Famous Singers

• Aaliyah

  Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"

• Abdul, Paula

  Original American Idol judge and singer of "Straight Up"

• Adele

  The British vocalist who sang "Someone Like You"

• Aguilera, Christina

  The crooner of "Genie In a Bottle" and "Beautiful"

• Aiken, Clay

  Runner-up to Ruben Studdard on American Idol 2003

• Allen, Kris

  Winner of the eighth season of American Idol

• Allen, Peter

  Aussie cabaret performer and subject of the musical The Boy From Oz

• Amos, Tori

  Pop virtuoso piano player and singer

• Anderson, Marian

  The Black contralto who sang at the Lincoln Memorial

• Andrews, Julie

  Mary Poppins, and Maria from The Sound of Music

• Anka, Paul

  The singer/songwriter who did "Diana" and "My Way"

• Ant, Adam

  Face-striped singer of "Goody Two Shoes"

• Ashanti

  Singer of "Foolish" and "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)"

• Backstreet Boys, The

  The pop singers of "All I Have to Give" and "I Want It That Way"

• Badu, Erykah

  The neo-soul singer of "Bag Lady" and "On & On"

• Baez, Joan

  Folk singer who did "Diamonds & Rust"

• Baker, Chet

  The druggie white jazz trumpeter who also crooned

• Baker, Josephine

  The Black American singer/dancer famous in 1920s Paris

• Barrino, Fantasia

  2004's American Idol winner

• Beckham, Victoria

  The former Spice Girl who married footballer David Beckham

• Bedard, Irene

  The voice of Disney's Pocahontas

• Belafonte, Harry

  The calypso crooner who sang "The Banana Boat Song"

• Bennett, Tony

  The crooner who sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

• Bice, Bo

  American Idol runner-up in 2005

• Bieber, Justin

  The grown-up teen pop star who sang "One Time" and "First Dance"

• Björk

  Eccentric singer from Iceland

• Black, Rebecca

  The teen Internet sensation who sang "Friday"

• Bleu, Corbin

  Chad from Disney's High School Musical

• Blige, Mary J.

  The "Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul"

• Bono, Sonny

  The mod 1960s singer who became a Congressman

• Boone, Pat

  White-shoed Christian singer of 1950s rock 'n' roll hits

• Boyle, Susan

  The plain-faced singer who wowed 'em on Britain's Got Talent

• Brice, Fanny

  The vaudeville star who was the basis for the musical Funny Girl

• Bridgers, Phoebe

  The indie rock singer who did the album 'Punisher'

• Brown, Chris

  The teen R&B sensation who pleaded guilty to assaulting the singer Rihanna

• Brown, James

  The musical "Godfather of Soul"

• Buffett, Jimmy

  Singer of the pop hit "Margaritaville"

• Burns, Steve

  Host of the children's TV show Blue's Clues

• Byrne, David

  The singer in the band Talking Heads

• Carey, Mariah

  The pop diva who sang "We Belong Together"

• Carlile, Brandi

  The singer who did 'By the Way, I Forgive You'

• Carradine, Keith

  Lanky, Oscar-winning singer of "I'm Easy"

• Carter, Aaron

  The former teen star who sang Aaron's Party

• Carter, Lynda

  Wonder Woman from 1970s TV show

• Channing, Carol

  The long-running star of Hello, Dolly!

• Chapin, Harry

  Singer of the 1972 hit "Taxi"

• Chen, Edison

  The Infernal Affairs star caught in a sexy photo scandal

• Cher

  The Sonny and Cher alum who did "Believe"

• Chopra, Priyanka

  The movie star from India who married Nick Jonas

• Church, Charlotte

  Welsh opera-pop sensation who did Voice Of An Angel

• Ciara

  R&B singer who did the crunky "Goodies"

• Clark, Petula

  The singer of "Downtown"

• Clooney, Rosemary

  Co-star of the 1954 movie White Christmas

• Cohan, George M.

  "Mr. Broadway" and the composer of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

• Cohen, Leonard

  The writer of the haunting song "Hallelujah"

• Coleman, Zendaya

  Michelle (aka MJ) in the Spider-Man movie series

• Cole, Nat King

  The singer of "Unforgettable" and "Mona Lisa"

• Como, Perry

  Smooth crooner of "Catch a Falling Star"

• Connick, Harry Jr.

  Jazz heartthrob and Independence Day star

• Costello, Elvis

  The guy who did "Watching the Detectives" and "Radio, Radio"

• Crosby, Bing

  The singer of "White Christmas"

• Crow, Sheryl

  Singer of "All I Wanna Do"

• Curry, Tim

  Dr. Frank N. Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show

• Curtis, Catie

  Singer of "Magnolia Street"

• Cyrus, Miley

  Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and Pop Singer

• Dandridge, Dorothy

  Star of the movie Carmen Jones

• Darren, James

  Moondoggie the surfer in Gidget

• Davis, Sammy Jr.

  Singer of "The Candy Man"

• Day, Andra

  The singer of "Rise Up" who played Billie Holiday in 2020

• Day, Doris

  The squeaky-clean star of 1950s romantic comedies

• Denver, John

  Folk-pop singer of "Rocky Mountain High"

• Deschanel, Zooey

  The doe-eyed star of (500) Days of Summer and New Girl

• Diamond, Neil

  The pop musician who sang "Sweet Caroline"

• Dido

  The singer of the tune "Here With Me" and "Thank You"

• Dietrich, Marlene

  The sexy German star of the 1930 film The Blue Angel

• Dion, Céline

  The singer of "My Heart Will Go On," the theme from Titanic

• Duff, Hilary

  TV's Lizzie McGuire

• Dylan, Bob

  Singer of "Like a Rolling Stone"

• Eilish, Billie

  The teen pop singer who did 2019's "Bad Guy"

• Electra, Carmen

  The Baywatch actress who later hosted Singled Out

• Elliot, Cass

  The big member the pop group The Mamas & The Papas

• Elson, Karen

  The model married to rock star Jack White

• Enya

  Singer of "Orinoco Flow" ("Sail Away")

• Estefan, Gloria

  The Miami-based singer of "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"

• Etheridge, Melissa

  Singer of "Come to My Window"

• Evans, Dale

  Partner of singing cowboy Roy Rogers

• Federline, Kevin

  Britney Spears's husband

• Fenty, Robyn Rihanna

  Singer of the hit single "Umbrella"

• Ferguson, Stacy "Fergie"

  The Wild Orchid member who joined the Black Eyed Peas

• Fitzgerald, Ella

  Jazz vocalist known for scat singing

• Flack, Roberta

  Singer of Killing Me Softly

• Franklin, Aretha

  The Queen of Soul who sang "Respect"

• Furtado, Nelly

  Singer of "I'm Like A Bird"

• GaGa, Lady

  The pop singer who co-starred in the 2018 film 'A Star Is Born'

• Garland, Judy

  The actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

• Gates, Gareth

  Pop Idol star who did "Unchained Melody"

• Gaye, Marvin

  Singer of "Sexual Healing"

• Gibb, Robin

  One-third of the pop group The Bee Gees

• Gilberto, João

  The Brazilian guitarist who did "The Girl From Ipanema"

• Ginuwine

  Smooth, sexy singer of "Pony"

• Grande, Ariana

  Cat Valentine from Nickelodeon's Sam & Cat

• Groban, Josh

  Singer of "You Raise Me Up"

• Gryner, Emm

  Singer of the folk single "Summerlong"

• Guerra, Juan Luis

   The Dominican guitarist who did "Bachata Rosa"

• Guthrie, Woody

  The guy who wrote "This Land Is Your Land"

• Haley, Bill

  The guy who sang "Rock Around the Clock"

• Halliwell, Geri

  The red-haired "Ginger Spice" of the Spice Girls

• Harry, Deborah

  Lead singer for the group Blondie

• Hayes, Isaac

  The singer of "Theme from Shaft"

• Hicks, Taylor

  The "Soul Patrol" winner of American Idol 2006

• Hill, Lauryn

  The singer from the Fugees

• Holiday, Billie

  The popular jazz singer known as "Lady Day"

• Horne, Lena

  Singer of the jazz standard "Stormy Weather"

• Houston, Whitney

  The troubled pop singer of "Saving All My Love For You"

• Hudson, Jennifer

  The American Idol contestant who won an Oscar for Dreamgirls

• Hung, William

  The so-bad-he's-good contestant for American Idol

• Hunter, Tab

  The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love"

• Hutton, Betty

  The original "Blond Bombshell"

• Idol, Billy

  Singer of the pop songs "Dancing with Myself" and "White Wedding"

• Islam, Yusuf

  1970s pop singer Cat Stevens

• Jackson, Janet

  The pop singer who bared her breast at Super Bowl 2004

• Jackson, Mahalia

  Gospel singing legend

• Jackson, Wanda

  The "Queen of Rockabilly"

• James, Etta

  R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry"

• Jarreau, Al

  The singer of "We're in This Love Together"

• Jewel

  The singer of the hit "You Were Meant For Me"

• Joel, Billy

  Pianist and singer of the tune Piano Man

• Johnson, Robert

  The legendary blues guitarist of "Crossroads" fame

• Johnston, Daniel

  The eccentric singer/songwriter of 'Hi, How Are You?'

• JoJo

  Singer of "Leave (Get Out)"

• Jones, Norah

  Grammy-winning singer of "Don't Know Why"

• Jones, Tom

  Sexy Welsh singer of "It's Not Unusual"

• Joplin, Janis

  1960s blues/rock singer of "Me and Bobby McGee"

• Jovovich, Milla

  The star of the Resident Evil movies

• Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel

  Super-sized Hawaiian singer of "Over the Rainbow"

• Kaye, Danny

  Song-and-dance star of The Court Jester

• Kelly, R.

  The singer of "I Believe" who went to prison for sex trafficking

• Kerr, Anita

  Creator and leader of country music's The Anita Kerr Singers

• Kesha

  Singer of the party single "TiK ToK"

• Keys, Alicia

  Singer of the hit R&B single "Fallin'"

• King, B.B.

  The blues guitarist who did "The Thrill Is Gone"

• King, Carole

  Singer of "It's Too Late"

• Knight, Gladys

  The soul singer who did "Midnight Train to Georgia" with The Pips

• Knowles, Beyoncé

  Singer of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"

• Lang, K.D.

  Country and pop vocalist

• Lavigne, Avril

  The former skate punk who sang the hit "Complicated"

• Ledbetter, Huddie "Lead Belly"

  20th century folk singer who did "Midnight Special"

• Lee, Amy

  Vocalist for the rock band Evanescence

• Lee, Peggy

  Singer of "Fever"

• Legend, John

  Singer of the 2005 hit "Ordinary People"

• Leonhart, Carolyn

  Vocalist with Lyn Leon and Steely Dan

• Lively, Blake

  Serena on TV's Gossip Girl

• Lizzo

  The body-positive rapper who did "Truth Hurts" and "Batches & Cookies"

• Longet, Claudine

  The wispy French singer who shot Spider Sabich

• Lopes, Lisa

  Rapper/singer for the group TLC

• Lopez, Jennifer

  The star of Selena and Maid in Manhattan

• Lorde

  The teen singer of the hit song "Royals"

• Lovato, Demi

  Teen star of the Disney movie Camp Rock

• Love, Courtney

  The widow of Kurt Cobain

• Lynch, Ross

  Austin in Disney TV's Austin & Ally

• Madonna

  The pop superstar singer of "Material Girl"

• Malik, Zayn

  The English-Pakistani member of One Direction

• Manilow, Barry

  Singer of the 1974 hit tune "Mandy"

• Marley, Bob

  The reggae hero who did "Get Up, Stand Up"

• Martin, Dean

  The Rat Pack crooner who sang "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime"

• Martin, Ricky

  Latino pop singer who did "Livin' La Vida Loca"

• Mayer, John

  Singer of "Your Body is a Wonderland"

• McKeown, Erin

  Singer of "Queen of Quiet"

• McLachlan, Sarah

  Singer/Songwriter who co-founded Lilith Fair

• McLean, Don

  The guy who did "American Pie" and "Starry, Starry Night"

• McPhee, Katharine

  2006 American Idol runner-up

• Merman, Ethel

  The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun

• M.I.A

  The singer of the hit "Paper Planes"

• Midler, Bette

  The brash singer nicknamed "The Divine Miss M"

• Mills Brothers, The

  The group that sang "Paper Doll"

• Minaj, Nicki

   The female rapper who did 2012's "Starships"

• Minnelli, Liza

  Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret

• Minogue, Kylie

  Singer of "Spinning Around" and "The Locomotion"

• Mitchell, Joni

  Singer of "The Circle Game" and "Free Man in Paris"

• Montand, Yves

  The French actor who starred in The Wages of Fear

• Moore, Mandy

  Singer of the pop hit "Candy"

• Moreno, Rita

  Anita in the 1961 version of 'West Side Story'

• Morissette, Alanis

  The singer of the hit "You Oughta Know"

• Morrison, Van

  The singer of "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Moondance"

• Morrissey

  Lead singer of the 1980s band The Smiths

• Mya

  Singer of "Ghetto Superstar" and "Fallen"

• Nabors, Jim

  The actor who was TV's Gomer Pyle

• Newman, Randy

  Oscar-winning composer for the Toy Story movies

• Newton, Wayne

  The singer known as Mr. Las Vegas

• Nicks, Stevie

  Singer for the rock band Fleetwood Mac 1975-2001

• Nico

  Spooky vocalist who was with the Velvet Underground

• Nilsson, Harry

  The guy who sang "Jump into the Fire"

• Norwood, Brandy

  The R&B singer who starred as TV's Moesha

• Oberst, Conor

  The singer/songwriter behind the band Bright Eyes

• Ocean, Frank

   The hip-hop creator of the the album channel ORANGE

• O'Connor, Sinead

  The bald-headed Irish singer of "Nothing Compares 2U"

• Odetta

   The fierce black folk singer known for "Oh, Freedom"

• Omarion

  R&B crooner of the 2005 album O

• Ora, Rita

  The Albanian-English singer of "Shine Ya Light"

• Osmond, Donny

  The former teen singer who won 'Dancing With the Stars' in 2009

• Osmond, Marie

  The co-star of TV's The Donny and Marie Show

• Parsons, Gram

  The Flying Burrito Brother who helped countrify 1960s rock

• Perry, Katy

  The saucy singer of "I Kissed a Girl"

• Piaf, Edith

  French singer known as "the waif sparrow"

• Pink

  The singer of "Get This Party Started"

• Plant, Robert

  Lead singer for the rock band Led Zeppelin

• Presley, Elvis

  "The King of Rock 'n Roll"

• Pretty Ricky

  The four-brother band who sang "Grind With Me"

• Prince

  The funky star who recorded 1999 and changed his name to a symbol

• Prine, John

  The singer/songwriter who did "Angel From Montgomery"

• Queen Latifah

  The jail matron Mama in the movie Chicago

• Raven-Symoné

  Star of The Disney Channel's That's So Raven

• Redding, Otis

  Soul singer who did "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"

• Reddy, Helen

   The Australian singer who did "I Am Woman"

• Reynolds, Debbie

  Star of the 1952 musical "Singin' in the Rain"

• Rivera, Jenni

  The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda"

• Robeson, Paul

  The actor, singer and activist known for Othello and Show Boat

• Rodrigo, Olivia

  The Disney+ star who sang "Drivers License"

• Rogers, Kenny

  The country star who sang "The Gambler"

• Ronstadt, Linda

  1970s country-rock singing superstar who sang "You're No Good"

• Ross, Diana

  Motown megastar who was with The Supremes

• Scott-Heron, Gil

  The writer and performer of 1970's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

• Shakira

  Sexy Latin singer of "Whenever, Wherever"

• Simon, Carly

  The singer of "You're So Vain"

• Simone, Nina

  Eclectic singer of "I Loves You Porgy" and "Mississippi Goddam"

• Simon, Paul

  Half of the singing duo Simon and Garfunkel

• Simpson, Ashlee

  Jessica Simpson's sister and singer of "Pieces of Me"

• Simpson, Jessica

  Pop singer and star of the MTV show Newlyweds

• Sinatra, Frank

  Singer of New York, New York and leader of the Rat Pack

• Smith, Bessie

  Classic blues singer dubbed "Empress of the Blues"

• Smith, Elliott

  The singer of "Miss Misery" who stabbed himself

• Smith, Sam

  The British singer who won a Grammy for "Stay With Me"

• Smith, Will

  Popular rapper and star of the film Men in Black

• Spears, Britney

  The former teen superstar who sang ...Baby One More Time

• Spears, Jamie Lynn

  The younger sister of Britney Spears

• Spice Girls, The

  The 1990s girl group who sang "Wannabe"

• Springfield, Dusty

  Husky-voiced soul singer of the 1960s

• Stefani, Gwen

  The platinum-blonde singer of "Hollaback Girl"

• Steinfeld, Hailee

  Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit

• Stewart, Rod

  Raspy-voiced singer of "Maggie May"

• Sting

  The bass-playing former frontman for The Police

• Streisand, Barbra

  The Oscar-winning star of Funny Girl

• Styles, Harry

  The mop-haired, dimpled member of One Direction

• Summer, Donna

   The Queen of Disco who did "I Feel Love" and "Last Dance"

• Taylor, James

  Folk-pop singer of "Fire and Rain" and "Carolina in My Mind"

• Thalia

  Latin pop singer of "Tu y Yo"

• Thiam, Aliaune "Akon"

  Senegalese-American singer of "Smack That"

• Thornton, Willie Mae

  Blues legend and original singer of "Hound Dog"

• Travers, Mary

  The "Mary" in Peter, Paul & Mary

• Tricky

  Gravel-voiced producer of trip-hop records

• Turner, Tina

  The singer of "What's Love Got to Do With It?"

• Tyler, Steven

  The lead singer for the rock band Aerosmith

• Underwood, Carrie

  The American Idol winner who became a country music star

• Usher

  The R&B star who did "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Yeah"

• Vandross, Luther

  The R&B singer of Dance With My Father

• Vaughan, Stevie Ray

  Lead singer and guitarist for the band Double Trouble

• Vazquez, Mario

  The contestant who dropped out of 2005's American Idol

• Vernon, Justin

  The indie musician behind the band Bon Iver

• Wahlberg, Donnie

  Danny on the TV cop show Blue Bloods

• Wahlberg, Mark

  Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights

• Waits, Tom

  Raspy-voiced singer of "The Piano Has Been Drinking"

• Warwick, Dionne

  Singer of "Walk On By" and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"

• Waters, Muddy

  The slide-guitarist bluesman of "Got My Mojo Workin'"

• Weiland, Scott

  The frontman for the band Stone Temple Pilots

• White, Barry

  The singer of "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"

• Williams, Andy

   The crooner who sang "Moon River"

• Williams, Dar

  Singer of "Spring Street"

• Williams, Vanessa

  The first African-American to become Miss America

• Wilson, Jackie

  R&B pop/soul singer who did "Baby Workout"

• Winehouse, Amy

  The talented, boozy and short-lived singer of the song "Rehab"

• Withers, Bill

  The singer of "Leon On Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine"

• Wolf, Howlin'

  The bluesman who did "Smokestack Lightnin'"

• Wonder, Stevie

  The singer of "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"

• Yellowman

  The albino Jamaican reggae star

• Zevon, Warren

  The darkly funny musician who sang "Werewolves of London"

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