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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.

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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