Wikipedia:Today's featured list/October 28, 2022
NME's Cool List was an annual listing compiled by the weekly British music magazine NME of popular musicians that they considered to be the "coolest". The first list was published on 29 October 2002, with Jack White (pictured), the lead singer of the American rock band the White Stripes, being placed at number one. Subsequent listings were topped by musicians such as Justin Timberlake, Pete Doherty and Laura Marling. Alongside the Cool List, NME also concurrently published alternative lists, such as the Fool List, the "Had It, Lost It" list, the "If Only They Rocked" list, and the Cool Places list. The Cool Lists often generated high sales for NME, as well as a large critical response from both journalists and members of the public. The magazine received criticism of its lists from various sources, including music journalists, pop stars, and drugs charities. Speaking in 2003, NME editor Conor McNicholas remarked: "All of the entries in [the Cool List] have one thing in common – the X factor." (Full list...)