List of African-American singers

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This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of birth and music genres with which they are associated.

A[]

  • Aaliyah (1979–2001): R&B, pop
  • Gregory Abbott (born 1954): soul, R&B, his father was born in Venezuela
  • Ivie Anderson (1904–1949): jazz
  • Marian Anderson (1897–1993): opera
  • Louis Armstrong (1901–1971): jazz
  • Martina Arroyo (born 1936): opera
  • Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar (born 1992): hip hop

B[]

  • Erykah Badu (born 1971): neo soul, R&B, funk, hip-hop
  • Mildred Bailey (1907–1951): jazz
  • Chloe Bailey (born 1998): R&B
  • Halle Bailey (born 2000): R&B
  • Pearl Bailey (1918–1990): vaudeville
  • LaVern Baker (1929–1997): R&B
  • Florence Ballard (1943–1976): R&B, pop, soul
  • Fantasia Barrino (born 1984): R&B, soul, gospel
  • Fontella Bass (1940–2012): R&B, soul
  • Kathleen Battle (born 1948): opera
  • Madeline Bell (born 1942): soul
  • Denée Benton (born 1992): Broadway, pop
  • Brook Benton (born 1931-1988): Pop, R&B, Soul
  • Chuck Berry (1926–2017): rock
  • Andy Bey (born 1939): jazz
  • Beyoncé (born 1981): R&B, pop
  • Blind Blake (1896–1934): ragtime, blues
  • Bobby Bland (1930–2013): blues
  • Jules Bledsoe (1897–1943): opera, Broadway
  • Mary J. Blige (born 1971): R&B, soul, hip hop soul
  • Lucille Bogan (1887–1948): blues
  • Brandy (born 1979): R&B
  • Breland (born 1995): country trap
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950): jazz
  • James Brown (1933–2006): soul, funk
  • Oscar Brown Jr (1926–2005): jazz
  • Peabo Bryson (born 1951): soul, R&B
  • Grace Bumbry (born 1937): opera
  • Solomon Burke (1940–2010): blues, gospel, R&B, soul, rock and roll
  • Chris Brown (born 1989): R&B, Hip-Hop, soul, pop

C[]

  • Cab Calloway (1907–1994): jazz
  • Alyson Cambridge (born 1980): operatic soprano and classical music, jazz, and American popular song singer
  • Mariah Carey (born 1969 or 1970): R&B, pop, hip-hop, soul
  • Jean Carn (born 1947): jazz, pop
  • Betty Carter (1929–1998): jazz
  • Gene Chandler (born 1931): R&B, soul, disco
  • Tracy Chapman (born 1964): folk
  • Ray Charles (1930–2004): R&B, soul, blues, gospel, country, jazz, pop, rock and roll
  • Tasha Cobbs (born 1981): contemporary christian music, urban contemporary gospel
  • Freddy Cole (born 1931): jazz
  • Nat King Cole (1919–1965): jazz, swing, pop
  • Natalie Cole (1950–2015): R&B, pop
  • Mitty Collier (born 1941): soul, R&B, gospel
  • Sam Cooke (1931–1964): soul, gospel, R&B
  • Ida Cox (1888 or 1896–1967): blues, jazz
  • Randy Crawford (born 1952): jazz, R&B, disco

D[]

  • Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990): pop, jazz, easy listening, swing
  • Jason Derulo (born 1989): R&B, hip hop, pop
  • Bo Diddley (1928–2008): R&B, rock and roll

E[]

  • Billy Eckstine (1914–1993): jazz, pop
  • Betty Everett (1939–2001): soul
  • Cassandra Extavour: classical singer

F[]

  • Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996): jazz
  • Roberta Flack (born 1939): jazz, pop
  • Aretha Franklin (1942–2018): soul, gospel
  • Erma Franklin (1938–2002): gospel, soul
  • Kirk Franklin (born 1970): soul, gospel

G[]

  • Marvin Gaye (1939–1984): R&B, soul, funk, jazz, pop
  • Gloria Gaynor (born 1949): disco, R&B
  • Jamie Grace (born 1991): Christian pop, gospel
  • Al Green (born 1946): R&B, soul

H[]

  • Adelaide Hall (1901–1993): jazz
  • Ciara Harris (born 1985): R&B, hip-hop, crunk&B, pop, dance
  • Donny Hathaway (1945–1979): soul, jazz, gospel, R&B, blues
  • Richie Havens (1941–2013): folk rock, funk, blues, soul
  • Isaac Hayes (1942–2008): blues, jazz, soul, funk, disco
  • Nicole Heaston: opera
  • Jon Hendricks (born 1921): jazz
  • Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970): rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
  • Nona Hendryx (born 1944): funk, soul, pop, R&B, rock
  • Lauryn Hill (born 1975): R&B, neo soul, hip-hop, folk, reggae
  • Z. Z. Hill (1935–1984): blues
  • Billie Holiday (1915–1959): soul, blues
  • Jennifer Holliday (born 1960): R&B, soul, pop, house, dance, gospel
  • Shirley Horn (1934–2005): jazz
  • Lena Horne (1917–2010): jazz, pop
  • Cissy Houston (1933): soul, gospel, disco
  • Thelma Houston (born 1946): R&B, soul, disco, Motown, gospel
  • Whitney Houston (1963–2012):R&B, pop, soul, gospel
  • Jennifer Hudson (born 1981): R&B, soul, pop
  • Phyllis Hyman (1949–1995): soul, R&B quiet, jazz, disco

I[]

  • James Ingram (1952–2019): R&B, pop, soul
  • Luther Ingram (1937–2007): R&B, soul
  • Ronald Isley (born 1941): R&B, soul

J[]

  • Jackson family: pop, R&B, soul, dance
    • Rebbie Jackson (born 1950)
    • Jackie Jackson (born 1951)
    • Tito Jackson (born 1953)
    • Jermaine Jackson (born 1954)
    • La Toya Jackson (born 1956)
    • Marlon Jackson (born 1957)
    • Michael Jackson (1958–2009)
    • Randy Jackson (born 1961)
    • Janet Jackson (born 1966)
  • Chuck Jackson (born 1937): R&B
  • Freddie Jackson (born 1956): soul
  • Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972): gospel
  • Millie Jackson (born 1944): soul, disco, R&B
  • Randy Jackson (born 1956)
  • Etta James (1938–2012): blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel
  • Al Jarreau (1940–2017): jazz, R&B, soul
  • Etta Jones (1928–2001): jazz
  • Howard Jones (born 1970): rock
  • Valerie June (born 1982): folk, blues, soul, bluegrass, pop

K[]

  • Eartha Kitt (1927–2008): cabaret, torch, jazz
  • Gladys Knight (born 1944): soul, R&B, pop
  • Ben E King (1938–2015): R&B

L[]

  • Patti LaBelle (born 1944): R&B, soul, disco, dance, gospel, funk
  • Kendrick Lamar (born 1987): hip-hop, rap
  • John Larkin (1877–1936): minstrel, vaudeville
  • Kenny Lattimore (born 1970): R&B
  • Bettye LaVette (born 1946): soul, blues, rock and roll, funk, gospel, country
  • Huddie Ledbetter (1888–1949): folk, blues
  • Abbey Lincoln (1930–2010): jazz
  • Frankie Lymon (1942–1968): R&B, doo-wop, pop, swing

M[]

  • (born 1999): R&B
  • Johnny Mathis (born 1935): pop, jazz
  • Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999): soul, funk, R&B
  • China Anne McClain (born 1998): R&B, pop
  • Lauryn McClain (born 1997): R&B, pop
  • Sierra McClain (born 1994): R&B, pop
  • Carmen McRae (1922–1994): jazz
  • Wanya Morris (born 1973): R&B, soul
  • Janelle Monáe (born 1985): funk, R&B, psychedelic soul, hip-hop

N[]

  • Meshell Ndegeocello (born 1968): funk, soul, jazz, hip-hop, reggae, rock
  • Anthony Nelson (born 1975): gospel
  • Aaron Neville (born 1941): R&B, soul, country, gospel, jazz, pop
  • Jessye Norman (born 1945): opera
  • Brandy Norwood (born 1979): R&B, pop, hip-hop

O[]

P[]

  • Paul Pena (1950-2005): Delta blues, jazz, morna, flamenco, folk, rock, Tuvan throat singing
  • Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010): R&B, soul, disco, funk
  • Richard Wayne Penniman (Little Richard) (1932–2020): rock & roll, R&B, gospel, soul
  • Wilson Pickett (1941–2006): R&B, soul
  • Gregory Porter (born 1971): jazz
  • Billy Preston (1946–2006): R&B, rock, soul, funk, gospel
  • Prince (1958–2016): pop, rock
  • Leontyne Price (born 1927): opera
  • Charley Pride (1934–2020): country
  • Arthur Prysock (1924 or 1929–1997): jazz, R&B, easy listening
  • Kelly Price (born 1973): gospel

R[]

  • Ma Rainey (1882 or 1886–1939): blues
  • Otis Redding (1941–1967): soul, R&B, blues
  • Della Reese (born 1931): jazz, gospel, pop
  • Dianne Reeves (born 1956): jazz
  • Martha Reeves (born 1941): R&B, pop
  • Lionel Richie (born 1949): soul, R&B, pop, country, gospel
  • Minnie Riperton (1947–1979): soul, R&B, jazz, disco
  • Paul Robeson (1898–1976): Americana, pop, spirituals, classical, folk
  • Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949): minstrel, vaudeville, jazz, pop
  • Smokey Robinson (born 1940): R&B, soul, pop
  • Diana Ross (born 1944): R&B, soul, disco, jazz, pop, dance
  • Kelly Rowland (born 1981): R&B, pop, hip hop, soul, dance
  • Patrice Rushen (born 1954): R&B

S[]

  • Jimmy Scott (1925–2014): jazz
  • Peggy Scott-Adams (born 1948): blues, R&B
  • Marlena Shaw (born 1942): jazz, blues and soul
  • Nina Simone (1933–2003): jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, pop
  • Jordin Sparks (born 1989): R&B, pop
  • Bessie Smith (1894–1937): blues
  • O. C. Smith (1932–2001): R&B, jazz, soul
  • Elias Soriano (born 1975): rock
  • Mavis Staples (born 1939): soul, gospel, R&B
  • Edwin Starr (1942–2003): soul, R&B, funk, disco
  • Candi Staton (born 1940): soul, R&B, gospel, dance, disco
  • Dakota Staton (1930–2007): jazz
  • Sly Stone (born 1943): funk, R&B
  • Maxine Sullivan (1911–1987): jazz
  • Donna Summer (1948–2012): disco, rock, dance, R&B

T[]

  • Tammi Terrell (1945–1970): R&B, soul, pop
  • Joe Tex (1933–1982): R&B, soul, funk, disco
  • Rufus Thomas (1917–2001): R&B, funk, soul, blues
  • Ike Turner (1931–2007): R&B, blues, rock and roll, funk
  • Tina Turner (born 1939): R&B, pop, soul, dance, rock and roll

V[]

  • Luther Vandross (1951–2005): soul
  • Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990): jazz
  • Tommy Vext (born 1982): rock

W[]

  • Fats Waller (1904–1943): jazz, pop
  • William Warfield (1920–2002): opera, pop
  • Dionne Warwick (born 1940): gospel, R&B, soul, pop
  • Gino Washington (born 1946?): R&B, rock
  • Ethel Waters (1896–1977): blues, jazz, Broadway, big band, pop
  • Barry White (1944–2003): soul, R&B, pop
  • will.i.am (born 1975): hip-hop, pop, R&B
  • Bert Williams (1874–1922): Broadway, vaudeville, minstrel
  • Joe Williams (1918–1999): jazz
  • Lenny Williams (born 1945): soul, R&B, jazz
  • Marion Williams (1927–1994): gospel
  • Pharrell Williams (born 1973): hip-hop, R&B, funk, pop
  • Nancy Wilson (born 1937): jazz
  • Bill Withers (1938–2020): soul, R&B, smooth soul, blues, funk
  • Lajon Witherspoon (born 1972): rock
  • Howlin' Wolf (1910–1976): blues
  • Stevie Wonder (born 1950): soul, pop
  • Bobby Womack (1944–2014): soul, R&B
  • Brenton Wood (born 1941): soul, R&B, pop
  • Betty Wright (1953–2020): soul, R&B
  • Lizz Wright (born 1980): jazz, gospel
  • O. V. Wright (1939–1980): blues
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.
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