| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) | 1-1001 |
| NPR (USA) - The Curious Listener's Guide to World Music: 25 Songs (2004) | No Order |
| TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008) | No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011) | No Order |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) | No Order |
| Ibrahim Sylla (Senegal) - Africa: 50 Years of Music, 1960-2010 (2010) | No Order |
| Rock de Lux (Spain) - The Top 150 Songs from the 20th Century (1998) | 124 |
