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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
