Legendary. Pop music Pop singers

Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009 pcs. Indiana, USA
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. The legendary American pop singer, the owner of the title of "King of Pop", dancer, songwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur. One of the most beloved and influential artists of recent times, winner of thirteen Grammy awards and hundreds of other awards. thirteen times listed in the Guinness Book of Records, about a billion copies of Michael's albums have been sold in the world. In 2009, he was officially recognized as an American Legend and Music Icon.

Adriano Celentano

January 6, 1938 Milan, Italy
Adriano Celentano, is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, director and TV presenter. He is the best selling Italian singer and the best selling male artist in Italy. Throughout his career, he released 41 studio albums with a total circulation of 150 million, and also starred in more than 40 films.

Whitney Houston

August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012 Newark, USA
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. Houston has been one of the best-selling singers in music history, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. She has released six studio albums, one holiday album and three soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certifications. Houston is the only female artist to have 7 consecutive #1 #1 Billboard Hot 100 singles.

Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu is a French singer and pop singer. Heralded by the French press as Edith Piaf's successor, she has recorded over 1,200 songs in nine different languages, with over 120 million records sold worldwide.

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour, is a French and Armenian singer, composer, actor, public figure and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he was also one of the most famous singers in the world. He has acted in over sixty films, consisting of nearly a thousand songs (including at least 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish and 50 in German), and has sold over 100 million records.

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with Lennon is one of the most celebrated song partnerships of the 20th century. Guinness World Records is described as "the most successful composer and musician of all time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles, and as "the most successful songwriter" in United Kingdom history chart.

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned over half a century, earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards. Her combined album and single sales will total about 180 million copies worldwide. Rolling Stone has rated her 63 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and considers her the "Queen of Rock and Roll".

Alla Pugacheva

Pugacheva Alla Borisovna is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, producer, film actress. Throughout the former Soviet Union, she was as the most successful performer in the Soviet conditions of record sales and popularity. She became Honored Artist of Russia of the RSFSR in 1980, People's Artist of Russia of the RSFSR in 1985 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, director and screenwriter. Madonna is considered one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Last Century" Time for being an influential figure. To date, more than 300 million copies of discs worldwide and is recognized as the best-selling woman in the world.

Elton Hercules John

Sir Elton John is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. In his forty-year career, John has sold over 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker, English rock and blues vocalist who rose to popularity in the 1960s. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his No. 1 hit "Where We Belong", a duet performed with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on the 100 biggest list of Rolling Stone singers.

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. In 2008, Billboard magazine published a list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time", in which Wonder was ranked fifth. Blind shortly after birth, Wonder signed to the Motown Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist. In a recording career that has spanned over half a century, Franklin's repertoire has included gospel, jazz, blues, R&B, pop, rock and funk. On January 3, 1987, she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her on their 100 Greatest Singers of All Time list, as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time.

Ray Charles Robinson

Ray Charles is an American musician known as Ray Charles, author of over 70 studio albums, one of the world's most famous soul, jazz and rhythm and blues music performers. Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten on their "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list in 2004, and #2 in their 2008 "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list.

Diana Ross

Diana Ross is an American singer, producer and actress. She was the lead singer of the Motown Supremes in the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began his solo career. Diana Ross has sold over 100 million records worldwide. She is one of the few people to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and vocalist of the Boston rock band Aerosmith. Stephen Tyler continued to record music and perform with the Aerosmith band for more than 41 years. He is included in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Singers. He also placed 3rd on the Hit parade of the Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. In 2001, he was introduced to rock and roll with Aerosmith,

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. Presley was one of the most popular musicians of the 20th century. His versatile voice has brought huge success and spans many genres, pop ballads, gospel and blues. Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he won three, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at 36. He has been inducted into several music halls of fame.

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was an Indo-British singer-songwriter, best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the Queen of Rock band. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage presence and powerful vocals over four octaves. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, producer and arranger. He is known for his distinctive voice, as well as the intellectual depth and considerable eclecticism of his work. In a 2002 BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29. Throughout his career, he has sold around 140 million albums. In the UK it has been awarded five platinum album certifications, 11 gold and eight silver, and in the US five and seven gold platinum certifications. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 39th on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and 23rd on their list of the best singers of all time.

Mick Jagger

Michael Jagger is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the vocalist and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career spanned over fifty years. In 1989, he was introduced to rock and roll with the Rolling Stones.

Scorpions

Founded in 1965, Hannover, Germany.

Scorpions are a German hard rock and heavy metal band formed in 1965 in Hannover, Germany. Throughout their career of over 40 years, they have released dozens of singles, live albums, compilations and some live DVDs and received several international awards, making them the most successful rock band from Germany. The group's sales are between 100 and 150 million albums worldwide, of which 10.5 million are sold in the United States.

James Brown

James Brown, simply known as James Brown, was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, and music producer, recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century music. In life, just over 100 million albums have been sold and is recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time. Brown was a key force in the music industry. He left his mark on many female artists around the world, including the King of Pop Michael Jackson, influencing even African rhythms of popular music such as the afrobeat, the amulet of e-mbalax, and provided a model for the entire funk genre, oh go-go.

Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie is an American versatile singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. In the 1970s he was part of the Commodores, owned by the famed Motown music label in Detroit, Michigan. He won four Grammy awards in the 1980s and an Oscar in 1986, sold over 100 million albums and had 22 US Top Ten hits.

Barry White

Barry White was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. During his career, he has won two Grammy Awards and sold over 100 million records, and is known for his distinctive romantic image and bass voice. All over the world, Barry had many platinum and gold albums, singles.

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne is an English heavy metal vocalist and composer whose musical career spans over 40 years. Because of Sabbath's dark style, Osborne became known as the "Prince of Darkness". He is also known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal". Osbourne has achieved multi-platinum status as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

Roman Litvinov, better known as Mujuice, is perhaps the most prominent electronic music performer in Russia in the last decade. The artist has more than a dozen full-length releases, the smaller part of which was recorded with live vocals.

The last such album was Amore e morte, released last year. The release was lost in the flow of new music and did not become as successful as, for example, Cool Cool Death!, released ten years ago. Despite this, Mujuice is still popular today, such musicians as Zemfira Ramazanova do not hesitate to collaborate with him, and the performer himself is a welcome participant in major Russian and foreign festivals.

2. Antokha MC

"Antokha MC" - a musician from Moscow, who started with studying at a music school in the "Pipe" class, and now is one of the most promising Russian hip-hop artists.

In Anton's work, you can find echoes of 5'nizza and Mikhey, but in general it is quite original - it is not hip-hop in the classical sense of the term. The music is influenced by funk and reggae, and the accompaniment is an additional highlight, which in some songs is played by a trumpet.

3. Medzhikul

The absence of the St. Petersburg group "Medzhikul" in the rotation of radio and TV is quite possibly a temporary phenomenon. Their debut album “All About Martha” has everything to please almost any listener: you can dance both incendiary and slow dances to the songs of “Medzhikul”, they want to sing along, while the music itself is very far from the pop music that has set its teeth on edge .

"Medzhikul" is perhaps the first band in Russia that performs music in the rhythm and blues genre of the 70s - the so-called Motown Sound. Petersburgers skillfully combine the features of this genre with modern musical techniques and funny texts in Russian, as a result of which their compositions sound fresh and familiar at the same time.

4. Harajiev Smokes Virginia!

A group from Kazan, which started in 2009 with downhole mat-rock, now performing indie rock with elements of pop music. The group has six full-fledged releases, each of which, probably, forever settled in the memory of my smartphone.

There are only three people in the group, the main instrumental backbone is drums, bass, guitar and vocals. Other instruments are used in HSV recordings, but this minimum set is enough for performing songs at concerts. If you like perky and romantic guitar music, don't understand English lyrics and have no prejudices about high male vocals, then Harajiev Smokes Virginia! you will like it.

5 Motorama

Rostov-on-Don gave fans of hip-hop "Casta", and fans of modern independent music - a couple of Vlad and Irina Parshin, who stood at the origins of the Motorama projects, "Morning" and "Bergen Kremer" ("Summer in the City"). Motorama is considered to be the main project of the musicians: the band's discography includes four full-length and two mini-albums, and the tour map extends far beyond Russia.

Motorama's work is usually classified as post-punk and twi-pop. Simple progressions and melodies, 4/4 time signature and minimalist accompaniment make Motorama's music simple and enjoyable.

6. Thank you

“Musical group from Moscow” is the full text of the annotation in the “Thank you” community on VKontakte. The members don't try to trump with a variety of style tags and don't compare themselves to genre hegemons. The band's style is really hard to describe without resorting to boring musical terms. In simple terms, "Thank you" is a perky and sometimes experimental guitar rock with intelligent lyrics in their native language.

7. BCH

BCC is a project of the Moscow musician Viktor Isaev. It all started with the album "Mignon", released in 2014, unusual both in form and content. High-quality R&B and soul are not very common in Russian music, and BCH not only became a good alternative to James Blake, but also released an original experimental release. "Mignon" is the album where very un-Russian music is combined with the most Russian lyrics - poems of poets of the Silver Age.

The latest release of the BCC "Hellenic Secret" was already recorded with the author's texts. The music itself has also undergone changes: the songs are different from each other and combine echoes of many directions - from trip-hop to retrowave.

8.Pinkshinyultrablast

Pinkshinyultrablast is a shoegaze band from St. Petersburg and the only Russian band that Pitchfork likes to write about. Shoegaze is an alternative rock genre that originated in England in the late 80s. The music of this style is characterized by specific work with guitar effects and the detached behavior of musicians on stage, absorbed in this work.

In Russia, the shoegaze music boom of the 80s and 90s went unnoticed, so this genre is still not popular with a wide audience. Pinkshinyultrablast do not count on success with the Russian listener: they give concerts abroad much more often than in Russia.

9. On-The-Go

A group from Togliatti that started in their hometown with downhole dance-rock and later changed both genre and place of residence. After moving to the capital of Togliatti, he took Xuman Records under his wing, and the very first release of In The Wind marked the beginning of the group's work in a new style. Now On-The-Go is a Moscow-based indie-pop band that doesn't sound Russian at all.

10. Sirotkin

Moscow bard Sergei Sirotkin proves year after year that in Russia one can become a popular performer simply by playing beautiful music. The pursuit of fashion, the desire to turn creativity into bold experiments - this is not about Sirotkin. Here - only a guitar and a young man with a beautiful voice.

This time I made Top 25 the most beautiful Russian singers, which presents the singers of the national stage, as well as one opera singer. When compiling this rating, I took into account external data, photogenicity, not paying attention to the awards and merits of girls in the professional field.

25.Nyusha(at birth - Anna Shurochkina; a pseudonym is also used Nyusha; born August 15, 1990, Moscow) is a Russian singer.

24.Jasmine(real name - Sarah Manakhimova, born October 12, 1977 U, Derbent, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian pop singer, actress, model, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan.

23. (born March 27, 1987) - Russian-Ukrainian singer, songwriter and composer, actress, winner "Star Factory-2", laureate of the music competition "New wave", television festival "Song of the year", National Television Award for Popular Music "Muz-TV Award".

22. (born December 13, 1983, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, performer of traditional Russian songs in modern processing, finalist of the competition "People's Artist-3". Often acts in different countries as an "ambassador" of Russian culture.

21. (born January 31, 1981, Voronezh) - Russian singer, actress. Took part in the international vocal competition "Big Apple-95" where she won the Grand Prix. Since then, her popularity has grown: she was the host of the program "Saturday evening" and channel "Star". In 2000 she starred in the musical "Formula of Joy", in 2001 - in the film "Hero of her novel", in 2004 - in the series "Bomb for the Bride".

20. (born March 1, 1980, Moscow) - Russian figure skater, actress, TV presenter and pop singer; former soloist of the group "Brilliant" (2003-2007). Films with her participation: "Club", "Dad of All Trades", "Taming of the Shrew", "Rzhevsky against Napoleon", etc.

19. (born May 10, 1986 in Astrakhan) - model, singer, TV presenter. She worked in the Podium and Tootsie groups, and is now building a solo career. From 2009 to 2010 she was the host and face of the TV channel World Fashion Channel.

18. (born December 25, 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer, soloist of the Fabrika pop group, formed in 2002 on the Star Factory-1 project. Graduate of GMU them. Gnesins (department for the training of leaders of folk choirs and folklore ensembles).

17. (born August 30, 1985, Vytegra, Vologda region) - Russian singer, actress and TV presenter. Films: "Bachelors", "Young and Happy", "Swan Paradise", "Three from Above", "The Crime Will Be Solved", "Love in the Big City", "In Love and Unarmed", "Heavenly Relatives".

16. Valeria(real name Alla Perfilova; born April 17, 1968, Atkarsk, Saratov Region) - Russian singer, Honored Artist of Russia (2005).

15. Zara(real name Zarifa Ivanova; born July 26, 1983, Leningrad, RSFSR) - pop singer and actress of Yezidi origin. Project participant "Star Factory-6" where she took 3rd place.

14. Sogdiana(real name - Oksana Nechitailo; born February 17, 1984, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) - singer from Uzbekistan. Performs songs in Russian, Uzbek, French, English, Chechen. She is the author of some of her songs, and also had some experience in writing songs for other artists.

13. (born November 12, 1982, Volzhsky) - Russian singer, TV presenter, former soloist of the Russian female pop group "Brilliant" (2001-2007), after leaving the group, she began a solo career.

12. (born September 18, 1971, Krasnodar, USSR) - Russian opera singer, soprano. People's Artist of Russia.

10. (born August 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, soloist of the Russian pop group Vintage. Former soloist of the Russian pop group Lyceum (1997-2005).

9. barbarian(real name Elena Susova; born July 30, 1973 in Balashikha) is a Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She graduated from the Gnessin School and GITIS. She performed as part of the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. The first solo album, which was called so - "Barbara" - the performer released in 2001. She also released the albums "Closer" (2003) and "Dreams" (2005).

8. Vera Brezhneva(real name Vera Kiperman; better known under a pseudonym; born February 3, 1982, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnepropetrovsk region) - Ukrainian singer, actress, TV presenter, former member of the pop group VIA Gra (2003-2007)

7. (born October 2, 1982, Verkhny Kurkuzhin, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) - Russian singer, former soloist of the Russian women's group Fabrika (from December 2002 to May 2010).

6. (born April 23, 1988 in Sochi) - singer gr. "Yin-Yang", actress of the youth series "Give Youth".

5. Alsou(maiden name - Safina; born June 27, 1983, Bugulma, Tatar ASSR, USSR) - Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2000), People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2010). UNESCO Artist for Peace (2011). In May 2000 she represented Russia at a music competition "Eurovision" where she took second place.

4. (born December 16, 1982, Kyiv) - pop singer of Russian origin, TV presenter, actress. Former soloist of the "golden composition" of the Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra.

3. (better known by the stage names Tanya Tereshina, Tanya and Tanya; born May 3, 1979, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic) - Russian singer and fashion model, ex-soloist of the Hi-Fi group.

2. (born September 27, 1978, Leningrad, USSR) - Russian singer, musician, composer, songwriter.

1. (born September 3, 1985, Sholokhovsky settlement, Rostov region, USSR) - Russian singer, title holder "Miss Russia 2006", former soloist of the Russian-Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra (2008-2010). After leaving the group, she began a solo career, and also starred in the TV series "Happiness is somewhere nearby."

We present a list of the best singers of 2019 that can be included in the TOP 40 of the best celebrities in the world. The rating includes both aspiring artists and the "sharks" of the music industry, who collect entire stadiums, and fans around the world are waiting for new concerts, videos and songs from these contemporary singers.

TOP 40 famous women in music

Adele

In the photo, an exotic singer, as well as an actress and designer

Ariana Grande

It was with the Broadway musical "13" that the singer's career in show business began.

Lady Gaga - Top 10

The photo shows a producer, actress, designer, philanthropist and singer who captivates the audience with incredible charisma and outrageousness.

Emotional, tender and reverent jazz and pop singer.

Pink

Alisha Beth Moore (real name Pink) is the rebellious singer in the photo, who is also the perfect mother and wife.

Christina Aguilera

The photo shows one of the most popular singers of our time, who has an incredibly thin and clear voice.

Demi Lovato

Taylor Swift

In the photo is a country pop singer who became popular 10 years ago. And since then, she has only confirmed her status as the most beautiful and talented woman on the planet.

Kelly Clarkson

Katy Perry

Singer and actress who started her career in show business at the age of 15.

Shakira

One of the most beautiful Latin American women on the planet. A talented singer and happy mother of two sons. In addition, she managed to steal the heart of one of the most beautiful men in the world - the talented and sexy football player Gerard Pique. Shakira - must be included in the list of the most beautiful and sexy Latin Americans

Celine Dion

In the photo is an artist who has been pleasing with her work for several decades. It is her voice that is associated with the legendary film "Titanic". "I will always love you" is the world's #1 hit for lovers.

Carey Underwood

Mariah Carey

For so many years on stage, the artist knows what the audience likes.

Lana Del Rey

Lorde

Ellie Goldwing

The photo shows the singer, who became popular thanks to the soundtracks for the erotic trilogy "50 Shades of Grey". She has an incredibly alluring and exciting voice, according to men. And the beauty is so reverent that it rightfully occupies a prominent place in the list of the most beautiful female singers in the world.

Whitney Houston

Madonna

A singer who is considered a true veteran of the scene. But despite such a long creative activity, she knows what shocking is and how to surprise a very demanding audience.

Selena Gomez

In the photo is a young singer who has already managed to gain a foothold in the status of the most beautiful women on the planet.

Gwen Stefani

Avril lavigne

Miley Cyrus

Shocking and shocking again - the motto of this artist, who does not hesitate to undress in public and in every possible way demonstrate her character with quirks.

Britney Spears

A singer who became famous in her youth. Over the years, she has gone a real way of becoming from a teenage girl who suddenly fell into fame, to a real woman.

Kesha

Jennifer Lopez

Incredible J-Lo in the photo, which at 50 years old looks like a maximum of 30.

Nicki Minaj