World music musicians
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17 Hippies
band from Berlin, Germany
1
3 Mustaphas 3
band
2
A. R. Rahman
Indian singer and composer
3
Adewale Ayuba
Nigerian singer
4
Afro Celt Sound System
Multinational world music band
5
Al Perkins
American musician
6
Alamaailman Vasarat
musical ensemble
7
Alan Steward
Dutch musician
8
Ale Möller
Swedish musician
9
Ananda Shankar
Indian musician
10
Andreas Vollenweider
Swiss musician
11
Anggun
Indonesian singer-songwriter
12
Ara Dinkjian
American musician
13
Arwa
Yemeni singer
14
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
15
Ayọ
Nigerian-German singer-songwriter
16
Bashiri Johnson
American musician
17
Battista Acquaviva
French singer
18
Beats Antique
American-based experimental music group
19
Behsat Üvez
Turkish singer
20
Bob Telson
American musician
21
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
22
Bokanté
A band project founded by Snarky Puppy's Michael League.
23
Bombino
Nigerien Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist
24
Bonga
singer from Angola
25
Bonobo
British musician, producer and DJ
26
Calle 13
Puerto Rican band
27
Cesária Évora
Cape Verdean singer
28
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat
29
Cleveland Watkiss
English singer
30
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
31
Cornelius
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, composer (1969-)
32
Craig S. Harris
American musician
33
Daniel Balavoine
French recording artist; singer-songwriter
34
Daniel Kapler
record producer
35
David Murray
American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
36
Deep Forest
French music group
37
Dhafer Youssef
Tunisian musician
38
Dizzy Dee
Zimbabwean Reggae singer, songwriter, musical artist & record producer
39
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
40
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Ethiopian composer and pianist, and nun
41
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
42
Fareed Haque
American musician
43
Ferenc Nemeth
Hungarian musician
44
Francesca Gagnon
Canadian singer and theatre actress
45
Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits
46
Geinoh Yamashirogumi
band
47
Geoffrey Oryema
Ugandan musician and singer
48
George Harrison
British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001)
49
Gjallarhorn
Finnish band
50
Gondwanaland
Australian ambient music band
51
Gontiti
Japanese guitar duo
52
Grèn Sémé
53
Guo Gan
Chinese musician
54
Haifa Wehbe
Lebanese singer and actress
55
Hamada Helal
Egyptian singer and composer
56
Hans Christian
German-born musician and producer
57
Harris Eisenstadt
Canadian jazz drummer and composer of classic music
58
Hazmat Modine
American world jazz blues band based in New York City
59
Helge Norbakken
Norwegian jazz drummer
60
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
61
Hub Hildenbrand
German jazz guitarist
62
Hugh Ragin
American musician
63
Izaline Calister
singer and composer
64
Jabu Khanyile
South African musician
65
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
66
Jamey Haddad
American musician
67
Jeff Berlin
American musician
68
Jesse Cook
Canadian guitarist, composer, and producer
69
Jimmy Bosch
Jazz and salsa trombonist and bandleader
70
Johnny Alegre
jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines
71
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
72
Jovanotti
Italian singer-songwriter
73
Juluka
band
74
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Russian singer
75
Karsh Kale
American musician
76
Kimi Djabate
Guinea-Bissauan musician
77
Kostas Martakis
Greek singer
78
Kroke
Polish world music band
79
La Familia Valera Miranda
Cuban sextet (a family of musicians) playing a mid-tempo form of ‘son’, Cuba’s traditional musical style
80
Lata Mangeshkar
Indian singer
81
Leila Arab
Iranian musician
82
Leonard Cohen
Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
83
Lhasa de Sela
Mexican-American singer who gained fame in Montreal, Canada
84
Light in Babylon
85
Liquid Blue
American indie pop rock band
86
Lisa Gerrard
Australian musician, singer and composer
87
Lisandro Aristimuño
Argentinian singer
88
Loreena McKennitt
Canadian musician and composer
89
Los Cojolites
90
Ludwik Konopko
Polish guitarist and composer
91
M. S. Anosh
Musician
92
Madredeus
Portuguese band
93
Maga Bo
musical artist
94
Magdalena Thora
German musician, guitarist, singer and actress
95
Manfred Leuchter
German composer, producer and accordionist
96
Mango
Italian singer-songwriter and musician
97
Manolito
French Spanish singer, guitarist and record producer
98
Manu Dibango
Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist
99
Margaret Singana
South African musician
100
Mari Boine
Norwegian Sami musician
101
Marie Daulne
Belgian singer
102
Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard
French composer
103
Mark E. Smith
English spoken-word artist, singer, songwriter & bandleader of The Fall (1957-2018)
104
May East
Brazilian singer
105
Maya Youssef
musician and ethnomusicologist
106
Miguel "Angá" Díaz
Cuban musician
107
Mike Oldfield
English musician, multi-instrumentalist
108
Mino Cinelu
French musician
109
Miriam Makeba
South African singer and civil rights activist
110
Muzsikás
band
111
N'Faly Kouyate
Guinean musician
112
Natacha Atlas
Belgian Egyptian-British recording artist, singer
113
Neffa
Italian singer-songwriter
114
Neljä Ruusua
Finnish rockband
115
Nicolette
Scottish singer-songwriter of Nigerian parentage
116
Nolwenn Leroy
French singer
117
OUBEL
Moroccan singer
118
Ofra Haza
Israeli singer
119
Oktopus
Canadian klezmer and Eastern european music band
120
Olga Orlova
Russian singer
121
Omar Akram
New Age musician
122
Oregon
American jazz and world music group
123
Oscar Lopez
Canadian musician
124
Otava Yo
Russian folk rock band
125
Paco Sery
drummer, composer, badnleader
126
Paul Cauthen
Texas-based musician
127
Paul Collins
musician
128
Paul Simon
American musician, songwriter and producer
129
Phil Donkin
British Jazz bassist
130
Piers Faccini
British painter, poet, children's author and musician living in France
131
Rachid Taha
Algerian singer
132
Radio Tarifa
133
Red Cardell
Breton Rock band
134
Rim Banna
Palestinian singer, composer, arranger and activist
135
Rolinha Kross
Dutch singer
136
Ron Korb
Canadian musician
137
Ronald Snijders
Surinamese-Dutch flautist and author
138
Rubén Blades
Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician
139
Ruslana
Ukrainian singer
140
Sa Dingding
Chinese artist, musician, and actress
141
Sally Nyolo
Cameroonian musician
142
Sam Bush
American musician
143
Sarah Brightman
British soprano, musical theatre actress, and dancer
144
Sari Kaasinen
Finnish musician and songwriter
145
Savina Yannatou
Greek singer and composer
146
Shahin and Sepehr
musical artist
147
Shakira
Colombian singer
148
Shannon Birchall
Australian musician
149
Solju
Saami band from Finland
150
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
151
Steve Jordan
American composer, musical director and artist
152
Strunz & Farah
Music Band
153
Susheela Raman
English singer
154
Talvin Singh
British musician
155
Tamikrest
Malian band
156
Tao Ravao
157
Teresa Salgueiro
Portuguese singer
158
The Fenians
Rock music groups from California
159
Tinariwen
tuareg band from mali
160
Tony Paeleman
French pianist
161
Toumast
Nigerien band
162
Transglobal Underground
band
163
Trio Bulgarka
Bulgarian vocal ensemble, active from 1975 to 1999
164
Tuuletar
Finnish band
165
Vaibhav Saxena
Indian singer and composer
166
Vicente García
Dominican singer
167
Vildá
Sami Finnish band
168
Vincent Bucher
French musician
169
Vincent Peirani
French musician
170
Vitas
Ukrainian singer
171
Vágtázó Csodaszarvas
musical group from Hungary
172
WoFo
173
Wouter Kellerman
South African musician
174
Yanni
Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer
175
Yaşar Hafiz oğlu Baxışov
176
Yma Sumac
Peruvian-American soprano (1922-2008)
177
Yossi Fine
musician
178
Yulduz Usmonova
Uzbekistani singer and actress
179
Zakir Hussain
Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.
180
Zohar Fresco
Israeli percussionist
181
minus123minut
Czech band
182
Émile Parisien
French saxophonist
183
Ömer Faruk Tekbilek
flautist (ney player)
184
Čankišou
Czech world music / rock band