Grammy Awards

Recognition for recorded music.

People in Grammy Awards

28 profiles

Singer

Aretha Franklin

Turning Respect into a soul anthem.

Singer

Beyoncé

Making Crazy in Love, Single Ladies and Lemonade.

Singer

Mary J. Blige

Bringing soul singing and hip-hop together on What’s the 411? and My Life.

Rapper

LL Cool J

Recording Mama Said Knock You Out and becoming an early solo rap star.

Singer

Dolly Parton

Writing and singing Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5.

Singer

Shakira

Singing Hips Don’t Lie, Whenever, Wherever and Waka Waka.

Singer

Peter Gabriel

Singing Sledgehammer and co-founding the WOMAD festival.

Singer

The Weeknd

Singing Blinding Lights, Starboy and Can’t Feel My Face.

Singer

Rihanna

Singing Umbrella, Diamonds and We Found Love.

Rapper

Queen Latifah

Recording U.N.I.T.Y. and starring in Living Single and Chicago.

Singer

Lady Gaga

Singing Bad Romance, Born This Way and Shallow.

Singer

Tony Bennett

Singing I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

Singer

Whitney Houston

Singing I Will Always Love You with extraordinary power and control.

Singer

Madonna

Continually reinventing pop music, performance and image.

Singer

Michael Jackson

Making Thriller and redefining the pop music video.

Singer

Gloria Estefan

Bringing Latin rhythms into international pop with Miami Sound Machine.

Singer

Miley Cyrus

Moving from Hannah Montana stardom to a solo career spanning pop, country and rock.

Singer

Tina Turner

Rebuilding her career as a solo rock and soul star with Private Dancer.

Singer

Taylor Swift

Turning personal storytelling into global country and pop success, from Fearless to the Eras Tour.

Composer

A. R. Rahman

Reshaping Indian film music with Roja and Bombay, then winning two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire.

Singer

Mariah Carey

Singing Vision of Love, We Belong Together and All I Want for Christmas Is You.

Singer

Caetano Veloso

Helping create Tropicália, which mixed Brazilian song with rock and avant-garde experimentation.

Singer

Burna Boy

African Giant, Twice as Tall and an international Afro-fusion sound.

Singer

Joni Mitchell

Writing Blue, Both Sides, Now and Big Yellow Taxi while expanding the possibilities of the singer-songwriter album.

Singer

Gilberto Gil

Helping create Tropicália and combining Brazilian song with rock, reggae and global influences.

Singer

Keith Urban

Combining country songwriting with expressive guitar playing on songs including Somebody Like You and Blue Ain’t Your Color.

Singer

Wizkid

Singing Ojuelegba and Essence and helping Afrobeats reach a worldwide pop audience.

Rapper

Kanye West

Reshaping hip-hop through soul-sampling production, ambitious albums and the melodic experiments of 808s & Heartbreak.