>>95201
Alright then I'm just going to list my personal favorites.
Some are just going to be mentioned as artists because their general track record is great tier, others will have an "x" to mark definitive still big today pop artists but the difference being that it's their only good song, and the rest will just be one hit wonders. This list is from the 80's to 2017 because that's all I know.
From the 80's:
Queen
Pink Floyd
Men at Work.
Aha-Take on Me.
Sweet Dreams-Eurythmics
Phil Collins-In the Air Tonight.
New Order and Giorgio Moroder deserve a mention.
Guns and Roses had some good ones.
Ac/Dc does too.
The Who outright just for Eminence Front.
Michael Jackson of course has to be on here but I never saw much in him.
90's:
At this point, Pop Pop turns into total garbage. it defines pop as becoming a slur in the music world so
-Rap.
-Rock.
-Electro.
That managed to get big were the only good things.
Blue-Eiffel 65
Daft Punk in general.
What is Love-Haddaway. (Seriously.)
Cream-Wu Tang Clan.
In general the NWA, and associates.
Biggie and Pac.
Cypress Hill.
Gangster's Paradise-Coolio.
And after that there isn't much else for rap. The 2000's arguably gets a fuck ton harder though.
Nine Inch Nails.
Primus.
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Smashing Pumpkins-The beginning is the end is the beginning.
Soundgarden-Black Hole Sun.
Radiohead.
Nirvana Does not get my vote, reminder Kurt fucked a fat retarded chick to lose his virginity like a nigger.
I'm going to try and make the 2000's as short as I can because I can't stand half the music.
2000's:
Eminem.
Saturday-Ludacris.
Kanye West.
Crazy-Gnarls Barkley.
Outkast.
Britney Spears-Toxic's instrumental.
Coldplay-Viva La Vida.
Coldplay in general used to be good, ignore the fact that the band is a conglomerate of assholes and their music on it's own is great.
The White Stripes.
M.I.A ignoring politics.
2010's:
At this point the list will be the largest since this is the easiest for me to remember since it's the most recent.
Empire State of Mind still gets me even though by all means it shouldn't. X.
Rolling in the Deep. X.
Stereo Hearts was pretty good.
We are Young-Fun
Radioactive-Imagine Dragons. X.
Daft Punk makes a resurgence and so does Eminem but only for a while.
Awolnation gets big and for good reason.
Hold on we're Going Home-Drake. X.
Little Talks-Of Monsters and Men.
Riptide-Vance Joy.
Both are pretty good one hit wonders.
Counting Stars-One Republic.
Pompeii-Bastille.
Coldplay also semi re surged before dying fully.
The Weeknd for the most part did good.
Waves-Mr.Probz.
Chandelier-Sia. X.
On a minor tangent dubstep got big but it's arguable as to whether it counts as Pop so all I'm going to say is that Skrillex is on here because every other song he used to make was genuinely good at times.
I took a Pill in Ibiza-Mike Posner, the remix of course.
Me, Myself, and I-G Eazy.
Half of Childish Gambino.
As much as I grew distaste for them people like XXXTentacion, Juice Wrld and other sound cloud rappers which went from obscure to pop in 2 years still have a spot in my heart. So most recently they get to be on this list.
Now before anyone points out everyone in this list is an asshole, a washed up asshole, or just overall bad, yes it's pop, what did you expect.
The "Best" of pop will never even get near the "Best" of music as a whole. Not even in the top 1000. But for the most part these are the songs I think are the best from Pop.