Motown & Classic Soul
Jazz & Blues Legends
Hip‑Hop & R&B Breakthroughs
Black Music Movers & Innovators
Artists, Hits & Trivia
100

This Detroit record label founded by Berry Gordy launched acts like The Supremes and Marvin Gaye.

What is Motown Records?

100

This genre, born in New Orleans, gave the world improvisation and artists like Louis Armstrong.

What is jazz?

100

This family group launched young Michael Jackson and sang “I Want You Back.”

Who are The Jackson 5?

100

This U.S. city is widely known as the birthplace of jazz.

What is New Orleans?

100

This artist’s 1982 album Thriller is the best‑selling album of all time.

Who is Michael Jackson?

200

Considered the “Queen of Soul,” she sang “Respect.”

Who is Aretha Franklin?

200

This trumpet player was famous for his gravelly voice and the song “What a Wonderful World.”

Who is Louis Armstrong?

200

This 1990s girl group sang “No Scrubs.”

Who is TLC?

200

This Jamaican-born artist brought reggae to worldwide audiences with songs like “No Woman, No Cry.”

Who is Bob Marley?

200

She sang “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”

Who is Beyoncé?

300

He sang the 1971 hit “What’s Going On.”

Who is Marvin Gaye?

300

This legendary blues guitarist was nicknamed “The King of the Blues” and is known for the song “The Thrill Is Gone.”

Who is B.B. King?

300

This R&B star sang “Yeah!” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.

Who is Usher?

300

He wrote and sang the hit “Superstition” and is a legendary keyboardist.

Who is Stevie Wonder?

300

This artist released the 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Who is Lauryn Hill?

400

This singer and civil‑rights‑era artist recorded “A Change Is Gonna Come.”

Who is Sam Cooke?

400

This famous jazz pianist and bandleader wrote and popularized songs like “Take the A Train.”

Who is Duke Ellington?

400

This rapper and business mogul from Brooklyn recorded hits like “Empire State of Mind.”

Who is Jay-Z?

400

This musical style, created by Fela Kuti, mixes West African rhythms with funk and jazz.

What is Afrobeat?

400

Known as the “Godfather of Soul,” this performer popularized energetic stage shows and hits like “I Got You (I Feel Good).”

Who is James Brown?


500

This Motown female group featured Diana Ross as lead singer.

Who are The Supremes?

500

This style of music is rooted in Black church tradition and influenced soul and R&B.

What is gospel?

500

Often called the “Queen of Hip‑Hop Soul,” she is known for songs like “Family Affair.”

Who is Mary J. Blige?

500

This city gave rise to Motown Records and artists like Stevie Wonder and The Temptations.

What is Detroit? 

500

This funk group released “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off)” in the 1970s.

Who is Parliament?

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