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Barbershop quartet
Barbershop quartet: an a cappella, four-voice ensemble (tenor, lead, baritone, bass) singing unaccompanied four-part close harmony, an African-American-rooted American style organized by the 1938-founded Barbershop Harmony Society (SPEBSQSA).
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand (born 1942, Brooklyn) is an American singer, actress, director, and EGOT winner; only artist with #1 albums in six consecutive decades, Oscar winner for Funny Girl and Evergreen, first woman to win the Golden Globe for Best Director (Yentl).
Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest, English progressive rock band formed in Oldham in 1966 by John Lees, Les Holroyd, Woolly Wolstenholme, and Mel Pritchard; known for orchestral prog, the Harvest label, 1980 and 1987 Berlin concerts, and the 1998 split into two successor bands.
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies: Canadian pop rock band formed 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, known as BNL. Hits: "One Week" (Hot 100 No. 1, 1998); albums Gordon and Stunt; 15 million records; Hall of Fame.
Barns Courtney
Barns Courtney (Barnaby George Courtney, born 1990, Aylesbury, England) is an English singer-songwriter raised partly in Seattle whose singles "Fire" and "Glitter & Gold" broke through via the 2015 film Burnt; albums include The Attractions of Youth (2017), 404 (2019), and Supernatural (2024).
Barriemore Barlow
Barriemore Barlow is an English drummer born 1949 in Birmingham, Jethro Tull's drummer 1971-1980 on Thick as a Brick through Stormwatch, later working with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Tandoori Cassette.
Barry Dunaway
Barry Dunaway (born 1958) is an American rock bassist, vocalist, and songwriter, bassist for .38 Special since the early 2010s and formerly of Yngwie Malmsteen's band (nine albums, four world tours), Survivor, and the Pat Travers Band.
Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb (Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, born 1946, Isle of Man) is the Bee Gees' founding singer-songwriter and last surviving brother, known for his falsetto, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, 16 US No. 1 songwriting credits, a 2018 knighthood, and the 2021 Greenfields album.
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow (Barry Alan Pincus, born 1943, Brooklyn), American adult-contemporary singer-songwriter; 13 AC No. 1 hits including "Mandy" and "Copacabana," 29 platinum albums, Grammy, Emmy and Tony winner, Las Vegas resident headliner.
Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire (born 1935, Oklahoma City) is an American singer-songwriter, former New Christy Minstrels lead singer, whose 1965 protest hit "Eve of Destruction" topped the Billboard Hot 100; he later became a pioneering contemporary Christian music artist.
Barry Sadler
Barry Sadler (1940–1989), Staff Sergeant Barry Allen Sadler, was a US Army Special Forces medic and singer whose patriotic 1966 hit "The Ballad of the Green Berets" topped the Billboard chart for five weeks, and who later wrote the Casca adventure novels before dying after a 1988 shooting in Guatemala.
Barry White
Barry White (Barry Eugene Carter, 1944–2003), American soul and disco singer-songwriter and producer with a deep bass-baritone voice, known for Love Unlimited, the Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love's Theme," and over 100 million records sold.
Bars and Melody
Bars and Melody (BAM) were a British pop-rap duo of rapper Leondre Devries (Bars) and singer Charlie Lenehan (Melody), Britain's Got Talent 2014 golden-buzzer finalists who placed third and released the UK No. 5 single "Hopeful".
Bart Millard
Bart Millard (born 1972) is an American Christian singer-songwriter, founding lead singer of MercyMe, who wrote "I Can Only Imagine" after his father's death from cancer; the RIAA's best-selling Christian song, later a hit 2018 biopic.
Basia
Basia (Barbara Stanisława Trzetrzelewska, born 1954, Jaworzno, Poland) is a Polish jazz-pop singer, ex-Matt Bianco vocalist, whose Time and Tide and London Warsaw New York went US platinum; distinct from Basia Bulat.
Basil Poledouris
Basil Konstantine Poledouris (1945–2006), Greek-American Hollywood film composer of 80+ scores; known for Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, Lonesome Dove (Emmy 1989), The Hunt for Red October, and Starship Troopers.
Bass Brothers
Bass Brothers: Detroit production duo Jeff and Mark Bass, aka F.B.T. Productions (Funky Bass Team), who discovered and signed Eminem, produced The Slim Shady LP through 8 Mile, won an Oscar and Grammy for "Lose Yourself," and founded Web Entertainment and F.B.T. Studios in Ferndale, Michigan.
Basti Artadi
Basti Artadi (Sebastian Artadi) is the Filipino vocalist and lyricist of heavy metal band Wolfgang, a four-time NU107 Vocalist of the Year, solo artist, and musical theater performer who continues singing despite facial paralysis.
Bastille (ΔSTILLE) (band)
Bastille (BΔSTILLE) are an English indie pop band formed in London in 2010 by Dan Smith, with Kyle Simmons, Will Farquarson, and Chris Wood; known for Bad Blood, Pompeii, three UK number-one albums, and the Marshmello hit Happier.
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes is the stage name of Natasha Khan (born 1979), a British art-pop singer-songwriter. Six albums from Fur and Gold (2006) to The Dream of Delphi (2024); three Mercury Prize shortlists, Ivor Novello winner.
Battles (band)
Battles is an American experimental rock band formed in New York City in 2002, often tagged math rock; founded by Ian Williams (Don Caballero), Tyondai Braxton, Dave Konopka, and John Stanier (Helmet), releasing Mirrored, Gloss Drop, La Di Da Di, and Juice B Crypts on Warp Records.
Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus: English post-punk band formed in Northampton in 1978 (Murphy, Ash, David J, Haskins), also known as Bauhaus 1919, whose 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" launched gothic rock.
Baul (বাউল)
Baul (বাউল) are mystic minstrels of rural Bangladesh and West Bengal, a syncretic devotional sect blending Vaishnava, Buddhist Sahajiya, and Sufi elements, centered on the body as God's seat, with Lalon Shah (1774–1890) as central figure and UNESCO-listed Baul songs.
Baxter Dury
Baxter Dury (born 1971) is an English singer-songwriter, son of Ian Dury, known for spoken-sung indie pop on albums from Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (2002) to Allbarone (2025) and the memoir Chaise Longue.
Bay City Rollers
Bay City Rollers: Scottish pop rock band from Edinburgh, 1970s teen idols behind Rollermania, "Bye Bye Baby" and "Shang-a-Lang"; tartan image, two UK No. 1 singles in 1975, manager Tam Paton disputes, and later lineups led by Stuart Wood.
Baylee Littrell
Baylee Littrell (born 2002, Atlanta) is an American singer-songwriter, son of Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell; debut country album 770-Country (2019), American Idol season 23 contestant, now pop artist with "So Be It" (2026).
Bayside (band)
Bayside, American emo/pop-punk band from Queens, New York, formed in 2000 by Anthony Raneri; known for Sirens and Condolences, the 2005 self-titled album, The Walking Wounded, and Cult's Billboard 200 number 24 peak.
Bazzi (singer)
Bazzi (Andrew Bazzi) is a Michigan-born Lebanese-American pop/R&B singer-songwriter-producer, distinct from other artists named Bazzi, known for the 2018 viral hit "Mine" (No. 11 Hot 100, 2x platinum) and albums COSMIC, Soul Searching, and Infinite Dream.
BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band, also known as the BBC Radio Big Band, is a British big band run by the BBC, tracing its lineage to a 1928 dance orchestra.
BBC Singers
BBC Singers: Britain's only full-time professional chamber choir, founded 1924 as the Wireless Chorus, first radio chorus in the world; survived a 2023 closure announcement, centenary and RPS Ensemble Award 2024.