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Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim
Recording Group

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Eric B. & Rakim are a hip-hop duo formed in 1986, composed of Eric B. and Rakim, their album "Paid in Full" was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV, and the duo were nominated in 2011 for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
King of Ragtime

Music

Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. He achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the King of Ragtime. During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas.

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Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe
8-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society. She earned Monáe two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

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Shakira
Shakira
3-Time Grammy Award Winner and 13-Time Latin Grammy Award Winner

Music

Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She entered the English-language market with her fifth album, "Laundry Service" (2001). It sold over 13 million copies and spawned international number-one singles.

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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Empress of the Blues

Music

Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer. Nicknamed the Empress of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era.

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Slipknot
Slipknot
Recording Group

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Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was founded in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. The band has sold 30 million records worldwide.

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Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson
Delegate, United Nations Human Rights Committee

Music

Marian Anderson was a singer of classical music. She worked for several years as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. She participated in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Nick Lachey
Nick Lachey
Member, 98 Degrees

Music

Nick Lachey is an actor, singer, and television personality. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson.

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Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Meat Loaf is a singer and actor. He is noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and for his theatrical live shows. With songwriter and collaborator Jim Steinman, his "Bat Out of Hell" trilogy of albums has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.

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Blood Orange
Blood Orange
Recording Artist

Music

Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is a singer, songwriter, record producer and director. He has written, played or produced for artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Kylie Minogue, Blondie, and Mariah Carey.

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Mike Yung
Mike Yung
Recording Artist

Music

Mike Yung is an American singer from New York City. He competed on "America's Got Talent" season 12 and made it to the semifinals. He currently is set to release his debut album, "I Will Never Give Up", in 2020.

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Tori Kelly
Tori Kelly
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Tori Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards, and voiced Meena in the animated film "Sing" (2016).

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Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks
13-Time Grammy Award Winner

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Dixie Chicks are an American music group composed of founding members (and sisters) Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines. Dixie Chicks have won 13 Grammy Awards, including five in 2007 for "Taking the Long Way".

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Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts
Recording Group

Music

Rascal Flatts is a country band formed  in 1999. From 2000 to 2010, they recorded for Disney Music Group's Lyric Street Records. While on that label, they released seven albums, all of which have been certified platinum or higher.

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Jack Sheldon
Jack Sheldon
Music Director, "The Merv Griffin Show"

Music

Jack Sheldon was a bebop and West Coast jazz trumpeter and singer. He was a trumpet player and the music director on "The Merv Griffin Show", as well as the voice heard on several episodes of the educational music television series "Schoolhouse Rock!".

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Connie Hall
Connie Hall
Recording Artist

Music

Connie Hall is a country/gospel singer-songwriter, who writes and performs live videos to help encourage, strengthen, and touch the hearts in need of God's loving touch.

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The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
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Music

The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys is considered to be the leading ensemble of its kind in the Anglican choral tradition in the United States. Over recent years, the choir has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia.

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Dina Delicious
Dina Delicious
Recording Artist and Activist

Music

Dina Delicious is a transgender nightlife personality, recording artist, and activist, based in New York City.

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Mary Wells
Mary Wells
Queen of Motown

Music

Mary Wells helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. With a string of hit singles composed mainly by Smokey Robinson, including "Two Lovers" and her signature hit, "My Guy", she became recognized as "The Queen of Motown".

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Shakin' Stevens
Shakin' Stevens
Recording Artist

Music

Shakin' Stevens is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the United Kingdom's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that his commercial success began.

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Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
10-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Linda Ronstadt is an American retired popular music singer known for singing in a wide range of genres including rock, country, light opera, and Latin. She has earned 10 Grammy Awards.

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Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley
Recording Artist

Music

Ken Hensley is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s. He wrote or co-wrote the majority of Uriah Heep's songs during this period.

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The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants
The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants
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Singing Sergeants, the official chorus of the United States Air Force, originally formed in 1945 from within the ranks of The United States Air Force Band. The chorus is now composed entirely of professional vocalists.

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The LeeVees
The LeeVees
Recording Group

Music

The LeeVees are a rock band featuring Adam Gardner of Guster and Dave Schneider of The Zambonis. Gardner and Schneider thought it would be fun to form another rock band, a Jewish one, that only wrote songs about Hanukkah.

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Jenny Bruce
Recording Artist

Music

As a pop-folk singer-songwriter, Jenny Bruce has won many awards. You've heard her songs on "Dawson's Creek", "Ghost Whisperer", "TODAY", "King of the Hill", "All My Children", "Jake 2.0", "Children's Hospital", and in several independent films.

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