Acclaimed Music is a website created by Henrik Franzon, a statistician from Stockholm, Sweden,^[1][2][3][4] 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][5][6][7]} Lists that are submitted by readers to magazines or websites are excluded from the aggregation.^[8] 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^[update], the site's aggregated lists name the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966) as the most highly rated album of all time,^[9] and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965) as the most highly rated song of all time.^[10][11] Additionally, the Beatles are the most acclaimed band, Dylan is the most acclaimed male solo artist, and Madonna is the most acclaimed female artist.^[12]