List of Motown artists explained

This is a list of artists signed to Motown or one of its many subsidiaries.

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Signed	Label	Notes
98 Degrees	1990s	Motown
702	1980s/1990s	Motown
Akon	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1960s	Motown Records	Backing vocal group used on several recordings
Another Bad Creation	1980s/1990s	Biv 10 Records
Apollo	1970s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
Ashanti	21st century	Motown
Ashford & Simpson	1960s	Motown	The duo worked at Motown as songwriters and producers primarily, but Valerie Simpson recorded albums with the label and the duo recorded albums as an act at other labels
	1960s	Motown	Choreographer
Avery	21st century	Motown
AZ	21st century	Motown
B.G.O.T.I.	1980s/1990s	BGOTI
Babyface	21st century	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Bankroll Freddie	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Ric-Tic Records
	21st century	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	21st century	Motown
Black Coffey	21st century	Motown
Blinky	1960s	Motown
Bobby M	1980s/1990s	Gordy
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers	1960s	Gordy
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Boyz II Men	1990s	Motown
Brass Monkey	1970s	Rare Earth
	21st century	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Mel-o-dy Records
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Rare Earth
	21st century	Motown
Charlene	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1960s
Choker Campbell & His 16-Piece Band	1960s	Motown Records
City Girls	21st century	Motown
	1960s	V. I. P. Records
	1970s	MoWest Records
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Commodores	1970s	MoWest and Motown
	1960s	Gordy Records
	1960s	Motown
Crystal Mansion	1970s	Rare Earth
	1970s	Motown
Dazz Band	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1960s	Motown
DeBarge	1980s	Gordy
	1980s	Motown
	1980s	Motown
	1980s	Gordy
	1970s	Tamla
Donnie	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Motown
Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers	1960s	Motown
	1970s	Rare Earth
	1960s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Gordy
	1960s	V. I. P.
	1960s	Ric-Tic and Soul Records
	1980s	Motown
Four Tops	1960s	Motown
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons	1970s	MoWest and Motown
	1980s/1990s	Gordy
	1960s	Tamla
	1980s/1990s	Gordy
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Gladys Knight & the Pips	1960s	Soul Records
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
Guinn	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Hearts of Stone	1970s	V. I. P.
High Inergy	1970s	Gordy
	1960s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Tamla
	1960s	V. I. P.
	1970s	Tamla
	1970s	Motown
Howl the Good	1970s	Rare Earth
	1970s	Motown
Impact of Brass	1970s	Rare Earth
	1960s	Tamla
	21st century	Motown
	1960s	V. I. P.
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
Jada	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Gordy
	1960s	Tamla
	1960s	Tamla
	1959	Rayber
Jords	2020s	Motown	First British rap act signed to Motown.
	1960s	Soul
	1970s	Rare Earth
Kem	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Tamla
	21st century	Motown
Kreuz	1980s/1990s	Motown
Lakeyah	21st century	Motown
Latif	21st century	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Lil Baby	21st century	Motown
Lil Durk	21st century	Motown	The Voice of the Heroes with Lil Baby
Lil Yachty	21st century	Motown
	21st century	Motown	Only the single "Bossy")
London	21st century	Motown
Lost Boyz	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1970s	Rare Earth
Love Sculpture	1970s	Rare Earth
Lovesmith	1960s
	1960s
	1960s	Soul
Magic	1970s	Rare Earth
	1970s	Gordy
Martha and the Vandellas	1960s	Gordy	Also billed as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
	1960s	Tamla
Mary Jane Girls	1980s/1990s	Gordy
Matrix	1970s	Rare Earth
MC Trouble	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1960s	Motown
Meechy Baby	21st century	Motown
Michael and the Messengers	1970s	Rare Earth
	21st century	Motown
Migos	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Tamla	Also billed as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Misa	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1960s	V. I. P. Records
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Mýa	21st century	Motown
Nelly	21st century	Motown
Ne-Yo	21st century	Motown
Njomza	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Soul
	1960s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
Pal	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
Poor Boys	1970s	Rare Earth
Power of Zeus	1970s	Rare Earth
	1970s	Motown
	1970s	Rare Earth
Quavo	21st century	Motown
Queen Latifah	1980s	Motown
	1960s	Soul
	21st century	Motown
Rare Earth	1970s	Rare Earth
	1959	Rayber	A backing vocal group Robert Bateman Brian Holland William "Sonny" Sanders
	21st century	Motown
Repairs	1970s	Rare Earth
	1980s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Tamla
Rockwell	1980s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Motown
	1960s	Soul
Rustix	1970s	Rare Earth
SafetySuit	21st century	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
San Remo Golden Strings	1960s	Gordy
	21st century	Motown
Shanice	1990s	Motown
Sharissa	21st century	Motown
Shiny Toy Guns	21st century	Motown
Shontelle	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Tamla
Sounds Nice	1970s	Rare Earth
Sparkle	21st century	Motown
	1970s	V. I. P.	Also marketed as The (Original) Detroit Spinners in the United Kingdom to distinguish them from the British folk act
	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Soul
	1970s	Motown	Also known as Rose Banks
Stone City Band	1980s/1990s	Gordy
	1970s	Rare Earth
Stoney & Meatloaf	1970s	Rare Earth
	1959	Tamla
Suai	21st century	Motown
Sunday Funnies	1970s	Rare Earth
	1960s	Motown	Also billed as Diana Ross & the Supremes
Switch	1970s	Gordy
Takeoff	21st century	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1960s	V. I. P.
	1960s	Gordy
Three Ounces of Love	1960s	Motown
	1960s	Gordy
Toe Fat	1970s	Rare Earth
Today	1980s/1990s	Motown
Tony! Toni! Toné!	1980s/1990s	Motown
Trick Trick	21st century	Motown
UFO	1970s	Rare Earth
	1960s	V. I. P.
	1970s	Gordy
UnoTheActivist	21st century	Motown
	1960s	Miracle
Vanity	1980s/1990s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Tamla
	1960s	V. I. P.
Waii	21st century	Motown
	1970s	Motown
	1980s/1990s	Motown
	1960s	Motown
	1960s	Gordy
	1980s	Motown
	1970s	Motown
Wolfe	1970s	Rare Earth
	1960s	Tamla/Motown	Originally billed as Little Stevie Wonder
	1960s	Motown	Also billed as Rita Wright and Syreeta
XIT	1970s	Rare Earth
	1980s/1990s	Gordy
YoungBoy Never Broke Again	21st century	Motown
Yours Truly	1980s/1990s	Motown
	21st century	Motown
Zhané	1990s	Illtown/Motown Records
Zion	21st century	Motown

Sources cited

• Book: Dahl, Bill . Motown: The Golden Years: More Than 100 Rare Photographs . 2011-02-28 . 9781440225574 . Penguin Publishing Group.
• Book: Betts, Graham . Motown Encyclopedia . 9781311441546 . 2014-06-02 . AC Publishing.
• Book: Waller, Don . The Motown Story . 1985 . 0684183471 . 85002110 . . New York City, New York, United States.