Name that Track Star
Music History 101
Finish the Lyric
Black Girl Magic
Who Said That?
100

Which artist released the hit album SOS, featuring the songs “Kill Bill” and “Snooze”?

What is SZA

100

Which singer was nicknamed the “Empress of the Blues”?

What is Bessie Smith 

100

Complete the Beyoncé song title: “Single Ladies (Put a ___ on It).”

What is Ring

100

Which artist's Renaissance album celebrated house, disco, and Black dance-music traditions?

What is Beyonce

100

Which artist is associated with the empowering hit “Savage”?

Megan Thee Stallion

200

Which R&B singer released the albums Over It and Still Over It?

What is Summer Walker

200

Which artist originally recorded “Hound Dog” before Elvis Presley?

What is Big Mama Thornton

200

Complete the TLC song title: “No ___.”

What is Scrub

200

Which female rap group was known for “Push It” and “Shoop”?

Salt-N-Peppa

200

Which R&B group released “Waterfalls,” a song addressing serious social issues including HIV/AIDS?

TLC

300

Which artist is known as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul”?

What is Mary J. Blige

300

Which gospel singer and electric guitarist helped influence early rock and roll?

What is Rosetta Tharpe

300

Complete the SZA song title: “___ in the Machine.”

What is Ghost

300

Which artist's 1989 Rhythm Nation 1814 album addressed racism, poverty, and social inequality?

Janet Jackson

300

Which singer recorded the iconic version of “At Last” released in 1960?

Etta James

400

Which artist released the album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?

What is Lauryn Hill

400

Which singer performed at the 1963 March on Washington and became a major voice of gospel music?

What is Mahalia Jackson

400

Complete the Aretha Franklin song title: “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural ___.”


What is Woman

400

Which singer is known as the “Queen of Disco” and recorded “I Feel Love”?

Donna Summer
400

Which jazz singer famously performed “Strange Fruit,” a song protesting lynching?

Billie Holiday

500

Which singer and rapper created the Afrofuturist-inspired album Dirty Computer?

Janelle Monae

500

What is the name of the artistic movement that blends Black culture, science fiction, technology, and imagined futures?

What is Afrofuturism

500

Complete the Nina Simone protest song title: “Mississippi ___.”

Goddam

500

Which singer became the first solo female rapper to release a full-length album in 1988?

MC Lyte

500

Which artist released “Mississippi Goddam” in response to racist violence during the Civil Rights Movement?

Nina Simone

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