People

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BLACKstreet
BLACKstreet
Recording Group

Music

Blackstreet, often stylized as BLACKstreet, is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Teddy Riley and Chauncey Hannibal, also known as "C. Black".

BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK
Recording Group

Music

Blackpink (commonly stylized as BLACKPINK or BLΛƆKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, consisting of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. The group debuted in August 2016 with their album "Square One".

Black Men United
Black Men United
Recording Group

Music

Black Men United (B.M.U.) was a collaboration of many African-American male R&B, neo-soul and soul music artists. Its sole song "U Will Know", written by a young D'Angelo, was released in 1994. It was featured in the movie "Jason's Lyric".

Biz Markie
Biz Markie
Recording Artist

Music

Biz Markie is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, actor, comedian, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989.

Bishop Briggs
Bishop Briggs
MTV Europe Music Award Nominee and MTV Video Music Award Nominee

Music

Bishop Briggs is a Scottish-American singer and songwriter. Her single "River" peaked at number three on the United States Alternative Chart. It was included on her debut album, "Church of Scars", released on April 20, 2018.

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Birdy
Recording Artist

Music

Birdy won the music competition "Open Mic UK" in 2008, at the age of 12. Her debut single, a cover version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love", was her breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia.

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Recording Artist

Music

Bing Crosby was an American singer and actor. His trademark warm bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist of the 20th century, having sold over one billion records, tapes, compact discs, and digital downloads around the world.

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Billy Sherwood
Bassist, YES and Bassist, Asia

Music

Billy Sherwood is mostly known for his time as a member of progressive rock band YES. He is also a member of the band Asia. Sherwood's godfather was the television icon Milton Berle, and his father was a famous musician, who has worked with Frank Sinatra.

Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus
Recording Artist

Music

Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple-platinum status in Australia.

Billy Preston
Billy Preston
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Billy Preston was a musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. He was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles.

Billy Porter
Billy Porter
Grammy Award Winner and Emmy Award Winner

Theatre

Billy Porter is a stage performer, pop singer, film and television actor and vocal coach. He attended the Musical Theatre Program at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School's School of Drama and achieved fame performing on Broadway.

Billy Paul
Billy Paul
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Billy Paul was a Grammy Award winning soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single "Me and Mrs. Jones", as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods", which blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles.

Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Billy Ocean is a Trinidadian-English recording artist. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit, "Caribbean Queen", and in 1987 was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist.

Billy Lawrence
Billy Lawrence
Recording Artist

Music

Billy Lawrence is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and arranger.

Billy Joel
Billy Joel
5-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Billy Joel is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

Billy Graham
Billy Graham
Evangelist

Religion

Billy Graham was an evangelist, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well-known internationally in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.

Billie Myers
Billie Myers
Recording Artist

Music

Billie Myers is an English rock singer-songwriter. She is known principally for her 1998 transatlantic hit "Kiss the Rain".

Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Recording Artist

Music

Billie Eilish is an American singer-songwriter, model and dancer. She has seven gold and three platinum singles in the United States. Eilish and her musician brother Finneas frequently collaborate on her music.

Bill Withers
Bill Withers
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Bill Withers was a singer-songwriter. He recorded several major hits, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977), and "Just the Two of Us" (1980).

Bill Nye
Bill Nye
CEO, The Planetary Society

Science

Bill Nye the Science Guy is an American science communicator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the PBS and syndicated children's science show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" (1993 - 1998).

Bill Murray
Bill Murray
2-Time Emmy Award Winner

Film

Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and writer. Known for his deadpan delivery, he first rose to fame on "Saturday Night Live", a series of performances that earned him his first Emmy Award, and later starred in comedy films.

Bill Medley
Bill Medley
Member, The Righteous Brothers

Music

Bill Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers. Medley is a successful solo artist, and his million-selling #1 duet with Jennifer Warnes "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" won a number of awards.

Bill Maher
Bill Maher
Comedian and Political Commentator

Television

Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He is well known for the HBO political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003–present) and the similar late-night show called "Politically Incorrect".

Bill Gates
Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Co-Founder, Microsoft

Technology

Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. Since 1987, he has been included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest from 1995 to 2007 (and again in 2009), and has been since 2014.

Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
Comedian

Television

Beginning in the 1980s, Bill Cosby produced and starred in a television sitcom, "The Cosby Show", which aired from 1984 to 1992 and was rated as the number one show in America for five years, 1984 through 1989.

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