recording artist

A recording artist is an individual or group who professionally creates, performs, and records music or other audio content for distribution to an audience.

Aliases (50)

• musician ×269
• rapper ×166
• American musician ×43
• jazz musician ×26
• hip hop artist ×21
• pop singer ×20
• rock musician ×19
• R&B musician ×17
• hip hop musician ×17
• R&B singer ×13
• country singer ×12
• country musician ×11
• soul singer ×11
• pop musician ×10
• jazz singer ×9
• soul musician ×9
• Motown artist ×8
• folk singer ×8
• punk rock musician ×8
• rock singer ×8
• jazz trumpeter ×6
• vocalist ×6
• Afrobeats musician ×5
• American rapper ×5
• Irish musician ×5
• gospel singer ×5
• rhythm and blues singer ×5
• electronic musician ×4
• neo soul musician ×4
• opera singer ×4
• reggae musician ×4
• American R&B singer ×3
• blues guitarist ×3
• blues singer ×3
• musical persona ×3
• American hip hop musician ×2
• Cantopop singer ×2
• reggae singer ×2
• reggaeton artist ×2
• solo artist ×2
• American soul singer ×1
• Grammy-nominated artist ×1
• Latin trap artist ×1
• background vocalist ×1
• band singer ×1
• crooner ×1
• dancehall musician ×1
• disco musician ×1
• grime artist ×1
• jazz saxophonist ×1

Instances (showing first 500 of 973)

• Steve Martin ("musician")
• Chaka Khan
• Lonnie Lynn ("musician")
• Stevie Wonder ("soul musician")
• Pusha T ("rapper")
• RZA ("rapper")
• Common Sense ("American rapper")
• Toby Gad ("musician")
• Snoop Dogg ("rapper")
• Ella Fitzgerald ("jazz singer")
• Danny Elfman ("musician")
• Janet Jackson
• Erykah Badu ("neo soul musician")
• Celine Dion
• Estelle ("rapper")
• Dolly Parton ("country singer")
• Hans Zimmer ("musician")
• Rihanna
• André 3000 ("rapper")
• Carole King
• Ben E. King
• Kennedy William Gordy
• Robert Rodriguez ("musician")
• Chance the Rapper ("rapper")
• Eric Idle ("musician")
• Herbert Blomstedt ("musician")
• Steve Albini ("musician")
• Virginia Joan Bennett ("musician")
• Bill Callahan ("musician")
• P. Diddy ("rapper")
• Nelly ("rapper")
• Heribert ("musician")
• Kid Rock ("musician")
• Dottie West ("country singer")
• Sheena Easton ("pop singer")
• Barry Gibb ("musician")
• Andy Samberg ("musician")
• Audie Murphy ("country musician")
• Jimi Hendrix ("musician")
• Bing Crosby
• Raphael Saadiq ("American musician")
• Gary Kemp ("musician")
• Johnny Depp ("musician")
• The Pleased ("musician")
• Peter Buffett ("musician")
• Joan Baez ("folk singer")
• Leonard Cohen
• Tom Petty ("rock musician")
• Barbara Dickson
• Kevin Costner ("musician")
• Rockwell
• Kim Carnes
• Lin-Manuel Miranda ("rapper")
• Foxy Brown ("rapper")
• Sid Vicious ("musician")
• Pops ("jazz musician")
• Ludacris ("rapper")
• Fletcher Henderson ("jazz musician")
• Mike Dirnt ("musician")
• Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo
• Johnny Cash ("country musician")
• Rebekka Karijord ("musician")
• Kanye West ("rapper")
• Common ("rapper")
• Dwight Yoakam ("country musician")
• Rufus Wainwright
• Lil Hardin Armstrong ("jazz musician")
• Christopher George Latore Wallace ("rapper")
• Lil' Kim ("rapper")
• Count Basie ("jazz musician")
• Joey Ramone ("punk rock musician")
• Dee Dee King ("musical persona")
• Frank Sinatra ("jazz singer")
• Christopher Jordan Wallace ("rapper")
• Charlie Parker ("jazz musician")
• Johnny Ramone ("punk rock musician")
• Duke Ellington ("jazz musician")
• Tommy Ramone ("musician")
• Herbie Hancock ("jazz musician")
• Asaph ("musician")
• Adam Clayton ("musician")
• The Edge ("musician")
• Larry Mullen Jr. ("musician")
• George Frideric Handel ("musician")
• Jay-Z ("rapper")
• Kid Cudi ("rapper")
• Tekashi 6ix9ine ("rapper")
• Marky Ramone ("musician")
• Bob Weir ("musician")
• Shmurda (Bobby Shmurda) ("rapper")
• C.J. Ramone ("musician")
• 88-Keys ("rapper")
• Shannon Hoon ("rock singer")
• J Dilla ("rapper")
• Douglas Glenn Colvin ("musician")
• Jon Anderson ("musician")
• Lata Mangeshkar ("playback singer")
• Talib Kweli ("rapper")
• W. G. Snuffy Walden ("musician")
• Mos Def ("rapper")
• Swizz Beatz ("rapper")
• Save the Night
• Nick Cannon ("rapper")
• Foolish Fool ("soul singer")
• Babyface ("R&B musician")
• Lil Wayne ("rapper")
• Franz Eckert ("musician")
• Esti Maxine Stephens ("musician")
• DMX ("rapper")
• Gary Moore ("musician")
• Carlos Santana
• Everett ("American musician")
• Alizée ("pop singer")
• Tupac Shakur ("rapper")
• Del Shannon
• Joanna ("musician")
• Tino Rossi
• Buddy Guy ("blues guitarist")
• Keith Richards ("rock musician")
• Tré Cool ("musician")
• Hit-Boy ("rapper")
• John Lennon ("musician")
• Joanna Newsom ("musician")
• Q-Tip ("rapper")
• Warwick–Houston family ("American soul singer")
• Dionne Warwick
• Bobby Bland ("blues singer")
• Luther Vandross ("R&B musician")
• Gary Garland ("background vocalist")
• Bob Marley ("reggae musician")
• Louis Armstrong ("jazz musician")
• Billie Joe Armstrong ("musician")
• Faith Evans ("R&B musician")
• Judy Garland
• Dee Dee Ramone ("musician")
• Yma Sumac ("soprano singer")
• Peter Tosh ("reggae musician")
• Mark Wahlberg ("rapper")
• The Voice
• Jakob Danger Armstrong ("musician")
• Bunny Wailer ("reggae musician")
• Louis ("jazz musician")
• Yo-Yo ("musician")
• Bobby McFerrin ("vocalist")
• Chris Thile
• Delia Juanita Warrick ("soul singer")
• Teddy Riley ("musician")
• Burning Spear ("reggae singer")
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds ("R&B musician")
• Frank Basile ("musician")
• Edgar Meyer ("American musician")
• Ma Hiao-Tsiun ("musician")
• Emanuel Ax ("musician")
• Gladys Knight
• Kenny Rogers ("country singer")
• Katy Perry ("pop musician")
• Lenny Kravitz ("musician")
• Missy Elliott ("rapper")
• Billie ("musician")
• Shaquille O'Neal ("rapper")
• Billie Holiday ("jazz singer")
• Bob Dylan ("musician")
• Ryan Tedder ("musician")
• Cautious Clay ("American musician")
• James Blunt ("musician")
• Anderson .Paak ("rapper")
• Mahalia Jackson ("gospel singer")
• Grace Jones
• Jon Ekstrand ("musician")
• LL Cool J ("rapper")
• CyHi the Prynce ("rapper")
• Hudson Mohawke ("electronic musician")
• Consequence ("rapper")
• D'banj ("musician")
• Horn ("musician")
• Clint Black ("country musician")
• Jack Black ("musician")
• Desiigner ("rapper")
• 070 Shake ("rapper")
• Seal
• Neptunes ("rapper")
• Monica ("R&B singer")
• Malik Yusef ("rapper")
• Kelis
• Mary Black ("folk singer")
• Quavo ("rapper")
• The Notorious B.I.G. ("rapper")
• Pet Shop Boys ("musician")
• Miles Davis ("jazz musician")
• W. C. Handy ("musician")
• Hozier ("musician")
• DJ Khaled ("rapper")
• Lionel Hampton ("jazz musician")
• Max Roach ("jazz musician")
• Coleman Hawkins ("jazz musician")
• Britney Spears ("pop singer")
• Erroll Garner
• Dave Tozer ("musician")
• Warren “Oak” Felder ("Grammy-nominated artist")
• Peter Gabriel ("musician")
• Ray J ("R&B musician")
• U2 ("Irish musician")
• Che Smith ("rapper")
• Kings of Leon ("musician")
• Dixie Pearl Followill ("musician")
• Fiona Apple
• Sara Bareilles
• Jackson Browne ("musician")
• Esperanza Spalding ("musician")
• apl.de.ap ("rapper")
• Fergie ("rapper")
• Sergio Mendes ("musician")
• Shakira
• Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ("electronic musician")
• Big Sean ("rapper")
• Valee ("rapper")
• Scott Grimes ("musician")
• Taboo ("rapper")
• J Balvin ("reggaeton artist")
• Adele
• 2 Chainz ("rapper")
• Patti Scialfa
• Steven Van Zandt ("musician")
• Woody Guthrie ("folk singer")
• Demis Roussos ("musician")
• Plácido Domingo
• Caleb Followill ("musician")
• Perfume Genius ("American musician")
• Dawes ("musician")
• Ozuna ("reggaeton artist")
• Lady Gaga
• Travis Scott ("rapper")
• Nana Mouskouri
• Roy Orbison ("rock musician")
• Marcus Mumford ("musician")
• Sheck Wes ("rapper")
• Jay Black ("rock singer")
• Jacqueline du Pré ("musician")
• Clarence Clemons ("musician")
• Conor Oberst ("musician")
• Lang Lang ("musician")
• Nils Lofgren ("musician")
• Jenny Lewis ("musician")
• James Brown ("musician")
• David Foster ("musician")
• Pharrell Williams ("rapper")
• Judith Nelson ("opera singer")
• Linda Ronstadt
• Vince Gill ("country musician")
• Michael Jackson ("American musician")
• Linda McCartney ("musician")
• Prince ("American musician")
• Taylor Swift ("American musician")
• Beata Ernman ("opera singer")
• Sarah McLachlan
• James McCartney ("musician")
• James Taylor
• Chris Cornell ("rock musician")
• Luke Bryan ("country singer")
• Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann) ("musician")
• George Harrison ("musician")
• Russell Crowe ("musician")
• Cissy Houston ("gospel singer")
• Dee Dee Warwick ("soul singer")
• Bobby Brown
• Mariah Carey ("American musician")
• Ringo Starr ("musician")
• Roberta Joan Anderson ("musician")
• B. B. King ("blues guitarist")
• Viggo Mortensen ("musician")
• Billy Boyd ("musician")
• David Ndesandjo ("musician")
• Childish Gambino ("musician")
• Lukas Haas ("musician")
• George Benson ("jazz singer")
• Billy Bob Thornton ("musician")
• Benny Andersson ("musician")
• Alberto Iglesias ("musician")
• Normani ("American musician")
• Waylon Jennings ("country musician")
• Dooley Wilson ("musician")
• Paul Simon ("musician")
• Björn Ulvaeus ("musician")
• Horace Andy ("reggae singer")
• Doja Cat ("rapper")
• Emmylou Harris ("country singer")
• Desi Arnaz ("musician")
• Adam Faith ("pop singer")
• Mark Owen
• SZA ("R&B musician")
• Kris Kristofferson ("country singer")
• Wayne Shorter ("jazz musician")
• Merle Haggard ("country musician")
• Horace Silver ("jazz musician")
• Humphrey Lyttelton ("jazz trumpeter")
• Garth Stevenson ("musician")
• J. Cole ("rapper")
• Wynton Marsalis ("jazz musician")
• Solange Knowles
• Alan Shorter ("jazz musician")
• Kendrick Lamar ("rapper")
• Tina Turner
• Redd Foxx
• Yo-Yo Ma ("musician")
• Little Richard
• Diana Ross
• Patrick Doyle ("musician")
• Etta James
• Garner ("musician")
• Otis Redding ("soul singer")
• Malena Ernman ("opera singer")
• Johann Ambrosius Bach ("musician")
• Big Boi ("rapper")
• Charles 'Buddy' Rogers ("musician")
• Jim Carroll ("musician")
• The Jackson 5 ("Motown artist")
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ("musician")
• Trevor Horn ("musician")
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ("musician")
• Brandy ("R&B singer")
• Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach ("musician")
• António Variações ("pop singer")
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ("musician")
• Bessie Smith ("blues singer")
• Lisa Gerrard ("musician")
• Gustavo Santaolalla ("musician")
• Nat King Cole ("pop singer")
• Gavin Rossdale ("musician")
• Gavin DeGraw
• Harry Styles ("solo artist")
• Tyler, the Creator ("rapper")
• David Byrne ("musician")
• Styles P ("rapper")
• Fatman Scoop ("rapper")
• Curtis Mayfield ("soul musician")
• Billy Joel
• Wizkid
• Tiwa Savage
• Rema ("rapper")
• Stonebwoy ("musician")
• The Supremes ("Motown artist")
• Tony Bennett ("jazz singer")
• Wyclef Jean ("rapper")
• The Temptations ("Motown artist")
• Yemi Alade ("Afrobeats musician")
• Twista ("rapper")
• Akon ("rapper")
• Idris Elba ("musician")
• Grace Hall Hemingway ("American musician")
• The Four Tops ("Motown artist")
• Davido ("Afrobeats musician")
• Marvin Gaye ("soul musician")
• Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ("Motown artist")
• Burna Boy ("musician")
• Martha and the Vandellas ("Motown artist")
• Olamide ("rapper")
• Edie Brickell
• Johann van Beethoven ("musician")
• Sarkodie ("rapper")
• Jon Bellion ("rapper")
• Albert King ("blues guitarist")
• Vangelis ("electronic musician")