List of African-American singers

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

List of singers, rappers, and musicians

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Louis Armstrong
 
George Benson
 
Chuck Berry
 
James Brown
 
Ray Charles
 
Nat King Cole
 
John Coltrane
 
Sam Cooke
 
Miles Davis
 
Sammy Davis Jr.
 
Fats Domino
 
Dennis Edwards
 
Duke Ellington
 
Art Farmer
 
Ella Fitzgerald
 
Roberta Flack
 
Aretha Franklin
 
Marvin Gaye
 
Dizzy Gillespie
 
Buddy Guy
 
Isaac Hayes
 
Jimi Hendrix
 
Gil Scott-Heron
 
Billie Holiday
 
John Lee Hooker
 
Whitney Houston
 
Michael Jackson
 
Etta James
 
Rick James
 
Al Jarreau
 
Quincy Jones
 
B.B. King
 
Eartha Kitt
 
Gladys Knight
 
Patti LaBelle
 
Taj Mahal
 
Johnny Mathis
 
Curtis Mayfield
 
Aaron Neville
 
Jessye Norman
 
Billy Preston
 
Prince
 
Charley Pride
 
Lou Rawls
 
Otis Redding
 
Little Richard
 
Lionel Richie
 
Max Roach
 
Smokey Robinson
 
Nile Rodgers
 
Sonny Rollins
 
Diana Ross
 
Otis Rush
 
Nina Simone
 
Mavis Staples
 
Donna Summer
 
Cecil Taylor
 
Ike Turner
 
Tina Turner
 
Dionne Warwick
 
Dinah Washington
 
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
 
Muddy Waters
 
Lil Wayne
 
Barry White
 
Maurice White
 
Nancy Wilson
 
Bill Withers
 
Stevie Wonder
 
Lil Nas X

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  • Usher (born 1978): R&B, pop
  • Unk: Hip hop

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