Lists of musicians explained

This is a list of lists of musicians.

Genre

The following are lists of musicians by style or music genre.

A

• List of acid rock artists
• List of adult alternative artists
• List of alternative country musicians
• List of alternative hip hop artists
• List of alternative metal artists
• List of alternative rock artists
• List of ambient music artists
• List of anarcho-punk bands
• List of Arabic pop musicians
• List of avant-garde metal artists

B

• List of baroque pop artists
• List of bassoonists
• List of bebop musicians
• List of bhangra artists
• List of big band musicians
• List of black metal bands
• List of blue-eyed soul artists
• List of bluegrass musicians
  • List of blues musicians List of blues rock musicians
• List of boogie woogie musicians
• List of brass bands
  • List of British blues musicians List of British music hall musicians
• List of Britpop musicians

C

• List of C-pop artists
• List of Cajun musicians
• List of calypso musicians
• List of Carnatic instrumentalists
• List of Celtic musicians
• List of chamber jazz musicians
• List of Chicago blues musicians
• List of Christian country artists
• List of Christian hardcore bands
• List of Christian hip hop artists
• List of Christian metal artists
• List of Christian punk bands
• List of Christian rock bands
• List of Christian ska bands
• List of Christian vocal artists
• List of Christian worship music artists
• List of chutney musicians
• List of classic female blues singers
• List of cool jazz and West Coast jazz musicians
• List of composers
• List of country blues musicians
• List of country music performers
• List of country performers by era
• List of country rock musicians
• List of crooners

D

• List of dance-pop artists
• List of dance-punk artists
• List of dance-rock artists
• List of dark ambient artists
• List of dark cabaret artists
• List of dark rock bands
• List of death metal bands
• List of deathcore artists
• List of Delta blues musicians
• List of disco artists
• List of doo-wop musicians
• List of doom metal bands
• List of downtempo artists
• List of dream pop artists
• List of drone artists
• List of dub artists
• List of dubstep musicians

E

• List of electric blues musicians
• List of electro house artists
• List of electro-industrial bands
• List of electroclash bands and artists
• List of emo artists
• List of experimental musicians
• List of Eurodisco artists
• List of Eurobeat artists
• List of Eurodance artists
• List of Europop artists

F

• List of fado musicians
• List of female heavy metal singers
• List of female rock singers
• List of folk musicians
• List of folk metal bands
• List of folk rock artists
• List of free funk musicians
• List of free improvising musicians and groups
• List of funk musicians
• List of funk rock and funk metal bands

G

• List of G-funk musicians
• List of gangsta rap artists
• List of garage rock bands
• List of glam metal bands and artists
• List of glam punk artists
• List of glam rock artists
• List of gospel blues musicians
• List of gospel musicians
• List of gothic metal bands
• List of gothic rock artists
• List of grindcore bands
• List of groove metal bands

H

• List of hard rock musicians (A–M)
• List of hard rock musicians (N–Z)
• List of hardcore punk bands
• List of heavy metal bands
• List of Hi-NRG artists and songs
• List of hip hop groups
• List of hip hop musicians
• List of horror punk bands
• List of house music artists

I

• List of indie pop artists
• List of indie rock musicians
• List of Indo pop musicians
• List of industrial metal bands
• List of industrial music bands
• List of intelligent dance music artists
• List of Italo disco artists and songs

J

• List of J-pop artists
• List of Japanoise artists
• List of jazz fusion musicians
• List of jazz musicians
• List of jump blues musicians
• List of jungle and drum and bass artists

K

• List of K-pop artists
• List of Klezmer bands
• List of klezmer musicians

L

• List of Latin American rock musicians
• List of Latin freestyle musicians and songs
• List of Latin pop artists
• List of lo-fi bands
• List of lovers rock artists

M

• List of mainstream rock performers
• List of maritime music performers
• List of math rock groups
• List of mathcore bands
• List of merengue musicians
• List of metalcore bands
• List of melodic death metal bands
• List of minimalist artists

N

• List of new-age music artists
• List of new jack swing artists
• List of new wave artists
• List of new wave of American heavy metal bands
• List of new wave of British heavy metal bands
• List of noise musicians
• List of nu metal bands

O

• List of Oi! bands
• List of operatic pop artists

P

• List of Piedmont blues musicians
• List of political hip hop artists
• List of polka artists
• List of pop punk bands
• List of post-disco artists and songs
• List of post-dubstep musicians
• List of post-grunge bands
• List of post-hardcore bands
• List of post-metal bands
• List of post-punk bands
• List of post-punk revival bands
• List of post-rock bands
• List of power metal bands
• List of power pop artists and songs
• List of progressive house artists
• List of progressive metal artists
• List of progressive rock artists
• List of progressive rock supergroups
• List of psychedelic folk artists
• List of psychedelic pop artists
• List of psychedelic rock artists
• List of psychobilly bands
• List of punk blues musicians and bands
• List of punk rock bands, 0–K
• List of punk rock bands, L–Z
• List of 1970s punk rock musicians
• List of musicians in the second wave of punk rock (post-1970s)

R

• List of R&B musicians
• List of ragtime musicians
• List of raï musicians
• List of rap rock bands
• List of reggae musicians
• List of reggae fusion artists
• List of reggae rock artists
• List of reggaeton musicians
• List of riot grrrl bands
• List of rock and roll artists
• List of rocksteady musicians
• List of roots reggae artists
• List of roots rock bands and musicians
• List of rappers (female)

S

• List of scat singers
• List of screamo bands
• List of shoegazing musicians
• List of ska musicians
• List of smooth jazz musicians
• List of soft rock artists and songs
• List of soul musicians
• List of soul-blues musicians
• List of soul jazz musicians
• List of southern rock bands
• List of speed metal bands
• List of street punk bands
• List of surf musicians
• List of swing musicians
• List of symphonic metal bands
• List of synth-pop artists

T

• List of technical death metal bands
• List of Texas blues musicians
• List of Thai pop artists
• List of thrash metal bands
• List of thrashcore bands
• List of trip hop artists

U

• List of UK garage artists

V

• List of video game musicians
• List of Viking metal bands
• List of vocal groups
• List of vocal trance artists

W

• List of West Coast blues musicians

Instrument

• List of accordionists
• banjo players
  • List of banjo players
  • List of jazz banjoists
• List of bassoonists
• List of beatboxers
• List of cellists
• List of clarinetists
• double-bass players
  • List of contemporary classical double bass players
  • List of historical classical double bass players
  • List of jazz bassists
• List of drummers
  • List of female drummers
  • List of jazz drummers
• dulcimer players
  • List of Appalachian dulcimer players (also known as the mountain dulcimer)
  • List of hammered dulcimer players
• List of flautists
• List of guitarists
  • List of bass guitarists
  • List of classical guitarists
  • List of jazz guitarists
  • List of lead guitarists
  • List of rhythm guitarists
  • List of slide guitarists
• List of harmonicists
• List of harpists
  • List of classical harpists
• List of harpsichordists
• List of horn players
• List of mandolinists
• List of mandolinists (sorted)
• List of oboists
• List of organists
  • List of jazz organists
• List of percussionists
  • List of jazz percussionists
• pianists
  • List of classical pianists
  • List of jazz pianists
  • List of pop and rock pianists
• List of pipe bands
• List of saxophonists
  • List of jazz saxophonists
• trombonists
  • List of classical trombonists
  • List of jazz trombonists
• List of trumpeters
  • List of jazz trumpeters
• List of tuba players
• List of vibraphonists
  • List of jazz vibraphonists
• Lists of violinists
  • List of classical violinists
  • List of contemporary classical violinists
  • List of electric violinists
  • List of female violinists
  • List of fiddlers
  • List of Indian violinists
  • List of jazz violinists
  • List of Persian violinists
  • List of popular music violinists
• List of violists

Location or nationality

Africa

• List of African musicians
• List of Egyptian composers
• List of Ghanaian musicians
• List of South African musicians
• List of Nigerian musicians
• List of Ugandan musicians

Asia

• Afghan
  • List of Afghan singers
• Azerbaijanis
  • List of Azerbaijani composers
  • List of Azerbaijani opera singers
• Chinese
  • List of Chinese composers
  • List of Chinese musicians
• Filipino
  • List of Philippine-based music groups
• Indonesians
  • List of Indonesian pop musicians
  • List of Indonesian musicians and musical groups
• Iranians
  • List of Iranian composers
  • List of Iranian musicians
  • List of Iranian singers
  • List of Iranian hip hop artists
• Israelis
  • List of Israeli classical composers
  • List of Israeli musical artists
• Indians
  • List of Indian composers
  • List of Indian film music directors
  • List of Indian playback singers
  • List of bands from Delhi
• Japanese
  • List of J-pop artists
  • List of Japanese musicians
  • List of Japanese hip hop musicians
  • List of Japanoise artists
  • List of musical artists from Japan
• Pakistanis
  • List of Pakistani ghazal singers
  • List of Pakistani musicians
  • List of Pakistani musical groups
  • List of Pakistani pop singers
  • List of Pakistani qawwali singers
• South Koreans
  • List of K-pop artists
  • List of South Korean idol groups
    • List of South Korean idol groups (1990s)
    • List of South Korean idol groups (2000s)
    • List of South Korean idol groups (2010s)
  • List of South Korean musicians
• Sri Lankans
  • List of Sri Lankan musicians

Europe

• Austrians
  • List of Austrian composers
  • List of Austrians in music
• Belarusians
  • List of Belarusian musical groups
  • List of Belarusian musicians
• Belgian
  • List of Belgian bands and artists
• Britons
  • By location
    • England
      • List of music artists and bands from England
      • List of bands from Bristol
      • List of bands and artists from Merseyside
      • List of bands originating in Leeds
      • List of Cornish musicians
      • List of music artists and bands from Manchester
    • Scotland
      • List of bands from Glasgow
      • List of Scottish musicians
    • Wales
      • List of Welsh musicians
  • By genre or type
    • List of British blues musicians
    • List of British classical composers
    • List of British Invasion artists
    • List of performers on Top of the Pops
    • List of punk bands from the United Kingdom
    • List of UK garage artists
    • List of UK noise musicians
• Bulgarian
  • List of Bulgarian musicians and singers
• Czech
  • List of Czech musical groups
• Danes
  • List of Danish composers
  • List of Danish musicians
• Dutch
  • List of Dutch composers
  • List of Dutch hip hop musicians
  • List of Dutch musicians
• Finns
  • List of bands from Finland
  • List of Finnish jazz musicians
  • List of Finnish composers
  • List of Finnish musicians
  • List of Finnish singers
• French
  • List of French composers
  • List of French singers
• Germans
  • List of German composers
  • List of German musicians
• Greeks
  • List of Greek composers
  • List of Greek musical artists
• Iceland
  • List of bands from Iceland
• Italians
  • Chronological list of Italian classical composers
  • List of Italian composers
• Norwegians
  • List of Norwegian musicians
• Polish
  • List of Polish musicians and musical groups
• Portuguese
  • List of Portuguese musicians
  • List of Portuguese singers
• Romanians
  • List of Romanian composers
  • List of Romanian musicians
  • List of Romanian singers
• Russians
  • List of Russian composers
  • List of Russian opera singers
• Serbian
  • List of Serbian musicians
• Slovenian
  • List of Slovenian musicians
• Spaniards
  • List of bands from Spain
  • List of Spanish musicians
• Swedes
  • List of bands from Gothenburg
  • List of In Flames band members
  • List of Swedes in music
  • List of Swedish death metal bands
  • List of Swedish hip hop musicians
• Turks
  • List of Turkish musicians
  • List of Turkish pop musicians
• Ukrainians
  • List of Ukrainian opera singers

North America

• Americans
  • By location
    • California
      • List of bands from Los Angeles
      • List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area
      • List of Los Angeles rappers
      • List of music directors of the Ojai Music Festival
      • List of musicians from the Inland Empire
    • Illinois
      • List of musicians from Chicago
    • Maryland
      • List of Maryland music groups
      • List of Maryland music people
    • New York
      • List of bands formed in New York City
      • List of hip hop musicians from New York City
      • List of New York hardcore bands
    • Texas
      • List of Houston rappers
      • List of musicians from Denton, Texas
    • Other states
      • List of bands from Lincoln, Nebraska
      • List of Chicago hardcore punk bands
      • List of hip hop musicians from Atlanta
      • List of musicians from Seattle
      • List of Utah musical groups
      • List of American folk musicians in Washington
  • By genre or type
    • List of American death metal bands
    • List of American female country singers
    • List of American grunge bands
    • List of Delta blues musicians
    • List of The Minus 5 members
    • List of Native American musicians
    • List of one-hit wonders in the United States
    • List of symphony orchestras in the United States
• Canadians
  • List of bands from Canada
  • List of Canadian composers
  • List of Canadian musicians
  • By location
    • British Columbia
      • List of bands from British Columbia
      • List of musicians from British Columbia
    • Manitoba
      • List of Winnipeg musicians
    • Nova Scotia
      • List of musical groups from Halifax, Nova Scotia
    • Quebec
      • List of Anglo-Quebecer musicians
      • List of Montreal music groups
      • List of musicians from Quebec
• Native American
  • List of Native American musicians
• Jamaicans
  • List of Jamaican musicians

South America

• Argentine
  • List of Argentine musicians
• Ecuadorian
  • List of Ecuadorian musicians
• Brazilians
  • List of Brazilian composers
  • List of Brazilian musicians
• Salvadoran
  • List of Salvadoran hip hop musicians
• Latin American
  • List of Latin American rock musicians

Oceania

• Australians
  • List of Australian composers
  • List of Australian female composers
  • List of Indigenous Australian musicians
• New Zealanders
  • List of musical artists from New Zealand
  • List of New Zealand musicians

Miscellaneous

• List of all-female bands
• List of anarchist musicians
• List of atheists in music
• List of band name etymologies
• List of bands named after other performers' songs
• List of best-selling boy bands
• List of best-selling girl groups
• List of best-selling music artists
• List of child music prodigies
• List of club DJs
• List of deaths in rock and roll
• List of girl groups
• List of honorifics given to artists in popular music
• List of instrumental bands
• List of jam bands
• List of lead vocalists
• List of multilingual bands and artists
• List of murdered hip hop musicians
• List of music arrangers
• List of musicians known for destroying instruments
• List of musicians who play left-handed
• List of nicknames of jazz musicians
• List of Pashto-language singers
• List of royal musicians
• List of radio orchestras
• List of singer-songwriters
• List of symphony orchestras

See also

• Lists of composers
• Lists of people by occupation
• Lists of singers