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Famous Singers G-M 🧑‍🎤 All Greatest Male & Female Singers 🎤

Who are the most famous singers? There’s so many great vocalists but not so many have careers which span decades and stand the test of time. Madonna is one of the most famous rock and pop singers and Bob Marley is the most famous reggae singer of all time. Musically these famous singers are worlds apart they are now connected with all the other famous singers on this ADDucation list.

  • ADDucation’s list of famous singers was compiled by Robert Junker and last updated 18 Aug 2024

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Famous Singers 🧑‍🎤 From Born Died Discography: Albums (1st release date) Greatest Hits (1st release)
Peter Gabriel
(former famous singers of Genesis
1967-1975)		 🇬🇧 UK 1950 Car (1977), Scratch (1978), Melt (1980), Security (1982), So (1986), Us (1992), Up (2002), Scratch my back (2010), New blood (2011). Solsbury Hill (1977), Games without frontiers (1980), Don’t give up (1986 with Kate Bush), Sledgehammer (1986), Big time (1987), Digging in the dirt (1992), Steam (1993).
Rory Gallagher 🇮🇪 Ireland 1948 1995 Rory Gallagher (1971), Deuce (1971), Blueprint (1973), Tattoo (1973), Against the Grain (1975), Calling Card (1976), Photo Finish (1978), Top Priority (1979), Jinx (1982). Blister on the moon (1968); Bullfrog Blues (1972); A million miles away (1973); Philby (1978); Bad Penny (1978); Shadowplay (1978).
Marvin Gaye 🇺🇸 USA 1939 1984 Easy (1969), What’s going on (1971), Let’s get it on (1973), Here, my dear (1978), In our lifetime (1981), Midnight love (1982). I heard it through the grapevine (1966), What’s going on (1971), Sexual Healing (1982).
Bob Geldof
(former Boomtown Rats singer 1976-1984)		 🇮🇪 Ireland 1951 Deep in the heart of nowhere (1986), Vegetarians of love (1990), The Happy Club (1992), Sex, Age and Death (2001). This is the world calling (1986), The great song of indifference (1990).
Jimi Hendrix 🇺🇸 USA 1942 1970 Are you experienced? (1967), Axis (1967), Smash Hits (1968), Electric Ladyland (1968), Cry of love (1971), Experience (1971). Hey Joe (1966), Purple Haze (1967), All along the watchtower (1968), Voodoo child (1971).
Whitney Houston 🇺🇸 USA 1963 2012 Whitney Houston (1985), Whitney (1987), I’m your baby tonight (1990), The Bodyguard (1992), The preacher’s wife (1996). Saving all my love for you (1985), How will I know (1986), Greatest love of all (1986), I wanna dance with somebody (1987), One moment in time (1988), I will always love you (1992), My love is your love (1999).
Billy Idol 🇬🇧 UK 1955 Billy Idol (1982), Rebel Yell (1983), Whiplash Smile (1986), Charmed life (1990), Cyberpunk (1993). Dancing with myself (1981), White wedding (1982), Hot in the city (1982), Rebel Yell (1984), Flesh for fantasy (1984).
Julio Iglesias 🇪🇸 Spain 1943 Un Canto a Galicia (1972), Und das Meer singt sein Lied (1972), 1100 Bel Air Place (84), Non stop (1988), La Carretera (1995), Noche de Cuatro Lunas (2000). To all the girls I’ve loved before (1984), All of you (1984), Gozar la vida (2000).
Janet Jackson 🇺🇸 USA 1966 Janet Jackson (1982), Control (1986), Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), Janet. (1993), All for you (2001), Discipline (2008), Icon (2010), Unbreakable (2015). When I think of you (1986), Miss you much (1989), Escapade (1989), Black Cat (1989), That’s the way love goes (1993).
Michael Jackson
(The King of Pop)		 🇺🇸 USA 1958 2009 Got to be there (1972), Off the wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995), Invincible (2001), This is it (2009, Soundtrack), Michael (2010, posthumously). Don’t stop till you get enough (1979), Thriller (1982), Billie Jean (1982), Beat it (1982), Wanna be starting something (1982), Liberian Girl (1987), Man in the mirror (1987), Dirty Diane (1987), Black or White (1991), Who is it? (1991), Earth Song (1995).
Mick Jagger
(also famous singers of Rolling Stones)		 🇬🇧 UK 1943 She’s the boss (1985), Primitive Cool (1987), Wandering Spirit (1993), Goddess in the doorway (2001). Just another night (1985), Dancing in the streets (1985), Lets work (1987), Sweet thing (1993).
Billy Joel 🇺🇸 USA 1949 Cold Spring Harbor (1971), Piano Man (1973), Turnstiles (1976), The Stranger (1977), 52nd Street (1978), Glass Houses (1980), An innocent man (1983), The Bridge (1986), Storm Front (1989), River of dreams (1993). Piano Man (1973), New York State of Mind (1976), The Stranger (1977), Just the way you are (1977), My Life (1978), Tell her about it (1983), Uptown Girl (1983), We didn’t start the fire (1989), The River of dreams (1993).
Elton John 🇬🇧 UK 1947 Elton John (1970), Tumbleweed Connection (1970), 17-11-70 (1971), Madman across the water (1971), Honky Château (1972), Goodbye yellow brick road (1973), Here and there (1976), Too low for zero (1983), Reg strikes back (1988), The Union (2010), The diving board (2013), Wonderful Crazy Night (2016). Your song (1970), Rocket man (1972), Crocodile Rock (1972), Daniel (1973), Candle in the wind (1973), Don’t let the sun go down on me (1974), Don’t go breaking my heart (1976), I’m still standing (1983), The one (1992), Runaway train (1992), Candle in the wind (1997).
Grace Jones 🇯🇲 Jamaica 1948 Nightclubbing (1981), Living my live (1982), Slave to the rhythm (1985), Island live (1985), Inside story (1986), Hurricane (2008). I’ve seen that face before (1981), Slave to the rhythm (1985), Pull up to the bumper (1986).
Norah Jones 🇺🇸 USA 1979 Come away with me (2002), Feels like home (2004), The little willies (2006), Not too late (2007), The Fall (2009), Little broken hearts (2012), Day Breaks (2016). Don’t know why (2002), Here we go again (2004 with Ray Charles), Sunrise (2004), Thinking about you (2006), Chasing Pirates (2009).
Tom Jones 🇬🇧 UK 1940 13 Smash Hits (1967), Delilah (1968), Help yourself (1968), This is Tom Jones (1969), Reload (1999). It’s not unusual (1965), What’s new, Pussycat? (1965), Delilah (1968), Help yourself (1968), Sex bomb (1999).
Alicia Keys 🇺🇸 USA 1981 Songs in a minor (2001), The diary of Alicia Keys (2003), Unplugged (2005), As I am (2007), The element of freedom (2009), Girl on fire (2012), Here (2016). Fallin (2001), Gangsta Lovin (2002), My Boo (2004), No one (2007), Another way to die (2008), Doesn’t mean anything (2008), Girl on fire (2012).
Lenny Kravitz 🇺🇸 USA 1964 Let love rule (1989), Mama said (1991), Are you gonna go my way (1993), Circus (1995), 5 (1998), Lenny (2001), Baptism (2004), It is time for a love revolution (2008), Black and white America (2011), Strut (2014). Mr. Cab Driver (1990), Always on the run (1991), It ain’t over til it’s over (1991), Are you gonna go my way (1993), Believe (1993), Fly away (1999), Again (2000), I’ll be waiting (2008), The Chamber (2014).
Lady Gaga 🇺🇸 USA 1986 The Fame (2008), The Fame Monster (2009), Born this way (2011), Artpop (2013), Cheek to Cheek (2014), Joanne (2016). Just dance (2008), Poker Face (2008), Paparazzi (2009), Bad Romance (2009), Telephone (2010), Alejandro (2010), Born this way (2011), The edge of glory (2011), You and I (2011), Applause (2013), Do what u want (2013), Million Reasons (2016).
Little Richard
(Nicknames:  “The Innovator” and “The Originator”)
 🇺🇸 USA 1932 2020 Here’s Little Richard (1957), Little Richard (1958), The Fabulous Little Richard (1958), Pray Along with Little Richard, Volume (1 (1960), Pray Along with Little Richard (Vol 2) (1960), The King of the Gospel Singers (196(1), Little Richard Is Back (And There’s A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!) (1964), Little Richard’s Greatest Hits (1965), The Explosive Little Richard (1967), The Rill Thing (1970), The King of Rock and Roll (197(1), The Second Coming (1972), Right Now! (1974), Little Richard Live (1976), God’s Beautiful City (1979), Lifetime Friend (1986), Shake It All About (1992), Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka (1992), Southern Child (2005). Tutti Frutti (1955), Long tall Sally (1956), Rip it up (1956), Ready Teddy (1956), Slippin’ and Slidin’ (1956), The girl can’t help it (1956), Lucille (1957),  Keep a Knockin’ (1957), Get down with it (1967), Good golly Miss Molly (1973).
Jennifer Lopez 🇺🇸 USA 1969 On the 6 (1999), J. Lo (2001), This is me…then (2003), Rebirth (2005), Como ama una mujer (2007), Love? (2011), A.K.A. (2014). Love don’t cost a thing (2001), I’m real (2001), Ain’t it funny (2002), Jenny from the block (2002), Get right (2005), Control myself (2006), On the floor (2011), I’m into you (2011), Dance again (2012).
Madonna 🇺🇸 USA 1958 Madonna (1983), Like a virgin (1984), Like a prayer (1989), Erotica (1992), Bedtime stories (1994), Ray of light (1998), Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions on a dance floor (2005), Hard candy (2008), MDNA (2012), Rebel Heart (2015). Like a virgin (1984), Into the groove (1985), Like a prayer (1989), Vogue (1990), Secret (1994), Frozen (1998), Music (2000), Die another day (2002), Hung up (2005), Sorry (2006), 4 Minutes (2008), Give it to me (2008), Give me all your luvin (2012).
Bob Marley 🇯🇲 Jamaica 1945 1981 Catch a fire (1972), African herbsman (1973), Burnin’ (1973), Natty Dread (1974), Rastaman vibration (1976), Exodus (1977), Kaya (1978), Survival (1979), Uprising (1980), Chances are (1981), Confrontation (1983), Legend (1984). Stir it up (1972), Get up, stand up (1973), I shot the sheriff (1973), No woman no cry (1974), Buffalo soldier (1983).
Bruno Mars 🇺🇸 USA 1985 Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010), Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), XXIVK Magic (2016). Just the way you are (2010), Grenade (2010), The Lazy Song (2011), Mary You (2011), It will rain (2011), Looked out of heaven (2012), When I was your man (2013), Treasure (2013), XXIVK Magic (2016), That’s what I like (2017).
Paul McCartney
(former singer of The Beatles 1960-70 & Wings 1971-81)
 🇬🇧 UK 1942 Wild Life (1971), Ram (1971), Red Rose Speedway (1973), Band on the Run (1973), Venus and Mars (1975), Tug of War (1982), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), Flowers in the Dirt (1989), Kisses on the Bottom (2012). Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (1971), My Love (1973), Live and Let Die (1973), Band on the Run (1974), Listen to What the Man Said (1975), Silly Love Songs (1976), With a Little Luck (1978).
Meat Loaf
(Marvin Lee Aday)
 🇺🇸 USA 1947 2022 Bat Out of Hell (1977), Dead Ringer (1981), Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983), Bad Attitude (1984), Blind Before I Stop (1986), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995), Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003), Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006), Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010), Hell in a Handbasket (2011), Braver Than We Are (2016) Bat Out of Hell (1979), I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That(1993), Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994), I’d Lie for You (And That’s the Truth) with Patti Russo (1995).
Katie Melua 🇬🇧 UK, 🇬🇪 Georgia 1984 Call of the search (2003), Piece by piece (2005), Pictures (2007), The House (2010), Secret Symphony (2012), Ketevan (2013), In Winter (2016). The closest thing to crazy (2003), Nine Million Bicycles (2005), If you were a sailboat (2007).
John Mellencamp 🇺🇸 USA 1951 American Fool (1982), Scarecrow (1985), Big Daddy (1989). Hurts so good (1982), Jack & Diane (1982), Small Town (1985), Rock in the USA (1986), Paper in fire (1989).
George Michael
(former singer of Wham! 1981-86)		 🇬🇧 UK 1963 2016 Faith (1987), Listen without prejudice (1990), Older (1996), Ladies & Gentlemen (1998), Songs from the last century (1999), Patience (2004), Twenty five (2006). I want your sex (1987), Praying for time (1990), Don’t let the sun go down on me (with Elton John, 1991), Freeek (2002).
Kylie Minogue 🇦🇺 Australia 1968 Kylie (1988), Enjoy yourself (1989), Rhythm of love (1990), Let’s get to it (1991), Kylie Minogue (1994), Impossible Princess (1998), Light years (2000), Fever (2001), Body language (2003), X (2007), Aphrodite (2010), Kiss me once (2014), Kylie Christmas (2015). Locomotion (1987), Where the wild roses grow (1996), Can’t get you out of my head (2002), All the lovers (2010), Get outta my way (2010), Into the Blue (2014).
Joni Mitchell 🇨🇦 Canada 1943 Clouds (1969); Ladies of the canyon (1970); Blue (1971); For the roses (1972); Court and Spark (1974); Hejira (1976); Mingus (1979); Wild things run fast (1982); Dog eat dog (1985); Both sides now (2000); Travelogue (2002); Shine (2007). Clouds (1969); Both sides now (1969); Chelsea Morning (1969); Big Yellow Taxi (1970); Down to you (1973); Coyote (1976).
Moby 🇺🇸 USA 1965 Moby (1992), Ambient (1993), Everything is wrong (1995), Animal rights (1996), Play (1999), 18 (2002), Hotel (2005), Last night (2008), Wait for me (2009), Destroyed (2011), Innocents (2013), These systems are failing (2016). Why does my heart feel so bad? (1999), Extreme ways (2002), Disco Lies (2008).
Alanis Morissette 🇨🇦 Canada 1974 Jagged little pill (1995), Supposed former infatuation junkie (1998), Under rug swept (2002), So-called chaos (2004), Flavors of entanglement (2008), Havoc and bright lights (2012). Hand in my pocket (1995), Ironic (1996), You oughta know (1996), Hands clean (2002), Underneath (2008), Guardian (2012).

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