20th-century African-American male singers

The list 20th-century African-American male singers includes Gregory Abbott, Colonel Abrams, Johnny Ace, Luther Allison and Jewel Akens. The list consists of 980 members and 1 sublist.

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Usher

American, Singer

Overview: Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, businessman, and dancer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee until moving to Atlanta, ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1978

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Jennifer Goicoechea (Dating)

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Judges in American reality television series 48T

African-American male singer-songwriters 283T

Singer-songwriters from Tennessee 434T
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Michael Jackson

American, Singer

Overview: Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of ...

Date of birth: 29 August 1958

Date of death: 25 June 2009

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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20th-century American male singers 1,929T

21st-century African-American male singers 553T

21st-century American male singers 2,094T
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Prince

American, Musician

Overview: Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. A guitar virtuoso known for his genre-crossing work, w ...

Date of birth: 7 June 1958

Date of death: 21 April 2016

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 284T

Singer-songwriters from Minnesota 96T

21st-century African-American male singers 553T
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Lenny Kravitz

American, Singer

Overview: Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1964

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 284T

American Ashkenazi Jews 200T

21st-century African-American male singers 553T
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Jussie Smollett

American, Hoaxer

Overview: Jussie Smollett ( JUSS-ee, born June 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1987 acting in films including The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner's North (1994) ...

Date of birth: 21 June 1982

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Hoaxer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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American gay actors 590T

21st-century American male singers 2,062T

21st-century American Jews 3,050T
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Jimi Hendrix

American, Guitarist

Overview: James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four ...

Date of birth: 27 November 1942

Date of death: 18 September 1970

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Kings of Rhythm members 24T

Gypsy Sun and Rainbows members 6T

Barbiturates-related deaths 101T
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Lionel Richie

American, Musician

Overview: Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. His recordings with the Commodores and in his solo career ...

Date of birth: 20 June 1949

Age: 73

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

21st-century American male musicians 4,997T

20th-century American keyboardists 311T
8.

Snoop Dogg

American, Rapper

Overview: Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record p ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1971

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Shante Broadus (Married)

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Stoner/stonette of the year awards 13T

20th-century American male musicians 7,721T

21st-century American male musicians 5,522T
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R. Kelly

American, Criminal

Overview: Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who has been convicted on racketeering and sex offender charges.

Date of birth: 8 January 1967

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 284T

Singer-songwriters from Illinois 251T

21st-century African-American male singers 553T
10.

Joe

American, Singer

Overview: Joseph Lewis Thomas (born July 5, 1973), known mononymously as Joe, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Raised in Opelika, Alabama, he later relocated to New Jersey, and in 1992 he signed ...

Date of birth: 5 July 1973

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

Record producers from Alabama 30T

Record producers from Georgia (U.S. state) 70T
11.

Ralph Carter

American, Actor

Overview: Ralph David Carter (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor and singer best remembered as Michael Evans, the youngest child of Florida and James Evans, Sr., on the CBS sitcom Good Times from 1974–1979 ...

Date of birth: 30 May 1961

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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African-American male child actors 59T

African-American male actors 1,377T

American male child actors 1,682T
12.

Keith Sweat

American, Singer

Overview: Keith Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and an early figure in the new jack swing musical movement. He is known for his collection of hits including "I Want ...

Date of birth: 22 July 1961

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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African-American male songwriters 111T

20th-century American male singers 1,918T

21st-century African-American male singers 550T
13.

Barry White

American, Singer

Overview: Barry Eugene Carter (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003), better known by his stage name Barry White, was an American singer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass-baritone voice and romantic ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1944

Date of death: 4 July 2003

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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The Love Unlimited Orchestra members 12T

African-American male singer-songwriters 276T

Singer-songwriters from Texas 664T
14.

Al Green

Pastor, Vocalist, Producer

Overview: Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River" ...

Date of birth: 13 April 1946

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Al Green 2T

People charged with battery 5T

People charged with assault 6T
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Marvin Gaye

American, Singer

Overview: Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. (known professionally as Marvin Gaye; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1939

Date of death: 1 April 1984

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Gaye family 8T

Singer-songwriters from Washington, D.C 3T

African-American male singer-songwriters 281T
16.

Brian McKnight

American, Singer

Overview: Brian Kelly McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, radio host and multi-instrumentalist. He is most recognized for his strong falsetto, high belting range ...

Date of birth: 5 June 1969

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Leilani Mendoza (Married)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 283T

21st-century African-American male singers 553T

Singer-songwriters from New York (state) 700T
17.

Stevie J

Musician

Overview: Steven Aaron Jordan (born November 2, 1971) is an American DJ, record producer, and television personality. One of the most successful record producers of the mid-to-late 1990s, Jordan won a 1997 Grammy ...

Date of birth: 2 November 1973

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Music Producer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Musicians from Rochester, New York 79T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

Grammy Award winners for rap music 107T
18.

Rick James

American, Singer

Overview: James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born and raised in ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1948

Date of death: 6 August 2004

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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African-American United States Navy personnel 165T

African-American male singer-songwriters 284T

20th-century American male singers 1,929T
19.

Pete Wentz

American, Bassist

Overview: Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record executive. He is best known for being the bassist, lyricist, and backing vocalist for the American ...

Date of birth: 5 June 1979

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bassist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Meagan Camper (Dating)

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Black Cards members 2T

African-American male songwriters 107T

21st-century African-American male singers 540T
20.

Ray Charles

American, Musician

Overview: Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". He was often ...

Date of birth: 23 September 1930

Date of death: 10 June 2004

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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American male jazz pianists 7T

African-American male singer-songwriters 284T

Deaths from liver failure 111T