near that list killed any semblance of credibilty this blog had.

This only serves as a naked attempt to pander to indie fanboys who react to mainstream artists the way a 3-year-old reacts to anything that doesn’t contain sugar.

Any of those emo mothafuckas. Annoying as hell.

Geddy Lee

Skullfreak…you obvious have no taste. Yes you are right on some of your choices but for the most part…your wrong. Layne Staley..OMG, you must be def. I think everyone would agree with me on that one.

“Neither Ashley nor Jessica Simpson can sing - and neither deserve to be famous.”

That’s right. Because fame is a reward.

Oh, and I have to express my great gratitude to all of you wonderful people who put that disgusting greaseball from The Red Hot Chili Peppers on their “Worst” list. Mark My Words, Brothers And Sisters - We will never give up Our Holy Cause and we will never stop fighting with all The Strength With Which The Good Lord Hath Blessed Us until The Great Day finally dawns when all of us will be able to watch a TV awards show without having to see The No Good For Fucking Nothing Red Hot Chili Peppers!!!
God, they suck.

Billy Corgan (despite the amazingly written songs)
Jonathan Davis
That asscrack from Hoobastank
Fred Durst
Ugh I agree with whoever mentioned Bon Jovi
Cher
Nico (best worst voice)
David Lee Roth
And i’m going to get shit for this, but i’ve always hated Chris Cornell’s voice. Always.

david lee roth
Sammy Hagar

Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, and Tom Waits. And don’t tell me it’s okay because they’re such great songwriters. They could make the best songs by Dylan, Lennon-McCartney, and Westerberg sound like dog shit.
Oh, yeah - And that damn fool from The Pogues.

Eddie Vedder-good band, crap voice
Dude from fall out boy
Layne Staley-good band, bad voice
Ringo Starr
Fat Mike (NOFX)
Robert Plant-great band, bad voice
Tom Delonge
Billy Corgan
David lee roth
Dave Hepburn-bombs away(Crappy band & singer)
Dexter Holland
David Bowie
maynard from tool
dave grohl
dude from mudhoney

As much as I find Celine totally annoying as a personality, she really does NOT deserve to be on this list?

How about?

Ashlee?
Jessica?
B ritney?
Paris?

Um, I guess, pretty much everybody you put on your cover in the past few months. . .

I don’t know if I agree with Celine Dion being the worst singer. She may not be a rock singer but she can sing.

Jessica Simpson on the other hand… Let’s just say that if you YouTube her, she would be number one on everyone’s list.

Definately Billy Corgan and maybe Brian Molko, from two of my fav bands though.

Jonathan Davis
P Diddy (how is he famous?)
Britney Spears
Brooke Hogan
Missy Elliott (technically not a singer but just awful anyway)

jennifer Lopez
ricky martin
britney spears
jessica simpson
bon jovi

why is Celine on this list? she is actually not terrible at all. it’s because she’s Canadian, isn’t it?!

Neither Ashley nor Jessica Simpson can sing - and neither deserve to be famous.

yes it does
shut up foo

Scott Stapp from Creed, Lead singers from Nickelback Default and Theory of a Deadman, They all sound the same…Shit.

Also,I am sure Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton are also horrible, they just have been over produced so much that you can’t tell.

And what about Lip syncer Extraordinaires Milli Vanilli and Ashlee Simpson.

I agree with J lo, but Celine Dion? I don’t think so, the list is supposed to be worst singer, not worst artist. Her music is horrible but she can sing.

Celine? Just because you don’t like the music they make does not make them a bad singer and just because you like the music they make does not make them a good singer. The Red Hot Chile Peppers or the Smashing Pumpkins sure can release a “hip” album… but let’s not pretend that they can hold a tune.

Christina Aguilera

Mel C (ex Spice Girl)
J Lo
Shakira
Avril Lavigne
Jessica Simpson
Anthony Kiedis (RHCP)
Aaron Carter
Britney (poor baby)

That’s pretty funny, as if any of these emo bands actually make money. Chris from Dashboard doesn’t count, he’s the only worthy “emo-exception”.

I completely forgot Chad from Nickelback.

Scott Stapp

The anti-Celine stuff is so crap. I don’t own a single one of her CDs, but bad singer? Yeah frickin right.

Ashlee Simpson
Fred Durst
Britney Spears
Chad Kroegger
The Rascal Flatts guy

I once saw Copeland in concert and he sounded like a dying cat live.

Not all emo singers are horrible. The guys from Panic! At the Disco and Dashboard Confessional actually have nice voices.

“For all the people that hate the ‘emo bands’, do you think they’d have more money than you if they couldn’t sing?”

Here come the emo nancies. don’t talk about their boys singing because nothing proves talent more than money.

First of all, any rap artists should be excluded from this list since they don’t even sing at all - they talk. And, let’s be honest - there is a HUGE difference between singers who can’t sing - and singers who we don’t like. Celine Dion can sing - we just don’t like her. Geddy Lee we like, but he sings like shit.

I’m going by the defintion of bad singing, despite the fact that I might like that particular artist… then there are the ones I just hate.

1.)Fred Durst. “Behind Blue Eyes?” I could slap him myself.
2.)Bob Dylan. He should write EVERY song, but sing NONE of them.
3.)Jessica Simpson. I know expectations are low to begin with, but damn.
4.)Billy Corgan. Stop. Now.
5.)Scott Stapp. Not even Jesus wants to hear you sing.
6.)The dude from Blue October. I will hate you today, thanks.
7.) Axl. Love me some GNR, but technically, he’s a terrible singer.
8.)The dude from Cake. Love the band, they SUCK live.

Celine Dion doies not belong on ANY “worst singers list”.

There is a difference between NO TALENT and NO TASTE.

Dion has immense talent as a singer - her taste in music is what has always been in question.

BUt then again, what should we expect from a mag that lists Thom Yorke ahead of Freddie Mercury,Jeff Buckley or Chris Cornell.

Hinder’s singer can not sing!!! I saw them on Conan a little while ago, and he had to leave out all the chorus high notes, which made this one hit wonder even more lousy….hmmm…yeah….great voice.
Other’s with bad voices:
Billy Corgan
Pete Wentz
Anthony Kiedis
Linkin Park guy
J-Lo (her duet w Marc Anthony on the Oscars was horrible)
Oh, and of course, Ashley Simpson

You may not like the style of sappy love songs Celine sings, saying that, she is a fantastic singer. One of the best, actually.

jonathan davis
scott weiland
scott stapp

I know. I had typos.

Avril Lavigne is one I forgot.

J Lo is lucky she has that ass.
Celine Dion is actually a good singer, they just don’t want to admit it.
John Ondrasik is better than most.
Fred Durst. Yeah. His name should be there.
Scott Stapp’s just fun to make fun of.
For all the people that hate the ‘emo bands’, do you think they’d have more money than you if they couldn’t sing? Because the music isn’t that great, really.
Take Chris Carrabba from Dashboard Confeesional. He’s labelied emo, but his voice is amazing. Who’s voice isn’t amazing? Pete Wentz when he tries to sing at shows.
And that guy from Korn.

Hinder is god awful. I never thought I’d hear someone ripping Nickelback off.

I agree that Celine Dion has a gifted voice, but her songs are so bad I can’t stand the sound of it.

Fred Durst is the Vince Neil of his time. But since Vince is still alive and well, Fred sucks for being unnecessary.

Have we all forgotten about Michael Bolton? The no talent ass clown?

Anthony Kiedis
That guy in DramaRama
Steve Earle
Whitney Houston
Jonathan Segal

Thanks for another negative poll.

that guy in nickleback

Just put Fred Durst’s name on that list five times. Fin.

celine dion is technically a great singer, she can really sing…

Oh yeah and I agree with Moss - any and all emo singers.

Or for that matter, any singer that equates ‘digital pitch correction’ with ‘melody’.

Scott Stapp gets at least three of my five votes, but I’ll name four others anyway…

Vince Neil

Dave Draiman from Disturbed (Ribbit! Ribbit! *monkey noise*)

Poser dude from Godsmack who thinks he’s James Hetfield

Chino from Deftones (only because of the out of key notes he insists on leaving on his albums and the fact that he is the most sloppy and careless live frontman of all time)

Dis-Honorable mention goes to dude from Avenged Sevenfold.

oh yeah, and Anthony Kiedis. i had no problems with RHCPs until he started singing in earnest

Moss is correct.

Great voice does not a great artist make. If we are going on the ability of the singer, the vocal range, the tone— it’s unfair to say Celine Dion is a “worst singer” because she can do things with her voice American Idol wanna bes dream of.

Probably the worst singer to sing on records in recent history would be Eminem. He’s a great artist, but his song on “The Eminem Show” in which he sings the entire time— terrible. And Meg White– argh. Love her, love the White Stripes, but I could do without hearing her try to sing.

Billy Corgan

ja rule

Two of my favourite musicians, who’ve written many a great and legendary song, also happen to be fairly lousy singers in the technical sense: Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan.
Had these guys been given a good singing voice, it would probably have caused a tear in the space-time continuum fabric that would have ended everything. So, it’s a good thing they couldn’t sing all that well.

Stevie Nicks - South Park hit it on the head, it’s like listening to a sheep
also can’t stand Gwen Stefani

The singer for fall out boy has a really good voice. Just cause you dont like the group in general doesnt always mean that the singers bad. I hate Hinder but the singer can sing. Dont be ignorent Moss.

To be fair, Celine Dion’s SONG CHOICES might be grating and horrible, but her voice is great.

Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake
Taco

I can’t argue with any of these

All emo/post-grunge singers. Think the Fat Guy from Fall Out Boy or the Date Rapist-Sounding Guy from Hinder.