Back in April, The New York Times published its list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters.

Knowing that these lists are subjective and everyone has an opinion, editors asked their readers to cast their vote and nominate up to 10 songwriters. And of course, knowing it would make for a follow-up story, the Times has just published The Reader Top 100, saying, “As soon as we decided to make a list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters, we could guess how readers would respond to the results: with a combination of enthusiasm and outrage, quickly letting us know which of their favorites we had unconscionably forgotten.”

Over 25,000 ballots were cast and the "nearly 12,000 distinct choices” were narrowed down to 100 artists, which are now ranked, whereas the original list did not.

So, with that, here are the Top 30, 16 of whom were not on the critics' list:

Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
Carole King
Billy Joel
Stevie Wonder
Taylor Swift
Dolly Parton
James Taylor (not on the critics’ list)
Willie Nelson
Jackson Browne (not on the critics’ list)
Tom Waits (not on the critics’ list)
Smokey Robinson
Randy Newman (not on the critics’ list)
David Byrne (not on the critics’ list)
Stevie Nicks (not on the critics’ list)
Kendrick Lamar
Lucinda Williams
Jason Isbell (not on the critics’ list)
Jeff Tweedy (not on the critics’ list)
Brandi Carlile (not on the critics’ list)
Donald Fagen (not on the critics’ list)
Neil Diamond (not on the critics’ list)
John Fogerty (not on the critics’ list)
R.E.M. (not on the critics’ list)
Patti Smith (not on the critics’ list)
Don Henley (not on the critics’ list)
Lionel Richie
Brian & Eddie Holland
Jimmy Webb (not on the critics’ list)

For the complete list go to NYTimes.com.

The critics' list in alphabetical order by first name:

Babyface
Bad Bunny
Bob Dylan
Brian & Eddie Holland
Bruce Springsteen
Carole King
Diane Warren
Dolly Parton
Fiona Apple
Jay-Z
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Josh Osborne, Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally
Kendrick Lamar
Lana Del Rey
Lionel Richie
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Missy Elliott
Nile Rodgers
Outkast
Paul Simon
Romeo Santos
Smokey Robinson
Stephin Merritt
Stevie Wonder
Taylor Swift
The-Dream
Valerie Simpson
Willie Nelson
Young Thug

Bret Saunders