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fun.
fun.
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Fun (stylized as fun.) is an American indie pop band based in New York City. It was formed by Nate Ruess, former lead singer of The Format, with Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train.

The Temptations
The Temptations
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

The Temptations are an American vocal group known for their success with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. Having sold tens of millions of albums, The Temptations are one of the most successful groups in music history.

Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
5-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Christina Aguilera rose to prominence with her 1999 self-titled debut album that spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)".

Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
12-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. With global album and single sales of 28 million and 140 million respectively, as of April 2015, she is one of the best-selling musicians of all time.

Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
10-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Bobby McFerrin is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner, who is known for his unique vocal techniques.

Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Cyndi Lauper is a singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album "She's So Unusual" (1983) was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

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 Lawrence
Billy Lawrence
Recording Artist

Music

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

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Laurneá
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Prior to her debut solo project in 1997, Laurneá was a member of three groups in the 1990s: Bobby McFarrin's a capella group Voicestra, British group Loose Ends, and later in the Grammy-winning group Arrested Development.

The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang
Grammy Hall of Fame Winner

Music

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip-hop group, known mostly for its 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight", the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song uses an interpolation of the instrumental track from the hit "Good Times".

Collections: Black Music Month

Silk
Silk
Recording Group

Music

Silk is an American R&B group, formed in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are best known for their 1993 hit single, "Freak Me", which reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams
2-Time Academy Award Nominee and 13-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Pharrell Williams is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He has earned eleven Grammy Awards, including two with the Neptunes.

Prince
Prince
7-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Dr. Cornel West
Dr. Cornel West
American Philosopher, Academic, Social Activist, Author, and Public Intellectual

Academia

Dr. Cornel West is an American philosopher, academic, social activist, author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Collections: Black History Month

The Terence Blanchard Group
The Terence Blanchard Group
Recording Group

Music

Terence Oliver Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and film score composer.

Sounds of Blackness
Sounds of Blackness
3-Time Grammy Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee

Music

Sounds of Blackness is a Grammy Award winning vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz.

Collections: Black Music Month

Martha Wash
Martha Wash
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Martha Wash is a 2-time Grammy Award nominee, with a career spanning over thirty years. Known for her distinctive and powerful dramatic soprano voice, she first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons o' Fun.

Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin
16-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Kirk Franklin is an American gospel musician, choir director, and author. He is known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC), and has won multiple awards, including 16 Grammy Awards.

Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are currently a trio composed of baritone Nathan Morris, alongside tenors Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman.

Collections: Black Music Month

The Boys Choir of Harlem
The Boys Choir of Harlem
Recording Group

Music

The Boys Choir of Harlem was a choir located in Harlem, New York City, United States. Its last performance was in 2007 and the group folded shortly thereafter due to several controversies, a large budget deficit, and the death of its founder.

Tags: Harlem, New York · Dr. Walter Turnbull · Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church · Rev. Frederick B. Williams · Church of the Intercession · Budget Deficit · New York City Department of Education · Nelson Mandela · Pope John Paul II · Glory

Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul

Music

Aretha Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin's church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, she embarked on a secular career.

Gerald Levert
Gerald Levert
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Gerald Levert is best known for singing with Sean Levert and Marc Gordon of the vocal group LeVert. Levert was also a member of LSG, comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and himself. Levert is the son of Eddie Levert, who is the Lead Singer of The O'Jays.

Tags: Grammy Award Winner · Rude Boys · Men at Large · Black Men United · Eddie Levert · LeVert · LSG · The O'Jays · BET Award Winner · American Music Award Nominee

Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams
Recording Artist

Music

As of September 2009, Yolanda Adams had sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 in the United States, and nearly 8 million albums worldwide according to SoundScan.

Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
9-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Mary J. Blige is an American singer, songwriter, model, record producer, and actress. As of 2013, she has sold more than 50 million albums and 25 million singles worldwide.

Tags: Grammy Award Winner · Emmy Award Winner · Academy Award Nominee · Golden Globe Award Nominee · Mudbound · Uptown Records · Father MC · Jeff Redd · Yonkers, New York · Savannah, Georgia

Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
5-Time Grammy Award Winner and 19-Time World Music Award Winner

Music

Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. Throughout her career, she has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.

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