Notable Musicians
This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the world of music. Included are composers, musicians and singers.
| Name | Lifespan | Genre | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaliyah | 1979-2001 | R&B | (Haughton) |  |
| Paula Abdul | 1962- | pop | | |
| Fernando Abrantes | 1960- | (Fromm) | | |
| Adolphe Adam | 1803-1856 | ballet, classical, opera | | |
| Bryan Adams | 1959- | rock | | |
| Michael "Meat Loaf" Aday | 1947-2022 | rock | | |
| Adele | 1988- | soul | (Adkins) | |
| Vedat Ademi | 1982- | | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 1980- | pop | | |
| Riz Ahmed | 1982- | hip hop | | |
| Hümeyra Akbay | 1947- | | ||
| Akon | 1973- | R&B | (Thiam) | |
| Sezen Aksu | 1954- | pop | (Yıldırım) | |
| Damon Albarn | 1968- | rock | | |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860-1909 | | ||
| Chava Alberstein | 1946- | (Alberstei) | | |
| Willeke Alberti | 1945- | | ||
| Willy Alberti | 1926-1985 | | ||
| Tomaso Albinoni | 1671-1751 | | ||
| Ayla Algan | 1937- | | ||
| Gregg Allman | 1947-2017 | | ||
| Geva Alon | 1979- | | ||
| Miri Aloni | 1949- | | ||
| J. Álvarez | 1983- | reggaeton | (Fernández) | |
| Ognjen Amidžić | 1975- | | ||
| Adèle Anderson | 1952- | | ||
| Ernestine Anderson | 1928-2016 | Jazz, blues | | |
| Gladstone Anderson | 1934-2015 | | ||
| Benny Andersson | 1946- | | ||
| Mark "Sisqó" Andrews | 1978- | R&B | | |
| Gosia Andrzejewicz | 1984- | Pop, dance | (Andrzejczuk) | |
| Pasquale Anfossi | 1727-1797 | opera | | |
| Paul Anka | 1941- | | ||
| Etti Ankri | 1963- | | ||
| Anohni | 1971- | pop | (Hegarty) | |
| Yardena Arazi | 1951- | | ||
| Jacques Arcadelt | c. 1507-1568 | | ||
| Jenny Arean | 1942- | (Klarenbeek) | | |
| Imperio Argentina | 1910-2003 | (Nile, del Río) | | |
| Juan "Juanes" Aristizábal Vásquez | 1972- | Latin pop | | |
| Billie Joe Armstrong | 1972- | rock | | |
| Craig Armstrong | 1959- | | ||
| Louis Armstrong | 1901-1971 | | ||
| Thomas Arne | 1710-1778 | | ||
| David Arnold | 1962- | | ||
| James Arthur | 1988- | pop | | |
| Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom | 1985-2019 | hip hop | | |
| Ashanti | 1980- | R&B | (Douglas) | |
| Atif Aslam | 19xx- | | ||
| Gali Atari | 1953- | | ||
| Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins | 1976- | hip hop | | |
| Ramón "Daddy Yankee" Ayala Rodríguez | 1977- | reggaeton | | |
| Rojda Aykoç | 1978- | (Şenses) | | |
| Charles Aznavour | 1924-2018 | chanson | (Aznavourian) | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 1714-1788 | | ||
| Johann Christian Bach | 1735-1782 | | ||
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750 | classical | | |
| Burt Bacharach | 1928-2023 | | ||
| Klaus Badelt | 1967- | | ||
| Nina Badrić | 1972- | R&B, pop, soul | | |
| Joan Baez | 1941- | | ||
| Sandra Bagarić | 1974- | opera | | |
| Lidija Bajuk | 1965- | | ||
| Chet Baker | 1929-1988 | | ||
| Cor Bakker | 1961- | | ||
| Jim Bakkum | 1987- | | ||
| Andria Balanchivadze | 1906-1992 | | ||
| Meliton Balanchivadze | 1862-1937 | | ||
| Michael Peter "Flea" Balzary | 1962- | rock | | |
| Eviatar Banai | 1973- | rock | | |
| Ivana Banfić | 1969- | pop | | |
| Samuel Barber | 1910-1981 | | ||
| Syd Barrett | 1946-2006 | rock | | |
| John Barry | 1933-2011 | | ||
| Béla Bartók | 1881-1945 | | ||
| Karl Bartos | 1952- | | ||
| Munir Bashir | 1930-1997 | | ||
| Toni Basil | 1943- | (Basilotta) | | |
| Lance Bass | 1979- | pop | | |
| Franka Batelić | 1991- | Pop, rock, dance | | |
| Jon Batiste | 1986- | jazz | | |
| Frans Bauer | 1973- | | ||
| Gülşen Bayraktar | 1976- | pop | | |
| Amy Beach | 1867-1944 | | ||
| Frank Beard | 1949- | rock | | |
| Željko Bebek | 1945- | rock | | |
| Beck | 1970- | rock | (Campbell, Hansen) | |
| Christophe Beck | 1972- | | ||
| Jeff Beck | 1944- | | ||
| Becky G | 1997- | pop | (Gómez) | |
| Naseem Begum | 1936-1971 | | ||
| Harry Belafonte | 1927- | calypso | | |
| Matthew Bellamy | 1978- | rock | | |
| Vincenzo Bellini | 1801-1835 | | ||
| Alec Benjamin | 1994- | pop | | |
| Declan Bennett | 1981- | | ||
| Tony Bennett | 1926- | (Benedetto) | | |
| Amel Bent | 1985- | (Bachir) | | |
| Alban Berg | 1885-1935 | | ||
| Thomas Berge | 1990- | | ||
| Polly Bergen | 1930-2014 | (Burgin) | | |
| Tim "Avicii" Bergling | 1989-2018 | electronic dance music | (Lidén) | |
| Irving Berlin | 1888-1989 | | ||
| Hector Berlioz | 1803-1869 | | ||
| Elmer Bernstein | 1922-2004 | | ||
| Giora Bernstein | 1933- | classical | | |
| Leonard Bernstein | 1918-1990 | | ||
| Chuck Berry | 1926-2017 | rock | | |
| Ducu Bertzi | 1955- | folk | | |
| Franz Berwald | 1796-1868 | classical | | |
| Yasiin "Mos Def" Bey | 1973- | hip hop | (Smith) | |
| Jello Biafra | 1958- | (Boucher) | | |
| Justin Bieber | 1994- | pop | | |
| Martine Bijl | 1948-2019 | | ||
| Bushwick Bill | 1966-2019 | hip hop | (Shaw) | |
| Yavuz Bingöl | 1964- | | ||
| Cedric Bixler-Zavala | 1974- | | ||
| Georges Bizet | 1838-1875 | | ||
| Björk Guðmundsdóttir | 1965- | | ||
| Jet Black | 1938- | (Duffy) | | |
| Ritchie Blackmore | 1945- | | ||
| Maja Blagdan | 1968- | | ||
| Hal Blaine | 1929-2019 | Pop, rock and roll | (Belsky) | |
| Benny Blanco | 1988- | pop | (Levin) | |
| Michel Blavet | 1700-1768 | | ||
| Corbin Bleu | 1989- | | ||
| Mary J. Blige | 1971- | R&B, hip hop, soul | | |
| Luigi Boccherini | 1743-1805 | | ||
| Mirjana Bohanec | 1939- | opera | (Vidović ) | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | 1962- | rock | (Bongiovi) | |
| Sonny Bono | 1935-1998 | | ||
| Pat Boone | 1934- | | ||
| Andy Borg | 1960- | schlager | (Meyer) | |
| Claire Born | 1898-1965 | opera | | |
| Alexander Borodin | 1833-1887 | | ||
| Marco Borsato | 1966- | | ||
| Stef Bos | 1961- | | ||
| Ali B. | 1981- | hip hop | (Bouali) | |
| Dennis "Def Rhymz" Bouman | 1970- | hip hop | | |
| Ciarán Bourke | 1935-1988 | Irish folk | | |
| David Bowie | 1947-2016 | rock | | |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897 | | ||
| Tomislav Bralić | 1968- | klapa | | |
| Nikša Bratoš | 1959- | | ||
| Tamar Braxton | 1977- | R&B | (Herbert) | |
| Toni Braxton | 1967- | R&B | | |
| Goran Bregović | 1950- | rock | | |
| Jacques Brel | 1929-1978 | chanson | | |
| Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges | 1977- | hip hop | | |
| Jos Brink | 1942-2007 | | ||
| Asim Brkan | 1954- | | ||
| Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr. | 1971- | hip hop | | |
| Vadim Brodski | 1950- | | ||
| Adolph Brodsky | 1851-1929 | classical | (Brodskij, Brodskiy) | |
| Herman Brood | 1946-2001 | | ||
| Garth Brooks | 1962- | country | | |
| Chris Brown | 1989- | hip hop | | |
| James Brown | 1933-2006 | soul | | |
| Anton Bruckner | 1824-1896 | | ||
| Patrick Bruel | 1959- | (Benguigui) | | |
| Michael Bublé | 1975- | pop | | |
| Mate Bulić | 1958- | | ||
| Jean-Jacques Burnel | 1952- | | ||
| Orville "Shaggy" Burrell | 1968- | reggae fusion | | |
| Carter Burwell | 1955- | | ||
| Adolf Busch | 1891-1952 | classical | | |
| Kate Bush | 1958- | pop | | |
| Dieterich Buxtehude | 1637-1707 | | ||
| Charlie Byrd | 1925-1999 | | ||
| David Byrne | 1952- | | ||
| John Cage | 1912-1992 | | ||
| Gaqo Çako | 1935-2018 | opera | | |
| Tego Calderón | 1972- | hip hop, reggaeton | (Rosario) | |
| Cab Calloway | 1907-1994 | jazz | | |
| Tajči Cameron | 1970- | (Matejaš) | | |
| Darius Campbell-Danesh | 1980- | pop | | |
| Glen Campbell | 1936-2017 | country | | |
| Lewis Capaldi | 1996- | | ||
| Bobby Capó | 1922-1989 | (Rodríguez) | | |
| Pedro Capó | 1980- | Latin pop | (Rodríguez, Sosa) | |
| Mina Caputo | 1973- | heavy metal | | |
| Irene Cara | 1959-2022 | (Escalera) | | |
| Cardi B | 1992- | hip hop | (Almánzar) | |
| Mariah Carey | 1969- | pop | | |
| Hoagy Carmichael | 1899-1981 | | ||
| John Carpenter | 1948- | | ||
| Sabrina Carpenter | 1999- | | ||
| Vikki Carr | 1941- | (Cardona) | | |
| Raffaella Carrà | 1943-2021 | (Pelloni) | | |
| Altamiro Carrilho | 1924-2012 | choro | (Aquino) | |
| Aaron Carter | 1987-2022 | pop | | |
| Nollaig Casey | 19xx- | | ||
| Johnny Cash | 1932-2003 | country | | |
| Francesco Cavalli | 1602-1676 | | ||
| Raffi Cavoukian | 1948- | | ||
| Izudin Čavrković | 1941-2007 | classical | | |
| Adriano Celentano | 1938- | | ||
| Judita Čeřovská | 1929-2001 | | ||
| Michael Cerveris | 1960- | | ||
| Meri Cetinić | 1953- | | ||
| Tony Cetinski | 1969- | | ||
| Özgür Çevik | 1981- | | ||
| Chance the Rapper | 1993- | hip hop | (Bennett) | |
| Tracy Chapman | 1964- | folk | | |
| Ray Charles | 1930-2004 | soul | (Robinson) | |
| Gustave Charpentier | 1860-1956 | | ||
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | 1643-1704 | | ||
| JC Chasez | 1976- | pop | | |
| Kristin Chenoweth | 1968- | | ||
| Cher | 1946- | pop | (Sarkisian) | |
| Maurice Chevalier | 1888-1972 | | ||
| Frédéric Chopin | 1810-1849 | classical | | |
| Chuck D | 1960- | hip hop | (Ridenhour) | |
| Eric Clapton | 1945- | rock | | |
| Eddie Clarke | 1950-2018 | | ||
| Jeremiah Clarke | c. 1674-1707 | baroque | | |
| Sonia "Sonique" Clarke | 1965- | dance | | |
| Kelly Clarkson | 1982- | | ||
| Patsy Cline | 1932-1963 | country | | |
| George Clinton | 1941- | funk | | |
| Rosemary Clooney | 1928-2002 | | ||
| Kurt Cobain | 1967-1994 | rock | | |
| Vinko Coce | 1954-2013 | opera and pop | | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1934-2016 | folk | | |
| Riff Cohen | 1984- | | ||
| J. Cole | 1985- | hip hop | | |
| Nat King Cole | 1919-1965 | jazz | | |
| Natalie Cole | 1950-2015 | | ||
| Paula Cole | 1968- | | ||
| Zendaya Coleman | 1996- | (Stoermer) | | |
| Zdravko Čolić | 1951- | pop | | |
| Lorrie Collins | 1942-2018 | Country, rockabilly | | |
| Phil Collins | 1951- | rock | | |
| William Earl "Bootsy" Collins | 1951- | funk | | |
| John Coltrane | 1926-1967 | jazz | | |
| Sean Combs | 1969- | hip hop | | |
| Epifanio Comis | 1968- | | ||
| Christopher "Marshmello" Comstock | 1992- | electronica | | |
| Harry Connick, Jr. | 1967- | | ||
| Jeff Cook | 1949- | country | | |
| Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook | 1963- | big beat | | |
| Sam Cooke | 1931-1964 | soul | | |
| Alice Cooper | 1948- | rock | | |
| Aaron Copland | 1900-1990 | | ||
| Carmine Coppola | 1910-1991 | | ||
| Arcangelo Corelli | 1653-1713 | | ||
| Billy Corgan | 1967- | rock | | |
| Chris Cornell | 1964-2017 | rock | (Boyle) | |
| Hugh Cornwell | 1949- | | ||
| Miranda Cosgrove | 1993- | | ||
| Elvis Costello | 1954- | rock | (MacManus) | |
| François Couperin | 1668-1733 | | ||
| Tina Cousins | 1971- | electronica | | |
| Noël Coward | 1899-1973 | | ||
| Gerard Cox | 1940- | | ||
| Zakiya Cox | 1977- | | ||
| Elvis Crespo | 1971- | merengue | (Díaz) | |
| David Crosby | 1941-2023 | rock | | |
| Harry "Bing" Crosby | 1903-1977 | | ||
| Sheryl Crow | 1962- | rock | | |
| Igor Cukrov | 1984- | | ||
| Burton Cummings | 1947- | rock | | |
| Miley Cyrus | 1992- | pop | (Hemsworth) | |
| Dick Dale | 1937-2019 | rock | (Monsour) | |
| Dalida | 1933-1987 | (Gigliotti) | | |
| Roger Daltrey | 1944- | rock | | |
| Shoshana Damari | 1923-2006 | | ||
| Vic Damone | 1928-2018 | (Farinola) | | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | c. 1525-1594 | | ||
| Louis-Claude Daquin | 1694-1772 | | ||
| Bobby Darin | 1936-1973 | (Cassotto) | | |
| Ramkanai Das | 1935-2014 | | ||
| Dol Dauber | 1894-1950 | | ||
| Craig David | 1981- | R&B | | |
| Arthur Davies | 1941-2018 | opera | | |
| Miles Davis | 1926-1991 | jazz | | |
| Doris Day | 1922-2019 | (Kappelhoff) | | |
| Jacquet de Berchem | c. 1505-? | (Berchem) | | |
| John Debney | 1956- | | ||
| Claude Debussy | 1862-1918 | | ||
| Arsen Dedić | 1938-2015 | | ||
| Freek de Jonge | 1944- | | ||
| Ilse DeLange | 1977- | | ||
| Zack de la Rocha | 1970- | rock | | |
| Orlande de Lassus | c. 1532-1594 | | ||
| Paul de Leeuw | 1962- | | ||
| Idalis DeLeón | 1969- | | ||
| Léo Delibes | 1836-1891 | | ||
| Frederick Delius | 1862-1934 | | ||
| Cielito del Mundo | 1935-2016 | | ||
| Lana Del Rey | 1985- | pop | (Grant) | |
| Guillaume de Machaut | c. 1300-1377 | | ||
| Mac DeMarco | 1990- | | ||
| Jamell "YNW Melly" Demons | 1999- | hip hop | | |
| Sharon den Adel | 1974- | | ||
| Rob de Nijs | 1942- | | ||
| Esmée Denters | 1988- | | ||
| Eumir Deodato | 1942- | | ||
| Lynsey de Paul | 1948-2014 | pop | (Rubin) | |
| Claudin de Sermisy | c. 1490-1562 | | ||
| Alexandre Desplat | 1961- | | ||
| Josquin des Prez | c. 1450-1521 | (Desprez) | | |
| Neil Diamond | 1941- | rock | | |
| Charles Dibdin | 1745-1814 | | ||
| Bo Diddley | 1928-2008 | blues | (Bates) | |
| Klaus Dinger | 1946-2008 | | ||
| Céline Dion | 1968- | pop | | |
| Natali Dizdar | 1984- | pop | | |
| Kenan Doğulu | 1974- | pop | | |
| Sanja Doležal | 1963- | pop | | |
| Plácido Domingo | 1941- | opera | | |
| Antoine "Fats" Domino | 1928- | rock | | |
| Gaetano Donizetti | 1797-1848 | | ||
| Danny Doyle | 1940-2019 | | ||
| Patrick Doyle | 1953- | | ||
| Oliver Dragojević | 1947-2018 | pop | | |
| Doris Dragović | 1961- | pop | | |
| Drake | 1986- | (Graham) | | |
| Drake | 1986- | hip hop | (Graham) | |
| Dr. Dre | 1965- | hip hop | (Young) | |
| Hilary Duff | 1987- | pop | | |
| Paul Dukas | 1865-1935 | | ||
| Candy Dulfer | 1969- | | ||
| Hans Dulfer | 1940- | | ||
| Lucille Dumont | 1919-2016 | | ||
| Feridun Düzağaç | 1968- | | ||
| Antonín Dvořák | 1841-1904 | classical | | |
| Dino Dvornik | 1964-2008 | Pop, funk, techno, rock | | |
| Bob Dylan | 1941- | folk | (Zimmerman) | |
| Edward Eager | 1911-1964 | | ||
| Sheena Easton | 1959- | | ||
| Clint Eastwood | 1930- | | ||
| Boy Edgar | 1915-1980 | jazz | | |
| Dennis Edwards | 1943-2018 | | ||
| Billie Eilish | 2001- | pop | (Baird, O'Connell) | |
| Danny Elfman | 1953- | | ||
| Edward Elgar | 1857-1934 | classical | | |
| Edward "Duke" Ellington | 1899-1974 | | ||
| Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | 1971- | hip hop | | |
| John Ellis | 1952- | | ||
| Warren Ellis | 1965- | | ||
| Zari Elmassian | 1906-1990 | (Vartian) | | |
| Dan Emmett | 1815-1904 | | ||
| Atilla Engin | 1946- | jazz | | |
| Brian Eno | 1948- | | ||
| Arnon Erez | 1965- | classical | | |
| Dulce María Espinosa | 1985- | (Saviñón) | | |
| Gloria Estefan | 1957- | pop | (Fajardo, García) | |
| Elise Estrada | 1987- | | ||
| Emmalyn Estrada | 1992- | | ||
| Faith Evans | 1973- | R&B | (Jordan) | |
| Yonca Evcimik | 1963- | | ||
| Betty Everett | 1939-2001 | soul | | |
| Don Everly | 1937- | | ||
| Phil Everly | 1939- | rock | | |
| Cesária Évora | 1941-2011 | Morna, Coladeira | | |
| Adila Fachiri | 1889-1962 | classical | | |
| Agnetha Fältskog | 1950- | | ||
| Farinelli | 1705-1782 | (Broschi) | | |
| Frencheska Farr | 1992- | | ||
| Perry Farrell | 1959- | rock | | |
| Farruko | 1991- | reggaeton | (Reyes, Rosado) | |
| Joey Fatone | 1977- | | ||
| Gabriel Fauré | 1845-1924 | | ||
| José Feliciano | 1945- | Latin pop | (García) | |
| Will Ferdy | 1927-2022 | (Ferdinande) | | |
| Fergie | 1975- | hip hop | (Duhamel, Ferguson) | |
| Sylvia Fine | 1913-1991 | (Kaye) | | |
| Eddie Fisher | 1928-2010 | | ||
| Jordan Fisher | 1994- | | ||
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1917-1996 | jazz | | |
| Roberta Flack | 1937- | | ||
| Keith Flint | 1969-2019 | | ||
| Wolfgang Flür | 1947- | | ||
| John Fogerty | 1945- | rock | | |
| China Forbes | 1970- | | ||
| César Franck | 1822-1890 | | ||
| Don Francks | 1932-2016 | | ||
| Jackson C. Frank | 1943-1999 | folk | | |
| Aretha Franklin | 1942-2018 | soul | | |
| Afroditi Frida | 1964- | | ||
| René Froger | 1960- | | ||
| Nelly Furtado | 1978- | pop | | |
| Future | 1983- | (Wilburn) | | |
| Future | 1983- | hip hop | (Wilburn) | |
| Peter Gabriel | 1950- | rock | | |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | c. 1554-1612 | | ||
| Serge Gainsbourg | 1928-1991 | | ||
| France Gall | 1947-2018 | | ||
| Bronagh Gallagher | 1972- | | ||
| Liam Gallagher | 1972- | rock | | |
| Noel Gallagher | 1967- | rock | | |
| Pierre "Garou" Garand | 1972- | pop | | |
| Jerry Garcia | 1942-1995 | rock | | |
| Kany García | 1982- | Latin pop | (de Jesús) | |
| Leif Garrett | 1961- | | ||
| Martin Garrix | 1996- | house | (Garritsen) | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1939-1984 | soul | | |
| Emmanuel "Anuel AA" Gazmey Santiago | 1992- | Latin trap | | |
| Aviv Geffen | 1973- | | ||
| Eelco Gelling | 1946- | blues | | |
| Boy George | 1961- | (O'Dowd) | | |
| Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta | 1986- | pop | | |
| Lisa Gerrard | 1961- | | ||
| George Gershwin | 1898-1937 | classical | | |
| Alejandra "Arca" Ghersi | 1989- | electronic | | |
| Michael Giacchino | 1967- | | ||
| Barry Gibb | 1946- | pop | | |
| Billy Gibbons | 1949- | | ||
| Tyrese Gibson | 1978- | | ||
| Brantley Gilbert | 1985- | country | | |
| Eliza Gilkyson | 1950- | folk | | |
| John "Dizzy" Gillespie | 1917-1993 | jazz | | |
| David Gilmour | 1946- | rock | | |
| Philip Glass | 1937- | | ||
| Mikhail Glinka | 1804-1857 | | ||
| Donald Glover | 1983- | hip hop | | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1714-1787 | | ||
| Dina Golan | 1946-2011 | | ||
| Jerry Goldsmith | 1929-2004 | | ||
| Selena Gomez | 1992- | | ||
| Orlin Goranov | 1957- | pop | | |
| Henryk Górecki | 1933-2010 | | ||
| Kyrre "Kygo" Gørvell-Dahll | 1991- | house | | |
| François-Joseph Gossec | 1734-1829 | | ||
| Jakov Gotovac | 1895-1982 | | ||
| Karel Gott | 1939-2019 | | ||
| Glenn Gould | 1932-1982 | | ||
| Charles Gounod | 1818-1893 | | ||
| Nathaniel Gow | 1763-1831 | | ||
| Niel Gow | 1727-1807 | | ||
| Francis Goya | 1946- | (Weyer) | | |
| Laura Jane Grace | 1980- | punk rock | (Gabel) | |
| Percy Grainger | 1882-1961 | | ||
| Andy Grammer | 1983- | | ||
| Ariana Grande | 1993- | pop | (Butera) | |
| Petar Grašo | 1976- | | ||
| David Gray | 1968- | | ||
| Macy Gray | 1967- | R&B | (McIntyre) | |
| Mladen Grdović | 1958- | pop | | |
| Adolph Green | 1914-2002 | musical theatre | | |
| Al Green | 1946- | soul | | |
| Dave Greenfield | 1949-2020 | | ||
| Harry Gregson-Williams | 1961- | | ||
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | 1966- | | ||
| Falk Grieffenhagen | 1969- | | ||
| Edvard Grieg | 1843-1907 | classical | | |
| William "DJ Snake" Grigahcine | 1986- | electronic dance music | | |
| Dave Grohl | 1969- | rock | | |
| Anneke Grönloh | 1942- | | ||
| David Guetta | 1967- | electronic dance music | | |
| Guido of Arezzo | c. 991-c. 1035 | | ||
| Marinka Gurewich | 1902-1990 | opera | | |
| Arlo Guthrie | 1947- | folk | | |
| Woody Guthrie | 1912-1967 | folk | | |
| Hossam Habib | 1980- | | ||
| Üzeyir Hacıbəyov | 1885-1948 | classical | (Hajibeyov) | |
| Deitrick Haddon | 1973- | gospel | | |
| Nina Hagen | 1955- | punk | | |
| Jacob Adolf Hägg | 1850-1928 | classical | | |
| Merle Haggard | 1937- | country | | |
| Fromental Halévy | 1799-1862 | | ||
| Margareta Hallin | 1931-2020 | ; opera | (Ekerot) | |
| Johnny Hallyday | 1943- | | ||
| Halsey | 1994- | pop | (Frangipane) | |
| Tom Hamilton | 1951- | rock | | |
| Marvin Hamlisch | 1944-2012 | | ||
| Herbie Hancock | 1940- | jazz | | |
| Georg Friedrich Händel | 1685-1759 | classical | | |
| Joy Harjo | 1951- | (Foster) | | |
| Heather Harper | 1930-2019 | opera | | |
| Calvin Harris | 1984- | electronica | (Wiles) | |
| Rolf Harris | 1930- | | ||
| Dominic "Yungblud" Harrison | 1998- | rock | | |
| George Harrison | 1943-2001 | | ||
| Debbie Harry | 1945- | (Tremble) | | |
| Johann Adolph Hasse | 1699-1783 | classical, opera | | |
| Dismas Hataš | 1724-1777 | | ||
| Stjepan Hauser | 1986- | | ||
| Chesney Hawkes | 1971- | | ||
| Edwin Hawkins | 1943-2018 | gospel | | |
| Joseph Haydn | 1732-1809 | classical | | |
| Ofra Haza | 1957-2000 | (Ashkenazi) | | |
| André Hazes | 1951-2004 | | ||
| Murray Head | 1946- | rock | | |
| Jeff Healey | 1966-2008 | blues rock, jazz | | |
| Imogen Heap | 1977- | | ||
| Lucille Hegamin | 1894-1970 | blues | (Nelson) | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 1942-1970 | rock | | |
| Nona Hendryx | 1944- | | ||
| Don Henley | 1947- | rock | | |
| Keaton Henson | 1988- | | ||
| Woody Herman | 1913-1987 | | ||
| Toon Hermans | 1916-2000 | | ||
| Hervé | 1825-1892 | operetta | (Ronger) | |
| James Hetfield | 1963- | rock | | |
| Paul "Bono" Hewson | 1960- | rock | | |
| Jarad "Juice Wrld" Higgins | 1998-2019 | hip hop | | |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 1098-1179 | | ||
| Joseph "Dusty" Hill | 1949-2021 | rock | | |
| Lauryn Hill | 1975- | R&B | | |
| Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir | 1989- | | ||
| Fritz Hilpert | 1956- | | ||
| Paul Hindemith | 1895-1963 | | ||
| Rupert Hine | 1947-2020 | | ||
| Nurit Hirsh | 1942- | | ||
| Leroy Hodges | 1943- | | ||
| Teenie Hodges | 1945-2014 | | ||
| Billie Holiday | 1915-1959 | jazz | (Harris) | |
| Buddy Holly | 1936-1959 | rock | | |
| Rupert Holmes | 1947- | (Goldstein) | | |
| Gustav Holst | 1874-1934 | classical | | |
| John Lee Hooker | 1917-2001 | blues | | |
| Nicholas Hooper | c. 1967- | | ||
| Telma Hopkins | 1948- | | ||
| James Horner | 1953-2015 | | ||
| Bruce Hornsby | 1954- | | ||
| Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz | 1966- | hip hop | | |
| Lidija Horvat-Dunjko | 1967- | opera | | |
| Whitney Houston | 1963-2012 | pop | | |
| James Newton Howard | 1951- | | ||
| Saul "Slash" Hudson | 1965- | rock | | |
| Tonči Huljić | 1961- | | ||
| Engelbert Humperdinck | 1854-1921 | | ||
| Eldin Huseinbegović | 1978- | Pop, Sevdah | | |
| Ralf Hütter | 1946- | | ||
| Idir | 1949-2020 | (Cheriet) | | |
| Billy Idol | 1955- | rock | (Broad) | |
| Iggy Azalea | 1990- | (Kelly) | | |
| Enrique Iglesias | 1975- | pop | | |
| Julio Iglesias | 1943- | | ||
| Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | 1859-1935 | | ||
| Liana Isakadze | 1946- | classical | | |
| Mark Isham | 1951- | | ||
| Soile Isokoski | 1957- | opera | | |
| Bera Ivanishvili | 1994- | hip hop | | |
| Tomislav Ivčić | 1953-1993 | | ||
| Artis "Coolio" Ivey | 1963-2022 | hip hop | | |
| Henry Jackman | 1974- | | ||
| Cheyenne Jackson | 1975- | | ||
| Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | 1975- | hip hop | | |
| Janet Jackson | 1966- | pop | | |
| Michael Jackson | 1958-2009 | pop | | |
| O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson | 1969- | hip hop | | |
| Tom Jackson | 1948- | | ||
| Ruth Jacott | 1960- | | ||
| Jacquet of Mantua | 1483-1559 | (Colebault) | | |
| Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet | 1665-1729 | | ||
| Mick Jagger | 1943- | rock | | |
| Emina Jahović | 1982- | pop | (Sandal) | |
| Etta James | 1938-2012 | blues | | |
| Leoš Janáček | 1854-1928 | | ||
| Clément Janequin | c. 1485-1558 | | ||
| Shorena Janiashvili | 1988- | | ||
| Jean Michel Jarre | 1948- | | ||
| Maurice Jarre | 1924-2009 | | ||
| Al Jarreau | 1940-2017 | | ||
| Jay-Z | 1969- | hip hop | (Carter) | |
| Wyclef Jean | 1969- | Hip hop, reggae fusion, R&B soul, neo soul | | |
| Matko Jelavić | 1958- | | ||
| Waylon Jennings | 1937-2002 | | ||
| Will Jennings | 1944- | | ||
| Adolf Jensen | 1837-1879 | classical | | |
| Tiff Jimber | (Gyomber) | | ||
| Jin Bora | 1987- | | ||
| João Gilberto | 1931-2019 | bossa nova | (Prado, Pereira, de Oliveira) | |
| Billy Joel | 1949- | rock | | |
| Johann Strauss I | 1804-1849 | | ||
| Jóhann Jóhannsson | 1969-2018 | | ||
| Elton John | 1947- | rock | (Dwight) | |
| Scatman John | 1942-1999 | (Larkin) | | |
| Robert Johnson | 1911-1938 | blues | | |
| Gerard Joling | 1960- | | ||
| Joe Jonas | 1989- | pop | | |
| Kevin Jonas | 1987- | pop | | |
| Nick Jonas | 1992- | pop | | |
| George Jones | 1931-2013 | country | | |
| Grace Jones | 1948- | | ||
| Isham Jones | 1894-1956 | | ||
| Norah Jones | 1979- | pop | | |
| Quincy Jones | 1933- | R&B, funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, rock | | |
| Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones | 1968-2004 | hip hop | | |
| Tom Jones | 1940- | pop | (Woodward) | |
| Janis Joplin | 1943-1970 | rock | | |
| Scott Joplin | c. 1867-1917 | | ||
| Montell Jordan | 1968- | R&B | (Barnett) | |
| Naomi Judd | 1946-2022 | country | | |
| Lana Jurčević | 1984- | pop | | |
| Udo Jürgens | 1934-2014 | | ||
| Ibrica Jusić | 1944- | | ||
| Sabahattin Kalender | 1919-2012 | classical | | |
| Nezihe Kalkan | 1979- | | ||
| Kitty Kallen | 1921-2016 | jazz, swing, pop | | |
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | 1959-1997 | | ||
| Nick Kamen | 1962-2021 | pop | | |
| Wim Kan | 1911-1983 | | ||
| Herbert von Karajan | 1908-1989 | | ||
| Goran Karan | 1964- | | ||
| Olja Karleuša | 1980- | | ||
| Karol G | 1991- | reggaeton | (Giraldo, Navarro) | |
| Pierre Kartner | 1935-2022 | | ||
| Olivera Katarina | 1940- | folk | (Petrović) | |
| Danny Kaye | 1911-1987 | (Kaminsky) | | |
| Dolores Keane | 1953- | | ||
| Maynard James Keenan | 1964- | rock | | |
| Milko Kelemen | 1924- | | ||
| Milko Kelemen | 1924-2018 | | ||
| Kelis | 1979- | R&B | (Rogers) | |
| Dermot Kennedy | 1992- | pop | | |
| Camilla Kerslake | 1988- | | ||
| Tereza Kesovija | 1938- | pop | | |
| Alicia Keys | 1981- | pop | | |
| Sergey Khachatryan | 1985- | violinist | | |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903-1978 | | ||
| DJ Khaled | 1975- | hip hop | | |
| Kamaal Khan | 1972- | | ||
| Dania Khatib | 1973- | Lebanese, Arabic Music | | |
| Anthony Kiedis | 1962- | rock | | |
| Lil' Kim | 1974- | hip hop | (Jones) | |
| Ivana Kindl | 1978- | | ||
| Riley "B.B." King | 1925-2015 | blues | | |
| Volker David Kirchner | 1942-2020 | | ||
| Chris Kirkpatrick | 1971- | pop | | |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927-2008 | jazz | | |
| Myleene Klass | 1978- | pop | | |
| Dunja Knebl | 1946- | folk | | |
| Hildegard Knef | 1925-2002 | (Neff) | | |
| Beyoncé Knowles | 1981- | pop | | |
| Ritva Koistinen | 1956- | | ||
| Emilija Kokić | 1968- | pop | | |
| Renata Končić | 1977- | pop | | |
| Zorica Kondža | 1960- | | ||
| Mišo Kovač | 1941- | pop | | |
| Ramiz Kovaçi | 1929-1994 | opera | | |
| Dalma Kovács | 1985- | pop/jazz | | |
| Joey Kramer | 1950- | rock | | |
| Alison Krauss | 1971- | bluegrass | | |
| Lenny Kravitz | 1964- | | ||
| Lenka Kripac | 1978- | | ||
| Kris Kristofferson | 1936- | | ||
| Wolter Kroes | 1968- | | ||
| Adolf Krössing | 1848-1933 | opera | | |
| Igor Kuljerić | 1938-2006 | | ||
| Sabahudin Kurt | 1935-2018 | | ||
| Yaşar Kurt | 1968- | rock | | |
| Tiff Lacey | 1965- | | ||
| Žanamari Lalić | 1981- | | ||
| Kendrick Lamar | 1987- | hip hop | (Duckworth) | |
| Miranda Lambert | 1983- | | ||
| K. D. Lang | 1961- | country, pop | | |
| Thokozani Langa | 1972- | | ||
| Afroditi Laoutari | 1893-1975 | | ||
| Amel Larrieux | 1973- | | ||
| Katarzyna Łaska | 1979- | | ||
| Cyndi Lauper | 1953- | pop | | |
| Nynke Laverman | 1980- | Fado | | |
| George Leach | 1975- | | ||
| Swae Lee | 1995- | hip hop | (Brown) | |
| Kam Lee | 1966- | | ||
| Ari "Lauv" Leff | 1994- | pop | | |
| John Legend | 1978- | (Stephens) | | |
| Judita Leitaitė | 1959- | | ||
| Donovan Phillips Leitch | 1946- | folk | | |
| John Lennon | 1940-1980 | rock | | |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1857-1919 | | ||
| Lepa Brena | 1960- | (Živojinović) | | |
| Indira Levak | 1973- | (Vladić) | | |
| Adam Levine | 1979- | pop | | |
| Sivan Levy | 1987- | | ||
| Dean Lewis | 1987- | pop | | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1935-2022 | rock | | |
| Elmar Liitmaa | 1970- | rock | | |
| Adolf Fredrik Lindblad | 1801-1878 | classical | | |
| Dua Lipa | 1995- | pop | | |
| Sead Lipovača | 1955- | | ||
| Josipa Lisac | 1950- | Pop, rock, funk, jazz | | |
| Franz Liszt | 1811-1886 | classical | | |
| Ferdo Livadić | 1799-1879 | (Wiesner) | | |
| Lizzo | 1988- | (Jefferson) | | |
| Didier Lockwood | 1956-2018 | | ||
| Claudio Lolli | 1950-2018 | | ||
| Juan "Maluma" Londoño Arias | 1994- | reggaeton | | |
| Paulo Londra | 1998- | hip hop | | |
| Robert Long | 1943-2006 | (Leverman) | | |
| Joe Longthorne | 1955-2019 | | ||
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | 1971-2002 | hip hop | | |
| Jennifer Lopez | 1969- | pop | | |
| Trini Lopez | 1937-2020 | | ||
| Demi Lovato | 1992- | | ||
| Aca Lukas | 1968- | folk | (Vuksanović) | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | 1632-1687 | (Lulli) | | |
| Dónal Lunny | 1947- | Irish traditional music | | |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi | c. 1545-1607 | | ||
| John Lydon | 1956- | rock | (Rotten) | |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | 1945- | | ||
| Lonnie "Common" Lynn | 1972- | hip hop | | |
| Loretta Lynn | 1932- | country | | |
| Vera Lynn | 1917-2020 | | ||
| Nassim Maalouf | 1941- | | ||
| Mariqueen Maandig | 1981- | | ||
| Mabel | 1996- | R&B | (McVey) | |
| Edward MacDowell | 1860-1908 | | ||
| Shane MacGowan | 1957- | Celtic punk | | |
| Madonna | 1958- | pop | (Ciccone) | |
| Gustav Mahler | 1860-1911 | | ||
| Cveta Majtanović | 1986- | | ||
| Miriam "Mama Africa" Makeba | 1932-2008 | | ||
| Rinat Malzagov | 1988- | | ||
| Mark Mancina | 1957- | | ||
| Henry Mancini | 1924-1994 | | ||
| Johnny Mandel | 1925-2020 | | ||
| Moana Maniapoto | 1961- | | ||
| Barry Manilow | 1943- | (Pincus) | | |
| Emanuil Manolov | 1860-1902 | | ||
| Arijana Marić Gigliani | 1979- | opera | | |
| Boban Marković | 1964- | | ||
| Bob Marley | 1945-1981 | | ||
| Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow | 1958- | hip hop | | |
| Bruno Mars | 1985- | pop | (Hernandez) | |
| Kym Marsh | 1976- | pop | | |
| Chris Martin | 1977- | rock | | |
| Dean Martin | 1917-1995 | | ||
| Benito "Bad Bunny" Martínez Ocasio | 1994- | Latin trap | | |
| Al Martino | 1927-2009 | (Cini) | | |
| Danijela Martinović | 1971- | pop | | |
| Jules Massenet | 1842-1912 | | ||
| Maysa Matarazzo | 1936-1977 | (Figueira, Monjardim) | | |
| Mayte Mateos | 1951- | pop | | |
| Marshall "Eminem" Mathers | 1972- | hip hop | | |
| Alo Mattiisen | 1961-1996 | | ||
| Ava Max | 1994- | pop | (Koci) | |
| Atareta Maxwell | 1956-2007 | (Morrison) | | |
| John Mayer | 1977- | pop | | |
| Rakim "ASAP Rocky" Mayers | 1988- | hip hop | | |
| Franz Mazura | 1924-2020 | opera | | |
| Paul McCartney | 1942- | rock | | |
| Bear McCreary | 1979- | | ||
| Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels | 1964- | hip hop | | |
| Reba McEntire | 1955- | | ||
| Tim McGraw | 1967- | country | | |
| Roger McGuinn | 1942- | | ||
| Les McKeown | 1955-2021 | | ||
| Clyde McPhatter | 1932-1972 | pop, R&B, rock and roll, soul | | |
| Christine McVie | 1943-2022 | (Perfect) | | |
| Glen Meadmore | 19xx- | | ||
| Russell Means | 1939-2012 | | ||
| Zubin Mehta | 1936- | | ||
| Andrea Menard | 1971- | | ||
| Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805-1847 | | ||
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847 | classical | | |
| María Mendiola | 1952-2021 | pop | | |
| Alan Menken | 1949- | | ||
| Idina Menzel | 1971- | vocal | | |
| Freddie Mercury | 1946-1991 | rock | (Bulsara) | |
| Dino Merlin | 1962- | Pop rock | (Dervišhalidović) | |
| George Michael | 1963-2016 | (Panayiotou) | | |
| Bette Midler | 1945- | pop | | |
| Michiya Mihashi | 1930-1996 | | ||
| Mike D | 1965- | hip hop | (Diamond) | |
| Zinka Milanov | 1906-1989 | opera | (Kunc) | |
| Mac Miller | 1992-2018 | hip hop | (Fisherman, McCormick) | |
| Percy "Master P" Miller | 1967- | hip hop | | |
| Nicki Minaj | 1982- | hip hop | (Maraj) | |
| Charles Mingus | 1922-1979 | jazz | | |
| Dylan Minnette | 1996- | rock | | |
| Dannii Minogue | 1971- | | ||
| Kylie Minogue | 1968- | pop | | |
| Edvard Mirzoyan | 1921-2012 | | ||
| Hibari Misora | 1937-1989 | | ||
| Joni Mitchell | 1943- | | ||
| Jason Mizell | 1965-2002 | | ||
| Lil' Mo | 1978- | R&B | (Loving) | |
| Eddie Money | 1949-2019 | (Mahoney) | | |
| Thelonious Monk | 1917-1982 | jazz | | |
| Bill Monroe | 1911-1996 | country | | |
| Kemal Monteno | 1948-2015 | | ||
| Claudio Monteverdi | 1567-1643 | | ||
| Keith Moon | 1946-1978 | rock | | |
| Michael Moorcock | 1939- | | ||
| Alecia "Pink" Moore | 1979- | pop rock | | |
| Mandy Moore | 1984- | pop | | |
| R. Stevie Moore | 1952- | | ||
| Sonny "Skrillex" Moore | 1988- | electronic dance music | | |
| Obdulio Morales | 1910-1981 | (Ríos) | | |
| Alanis Morissette | 1974- | rock | | |
| Angela Morley | 1924-2009 | (Stott) | | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1928- | | ||
| Jim Morrison | 1943-1971 | | ||
| Taini Morrison | 1958-2009 | | ||
| Van Morrison | 1945- | | ||
| Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley | 1972- | hip hop | | |
| Shad "Bow Wow" Moss | 1987- | hip hop | | |
| Nana Mouskouri | 1934- | | ||
| Leopold Mozart | 1719-1787 | | ||
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756-1791 | classical | | |
| Maksim Mrvica | 1975- | | ||
| John Murphy | 1965- | | ||
| Olly Murs | 1984- | pop | | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | 1839-1881 | classical | | |
| Dwight "Heavy D" Myers | 1967-2011 | hip hop | | |
| Hanny Nahmias | 1959- | | ||
| Xavier Naidoo | 1971- | | ||
| Nas | 1973- | hip hop | (Jones) | |
| Johnny Nash | 1940-2020 | pop, reggae | | |
| Natti Natasha | 1986- | Latin pop, reggaeton | (Gutiérrez, Batista) | |
| Dave Navarro | 1967- | rock | | |
| Guusje Nederhorst | 1969-2004 | (Woesthoff) | | |
| Nelly | 1974- | hip hop | (Haynes) | |
| DJ Nelson | 1972- | reggaeton | (Díaz, Martínez) | |
| Prince Rogers Nelson | 1958-2016 | | ||
| Willie Nelson | 1933- | country | | |
| Thomas Newman | 1955- | | ||
| Olivia Newton-John | 1948-2022 | | ||
| Lennie Niehaus | 1929- | | ||
| Nielson | 1989- | pop | (Littooij) | |
| Maxine Nightingale | 1952- | R&B, soul, disco | | |
| Ljiljana Nikolovska | 1964- | | ||
| Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh | 1959- | Irish traditional | | |
| Luka Nižetić | 1983- | | ||
| Normani | 1996- | pop | (Hamilton) | |
| Brandy Norwood | 1979- | | ||
| Daron Norwood | 1965-2015 | country | | |
| Gabi Novak | 1936- | Pop, jazz | | |
| Stojanka Novaković | 1972- | folk | | |
| Boris Novković | 1967- | pop | | |
| Đorđe Novković | 1943-2007 | | ||
| Viktorija Novosel | 19xx- | pop | | |
| Ted Nugent | 1948- | | ||
| Michael Nyman | 1944- | | ||
| Tamara Obrovac | 1962- | | ||
| Turlough O'Carolan | 1670-1738 | | ||
| Ric Ocasek | 1944-2019 | rock | (Otcasek) | |
| Phil Ochs | 1940-1976 | folk | | |
| Finneas O'Connell | 1997- | | ||
| Jacques Offenbach | 1819-1880 | | ||
| Liam O'Flynn | 1945-2018 | | ||
| Michał Kleofas Ogiński | 1765-1833 | romantic | | |
| Zuhal Olcay | 1957- | | ||
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | 1973- | | ||
| Rita Ora | 1990- | pop | (Sahatçiu) | |
| Roy Orbison | 1936-1988 | rock | | |
| Carl Orff | 1895-1982 | | ||
| Ľuba Orgonášová | 1961- | opera | | |
| Dolores O'Riordan | 1971-2018 | | ||
| Ozzy Osbourne | 1948- | rock | | |
| K. T. Oslin | 1942-2020 | country | | |
| José "J Balvin" Osorio Balvín | 1985- | reggaeton | | |
| Randy Owen | 1949- | country | | |
| Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens | 1970- | hip hop | | |
| Ozuna | 1992- | Latin trap, reggaeton | (Rosado) | |
| Anderson .Paak | 1986- | R&B | | |
| Johann Pachelbel | 1653-1706 | | ||
| Tanel Padar | 1980- | rock | | |
| Niccolò Paganini | 1782-1840 | | ||
| Jimmy Page | 1944- | rock | | |
| Keke Palmer | 1993- | | ||
| Orianthi Panagaris | 1985- | pop rock | | |
| Parisa | 1950- | Classical Persian Music | (Vā'ezi) | |
| Charlie Parker | 1920-1955 | jazz | | |
| Hubert Parry | 1848-1918 | | ||
| Dolly Parton | 1946- | country | | |
| Les Paul | 1915-2009 | | ||
| Sean Paul | 1973- | hip hop, reggae | (Henriques) | |
| Laura Pausini | 1974- | pop | | |
| Luciano Pavarotti | 1935-2007 | opera | | |
| Freda Payne | 1942- | soul | | |
| Neil Peart | 1952-2020 | | ||
| Bart Peeters | 1959- | | ||
| Zlatko Pejaković | 1950- | | ||
| Krzysztof Penderecki | 1933-2020 | | ||
| Thomas "Diplo" Pentz | 1978- | electronic dance music | | |
| Tommy Peoples | 1948-2018 | | ||
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1710-1736 | | ||
| Joe Perry | 1950- | rock | (Pereira) | |
| Katy Perry | 1984- | pop | (Hudson) | |
| Megan "Thee Stallion" Pete | 1995- | hip hop | | |
| Tom Petty | 1950- | rock | | |
| Barrington Pheloung | 1954- | | ||
| Regis Philbin | 1931-2020 | | ||
| Chynna Phillips | 1968- | | ||
| Édith Piaf | 1915-1963 | | ||
| Ástor Piazzolla | 1921-1992 | | ||
| Odile Pierre | 1932-2020 | | ||
| Billie Piper | 1982- | | ||
| Vesna Pisarović | 1978- | pop | | |
| Violante Placido | 1976- | | ||
| Demetra Plakas | 1960- | rock | | |
| Robert Plant | 1948- | | ||
| Vlatka Pokos | 1970- | pop | | |
| Basil Poledouris | 1945-2006 | | ||
| Adolf Pollitzer | 1832-1900 | classical | | |
| Iggy Pop | 1947- | rock | | |
| Mal Pope | 1960- | | ||
| Cole Porter | 1891-1964 | | ||
| Johnathan "Blueface" Porter | 1997- | hip hop | | |
| Ruža Pospiš-Baldani | 1942- | opera | | |
| Austin "Post Malone" Post | 1995- | hip hop, pop | | |
| John Powell | 1963- | | ||
| Elvis Presley | 1935-1977 | rock | | |
| Lisa Marie Presley | 1968-2023 | pop rock | | |
| Miljenko Prohaska | 1925-2014 | | ||
| Sergei Prokofiev | 1891-1953 | | ||
| Giacomo Puccini | 1858-1924 | | ||
| Ema Pukšec | 1834-1889 | opera | | |
| Henry Purcell | 1659-1695 | classical | | |
| Suzi Quatro | 1950- | | ||
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1873-1943 | | ||
| Ester Rada | 1985- | | ||
| Indira Radić | 1966- | | ||
| Ivana Radovniković | 1985- | pop | | |
| Idris Rahman | 1976- | Reggae, Afrobeat | | |
| Bonnie Raitt | 1949- | blues | | |
| Boban Rajović | 1971- | | ||
| Eros Ramazzotti | 1963- | pop | | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau | 1683-1764 | | ||
| Joey Ramone | 1951-2001 | rock | (Hyman) | |
| Maurice Ravel | 1875-1937 | | ||
| Otis Redding Jr. | 1941-1967 | soul | | |
| Esma Redžepova | 1943- | Romani music | | |
| Lou Reed | 1942-2013 | rock | | |
| Della Reese | 1931-2017 | | ||
| Django Reinhardt | 1910-1953 | jazz | | |
| Antonis Remos | 1970- | | ||
| Graeme Revell | 1955- | | ||
| Bebe Rexha | 1989- | pop | | |
| Debbie Reynolds | 1932-2016 | | ||
| Trent Reznor | 1965- | rock | | |
| Ishay Ribo | 1989- | | ||
| Little Richard | 1932- | rock | (Penniman) | |
| Keith Richards | 1943- | rock | | |
| Lionel Richie | 1949- | | ||
| Slick Rick | 1965- | hip hop | (Walters) | |
| André Rieu | 1949- | | ||
| Rihanna | 1988- | pop | (Fenty) | |
| LeAnn Rimes | 1982- | country | | |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844-1908 | classical | | |
| Laza Ristovski | 1956-2007 | | ||
| Naya Rivera | 1987-2020 | Pop, R&B | | |
| Roberto Carlos | 1941- | (Braga) | | |
| Paul Roberts | 1959- | | ||
| Robbie Robertson | 1943- | | ||
| William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. | 1940- | | ||
| Klaus Röder | 1948- | | ||
| Jim Rodford | 1941-2018 | | ||
| Jimmie Rodgers | 1897-1933 | country | | |
| Olivia Rodrigo | 2003- | pop | | |
| Amália Rodrigues | 1920-1999 | fado | (Rebordão) | |
| Celeste Rodrigues | 1923-2018 | fado | (Rebordão) | |
| Robert Rodriguez | 1968- | | ||
| Kenny Rogers | 1938-2020 | country | | |
| Edsilia Rombley | 1978- | | ||
| Ludovico Roncalli | 1654-1713 | | ||
| Mark Ronson | 1975- | | ||
| Axl Rose | 1962- | rock | | |
| Diana Ross | 1944- | | ||
| Gioachino Rossini | 1792-1868 | classical | | |
| Emmy Rossum | 1986- | | ||
| Michael Rother | 1950- | | ||
| Marlon Roudette | 1983- | hip hop | (Mcvey) | |
| Prince Royce | 1989- | Latin pop | (Rojas) | |
| Jelena Rozga | 1977- | pop | | |
| Anton Rubinstein | 1829-1894 | classical | | |
| Arthur Rubinstein | 1887-1982 | | ||
| Zdenko Runjić | 1942-2004 | | ||
| Ruslana | 1973- | (Lyzhychko) | | |
| Adolf Rzepko | 1825-1892 | classical | | |
| Tarsame Singh Saini | 1967- | Asian fusion music | | |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1941- | | ||
| Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835-1921 | | ||
| Antonio Salieri | 1750-1825 | classical | | |
| Mark Salling | 1982-2018 | | ||
| Alide Maria Salvetta | 1941-1991 | opera | | |
| Henry Olusegun Adeola "Seal" Samuel | 1963- | pop | | |
| Lehua Sandbo | 1983- | pop | (Nahina) | |
| Carlos Santana | 1947- | | ||
| Nello Santi | 1931-2020 | conductor | | |
| Romeo Santos | 1981- | Latin pop | | |
| Erik Satie | 1866-1925 | | ||
| Gwenno Saunders | 1981- | pop | | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | 1660-1725 | Baroque | | |
| Domenico Scarlatti | 1685-1757 | | ||
| Johann Adolf Scheibe | 1708-1776 | classical | | |
| Giora Schmidt | 1983- | classical | | |
| Florian Schneider | 1947-2020 | (Esleben) | | |
| Arnold Schoenberg | 1874-1951 | (Schönberg) | | |
| Bobbejaan Schoepen | 1925-2010 | | ||
| Sjakie Schram | 1927-1989 | | ||
| Franz Schubert | 1797-1828 | | ||
| Robin Schulz | 1987- | house | | |
| Clara Schumann | 1819-1896 | | ||
| Robert Schumann | 1810-1856 | | ||
| Heinrich Schütz | 1585-1672 | | ||
| Bon Scott | 1946-1980 | rock | | |
| Travis Scott | 1991- | hip hop | (Webster) | |
| Big Sean | 1988- | hip hop | (Anderson) | |
| Guy Sebastian | 1981- | pop | | |
| Münir Nurettin Selçuk | 1900-1981 | classical | | |
| Danny Seraphine | 1948- | rock | | |
| Ivica Šerfezi | 1935-2004 | pop | | |
| Peter Serkin | 1947-2020 | classical | |