Each year there's new stars becoming the hit of MTV and only some of them are talented while most of their swag comes from their stylists and producers. The artists get promoted and it's up to their agents to sign a contract with people who are gonna keep them on the radio charts, stages and tv screens. But sometimes you can tell an artist is so shitty, mediocre and repetitive, you're surprised why they keep playing their songs. Here's some of the most overrated shit musicians in history.

5. Will Smith - a rapper who became popular thanks to the awesome Fresh Prince of Bel Air show, to which he wrote and performed the theme song, which was great. He turned out to be a great actor and soon starred in such movies as Independence Day, Men In Black or Beverly Hills Cop. He likes to write the songs for his movies and if you hear them, you'll notice they all sound the same and are retarded as shit. It's usually some looped simple melody, some chick singing the same phrase over and over, soon followed by Will Smith's word diarrhea, which is devoid of any rhythm or melody - plain yapping, the lyrics like it was written by a 5 year old.

4. Skrillex - an emo kid Sonny Moore turned into a hipster and suddenly became more popular than ever thanks to a well-known dubstep artist Deadmau Five. The thing is, Skrillex doesn't have much talent nor does his music sound awesome. His songs are a mix of random noise and the most popular song he... um... wrote, no... that's not the right word... the song he remixed (Cinema by Benny Benassi) is basically the same song with drilling noises and the phrase "d-d-d-d-drop the bass" added. It's utter crap. When he plays live, he presses 'play' on his mac book and that's it - Skrillex live. He's only popular because so many people criticize him and say his music is shit, so many hipster douche bags act like he's some misunderstood genius.

3. Yngwie Malmsteen - the Swedish guitarist most commonly known for playing solos with incredible speed and being the second fattest, most disgusting pig to play guitar on professional level (he lost to Michael Romeo). He might be one of the fastest playing guitarists, but if you're a musician, you can easily tell what he plays are simple tricks and patterns - sweep picking being his favorite. Almost every one of his solos sounds the same and consists of a bunch of arpeggios played chaotically and mixed with some fugue-ish string skips and easy fast licks/tapping. Basically, child's play on fast forward. Fans divide his discography into two parts - the fat Yngwie (240-300 pounds) albums and the obese Yngwie (301 pounds and more) albums. Here's a clip with fat Yngwie (100 pounds ago) playing something terrible:

2. Carlos Santana - the artist often called a great guitarist by idiots. His EVERY song sounds the same and he can barely play anything on guitar. It's like listening to a jam session by some noob guitarist. He's only popular because he starred with Don Johnson in Nash Bridges.

1. Slash - one of the most shit guitarists who somehow became popular because he played in Guns 'N' Roses with Axl Rose. When Axl's band became a success, he replaced Slash with an actual artist, Buckethead. Slash played with other artists, for example Michael Jackson, and because he looked like an idiot, MTV viewers loved him. He kinda looks like a bad ass, perhaps that's why he's so popular.

It's obvious why some of the worst-sounding artists become popular - it's their stage charisma and proper promotion that push them to the top. Most people like to be told what to listen to, that's why there's a lot of cash in the pop music production.