20th-century African-American women singers

The list 20th-century African-American women singers includes Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Sanaa Lathan, Mariah Carey and Kat Graham. The list consists of 921 members and 1 sublist.

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Beyoncé

American, Singer

Overview: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen Bey", she has been widely recognized for her boundary-pushing ...

Date of birth: 4 September 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jay-Z (Married)

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American dance-pop musicians 68T

Knowles–Carter family 5T

American feminist musicians 282T
2.

Whitney Houston

American singer, record producer, actress, film producer, and philanthropist (1963–2012)

Overview: Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "the Voice", she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 220 million ...

Date of birth: 9 August 1963

Date of death: 11 February 2012

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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MTV Video Music Award winners 217T

American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent 252T

Deaths from coronary artery disease 79T
3.

Sanaa Lathan

American actress (born 1971)

Overview: Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. Her career began after she appeared in the shows In the ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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20th-century African-American women 4,418T

21st-century African-American women 4,675T

Actresses from New York City 1,625T
4.

Mariah Carey

American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist (born 1969)

Overview: Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her songwriting, f ...

Date of birth: 27 March 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Anderson .Paak (Dating)

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Judges in American reality television series 95T

21st-century African-American women singers 623T

Singer-songwriters from New York (state) 728T
5.

Kat Graham

American actress and singer

Overview: Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham (born September 5, 1989) is an American actress, singer, and activist. She played Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017) ...

Date of birth: 5 September 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Bryant Wood (Married)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,654T

21st-century African-American women singers 623T

Singer-songwriters from California 1,009T
6.

Da Brat

American rapper (born 1974)

Overview: Shawntae Harris (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper and actress from Chicago, Illinois. Beginning her career in 1992, her debut album Funkdafied (1994) ...

Date of birth: 14 April 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Jesseca Dupart (Married)

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LGBT singers from the United States 352T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
7.

Mya

American singer and actress (born 1979)

Overview: Mya Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979), known by her stage name Mýa, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born into a musical family, she studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance as a ...

Date of birth: 10 October 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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American dance-pop musicians 69T

21st-century African-American actresses 877T

20th-century African-American actresses 681T
8.

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer (1939–2023)

Overview: Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was an American-born Swiss singer. Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina ...

Date of birth: 26 November 1939

Date of death: 24 May 2023

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Swiss

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American musicians with disabilities 265T

American writers with disabilities 326T

MTV Video Music Award winners 224T
9.

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

Overview: Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist ...

Date of birth: 3 June 1906

Date of death: 12 April 1975

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

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Black French actors 46T

People who renounced United States citizenship 70T

American bisexual actors 192T
10.

Aaliyah

American, Singer

Overview: Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), known mononymously as Aaliyah, was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary ...

Date of birth: 16 January 1979

Date of death: 25 August 2001

Age: 22 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American child pop musicians 105T

21st-century African-American actresses 111T

20th-century African-American actresses 70T
11.

Eve

American rapper, singer, and actress (born 1978)

Overview: Eve Jihan Jeffers Cooper (born November 10, 1978) is an American rapper, singer, composer and actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has released four studio albums, Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Maximillion Cooper (Married)

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20th-century American women rappers 6T

21st-century American women rappers 28T

Martin Luther King High School (Philadelphia) alumni 7T
12.

Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas

American singer, dancer and actress (born 1971)

Overview: Rozonda Ocielian Thomas (born February 27, 1971), better known by her stage name Chilli, is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, television personality and model who rose to fame in the early ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Matthew Lawrence (Dating)

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21st-century African-American women singers 572T

21st-century American women singers 3,013T

21st-century women singers 8,572T
13.

Cassie Ventura

American singer, dancer, actress, and model (born 1986)

Overview: Casandra Elizabeth Ventura Fine (born August 26, 1986), known professionally as Cassie, is an American singer, songwriter, model, actress and dancer. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her career ...

Date of birth: 26 August 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Alex Fine (Fitness Instructor) (Married)

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21st-century African-American women singers 620T

American women hip hop singers 70T

American women hip hop musicians 74T
14.

Brandy Norwood

American singer (born 1979)

Overview: Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known mononymously as Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Her sound is characterized by heavy voice-layering and riffs ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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American child pop musicians 106T

American dance-pop musicians 68T

Singer-songwriters from Mississippi 156T
15.

Vanessa Williams

American, Actress

Overview: Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to receive the Miss America title when she was ...

Date of birth: 18 March 1963

Age: 62

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race winners 6T

21st-century African-American women singers 683T

African-American history of Westchester County, New York 43T
16.

Toni Braxton

American singer (born 1967)

Overview: Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Musicians from the Las Vegas Valley 28T

Methodists from Maryland 30T

Singer-songwriters from Nevada 24T
17.

Queen Latifah

American recording artist and actress (born 1970)

Overview: Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and producer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy ...

Date of birth: 18 March 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Ebony Nicholas (Dating)

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Singer-songwriters from New Jersey 203T

21st-century African-American women singers 565T

Television producers from New Jersey 121T
18.

Lil' Kim

American rapper (born 1974)

Overview: Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper. She was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets ...

Date of birth: 11 July 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 11" (150 cm)

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21st-century African-American women singers 606T

20th-century women rappers 15T

21st-century American women musicians 1,036T
19.

Faith Evans

American actor and musician

Overview: Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working ...

Date of birth: 10 June 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American female hip hop singers 42T

American female hip hop musicians 67T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T
20.

Erykah Badu

American singer

Overview: Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by R&B, 1970s soul, and 1980s hip hop, Badu ...

Date of birth: 26 February 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Carl Jones (Long-Term)

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American neo soul singers 100T

Universal Motown Records artists 75T

American female hip hop musicians 67T