POP MUSIC Flashcards
She is known for a long series of country hits in the 1970s and 1980s and her own primetime variety TV show on NBC that helped her become one of country’s most successful female vocalists of that period.
Barbara Mandrell
His biggest hit was 1977’s “Cat Scratch Fever.” Gun advocate.
Ted Nugent
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
“Machine Gun” performer
Jimi Hendrix
Her music is noted for its stylized, cinematic quality and exploration of themes of sadness, tragic romance, glamor, and melancholia, containing many references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana.
Lana Del Rey
“Crazy” country singer
Patsy Cline
Four of his records were named to the Grammy Hall of Fame for their significance: “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That A Shame”, “Walking to New Orleans” and “The Fat Man”.[10] “The Fat Man” “is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies”.
Fats Domino 1928-2017
“House of the Rising Sun” cover sung by
The Animals
In 1999, she released her debut album, Let There Be ____…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, which reached number-one on the Billboard 200, making her the third female rapper to accomplish this feat.[4] followed up with three subsequent albums, Scorpion (2001) and Lip Lock (2013).
Eve (also Eve-Olution)
“Thank God I’m A Country Boy’
John Denver
Led Zeppelin singer
Robert Plant
My Mama Don’t Like You song
Justin Bieber, Love Yourself
“Jump” single
Van Halen
“Shape of You” singer
Ed Sheeran
Let It Bleed
Rolling Stones
No Strings Attached
N’Sync
OU182 is an album by
Van Halen
His early soundtrack contributions date back to A Star Is Born in 1976, and he is known as the King of the Movie Soundtrack. As a solo artist, he experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy Award nomination for “Footloose” in 1985.
Kenny Loggins
“Talking Book” album by
Stevie Wonder
Born and raised in New York City, she became an Internet celebrity by achieving popularity on Vine and Instagram.[2] From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations. She released two mixtapes—Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 (2016) and Vol. 2 (2017), before signing with Atlantic Records in February 2017.
Cardi B
“Pretty Woman” singer
Roy Orbison
American hip hop group which was formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav on Long Island, New York, in 1985.
Public Enemy
Her second studio album, Mama’s Gun, was released in 2000.[7] It spawned three singles: “Bag Lady”, which became her first top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #6, “Didn’t Cha Know?” and “Cleva”. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[6] third album, Worldwide Underground, was released in 2003.[
Erykah Badu
American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.
Blondie
“Ramblin’ Man”
Allman Brothers
The Queen Is Dead album
The Smiths
In addition to his signature song, “Back in the Saddle Again” and his hit “At Mail Call Today”, _____ is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, most especially his biggest hit “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” as well as “Frosty the Snowman”, “Here Comes Santa Claus”, and “Up on the House Top”.
Gene Autry, 1907-1998
They released a series of Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits such as “Dance to the Music” (1968), “Everyday People” (1968), and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” (1969), as well as critically acclaimed albums such as Stand! (1969), which combined pop sensibility with social commentary.
Sly and the Family Stone
American rapper. Born in Hollis, Queens, signed to Murder Inc., had multiple hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, including “Between Me and You” (featuring Christina Milian), “I’m Real (Murder Remix)” and “Ain’t It Funny” (both with Jennifer Lopez)—which both topped the Hot 100—the number 1 hit “Always on Time” (featuring Ashanti)
Ja Rule
David Gilmour band
Pink Floyd
Walk On The Wild Side artist
Lou Reed
became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality.[6] He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for democratic social reforms.
Bob Marley
“It’s Your Love” singer
Tim McGraw
“The Gambler”
Kenny Rogers
Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
“Maybellene” singer
Chuck Berry
Unorthodox Jukebox album
Bruno Mars
Dave Grohl bands
Foo Fighters, Nirvana
Waterloo Sunset singer
The Kinks
English singer, songwriter and model. After working as a model, she signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2014 and released her eponymous debut album in 2017. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and yielded eight singles, including “Be the One”, “IDGAF”, and the UK number-one single “New Rules”,
Dua Lipa
“Live While We’re Young”
One Direction
Was instrumental in the emergence of the hip/hop subgenre crunk. He is credited with bringing the genre into mainstream success, producing Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles “Get Low”, “Goodies”, “Cyclone”, “Freek-a-Leek”, and “Yeah!”. Released “Turn Down for What”
Lil Jon
Steve Perry sings with the band
Journey
“Don’t Rock The Jukebox” “A Lot About Livin,” “She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)” bestselling country singer
Alan Jackson
emerged from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before becoming a prominent member of the American noise rock scene. Have been praised for having “redefined what rock guitar could do”[1] using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings while preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments’ timbre.
Sonic Youth
“Loaded” album
The Velvet Underground
Became the only female rapper to achieve a Diamond-certified song by the RIAA with “Bodak Yellow”, which also made her the second female rapper to top the chart with a solo output—following Lauryn Hill in 1998, while “I Like It” marked the first time a female rapper attains multiple number-one songs on the Hot 100. It was followed by her feature on “Girls Like You” with band Maroon 5.
Cardi B
3 rappers influenced trap music
Gucci Mane, Jeezy, T.I.
“Boys Are Back in Town” band
Thin Lizzy
“Bang Bang” singer
Ariana Grande
“These Boots Are Made For Walking”
Nancy Sinatra
Composer of Einstein on the Beach
Philip Glass
second and major-label debut album Kerosene (2005) was certified Platinum in the United States and produced the singles “Me and Charlie Talking”, “Bring Me Down”, “Kerosene” and “New Strings”. All four singles reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, was released in early 2007. Three of its singles (“Famous in a Small Town”, “Gunpowder & Lead” and “More Like Her”) peaked within the top 20 on the country songs chart, with “Gunpowder & Lead” becoming her first top 10 entry
Miranda
“Cheap Thrills” sung by
Sia
He released the albums Wolf (2013) and Cherry Bomb (2015), the latter of which was considered to be a contrast from his previous releases as he experimented with melody-focused and jazz-fused sounds. His following albums, Flower Boy (2017), Igor (2019) and Call Me If You Get Lost (2021), were all released to widespread critical acclaim
Tyler the Creator
English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters-multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography.
Electric Light Orchestra
“Me Against The World” (1995)
Tupac Shakur
Singer/songwriter and bassist, singer for Til Tuesday and Magnolia film
Aimee Mann
In collaboration with Latin pop singer Luis Fonsi, released the hit single “Despacito”.
Daddy Yankee
English singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career.
Morrissey
“Pump” (1989)
Aerosmith
It was followed with her second solo album, Everything Is Everything, which spawned her first UK number-one single “I’m Still Waiting”. She continued her successful solo career by mounting elaborate record-setting world-wide concert tours, starring in a number of highly watched prime-time television specials and releasing hit albums like Touch Me in the Morning (1973), Mahogany (1975)
Diana Ross
Age of Aquarius band
The Fifth Element
“Come On Eileen” band
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time
Kylie Minogue
24K Magic album
Bruno Mars
The Birth Of Soul album
Ray Charles
Underground until Parallel Lines in 1978. Several hit singles[2] including “Heart of Glass”, “Call Me”, “Rapture”, and “The Tide Is High”. The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music.
Blondie
The group came to attention for their political messages including subjects such as American racism and the American media. Their debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, was released in 1987 to critical acclaim, and their second album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988), was the first hip hop album to top The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop critics’ poll.[4] Their next three albums, Fear of a Black Planet (1990), Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black (1991) and Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994), were also well received.
Public Enemy
On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time partner, Robert Mapplethorpe.
Patti Smith
“It’s Tricky” (to rock around) song by
Run DMC
“Ten” album
Pearl Jam
His own term for himself was “bluesologist”,[9] which he defined as “a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues”. His poem The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.
Gil Scott-Heron
Should I Stay Or Should I Go artist
The Clash
A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement with “La Bamba” and “Donna”, he was killed in a plane crash eight months into his recording career.
Ritchie Valens
He is regarded by many contemporaries as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation,[3] and often cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time.[4][5] His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman, joining Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label.
Lil Wayne
“Chattahoochee” song
Alan Jackson
rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as “the Father of Country Music”, he is best known for his distinctive rhythmic yodeling.
Jimmie Rodgers
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
Formerly in Black Star with Mos Def, solo rapper & activist
Talib Kweli
His music was described by critics as operatic, earning him the nicknames “the Caruso of Rock” and “the Big O.” He wrote or co-wrote almost all of his own Top 10 hits, including “Only the Lonely” (1960), “Running Scared” (1961), “Crying” (1961), “In Dreams” (1963), and “Oh, Pretty Woman” (1964).
Roy Orbison
“Hybrid Theory” album
Linkin Park
“Big Poppa”
Notorious BIG
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty
Nicki Minaj
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood song by
The Animals
Don Henley band
The Eagles
American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago’s hardcore punk scene. Debut Take This to Your Grave has commonly been cited as an influential blueprint for pop punk music in the 2000s.
Fall Out Boy
- 1 1999–2001: Who Needs Pictures
- 2 2001–2003: Part II
- 3 2003–2005: Mud on the Tires
- 4 2005–2007: Time Well Wasted
- 5 2007–2008: 5th Gear
Brad Paisley
The Stranger album
Billy Joel
“Hi Infidelity” album
REO Speedwagon
Guitar namesake
Les Paul
American musician, singer, actress, songwriter and producer. She began her music career as a member of the Polyphonic Spree. She was also a member of Sufjan Stevens’s touring band before forming her own band in 2006. “Strange Mercy,” “Digital Witness”
St. Vincent (Annie Erin Clark)
“The Chronic” album
Dr. Dre
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Disavowing the punk rock roots of many of their alt-rock contemporaries, they have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazing, and, in later recordings, electronica. Corgan is the group’s primary songwriter
Smashing Pumpkins
debut album, No Way Out (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. The album was followed by Forever (1999), The Saga Continues… (2001) and Press Play (2006), all of which were commercially successful.
Sean Combs/Puff Daddy
Best known for his wild, energetic stage persona, he was the lead singer of the hard rock band Van Halen across three stints, from 1974 to 1985, in 1996 and again from 2006 to their disbandment in 2020.
David Lee Roth
After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single “Starman” and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity.
David Bowie
American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971, to March 27, 2006. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by R&B, soul, dance/pop, and hip hop artists, although funk, jazz, disco, and gospel artists also appeared.
Soul Train
“Perfect” singer
Ed Sheeran
“You Really Got Me” cover
Van Halen
commonly referred to as the “King of Soul” for his distinctive vocals, notable contributions to the genre and high significance in popular music. In 1964, he was shot and killed by the manager of a motel in Los Angeles.
Sam Cooke
“Pink Friday” (2010)
Nicki Minaj
Malcolm and Angus Young are
AC/DC
Out of Our Heads
The Rolling Stones
The artist who coined the word reggaeton in 1994 to describe the new music genre that was emerging from Puerto Rico that synthesized American hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music, and Jamaican reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing.
Daddy Yankee
As an actor, he has made appearances in several films and television series, including Families, The Shield, Be Cool, Revolver, Semi-Pro, High Life, Four Brothers, and in the lead role of Jimi Hendrix in All Is by My Side.
Andre 3000
James Hetfield band
Metallica
“White Rabbit” artist
Jefferson Airplane
“Wonderwall” and “Champagne Supernova”
Oasis
Before These Crowded Streets
Dave Matthews band
Released four mixtapes between 2007 and 2010 before signing with Bad Boy Records. He released his debut studio album, Lace Up, in 2012, which peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and contained his breakout single “Wild Boy” (featuring Waka Flocka Flame). His second and third albums, General Admission (2015) and Bloom (2017), achieved similar commercial success; the latter included the single “Bad Things” (with Camila Cabello), which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. His fourth album, Hotel Diablo (2019), included rap rock.
Machine Gun Kelly
enjoyed commercial and critical success with his second album Don’t Be Cruel (1988) which spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including the number one hit “My Prerogative”, and the Grammy Award-winning “Every Little Step”.
Bobby Brown
The song “Lights” became her highest-charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100 to date, peaking at No. 2.
Ellie Goulding
American singer and pianist, who has been cited as “the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s songs”
Dinah Washington
Her later hits include “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)”, “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)”, “Fist City”, and “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
Loretta Lynn
solo project[3] of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends. debut studio album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (2005). Popularized by the second single, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”, the album was certified triple platinum in the US.
Panic! at the Disco
best known for music released in the 1990s, such as the albums Portrait of an American Family (1994), Antichrist Superstar (1996) and Mechanical Animals (1998) which earned him a reputation in mainstream media as a controversial figure and negative influence
Marilyn Manson
English singer, songwriter, and actor. His second album, Weird!, was released in late 2020 and peaked atop the UK Albums Chart, and reached number 75 on the US Billboard 200.
Yungblud
survived an assassination attempt in his home, which was thought to be politically motivated.[7] He also supported legalization of marijuana, and advocated for Pan-Africanism. died of melanoma at 36
Bob Marley
His sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed.” Songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton
Carl Perkins (1932-98)
Often referred to by the media as the “Goddess of Pop”,[1] she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. She is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances throughout her six-decade-long career.
Cher
he cut his breakthrough single “Loser”, which became a worldwide hit in 1994, and released his first major album, Mellow Gold, the same year. Odelay, released in 1996, topped critic polls and won several awards. idiosyncratically creative
Beck
In 2009, after spending three decades in semi-retirement, he was convicted for the 2003 murder of the actress Lana Clarkson and sentenced to 19 years to life in prison. He remained in prison until his death in 2021.
Phil Spector
Master of Puppets album
Metallica
Prince’s band
The Revolution
90s band of “Fade Into You”
Mazzy Star
Younger than Yesterday album
Byrds
David Crosby bands
The Byrds, CSNY
“Come On Over”
Shania Twain
“She’s Not There” song by
The Zombies
“King of Country,” brought the neotraditionalist movement back in the 90s, most hits, tours in 360
George Strait (b. 1952)
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Songs such as “Let’s Go to Bed” (1982), “The Love Cats” (1983), “Inbetween Days” (1985), “Close To Me” (1985), “Just Like Heaven” (1987), “Lovesong” (1989), and “Friday I’m in Love” (1992) aided the band in receiving commercial popularity.
The Cure
“Saturday Night Fever” album is mostly by
the Bee Gees
“(Everything I do) I do it for you”
Bryan Adams
Bluegrass/classical string bassist
Edgar Meyer
After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and in The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Frank Sinatra
“Broadway,” “Black Balloon,” “Iris”
Goo Goo Dolls
His album Barrio Fino made history when it became the top-selling Latin music album of the decade between 2000 and 2009.
Daddy Yankee
She is known for her No. 1 singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”; and “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You”,
Roberta Flack
American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. they released their first record with Warner, Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992). They later released The Soft Bulletin (1999), which was NME magazine’s Album of the Year, and then Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002).
The Flaming Lips
She released her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020), to critical acclaim. It earned six Grammy nominations—including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year—and became her first UK number-one album.
Dua Lipa
Selena music style
Tejano
Jazz musician, producer of 3 Michael Jackson albums, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis
Quincy Jones
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
“All Eyez On Me”
Tupac Shakur
Come On Over produced twelve singles, including “You’re Still the One”, “From This Moment On”, “That Don’t Impress Me Much” and “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”
Shania Twain
Her second studio album, Hot Pink (2019), reached the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 and spawned the single “Say So”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of a remix featuring Nicki Minaj. This album was followed by Planet Her (2021), which spent three consecutive weeks at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top 20 singles “Kiss Me More” (featuring SZA), “Need to Know” and “You Right” (with the Weeknd).
Doja Cat
“….And Justice For All” album, sued Napster, has Imax film
Metallica
“No Jacket Required” album
Phil Collins
Every Breath You Take
The Police
Who’s Next album
The Who
“Will You Still Love Me?”
Chicago
indie rock band led by Robert Pollard
Guided by Voices
“Blinding Lights” sung by
The Weeknd
“Wide Open Spaces” album
Dixie Chicks
the only person to be included in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Les Paul
Darkness on the Edge of Town album
Bruce Springsteen
Parallel Lines album
Blondie
American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the “father of modern Chicago blues.”[3] His style of playing has been described as “raining down Delta beatitude.”
Muddy Waters
Hot Stuff artist
Donna Summer
“White Christmas” sung by
Bing Crosby
She achieved chart success with her singles, “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” (featuring Gwen Stefani), “What Ya Want “, “Who’s That Girl”, “Gangsta Lovin’” (featuring Alicia Keys), “Satisfaction”, “Love Is Blind” (featuring Faith Evans), and “Tambourine
Eve
(October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
Chuck Berry
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the founding and lead member of the musical group Black Eyed Peas.
will.i.am
Nashville picking guitarist
Chet Atkins
in the music video for “Dirrty”, she sparked controversy for exploring her sexuality, leading to the departure of her teen idol image. However, “Beautiful”, “Fighter”, and “Can’t Hold Us Down” became top-ten singles in many countries, and she was named the most successful female artist of 2003.
Christina Aguilera
“Problem” singer
Ariana Grande
“Thunder” band, contemporary
Imagine Dragons
Rapper’s Delight
Sugarhill Gang
Three solo studio albums—Stars Dance (2013), Revival (2015), and Rare (2020)—each debuted atop the Billboard 200.
Selena Gomez
Lead singer with band The Dap-Kings, she released her first record at 40 and experienced breakthrough success.
Sharon Jones
She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include “Just a Girl”, “Spiderwebs”, and “Don’t Speak”, from their 1995 breakthrough studio album Tragic Kingdom, as well as “Hey Baby” and “It’s My Life” from later albums.
Gwen Stefani
Aftermath (1966) – their first entirely original album – is considered the most important of their formative records.[2] In 1967, they had the double-sided hit “Ruby Tuesday”/”Let’s Spend the Night Together” and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers (1971), which yielded “Brown Sugar” and included the first usage of their tongue and lips logo, was their first of eight consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the US. Exile on Main St. (1972), featuring “Tumbling Dice”, and Goats Head Soup (1973), yielding the hit ballad “Angie”, were also best sellers.
Rolling Stones
1973’s Brothers and Sisters. This album included Betts’s hit single “Ramblin’ Man” and instrumental “Jessica”. These tunes went on to become classic rock radio staples, and placed the group at the forefront of 1970s rock music.
Allman Brothers Band
“Heart Shaped Box” song
Nirvana
Nicknamed the “Empress of the Blues”, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s.
Bessie Smith
It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Dan Reynolds band
Imagine Dragons
My Cherie Amour singer
Stevie Wonder
“Moves Like Jagger”
Maroon 5
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Save The Last Dance For Me singer
The Drifters
Chronicle: Greatest Hits
Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Rain On Me” duet
Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga
“Can’t Help Falling In Love” singer
Elvis Presley
Physical Graffiti album
Led Zeppelin
founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their self-titled debut album.
Fleetwood Mac
best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including “Take Me to the River”, “Tired of Being Alone”, “I’m Still in Love with You”, “Love and Happiness”
Al Green
He was the main songwriter and guitarist of the American rock band he co-founded in 1972 with his brother. He is regarded as one of the all-time greatest guitar players in rock history and was well known for popularizing the tapping guitar solo technique, allowing rapid arpeggios to be played with two hands on the fretboard.
Eddie van Halen
Three albums with her former band, the Scene, all of which reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011).
Selena Gomez
Nicknamed the “Father of Rock and Roll”, he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958).
Chuck Berry
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers
Indigo Girls
1.2 On Through the Night, High ‘n’ Dry, and Pyromania (1980–1983)
. . .
1.4 Adrenalize, Retro Active, and Slang (1990–1996)
1.5 Euphoria, X, and Yeah! (1997–2007)
1.6 Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008–2010)
1.7 Touring, Viva! Hysteria (2011–2014
Def Leppard
counterculture folk singer & protestor, “Diamonds & Rust,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, Dylan
Joan Baez
oth What’s the 411? and her 1994 album My Life are featured on the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list,[6][7] and the latter on Time magazine’s All-Time 100 Albums.[8] She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007.[9] Billboard ranked her as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years.
Mary J. Blige
“Your Cheatin’ Heart”, “Hey, Good Lookin’”, and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”. 11 number 1 hits, died at 29.
Hank Williams
The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo, and bassist and vocalist Tom Araya. Their fast and aggressive musical style made them one of the “big four” bands of thrash metal.
“Reign in Blood,” “Christ Illusion”
Slayer
“Old Town Road” (2019) by rapper
Lil Nas X
While working on television, she released the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves”, “Half-Breed”, and “Dark Lady”, becoming the female artist with the most number-one singles in United States history at the time.
Cher
Rooted in the New York hip hop scene, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time. debut album Illmatic (1994) received universal acclaim upon release, and is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time;[6][7] in 2021, the album was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.
Nas
“Lean on Me” singer
Bill Withers
Female Trinidadian rapper
Nicki Minaj
First began his musical career after founding the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995, and subsequently released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996. He went on to release twelve additional albums, including the acclaimed albums The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007), and 4:44 (2017).
Jay-Z
“Demons” artist
Imagine DRagons
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N Roses
American country mother & daughter duo, “Mama He’s Crazy”
The Judds
English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for almost six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. Diverging from the pop rock of the early 1960s, they pioneered the gritty, heavier-driven sound that came to define hard rock.
Rolling Stones
one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture and one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s. Along with Beastie Boys, LL Cool J and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new school hip hop music.
Run DMC
American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker. The group is considered one of the leaders of the thrash metal scene from the 1980s and is part of the “Big Four.” “Among the Living” album
Anthrax
“Just To See You Smile” singer
Tim McGraw
Formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar), D’arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums)
Smashing Pumpkins
From 1934 to 1953, ____ appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The _____ Show television series
Gene Autry
- “Blitzkrieg Bop”
- “Beat on the Brat”
- “Judy Is a Punk”
- “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
- “Chain Saw”
- “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
- “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement”
Ramones
America’s highest paid entertainer in 1920s, The Jazz Singer
Al Jolson
In 2003, released her third studio album Tasty. The album produced the singles “Milkshake”, “Trick Me”, “Millionaire”, and “In Public”.
Kelis
The band continued to release successful albums including their two largest sellers: Some Girls (1978), featuring “Miss You”; and Tattoo You (1981), featuring “Start Me Up”. Steel Wheels (1989) was widely considered a comeback album and was followed by Voodoo Lounge (1994), a worldwide number one album.
Rolling Stones
“Firework” singer
Katy Perry
Steve Austin character
Six Million Dollar Man
Live at the Apollo album
James Brown
“I Can’t Get Next To You”
Temptations
“Teenage Dream” singer
Katy Perry
Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitars, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitars, backing vocals).
Def Leppard
“Houses of the Holy” album
Led Zepplin
Tracks of My Tears singer
Smokey Robinson
Members of One Direction
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Liam Payne
Harry Styles
albums Catch a Fire and Burnin’ (both 1973). debut studio album Natty Dread (1974) received positive reception, as did its follow-up Rastaman Vibration (1976).
Bob Marley
Jumpin Jack Flash
Rolling Stones
A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ‘bout Love)
Alan Jackson
5 AM In Toronto
Drake
SAG counterpart for tv actors
AFTRA
Rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname “La Guarachera de Cuba”. In the following decades, she became known internationally as the “Queen of Salsa” due to her contributions to Latin music in the United States.
Celia Cruz
“Stand by Me” originally sung by
Ben E. King, then covered by Lennon
Pulitzer Prize rapper
Kendrick Lamar
Rectangular guitar
Bo Diddley
Songs About Jane
Maroon 5
Back In Black album
AC/DC
“Peaceful Easy Feeling”
The Eagles
Nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid.
Miriam Makeba
Stayin’ Alive
Bee Gees
His second album, Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and broke several streaming records upon release.[7] Featuring the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Rockstar” and “Psycho”, it was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Post Malone
5150 album
Van Halen
“Anarchy in the UK” artist
Sex Pistols
“What Makes You Beautiful”
One Direction
The Who guitarist
Pete Townshend
“I Kissed A Girl” song by
Katie Perry
“Brown Eyed Girl”
Van Morrison
“Map of the Soul” album
BTS
Achtung Baby
U2
Started with the Amboy Dukes. Known for his Gibson Byrdland, his bluesy and frenzied guitar playing, and his energetic live shows.[6] Despite possessing a distinctive, wide-ranging singing voice, recorded and toured with other singers during much of his early solo career, including Derek St. Holmes, Brian Howe and Meat Loaf, only taking on full lead vocal duties later on.[7] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was part of the supergroup Damn Yankees.
Ted Nugent
In 2019, his 1969 signature song “Sweet Caroline” was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Neil Diamond
American Pie singer
Don McLean
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, she lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home. Her debut studio album, Hard Core (1996) was certified double platinum, has since sold more than six million copies worldwide,[2] and spawned three successful singles: “No Time”, “Not Tonight (Ladies Night)”, and “Crush on You”.
Lil Kim
Dancing in the Street artist
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Pete Townshend band
The Who
“Purple Haze” singer
Jimi Hendrix
Frozen composer
Bobby Lopez
“Fallen” (2003 album)
Evanescence
Alive! album
Kiss
47 US chart hits during the 1960s, ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. Known for her 1960 hit “I’m Sorry”, and 1958’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Brenda Lee
“Crash Into Me”
Dave Matthews Band
is known for his recording of “The Banana Boat Song”, with its signature lyric “Day-O”.
Harry Belafonte
Costume-changing character mascot for Iron Maiden
“Eddie”
Do You Believe In Magic artist
Lovin’ Spoonfull
UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes”, its album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure”, a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let’s Dance;
David Bowie
Slanted and Enchanted album
Pavement
e worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige and Usher.
Sean Combs/Puff Daddy
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
“No Particular Place to Go” song by
Chuck Berry
collaborated with American singer-rapper Swae Lee on the song “Sunflower” for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. His third album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, explored indie pop and was released in late 2019.[8] It became his second number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured the Hot 100 number-one single “Circles”
Post Malone
“Nice For What” singer
Drake
Rockin’ in the Free World
Neil Young
“Pearl” album by
Janis Joplin
Free Fallin’
Tom Petty and the Heartbrakers
served a one-year prison sentence for lying to a jury about her friends’ involvement in a shooting four years earlier. During her incarceration, her fourth album, The Naked Truth, was released to positive reviews from critics. A reality series covering her sentence premiered on BET in 2006.
Lil Kim
Isn’t She Lovely song by
Stevie Wonder
“Take Off Your Pants And Jacket”
Blink-182
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee song
Despacito
music is often referred to as psychedelic folk,[1] freak folk[2] and New Weird America, and is associated with acts such as singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, musical group CocoRosie, and contemporary folk band Vetiver.[3] The New York Times has called his work “free associative work”[2] and SPIN magazine has described it as “ashram-appropriate guitar strums” and “trippy-hippie tone poetry.”
Devendra Banhart
My Girl artist
The Temptations
Blendship hop, R&B, pop, trap, rap rock, and cloud rap. Known for his introspective songwriting and variegated vocal styles on his music. He first attained recognition in 2015 following the release of his debut single “White Iverson”.
Post Malone
In September 1991, Blood Sugar Sex Magik was released. “Give It Away” was the first single; it became one of the band’s best known songs, and in 1992 won a Grammy Award for “Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal”. It became the band’s first number-one single on the Modern Rock chart.[49][55] The ballad “Under the Bridge” was released as a second single, and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[49] As of 2016, it remains the band’s highest position on the chart.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stevie Ray Vaughan band
Double Trouble
1992: The Time Has Come
1993: The Way That I Am
1995: Wild Angels
1997: Evolution
1998: White Christmas
1999: Emotion
Martina McBride
“Bad Habits” singer
Ed Sheeran
“Tutti Frutti”
Little Richard
American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames “Godfather of Soul”, “Mr. Dynamite”, and “Soul Brother No. 1”.
James Brown
Pioneered the musical genre of folk rock as a popular format in 1965, by melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music on their first and second albums, and the hit singles “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Turn! Turn! Turn!”.
The Byrds
Axis: Bold as Love
Jimi Hendrix
American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock and psychedelic rock. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. With over 70 million albums and 50 million singles sold worldwide
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Wanna Be Sedated
The Ramones
At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. He embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, earning the nickname “Mr. Showmanship”.
Liberace
(take me down to) Paradise City
Guns n Roses
“One of These Nights”
The Eagles
“She Wouldn’t Be Gone”, “God Gave Me You”, “Boys ‘Round Here”, “God’s Country”
Blake Shelton
I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll cover sung by
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
American singer and songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single “Ocean Eyes”, which was written and produced by her brother
Billie Eilish
Country singer, straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname “The Gentle Giant,” “I believe In you”
Don Williams (1939-2017)
“Runnin’ With The Devil” single
Van Halen
“Janie’s Got A Gun” is a song by
Aerosmith
“Treat You Better” sung by
Shawn Mendes
Country singer and actor, “Storms of Life” album, The Rainmaker and Touched by An Angel, had a stroke in 2013
Randy Travis
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday, End Of the Road, On Bended Knee, One Sweet Day, I’ll Make Love To you
Boyz II Men
She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop and hip hop,[1] earning her the nicknames the “Princess of R&B” and “Queen of Urban Pop”.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Detroit, she first gained recognition at the age of 10, when she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight.
Aaliyah
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin guitarist
Bittersweet Symphony
The Verve
“Nothing But The Beat” (2011)
David Guetta
“What Condition My Condition Was In”
Kenny Rogers
There’s a Riot Goin On is an album by
Sly and the Family Stone
“Hysteria” album
Def Leppard
“The Thrill is Gone” singer
BB King
including The Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1994). In 1999, after signing a recording contract with RCA Records, she transitioned to pop music with her self-titled debut album, which had three Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: “Genie in a Bottle”, “What a Girl Wants”, and “Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)”
Christina Aguilera
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? album
Oasis
“Tequila Sunrise”
The Eagles
He was the guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades.
Lou Reed
After the Gold Rush album
Neil Young
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
often cited as the first true punk rock group. All took the same last name as pseudonym.
The Ramones
Described by The Wall Street Journal as “a skilled technical rapper with a strong melodic sense and a bold visual presence”, ____ is known for creating music videos and songs that achieve popularity on social media applications such as TikTok and YouTube. She is also well-versed in the internet herself, and is famed for her absurdly humorous personality and online presence.
Doja Cat
the most streamed female artist ever. She is also the most streamed female artist on Spotify and Apple Music, the most followed female artist on Spotify, and the most subscribed female artist on YouTube.[5][6][7] She has been included on Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2016 and 2019) and the Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019–2020)
Ariana Grande
“Thunder Road” singer
Bruce Springsteen
Buddy Holly band
The Crickets
American rapper from Manhattan. breakout single, “Fuckin’ Problems” (featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar), which was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2014 Grammy Awards. In 2015, released his second album, titled At. Long. Last. A$AP.
A$AP Rocky
first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success.[14] In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single “Love of My Life”.[15] His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
Common
She is commonly referred to as The Queen of Percussion.
Sheila E
also renowned for his renditions of “A Song for You”, “For All We Know”, and “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”, along with “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You”, two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack.
Donny Hathaway
“Comfortably Numb” is a song by
Pink Floyd
Let’s Get It On album
marvin Gaye
“Closer” (we ain’t ever gettin older)
The Chainsmokers & Halsey
“Let’s Stay Together” song by
Al Green
The album yielded four major hit singles in the band’s native Britain: “Some Might Say” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” reached number one, and “Roll with It” peaked at number two.
Oasis
“The Woman In Me” album
Shania Twain
“Take it Easy”
The Eagles
“Devil Without A Cause” album
Kid Rock
most Grammys for male country vocalist, “When I Call Your Name”
Vince Gill
Country singer, tv host, sausage brand
Jimmy Dean
“Stand By Your Man”
Tammy Wynette
“Blonde” debut R&B album
Frank Ocean
“Come On-a My House” and “Mambo Italiano” singer, actress in White Christmas
Rosemary Clooney
From 2001 to 2005, was involved in a highly publicized feud with Jay-Z, popularized by the diss track “Ether”. It was this feud, along with albums Stillmatic (2001), God’s Son (2002), and the double album Street’s Disciple (2004), that helped restore his critical standing.
Nas
“I Left My Heart In San Francisco”
Tony Bennett
Ray and Dave Davies
The Kinks
Rocker killed in 50s plane crash
Buddy Holly
Designated the “Godfather of Punk”,[1][2] he was the vocalist and lyricist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since.
Iggy Pop
Called the “punk poet laureate”, she fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is “Because the Night”, which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen.
Patti Smith
“Lyin’ Eyes”
The Eagles
The Impressions guitarist
Curtis Mayfield
released the albums Here I Stand (2008) and Raymond v. Raymond (2010), both of which debuted atop of the Billboard 200 chart and respectively produced the number-one singles “Love in This Club” (featuring Young Jeezy) and “OMG” (featuring will.i.am). The EP Versus produced the top-five single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” (featuring Pitbull) before the release of the top-fifteen single “More”.
Usher
RHCP “Higher Ground” is a cover, originally sung by
Stevie Wonder
Her major label debut, Born to Die (2012), was an international success and spawned “Summertime Sadness”, a top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the singles “Blue Jeans” and “Born to Die”, which charted in several overseas territories.[3] She ventured into film, writing and starring in the music short film Tropico; she released “Young and Beautiful” as the lead single for the romantic drama film The Great Gatsby (2013).
Lana Del Rey
His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, “I Got You (I Feel Good)” and “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”.
James Brown
Her third album, Revolution, was released in September 2009. Two of its songs – “The House That Built Me” and “Heart Like Mine” – topped the Hot Country Songs chart.
2011’s Four the Record included the singles “Baggage Claim”, “Over You”, “Fastest Girl in Town”, “Mama’s Broken Heart” and “All Kinds of Kinds”.
Miranda Lambert
“Blurryface” album
Twenty One Pilots
Late Registration
Kanye
Recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
Million Dollar Quartet
Her fourth studio album Golden Hour (2018) was released to widespread critical acclaim and won all four of its nominated Grammy Award categories, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album.[5] The album’s first two singles, “Space Cowboy” and “Butterflies”, won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance respectively.
Kacey Musgraves
Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
“The Divine One” jazz singer, sounds like Ella/Audra
Sarah Vaughan
King of the Blues
B.B. King
Her 2020 collaborations “Stuck with U” with Justin Bieber and “Rain on Me” with Lady Gaga helped her break the record for most number-one debuts on the Hot 100
Ariana Grande
Wilco singer
Jeff Tweedy
American singer, songwriter and actress from Detroit. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown’s most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time.
Diana Ross
British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker.
Cream
“Killing Me Softly”
Roberta Flack, covered by Lauryn Hill
All 10 of her studio albums reached the UK Top 10, including the UK number one albums Never for Ever (1980), Hounds of Love (1985), and the compilation The Whole Story (1986). She was the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist to enter the album chart at number one.[11]
Kate Bush
Country duo that performs “Ain’t Nothing ‘bout You,” “Red Dirt Road,” “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Only In America”
Brooks & Dunn
“Paranoid” album
Black Sabbath
has released four albums, beginning with Lost Change (2001), through Atlantic Records. His second solo outing, Must B 21, was released on September 23, 2003. The third album, Songs About Girls, was released on September 25, 2007. He released his fourth studio album, #willpower, in 2013.
will.i.am
“The Queen of Country,” Annie Get Your Gun, TV show
Reba McEntire
(born 1957) Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band ___ and the Bad Seeds, Cave’s music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence.
Nick Cave
“Down on the Corner” band
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Australian country, married to Nicole Kidman
Keith Urban
Grand Ole Opry singer with pricetag hat
Minnie Pearl
You Really Got Me singer
The Kinks
Lars Ulrich band
Metallica
“More Than a Feeling” is a song by
Boston
He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time.[1][2] He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: “Cracklin’ Rosie”, “Song Sung Blue”, “Longfellow Serenade”, “I’ve Been This Way Before” . . .
Neil Diamond
best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song “Cherry Bomb”.
Joan Jett
New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan’s East Village.
became a famed venue of punk rock and new wave bands like the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, and Talking Heads.
“If You Know What I Mean”, “Desirée”, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, “America”, “Yesterday’s Songs”, and “Heartlight”.
Neil Diamond
Rocket To Russia
Ramones
“Eliminator” album
ZZ Top
Desolation Row singer
Bob Dylan
“Affirmation” 90s album by
Savage Garden
“Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Rip It Up,” “Ready Teddy,” “The Girl Can’t Help It” and “Lucille.”
Little Richard
Raising Hell album
Run DMC
Kirk Hammett band
Metallica
“Everyday People” sung by
Sly and the Family Stone
released his first album Incognegro in 1999 to local success, but achieved national attention the following year when the album was repackaged and re-released as his major label debut, Back for the First Time. It contained the hit singles “Southern Hospitality” (featuring Pharrell), which wasn’t on Incognegro, and “What’s Your Fantasy” (featuring Shawnna). In 2001, he released Word of Mouf, followed by Chicken-n-Beer in 2003 and The Red Light District in 2004, all of which were certified multi-platinum. one of the first Dirty South rappers to achieve mainstream success.
Ludacris
Led Zeppelin guitarist
Jimmy Page
“Take on Me” band
A-ha (one hit wonder)
Let’s Stay Together
Al Green
“Come As You Are” singer
Nirvana
California Dreamin’
Mamas and the Papas
Stop Hey What’s That Sound
Buffalo Springfield
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder
Country singer with band Union Station
Alison Krauss
“Walkin After Midnight,” “Crazy,” 1988 Broadway musical “Always _______”
Patsy Cline
Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck band
The Yardbirds
released his debut studio album Based on a T.R.U. Story on August 14, 2012, to commercial success despite mixed reviews.[4] The album spawned three successful singles: “No Lie” (featuring Drake), “Birthday Song” (featuring Kanye West), and “I’m Different”, all of which charted in the top 50
2 Chainz
In 2020, she co-wrote and performed the theme song “No Time to Die” for the James Bond film of the same name, which topped the UK singles chart.
Billie Eilish
“Blinded by the Light” album by
Bruce Springsteen
Beggars Banquet
Rolling Stones
Paul Banks sings for
Interpol
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek and the Dominos
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
“Love Yourself” sung by
Justin Bieber
“Evolve” (2017)
Imagine Dragons
“Stuck in the Middle With You” sung by
Stealers Wheel
Than U, Next
Ariana Grande
“It’s My Party” singer
Lesley Gore
- 6 2008–2009: Play
- 7 2009–2010: American Saturday Night
- 8 2011–2012: This Is Country Music
- 9 2012–2014: Wheelhouse
- 10 2014–2016: Moonshine in the Trunk
Brad Paisley
Starting with his 1999 debut album Who Needs Pictures, he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA.[1] He has scored 32 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart, 19 of which have reached number 1. He set a new record in 2009 for the most consecutive singles (10) reaching the top spot on that chart.
Brad Paisley
American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson co.
Les Paul
The Eagles guitarist
Don Henley
Grace Slick band
Jefferson Airplane
After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. In 1996, Norwood began starring in the UPN sitcom Moesha, created and written by Ralph Farquhar, as the title character, which lasted six seasons and resulted in numerous other roles. She resumed her music career in 1998 with the wildly successful duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, “The Boy Is Mine”
Brandy
In the Midnight Hour singer
Wilson Pickett
Sunshine of Your Love
Cream
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Producer of “We Are The World”
Quincy Jones
Six Million Dollar Man
Lee Majors
“You Send Me”
Sam Cooke
“Juicy” rapper
Notorious BIG
The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band’s fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding “big four” bands of thrash metal.
Metallica
Her musical output, both as a lead and featured artist, encompasses various genres. She has collaborated with R&B and hip hop acts including Busta Rhymes and Clipse; electronic and dance producers such as Calvin Harris, Timo Maas, and Richard X; pop and rock acts Enrique Iglesias and No Doubt; and indie and alternative musicians including Björk and Dave Sitek. She has sold six million records worldwide
Kelis
he heard American folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and asked Buckingham to be their new lead guitarist, and Buckingham agreed on condition that Nicks could also join the band.
Fleetwood
Often credited as “The Musical Pope”, “El Rey de los Timbales” (The King of the Timbales) and “The King of Latin Music”. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured over a 50-year career. His most famous song is “Oye Como Va”.
Tito Puente
“On & On”, “Appletree”, “Next Lifetime” and “Otherside of the Game”.
Erykah Badu
“When I Was Your Man”
Bruno Mars
Maroon 5 singer
Adam Levine
Toured with Gram Parsons, trios with Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton
Emmylou Harris
American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band’s line up consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), as well as Matt Cameron (drums), who joined in 1998.
Pearl Jam
Peter Gene Hernandez is the real name of
Bruno Mars
Released his fifth album, Tickets to My Downfall, in 2020; it marked a complete departure from hip hop and entry into pop punk. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, the only rock album to do so that year, and contained the single “My Ex’s Best Friend”, which reached number 20 on the Hot 100.
Machine Gun Kelly
The band’s global recognition increased with their critically acclaimed fifth album AM (2013), which was supported by the global hit “Do I Wanna Know?”. It topped four Billboard charts and was certified platinum in the US.
Arctic Monkeys
The Bends album
Radiohead
A Rush Of Blood To The Head album
Coldplay
Described as “one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the ’80s”,[3] the group helped to pioneer new wave music by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk, and world music with avant-garde sensibilities and an anxious, clean-cut image. former art school students who became involved in the 1970s New York punk scene.
Talking Heads
one of the original judges on the television series American Idol from 2002 to 2009, and has since appeared as a judge on The X Factor, Live to Dance, So You Think You Can Dance, and The Masked Dancer. She has received choreography credits in numerous films, including Can’t Buy Me Love (1987), The Running Man (1987), Coming to America (1988), Action Jackson (1988), The Doors (1991), Jerry Maguire (1996), and American Beauty (1999).
Paula Abdul
“August and Everything After” album
Counting Crows
90s artist with 50s crooner/falsetto sound, David Lynch movies, “Wicked Game”
Chris Isaak
Bewitched actresses
Elizabeth Montgomery and Agnes Moorehead
“Punch Brothers” mandolinist
Chris Thile
American rapper and singer.[2] In 2019, he rose to fame with his single, “Valentino”, peaking at number 92 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In July 2020, his single “Mood” (featuring Iann Dior), topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting song of his career.
24kGoldn
Outlaw country artists
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
Light My Fire singer
The Doors
Disraeli Gears
Cream
he was dubbed the “King of Calypso” for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.[1]
Harry Belafonte
“Up All Night” album
One Direction
“Aftermath” album
Rolling stones
American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. It was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, male and female lineup.
Sly and the Family Stone
merican singer, best known for the disco era hits including “Let Me Know (I Have a Right)” (1979), “I Am What I Am” (1983), and her version of “Never Can Say Goodbye” (1974) - as well as I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
wrote “Old Folks at Home” (“Swanee River”), “My Old Kentucky Home”, “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”, “Old Black Joe”, and “Beautiful Dreamer”
Stephen Foster
“Anaconda” artist
Nicki Minaj
He followed this with the major hits “Great Balls of Fire”, “Breathless”, and “High School Confidential”. However, his rock and roll career faltered in the wake of his marriage to Myra Gale Brown, his 13-year-old cousin.
Jerry Lee Lewis
twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including, “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Come See About Me”, and “Love Child”.
The Supremes
He is best known for being a part of southern hip hop duo Outkast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi.
Andre 3000
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Icelandic electronic ambient band
Sigur Ros
He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname “Prince of Darkness”.
Ozzy Osbourne
Developed the Wall of Sound, a production style that he described as a Wagnerian approach to rock and roll. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in pop music history.
Phil Spector
“Harvest” is an album by
Neil Young
“Smoke & Mirrors” (2015)
Imagine Dragons
“Mack The Knife” singer
Bobby Darin
“Welcome To The Jungle” band
Guns n Roses
Best-selling female artist in country music history.
Shania Twain
Pianist of Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink
Tori Amos
Jefferson Airplane singer
Grace Slick
Maggie May is a song by
Rod Stewart
“Nevermind” album
“Pump” (1989)
“Odyssey and Oracle”
The Zombies
“Uptown Funk” is by
Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson
embarked on a solo pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was a critical and commercial success.[5][6] It spawned six singles, including “What You Waiting For?”, “Rich Girl”, and “Cool”.
Gwen Stefani
1950s brother country duo, “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” “Cathy’s Clown”
The Everly Brothers
Best-selling Spanish language act of 1990s
Enrique Iglesias
Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
First song in Spanish to top US chart since Macarena
Despacito
“Best Of My Love”
The Eagles
Try A Little Tenderness
Otis Redding
“Up On The Roof”
The Drifters
Nicknamed “The Innovator, The Originator, and The Architect of Rock and Roll,” his most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his charismatic showmanship and dynamic music, characterized by frenetic piano playing, pounding back beat and raspy shouted vocals, laid the foundation for rock and roll.
Little Richard
With the release of Miss __… So Addictive (2001), Under Construction (2002), and This Is Not a Test (2003), she established an international career that yielded hits including “Get Ur Freak On”, “One Minute Man”, “4 My People”, “Gossip Folks”, and “Work It”.
Missy Elliott
K-Pop act
BTS
Family Ties family
Keaton
“Sex Machine” artist
James Brown
“Legend” album
Bob Marley and the Wailers
“I Want To Know What Love Is”
Foreigner
Chris Martin band
Coldplay
“What’d I Say” singer
Ray Charles
After early experiences abroad, he and his band Africa 70 (featuring drummer Tony Allen) shot to stardom in Nigeria during the 1970s, during which he was an outspoken critic and target of Nigeria’s military juntas.
Fela Kuti
Sign “O” The Times
Prince
Straight Outta Compton
NWA
“X&Y” is an album by
Coldplay
received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Southside” (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album Finding Forever. won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song, co-written and performed with John Legend, “Glory” from the 2014 film Selma
Common
Back to Mono album
Phil Spector
She started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies
Miranda Lambert
American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. released their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, in 2002.
2006 concept album, The Black Parade, which generally received favorable reviews from music critics and was certified triple platinum in the United States and the United Kingdom.
My Chemical Romance
virtuoso banjo player named for Hungarian composer
Bela Fleck
Red Headed Stranger album
Willie Nelson
Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
“Midnight Memories” album
One Direction
“He Stopped Loving Her Today” country singer, “The Rolls Royce Of Country Music” voice
George Jones
There’s a Riot Goin’ On
Sly & The Family Stone
Sitting On The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over 50 years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, reptiles, baby dolls, and dueling swords,[2] he is considered by music journalists and peers to be “The Godfather of Shock Rock”.
Alice Cooper
Innovative bass player with The Weather Report
Jaco Pistorius
“Like a Rolling Stone”
Bob Dylan
Midnight Memories album
One Direction
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper
English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. According to many critics the band elevated heavy metal to an art form, proving that academic and musical inspirations can coexist.
Iron Maiden
“Thinking Out Loud” singer
Ed Sheeran
Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga (pronounced [ˈxwaŋɡa]) and El Divo de Juárez, he was known for his flamboyant style, which broke barriers within the Latin music market. Widely considered one of the best and most prolific Mexican composers and singers of all time
Juan Gabriel
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” is a song by
James Brown
Music From Big Pink
The Band
“No Fences” album
Garth Brooks
He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. “Space Oddity”, released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart.
David Bowie
had fully established the funk sound after the formation of the J.B.s with records such as “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” and “The Payback”. He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”.
James Brown
He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronic, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He has released 14 studio albums (three of which were released on indie labels), as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music.
Beck
Love Shack
B-52s
“Laundry Service”
Shakira
lead singer of Genesis
Phil Collins
Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows. They became a leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time.
Pink Floyd
1991 EMF hit
“Unbelievable”
Highwaymen, songwriter of “Me and Bobby McGee,” Golden Globe for “A Star is Born” 1976
Kris Kristofferson
Like the other founding members of the band, his stage name was formed by combining and juxtaposing the names of two opposing American cultural icons: a sex symbol and an infamous criminal
Marilyn Manson
His second album It Was Written (1996) debuted atop the Billboard 200 and charted for four consecutive weeks; the album, along with its single “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)” (featuring Lauryn Hill), catapulted him into international success.
Nas
Death Row Records CEO
Suge Knight
In her teenage years, she rose to prominence for her role as Alex Russo in the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012).
Alongside her television career, Gomez appeared in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), Spring Breakers (2012)
Selena Gomez
Little Red Corvette sung by
Prince
“Tapestry” album
Carole King
has also made a successful transition to both the television and movie screens, with supporting roles in films such as Prison Song (2001), Rock of Ages (2012), Betty and Coretta (2013), Black Nativity (2013), her Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough performance as Florence Jackson in Mudbound (2017), Trolls World Tour (2020), Body Cam (2020), The Violent Heart (2021) and co-starring as jazz singer Dinah Washington in the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect (2021).
Mary J. Blige
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Love Bites” (went Top 10 in several other countries including No. 2 in NZ), alongside “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (US No. 2), “Hysteria”, “Armageddon It” (No. 2 in NZ), “Animal” (at No. 6, the biggest UK hit), and “Rocket” (a Top 15 hit in many countries). Hysteria had four Top 10 hits in NZ.
Def Leppard
“Okie From Muskogee,” “The Fightin’ Side of Me,” and “I Wonder If They Think of Me” (___ 1973 song about an American POW in Vietnam) were hailed as anthems of the Silent Majority and have been recognized as part of a recurring patriotic trend in American country music
Merle Haggard 1937-2016
“Long Tall Sally” song by
Little Richard
Confessions (2004) established him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the 2000s decade, containing four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles—”Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), “Burn”, “Confessions Part II”, and “My Boo” (with Alicia Keys)
Usher
Started with Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career with his backing band Crazy Horse, has released many critically acclaimed and important albums, such as After the Gold Rush, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, and Harvest.
Neil Young
In 1975, style shifted towards a sound he characterised as “plastic soul”, initially alienating many of his UK fans but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the album Young Americans.
David Bowie
“Desperado”
The Eagles
Nicknamed the Killer, he has been described as “rock n’ roll’s first great wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century.” A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, he made his first recordings in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis
Jerry Lee Lewis
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader in 1950s. He was known as “King of the Slide Guitar” and was noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.
Elmore James
Her solo career was established during the same time, with the top-ten singles “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” and “You Better Sit Down Kids”. She became a television personality in the 1970s with her CBS shows watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run
Cher
“Licensed to ill”
Beastie Boys
The Joshua Tree album
U2
Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona, his compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. He was often heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in the history of alternative rock.
Kurt Cobain
2006 album “The Dutchess”
Fergie
American musician, songwriter and disc jockey. His best known compositions include “Chantilly Lace” and “White Lightning”, the latter of which became George Jones’ first number-one hit in 1959. Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959.
The Big Bopper
Released “Don’t Start Now” as the lead single from her second studio album. Reaching number two in the UK and US and number four on the US year-end chart, it was most commercially successful song by a female artist in the US in 2020. Its follow-up singles “Levitating”, “Physical” and “Break My Heart” also charted in the top ten.
Dua Lipa
“Bad” album
Michael Jackson
Court and Spark is an album by
Joni Mitchell
Kid A
Radiohead
“All Along the Watchtower”
Bob Dylan/Hendrix
“Superstition” singer
Stevie Wonder
Horses album
Patti Smith
“HUMBLE” artist
Kendrick Lamar
“Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
Wilco
Their third album Badmotorfinger would bring them to national acclaim for the first time, buoyed by the popularity of the singles “Jesus Christ Pose”, “Outshined”, and “Rusty Cage”, the album would reach number 39 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified double-platinum by the RIAA. One of the seminal creators of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle
Soundgarden
In September 1957, as the band toured, “That’ll Be the Day” topped the US and UK singles charts. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, “Peggy Sue”.
Buddy Holly
She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in the early-mid 1990s and later became a member of the Swing Mob collective along with childhood friend and longtime collaborator Timbaland, with whom she worked on projects for American R&B acts Aaliyah, 702, Total, and SWV. Following several collaborations and guest appearances, she launched her solo career on July 15, 1997.
Missy Elliott
Double Trouble guitarist
Stevie Ray Vaughan
(come on baby) Light My Fire song by
The Doors
“Last Waltz,” “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
The Band
The Velvet Rope
Janet Jackson
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” singer
Loretta Lynn
Mastered a wide variety of Afro-Cuban music styles including guaracha, rumba, afro, son and bolero, recording numerous singles in these styles for Seeco Records. In 1960, after the Cuban Revolution caused the nationalization of the music industry, left her native country, becoming one of the symbols and spokespersons of the Cuban community in exile.
Celia Cruz
“Millennium” album
Backstreet Boys
Ambient music pioneer
Brian Eno
She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the title “The Queen of Rockabilly”. She is also a country music artist and is considered among the genre’s first female stars.
Wanda Jackson
Love Will Tear Us Apart singer
Joy Division
released his debut solo album, In My Mind, in 2006.[5] In 2013, he was featured on the song “Blurred Lines” with Robin Thicke and T.I., and his song “Happy” was the lead single for the soundtrack of the film Despicable Me 2. In the same year, he was featured on Daft Punk’s single “Get Lucky”
Pharell Williams
Her debut studio album Forever Your Girl (1988) became one of the most successful debut albums at that time, selling seven million copies in the United States and setting a record for the most number-one singles from a debut album on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Straight Up”, “Forever Your Girl”, “Cold Hearted”, and “Opposites Attract”.
Paula Abdul
“Suddenly I see” singer
KT Tunstall
He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006),
David Bowie
“I’ll be there” sung by
Four Tops
“It’s Now Or Never” singer
Elvis
American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and businessman. His fame dates to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre’s debut solo single, “Deep Cover,”
Snoop Dogg
“Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)”, and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
Temptations
British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. Was the world’s longest running weekly music show.
Top of the Pops
American funk musician, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer.[7] His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on science fiction, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor.
George Clinton
American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989,[1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark
American Bandstand
“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” song by
The Righteous Brothers
“Birth of the Cool” jazz album
Miles Davis
“Be My Baby” sung by
The Ronettes
“Love Will Keep Us Together”
Captain and Tennille
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
Jerry Lee Lewis
She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989.
Courtney Love
“Take It To The Limit”
The Eagles
“Born in the USA”
Bruce Springsteen
Singer for Counting Crows
Adam Duritz
She was the first great recording star of gospel music and among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll audiences, later being referred to as “the original soul sister” and “the Godmother of rock and roll”. “Down by the Riverside”, “Strange Things Happening Every Day”
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lyricist for Elton John songs
Bernie Taupin
During the 1970s, he recorded with the funk band the Commodores, and his solo career made him one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s. Outside of his music career, he has served with Luke Bryan and Katy Perry as a judge for the singing competition American Idol since its move to ABC from the Fox network, since 2018.
Lionel Richie
Her next singles “Everything I Wanted”, “My Future”, “Therefore I Am”, and “Your Power” each peaked within the top 10 in the US and UK.
Billie Eilish
“Every Picture Tells A Story” album
Rod Stewart
Doo-Wops & Hooligans album
Bruno Mars
transient avant-garde music and art scene of the late 1970s in downtown New York City.[3][4] Reacting against punk rock’s recycling of rock and roll clichés, they instead experimented with noise, dissonance and atonality in addition to a variety of non-rock genres while often reflecting an abrasive, confrontational, and nihilistic worldview.
Sonic Youth
Three Yardbirds guitarists
Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck
“Pour Some Sugar On Me” song by
Def Leppard
“Cupid”, “Wonderful World”, “Chain Gang”, “Twistin’ the Night Away”, “Bring It On Home to Me”, and “Good Times”.
Sam Cooke
“Live Like You Were Dying”
Tim McGraw
“Midnight Train to Georgia”
Gladys Knight and the Pips
made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation. She subsequently garnered critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Cher
Her debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was certified triple platinum by the RIAA, and was the best-selling female rap album of the 2010s according to Billboard.
Cardi B
As an actress, ___ is known for her role as Terri Jones in the films Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Barbershop: The Next Cut, as well as Shelley Williams on her UPN television sitcom
Eve
rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way (1997). It spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “Nice & Slow”, and the top-two singles “You Make Me Wanna…” and “My Way”.
Usher
“Red, Red Wine” band
UB40
He is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat, an African music genre that combines traditional Yoruba percussion and vocal styles with American funk and jazz.
Fela Kuti
Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
Bob Marley
He appeared in various musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end of his career, he frequently played detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967).
Frank Sinatra
“You Send Me”, “A Change Is Gonna Come”
Sam Cooke
“Goldfinger” singer
Shirley Bassey
“Layla” band
Derek and the Dominos
Louie Louie
The Kingsmen
American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was first discovered as a teenager and later signed to Murder Inc. Records in 2002.[4] That year, she was featured on Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?” and Ja Rule’s “Always on Time”, both of which became two of the biggest hit songs of 2002. She became the first female artist to occupy the top two positions on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously
Ashanti
“Come as You Are”, “Lithium”, “In Bloom”, “Something in the Way”, “All Apologies”, “About a Girl”, “Aneurysm” and “You Know You’re Right”
Nirvana
American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, _____ is one of the “big four” of American thrash metal. So Far, So Good… So What! (1988), Rust in Peace (1990), and Countdown to Extinction (1992).
Megadeath
Supernatural album is by
Santana
“Shake, Rattle and Roll”
Big Joe Turner
They were heralded as one of the first bands to come to public attention via the Internet, with commentators suggesting they represented the possibility of a change in the way in which new bands are promoted and marketed.[1] Their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006), became the fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history, and has been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums.[2] It won Best British Album at the 2007 Brit Awards. The band’s second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), was also acclaimed by critics and won Best British Album at the 2008 BRIT Awards.
Arctic Monkeys
Ready to Die album
Notorious BIG
began his music career as a member of the Commodores, who were established as a popular soul group; their first several albums had a danceable, funky sound, as in such tracks as “Machine Gun” and “Brick House”. Over time, wrote and sang more romantic, easy-listening ballads such as “Easy”, “Three Times a Lady”, “Still”, and the breakup ballad “Sail On”.
Lionel Richie
Recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He popularized what he called “Cosmic American Music”, a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock. “enormously influential”
Gram Parsons, died in 1973 at 26
Off The Wall album
Michael Jackson
Along with Belafonte she received a Grammy Award for her 1965 album. She testified against the South African government at the United Nations and became involved in the civil rights movement. She married Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Black Panther Party, in 1968.
Miriam Makeba
American musical duo composed of Joy Williams and John Paul White. Formed in 2008, they won four Grammy Awards prior to their 2014 breakup.
The Civil Wars
“Get A Grip” (1993)
Aerosmith
American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Amongst his best-known songs are “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Matchbox” and “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby”.
Carl Perkins
“Whiskey Lullaby, “Waitin’ on a Woman,” “When I get Where I’m Going”
Brad Paisley
“Dixieland Delight”
Alabama
Roger McGuinn band
The Byrds
Their contributions to rock music include the development of the Marshall Stack, large PA systems, the use of the synthesizer, Entwistle and Moon’s influential playing styles, Townshend’s feedback and power chord guitar technique, and the development of the rock opera.
The Who
“Walk This Way” song by
Aerosmith, later covered by Run DMC
Tom Scholz and Brad Delp
Boston
“Scorpion” (2018)
Drake
“A Change Is Gonna Come” sung by
Sam Cooke
“Sunday Bloody Sunday” singer
U2
became associated with the neo soul subgenre in the 1990s and 2000s along with artists such as D’Angelo and Maxwell.[4] She has been called the Queen of Neo soul.
Erykah Badu
Cracked Rear View album by
Hootie and the Blowfish
Chicago alt rock band formed by remaining members of Uncle Tupelo
Wilco
Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival
She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by The Jacksons.[3] After choreographing music videos for Janet Jackson, she became a choreographer at the height of the music video era
Paula Abul
“Black Dog” is a song by
Led Zeppelin
“Bat Out of Hell” album
Meat Loaf
Garage rock band that consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). “Tighten Up,” “Lonely Boy,” “Turn Blue”
The Black Keys
American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.[9] The band was composed of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar
Talking Heads
Three of their songs (“Psycho Killer”, “Life During Wartime”, and “Once in a Lifetime”) were included among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
Talking Heads
“Slippery When Wet” album
Bon Jovi
American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger whom Rolling Stone described as a “soul legend”. His most popular songs include “The Ghetto”, “This Christmas”, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”, and “Little Ghetto Boy”
Donny Hathaway
Named her band after a line from Euripides’ Medea (“There is a hole that pierces right through me”)
Courtney Love
Integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the U.S. During a time when racial segregation was pervasive in American society, she sold 22 million records and performing in front of integrated and secular audiences in concert halls around the world.
Mahalia Jackson
Second album, Vs., sold over 950,000 copies in its first week of release, setting the record for most copies of an album sold in its first week of release at the time. Their third album, Vitalogy (1994), became the second-fastest-selling CD in history at the time, with more than 877,000 units sold in its first week.
One of the key bands in the grunge movement of the early 1990s
Pearl Jam
“Back to Black” album
Amy Winehouse
R&B singer in “Romeo Must Die” and “Queen of the Damned”
Aaliyah
“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”
The Shirelles
English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.[1][2][3] Lead vocalist and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The band’s debut album was Three Imaginary Boys (1979). post-punk and new wave movements
Tje Cire
Often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”. Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin.
Odetta
“Pyromania” album
Def Leppard
country singer - ‘“Go Rest High on That Mountain, neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, mandolinist
Ricky Staggs
“Thank Me Later” (2010)
Drake
“My Generation” artist
The Who
Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal, but the band themselves call it simply “rock and roll”. “Highway to Hell,” “Back In Black”
AC/DC
Syd Barrett band
Pink Floyd
solo debut album Tha Block Is Hot (1999) was his solo breakthrough, and he reached higher popularity with his fourth album Tha Carter (2004) and fifth album Tha Carter II (2005), as well as several mixtapes and collaborations throughout 2006 and 2007. He gained more prominence within the music industry with his sixth album Tha Carter III (2008), with first-week sales of over one million copies in the US.
Lil Wayne
co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. He was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his whimsical take on psychedelia,[1] English-accented singing, literary influences, and stream-of-consciousness writing style.
Syd Barrett
has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated performance in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972); she recorded its soundtrack, which became a number one hit on the U.S. album chart. She also starred in two other feature films, Mahogany (1975) and The Wiz (1978)
Diana Ross
1980’s eponymous debut, 1981’s Killers, 1982’s The Number of the Beast, 1983’s Piece of Mind, 1984’s Powerslave, 1985’s live release Live After Death, 1986’s Somewhere in Time, 1988’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1990’s No Prayer for the Dying, and 1992’s Fear of the Dark.
Iron Maiden
“Born to Run”
Bruce Springsteen
“Yourself or Someone Like You” album
Matchbox 20
Singing Cowboy
Gene Autry
“Human Clay” album
Creed
In 1978, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single “Wuthering Heights”, becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song.[10] Bush has since released 25 UK Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits “The Man with the Child in His Eyes”, “Babooshka”, “Running Up That Hill”, “Don’t Give Up” (a duet with Peter Gabriel), and “King of the Mountain”.
Kate Bush
“Live At Fillmore East”
Allman Brothers
“My Girl” (1964), “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” (1966), and “I Wish It Would Rain” (1967).
Temptations
“Should I Stay Or Should I Go”
The Clash
2010s French DJ
David Guetta
“Roll Over Beethoven”
Chuck Berry
“Pretty Woman” singer
Roy Orbison
Robert Plant band
Led Zeppelin (singer)
Russian-born singer/songwriter, known for “Fidelity” (breaks my hea-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-art)
Regina Spektor
“Hello Darlin,” “Rockabilly,” duets with Loretta Lynn, “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” (1973)
Conway Twitty
Lola band
The Kinks
American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including “Oh! Susanna”, “Hard Times Come Again No More”, “Camptown Races”
Stephen Foster
Roger Waters band
Pink Floyd
Olympia, WA band that originated as part of the riot grrrl movement and has become a key part of the American indie rock scene, feminist & left scenes.
Sleater-Kinney
Originally from Houston, Texas, she first garnered attention when videos of her freestyling became popular on social media platforms such as Instagram.Signed to 300 Entertainment in 2018 where she released the mixtape Fever (2019), the extended play Suga (2020), and her debut studio album, Good News (2020); all of which peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
Megan Thee Stallion
“My Everything” album
Ariana Grande
“Don’t Stop Believin” sung by
Journey
School’s Out artist
Alice Cooper
His music video for “Gangnam Style” exceeded one billion views on YouTube, becoming the first video to do so in the website’s history.
Psy
folk musician with royal name
Bonnie Prince Billy
“Witchy Woman”
The Eagles
“One More Night” (2012)
Maroon 5
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Save the Best for Last singer
Vanessa Williams
What if god was one of us - sung by
Joan Osborne
