Jazz/Blues
The Empress of the Blues
Bessie Smith
The Father of Rock & Roll
Chuck Berry
The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
This is the rapper with the most Grammy wins in history, holding a total of 27 awards as of February 2026.
Kendrick Lamar
This singer’s voice has an astounding range of 5 octaves
Mariah Carey
This famous trumpeter helped make jazz popular with songs like “What a Wonderful World.”
Louis Armstrong
The Queen of Rock & Roll
Tina Turner
This album is still the best-selling album of all time
Michael Jackson's Thriller
She is considered the first commercially successful female rapper
Queen Latifah
This boy band from Philadelphia, is the best-selling R&B group of all time, having sold over 60 million albums worldwide.
Boyz II Men
Her recording of "Strange Fruit" became a haunting and powerful protest song
Billie Holliday
This pioneer of Rock & Roll sang the hit "Tutti Frutti"
Little Richard
This artist has won the most Grammy's with a total of 32
Beyonce
Their song “Rapper’s Delight” is widely considered the first commercially successful rap song and the one that introduced rap to a mainstream audience
The Sugarhill Gang
T-Boz, Left Eye & Chili are the members of this group and are the second best-selling girl group worldwide, behind only the Spice Girls.
TLC
This movie released in 2020 was loosely based on one of Ma Rainey's recording sessions
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
This Woodstock performer became famous for his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner
Jimi Hendrix
This artist could play over 4 instruments including guitar, piano, drums, bass
Prince
This group became one of hip‑hop’s earliest and most influential acts and became the first rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
This group was the first Motown Act to win a Grammy and is ranked by Billboard as the #1 Greatest R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of All Time.
The Temptations
This "Sinner" is also a blues artist
Miles Caton (Sammie)
This artist won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row (1999–2002)
Lenny Kravitz
This artist is hailed as the best vocalist of her time, recording the most popular version of the Star-Spangled Banner in history
Whitney Houston
This rapper started as a roadie and dancer for the group Digital Underground in 1990 and is the first artist to have a Number One album (Me Against the World) while serving a prison sentence.
Tupac Shakur
This artist helped make Martin Luther King Day become a holiday after writing the song “Happy Birthday” in his honor
Stevie Wonder