Acclaimed Music is a
website
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created by Henrik Franzon, a
statistician
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It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may w ...
from
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
,
Sweden
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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.
Lists that are submitted by readers to magazines or websites are excluded from the aggregation.
Author Michaelangelo Matos writes that "Franzon's methods are imperfect, but as indicators of overall critical appeal go, it's hard to beat."
, the site's aggregated lists name
the Beach Boys' ''
Pet Sounds'' (1966) as the most highly rated album of all time, and
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
's "
Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) as the most highly rated song of all time. Additionally,
the Beatles
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are the most acclaimed band, Dylan is the most acclaimed male solo artist, and
Madonna is the most acclaimed female artist.
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Swedish music websites
Online music and lyrics databases
Internet properties established in 2001
English-language websites
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