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Gloria Gaynor

American singer

1

Dorothy Moore

American singer

2

Linda Clifford

American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress

3

Loleatta Holloway

American singer (1946–2011)

4

Stephanie Mills

American musician

5

Deborah Cox

Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress

6

Yvonne Elliman

American singer and actress

7

Gene Chandler

American musician

8

Chaka Khan

American singer-songwriter

9

Martha Wash

American singer

10

Ronnie Dyson

American singer and actor (1950-1990)

11

Jackie Moore

American musician

12

Donna Summer

American singer and songwriter

13

Ike & Tina Turner

American musical duo

14

Meli'sa Morgan

American singer

15

Evelyn King

American singer

16

Vicki Sue Robinson

American musician (1954-2000)

17

Van McCoy

American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor

18

Jody Watley

American singer

19

Timmy Thomas

American musician

20

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

21

Phil Perry

American musician

22

Mac Davis

American songwriter, singer and actor

23

Peaches & Herb

American vocalist duo

24

Fern Kinney

American musician

25

Barry White

American singer-songwriter

26

Maxine Nightingale

British singer

27

Sheena Easton

Scottish recording artist

28

Scherrie Payne

American singer

29

Jocelyn Brown

American musician

30

George McCrae

American musician

31

The Trammps

American soul band

32

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

33

Luther Vandross

American singer, songwriter, and record producer (1951-2005)

34

Freddie Jackson

American singer

35

Linda Hopkins

African American actress and blues and gospel singer

36

Gwen Guthrie

American singer-songwriter

37

Minnie Riperton

American singer-songwriter

38

Ashford & Simpson

songwriting-production team

39

Joe Simon

American soul and R&B musician

40

Angela Bofill

American R&B singer

41

Kashif

American musician, songwriter and record producer

42

Tramaine Hawkins

American gospel singer

43

Helen Baylor

American musician

44

Johnnie Taylor

American soul-blues and pop singer

45

Irene Cara

American recording artist; singer and actress

46

Barbara Mason

American musician

47

Patti LaBelle

American singer-songwriter and actress

48

Freda Payne

American singer and actress

49

Chanté Moore

American singer-songwriter

50

Betty Wright

American singer

51

CeCe Peniston

American singer

52

Mary J. Blige

American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York

53

Enchantment

soul/R&B band

54

Melanie Safka

American singer

55

Shanice

American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer

56

Dionne Warwick

American singer, actress and TV show host

57

Johnny Kemp

Bahamian-American singer-songwriter