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Welcome to our exploration of the greatest music performers.

Defining greatness in music is a complex task, but these timeless tracks have left a lasting impact that's worth celebrating.

This lesson was originally about songs, but it's hard to enumerate them. So it has been changed to performers, as the greatest performers normally also perform the greatest music.

Coordinate page: Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Songs

In progress

1910s

performer time active period language genre video
阿炳

Abing

1893 or 1898 – 1950 1910s – 1950 (none) folk
سيد درويش

Sayed Darwish

1892 – 1923 1910s – 1950 Egyptian Arabic
Marlene Dietrich 1901 – 1992 1919 – 1954 German

1920s

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أم كلثوم

Umm Kulthum

1898 – 1975 1923 – 1973 Egyptian Arabic classical

1930s

performer time active period language genre video
نور جہاں

Noor Jehan

1926 – 2000 1930 – 2000 Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, et al. filmi, ghazal, classical, Qawwali
فريد الأطرش

Farid al-Atrash

1910 – 1974 1930s – 1974 Egyptian Arabic classical
محمد عبد الوهاب

Mohammed Abdel Wahab

1902 – 1991 1930s – 1991 Egyptian Arabic
محمد فوزي

Mohamed Fawzi

1918 – 1966 1930s – 1959 Egyptian Arabic
أسمهان

Asmahan

1912 – 1944 1931 – 1944 Egyptian Arabic
Charles Aznavour

Շառլ Ազնավուր

1924 – 2018 1933 – 2018 French pop, chanson, adult contemporary
Édith Piaf 1915 – 1963 1935 – 1963 French cabaret, torch songs, modern chanson, musical theatre
Manna Dey 1919 – 2013 1938 – 2013 Bengali, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Chhattisgarhi, et al. filmi, classical, qawwali, ghazals, bhajan, gurbani, Nazrul Geeti, rock and roll
وديع الصافي

Wadih El Safi

1921 – 2013 1938 – 2013 Levantine Arabic tarab, folk

1940s

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Mohammed Rafi 1924 – 1980 1944 – 1980 Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi, Konkani, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili, etc. filmi, bhajan, ghazal, qawwali, shabad, na'at, classical, Nazrul Geeti, comedy
美空 ひばり

Hibari Misora

1937 – 1989 1945 – 1989 Japanese kayōkyoku, jazz, enka
Kishore Kumar 1929 – 1987 1946 – 1987 Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia, Urdu, et al. filmi, disco, pop, yodelling, rock and roll, semi-classical, comedy, Rabindra Sangeet

1950s

performer time active period language genre video
فيروز

Fairuz

1934 or 1935 – 1950 – Levantine Arabic tarab
Ali Farka Touré 1939 – 2006 1950s – 2006 Bambara, et al. folk, desert blues
وردة الجزائرية

Warda Al-Jazairia

1939 – 2012 1951 – 1962, 1972 – 2012 Egyptian Arabic
عبد الحليم حافظ

Abdel Halim Hafez

1929 – 1977 1952 – 1977 Egyptian Arabic
Jacques Brel 1929 – 1978 1952 – 1978 French chanson, pop
Elvis Presley 1935 – 1977 1953 – 1977 English rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, gospel
گوگوش

Googoosh

1950 – 1953 – 1979, 2000 – Iranian Persian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Armenian, French pop
Johnny Hallyday 1943 – 2017 1955 – 2017 French rock and roll, pop, yé-yé
Serge Gainsbourg 1928 – 1991 1957 – 1991 French pop, rock, jazz
محمدرضا شجریان

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

1940 – 2020 1959 – 2016 Iranian Persian classical

1960s

performer time active period language genre video
The Beatles - 1960 – 1970 English rock, pop, beat, psychedelia
Jagjit Singh 1941 – 2011 1960 – 2011 Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Nepali, Gujarati, Sindhi, et al. ghazal, classical, devotional, folk, bhajan
K. J. Yesudas 1940 – 1961 – Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Tulu, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Arabic, English, Latin, Russian classical, playback singing, filmi
David Bowie 1947 – 2016 1962 – 2016 English art rock, glam rock, pop, electronic
Françoise Hardy 1944 – 2024 1962 – 2021 French pop, yé-yé, chanson
Elton John 1947 – 1962 – English pop, rock
Scorpions - 1965 – English hard rock, heavy metal
鄧麗君

Teresa Teng

1953 – 1995 1966 – 1995 Mandarin Chinese, Min Nan Chinese, Yue Chinese, Wu Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, English, Italian pop, folk, dangdut, enka, kayōkyoku, country, jazz, disco, soul
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1946 – 2020 1966 – 2020 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit, et al. playback
ابی

Ebi

1949 – 1967 – Iranian Persian pop
Hayedeh 1942 – 1990 1968 – 1990 Iranian Persian classical, folk, pop

1970s

performer time active period language genre video
Brian Eno 1948 – 1970 – English ambient, electronic, minimalism, pop, rock
داریوش

Dariush

1951 – 1970 – Iranian Persian pop, rock
معین

Moein

1952 – 1970 – Iranian Persian pop, classical
Queen - 1970 – English rock, pop
Udit Narayan 1955 – 1970 – Hindi, Nepali, Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Telugu filmi, pop, semi-classical, bhajan, folk
Mihemed Şêxo 1948

– 1989

1970 – 1989 Northern Kurdish folk
محمد علی شہکی

Mohammed Ali Shehki

1957 – 1973 – Urdu pop, playback
Richard Clayderman 1953 – 1976 – (none) easy listening
Sandra 1962 – 1976 – English pop, synth-pop, disco, new age
Yanni 1954 – 1977 – (none) contemporary instrumental, instrumental, crossover, new age
اندی

Անդի

Andy

1958 – 1977 – Iranian Persian pop, dance-pop, rock, soft rock
Herbert Grönemeyer 1956 – 1978 – German rock, pop rock, soft rock

1980s

performer time active period language genre video
Enya 1961 – 1980 – English ambient, fusion
نازیہ حسن

Nazia Hassan

1965 – 2000 1980 – 1992 Urdu, Panjabi filmi, disco, pop
Vanessa Paradis 1972 – 1980 – French R&B, pop, rock
劉德華

Andy Lau

1961 – 1981 – Yue Chinese, Mandarin Chinese pop
Angélique Kidjo 1960 – 1982 – English, French, Yoruba pop, beat, reggae, jazz, gospel, Latin
Brenda Fassie 1964 – 2004 1981 – 2004 Xhosa, English pop, kwaito, R&B
حسن جہانگیر

Hassan Jahangir

1962 – 1982 – Urdu
Bon Jovi - 1983 – English hard rock, glam metal, arena rock, pop rock
Nena - 1981 – 1987 German new wave, synth-pop, pop, pop rock
崔健

Cui Jian

1961 – 1984 – Mandarin Chinese rock, folk, pop, jazz, hip-hop, electronic, avant-garde, experimental
張學友

Jacky Cheung

1961 – 1984 – Yue Chinese, Mandarin Chinese pop, operatic pop, adult contemporary, jazz, R&B
Mylène Farmer 1961 – 1984 – French pop, rock, dance, electronic
Luna Sea – 1986 – 2000, 2010 – Japanese alternative rock, punk rock, progressive rock, hard rock
Glay – 1988 – Japanese pop rock, power pop, progressive rock
王菲

Faye Wong

1969 – 1989 – 2005, 2010 – Yue Chinese, Mandarin Chinese pop, dream pop, alternative pop, rock

1990s

performer time active period language genre video
Daler Mehndi 1967 – 1991 – Hindi, Panjabi bhangra, pop
A. R. Rahman 1967 – 1992 – Tamil, Hindi filmi, classical
Britney Spears 1981 – 1992 – English pop, dance-pop, electropop, teen pop
عمر سليمان

Omar Souleyman

1966 – 1994 – Levantine Arabic dabke, electronic
Rammstein - 1994 – German dance-metal, industrial metal
이정현

Lee Jung-hyun

1980 – 1996 – Korean pop, dance, techno, trance, electropop
Himesh Reshammiya 1973 – 1998 – Hindi, Gujarati disco, pop, rock, Bollywood, electronic dance, bhajan
Westlife - 1998 – 2012, 2018 – English pop, dance-pop, teen pop
蔡依林

Jolin Tsai

1980 – 1999 – Mandarin Chinese pop, dance

2000s

performer time active period language genre video
周杰倫

Jay Chou

1979 – 2000 – Mandarin Chinese pop, R&B, rock, hip-hop
Витас

Vitas

1979 – 2000 – Russian operatic pop, orchestral pop, technopop, dance-pop, folk-pop, synth-pop, electroclash, alternative rock
Wizkid 1990 – 2001 – English, Yoruba pop, R&B, beat, reggae, dance hall
Carla Bruni 1967 – 2002 – 2008, 2013 – English chanson
Amy Winehouse 1983 – 2011 2003 – 2011 English soul, R&B, jazz
Taylor Swift 1989 – 2003 – English pop, country, folk
张靓颖

Jane Zhang

1984 – 2003 – Mandarin Chinese pop, R&B, jazz, electropop, dance-pop, classical
Helene Fischer 1984 – 2005 – German Schlager
سعد لمجرد

Saad Lamjarred

1985 – 2006 – Moroccan Arabic pop, khaliji
鄧紫棋

G.E.M.

1991 – 2008 – Mandarin Chinese pop, dance-pop, R&B

2010s

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BTS - 2013 – pop, hip-hop, R&B, EDM Korean

(the following work-based decade categorisation may be replaced)

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