Acclaimed Music

Acclaimed Music is a website created by Henrik Franzon, a statistician from Stockholm, Sweden[1][2] in September 2001. Franzon has statistically aggregated hundreds of published lists that rank songs and albums into aggregated rankings by year, decade and all-time.[1][2][3] Lists that are submitted by readers to magazines or websites are excluded from the aggregation.[4] Author Michaelangelo Matos writes that "Franzon's methods are imperfect, but as indicators of overall critical appeal go, it's hard to beat."[2]

As of 2020, the site's aggregated lists name the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966) as the most highly rated album of all time,[5] and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) as the most highly rated song of all time.[6] Additionally, the Beatles are the most acclaimed band, Dylan is the most acclaimed male artist, and Madonna is the most acclaimed female artist.[7]