When asked about the best singers of all time or our times, we most likely list them as our favorite singers. Every single one in this world has their preferences and tastes in music or musicians. Some like pop while others like country. The best singers are based on our choice, making it difficult for anyone to list out some of the best American singers because then they will encounter questions like “Why isnt my favourite artist on the list?” or “These people dont deserve to be on the list.” This all revolves around a single question, who are the best American singers? Here we are for your rescue because the following are the top 10 American singers I have compiled.
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29th, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. He first got into music in 1954 when he joined his older siblings in the band The Jackson Brothers as a backup musician and vocalist. The group changed his name to the Jackson 5 shortly after Michael started sharing lead vocal duties with Jermaine. Jackson released four solo albums on Motown, including his solo debut. Between 1976 and 1984, the Jacksons released six albums, and during this period, Michael met Quincy Jones while he starred in the 1978 film The Wiz. Jones then produced Jackson’s 1979 record off the wall, which had four top ten singles. 2009 was an exciting time for MJ fans when the star announced a 50 date London residency that would begin in July of that same year. However, fans were ultimately shocked and saddened when on June 25th, 2009, Jackson died of cardiac arrest while in Los Angeles in the middle of rehearsals.
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra is arguably the 20th century’s greatest singer of songs. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12th, 1915. Frank Sinatra dropped out of high school to pursue singing professionally. In the 1940s, he released 17 top singles and started his film career, scoring his first box office hit in 1945. He won an Oscar for “From Here to Eternity,” which made the audience notice him more than a musician. In the late 1950s, Frank Sinatra left capital records to strike out on his own for his record label and chose his songs showing how determined he was to expand his career that he loves. He went to Las Vegas casinos for his shows and gathered several people around him. In 1970 Frank Sinatra announced his retirement but came back three years later with a huge success. Frank Sinatra performed his last show ending his career in 1995. He died three years later, on May 14th, 1998, in Los Angeles, California.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis was influenced by Gospel, country and R and B music that he heard on Beale Street when his family moved to Memphis. In 1953 Elvis walked into a Sun studio and paid four dollars to record a two-sided song demo. Sam Philips liked what he heard and decided to cut a record with Elvis. Elvis also caught the attention of promoter Colonel Tom Parker who put the young singer on tour. In 1956 Elvis’s first RTA single topped the charts. At the peak of his fame, Elvis headed out to Germany to serve in the army in 1958. When he returned, he was still popular, but by the mid-’60s, his career was in trouble. When Elvis appeared on CBS, which was known as the 1968 comeback special, he was again at the charts’ top. Though he made it back to the top, his life was coming apart, and relied more on prescription drugs, which cost him his life in 1977.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin started in Tennessee. She had to endure a lot when her parents divorced, and she had to stay with her father. Aretha was introduced to adulthood too soon due to her father’s contradictory lifestyle. Being a child herself, she had to handle a lot of childcare responsibilities. Regardless of her age Aretha was a gifted singer and pianist. Aretha signed with Columbia Records in New York, and in 1961, the company released her first album. Her song became her first international hit reaching the top 40 in Australia and Canada. Aretha was rocking the charts though she had no luck in her personal life. She became a Grammy-winning singer, and her 5th album made platinum-selling millions of copies. She is an icon of strength and power and battled her last tragic her health issue. Aretha Franklin died in 2018, leaving the fans devastated.
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American artist and lyricist born in Huntington, New York. Mariah was naturally introduced to turmoil as her family abandoned her white mother since she wedded an individual of color. Any place Mariah’s folks went, the neighbors sent hazardous dangers. That is when child Mariah turned into light in their dimness. However, all the narrow-mindedness caused Mariah’s folks to separate from when she was 3. All through her adolescence, Mariah battled to fit it, and music immediately turned into Mariah’s most striking force. Everything changed when Mariah’s demo tape arrived in possession of the music chief, Tommy Mottola. Mariah before long turned into the smash hit recording craftsman of the 90s. Her 2018 album “Caution” got rave perspectives, and she made her record name.
Prince
Prince Roger Nelson was born on January 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, John Nelson, led a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio, and his mother was the lead singer. Being the product of two musicians, Prince had tremendous musical talent. At 13 years old, Prince’s first band, Grand Central, was formed. He committed his energy to develop a successful music career because he felt music was the only thing he was genuinely good at. His debut album was released in 1978 in which he wrote every song, produced every track, and played all 27 instruments on the album. He won several Grammys in the mid-2000s for works such as Musicology as well as another oscar in 2007 for Best Original Song in an animated movie. Prince was pronounced dead the morning of April 21, 2016, in what was determined to be an accidental pain medication overdose.
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was born on April 2, 1939, in Washington, DC. Growing up in a religious household, he started singing in church congregations. His singing and piano playing eventually got him signed to Motown Records in the early 1960s. His first single released under the name Marvin Gaye was followed by his debut called the “Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye.” In 1982 Gaye’s Columbia Records comeback album was called “Midnight Love,” the internationally successful effort produced worldwide hit “Sexual Healing,” and that song won Gaye his first two Grammy Awards. Though he was a star, Gaye struggled with his health and depression, because of which he moved back to his parent’s home. On April 1, 1984, one of the arguments at his place ultimately led to Gaye’s death after his father shot him.
Beyonce
Beyonce Giselle Knowles Carter was born on September 4, 1981. She is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the group “Destiny’s Child.” The group became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups in history. Beyonce then followed with an extremely successful solo career. She has won 22 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award’s history. The recording industry association of America recognized Beyonce as the top certified artist in America during the 2000s. In 2009 Billboard named he the top female artist of the decade. In 2014 Beyonce became the highest-paid black musician in history and was listed among Times 100 most influential people in the world for two years in a row.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Clive Davis discovered Houston in 1983. Her debut in 1985 was not as successful as expected. However, several number one singles eventually changed that. The R and B and pop album went to number one on the Billboard the next year. In 1987 the massively successful Whitney made her the first female to have an album premiere at the Billboard chart’s top. It spawned various number ones, including a grammy-winning single that turned her into a global star. Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on February 11, 2012.
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris was born on May 13, 1950. Stevie was born prematurely, and while still in an incubator, he lost his sight. Being indoors for his safety, the radio and music acted as his companion. At the age of 9, he became an expert on the piano, including other instruments. Berry Gordy signed Stevie to the Motown Label in 1963. At the age of 13, Stevie Wonder released his pop and R and B hit. The success continued till the late 1960s with many blows. In the 1970s, Stevie left Motown to control his work and then returned after recording his first own two albums. Stevie Wonder has won a record-breaking 22 Grammys in his career.
