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Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Cantat (born 1964, Pau) is the French singer-songwriter who led the rock band Noir Désir; convicted in 2004 in Vilnius to eight years for the fatal assault of actor Marie Trintignant, released conditionally in 2007, later in Détroit.
Best Coast
Best Coast is an American indie rock duo formed in Los Angeles in 2009 by Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno, known for lo-fi pop drawing on 1960s surf rock and girl groups.
Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto (Mary Beth Patterson, born 1981) is an American singer from Judsonia, Arkansas, frontwoman of dance-punk band Gossip ("Standing in the Way of Control"), later a solo artist (Fake Sugar, 2017), actress, and fashion designer; Gossip reunited for Real Power (2024).
Beth Elliott
Beth Elliott, American trans woman folk singer and activist, vice president of the San Francisco Daughters of Bilitis chapter until her 1972 expulsion, and central figure in the 1973 West Coast Lesbian Conference controversy.
Beth Gibbons
Beth Gibbons (born 1965), English singer of Portishead with Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley; Dummy (1994), Out of Season (2002), Górecki Symphony No. 3 (2019), and debut solo album Lives Outgrown (2024, Domino).
Beth Liebling
Beth Liebling (born 1967, Chicago) is an American bassist and co-founder of the Seattle experimental instrumental band Hovercraft, performing as Sadie 7 on Akathisia (1997) and Experiment Below (1998), and the ex-wife of Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder (1994-2000).
Beth Orton
Beth Orton (born 1970, Norfolk) is an English singer-songwriter of folktronica, known for Trailer Park (1996), Central Reservation (1999, 2000 Brit Award), and nine albums through The Ground Above (2026).
Betsy Arakawa
Betsy Machiko Arakawa (1959-2025), Hawaiian-born American classical pianist, Gene Hackman's second wife, co-founder of Santa Fe store Pandora's; died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in February 2025.
Bette Midler
Bette Midler, the Divine Miss M, American singer-actress born 1945 in Honolulu; Continental Baths cabaret star, Grammy, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee for The Rose and For the Boys, Hello Dolly! Tony, NYRP founder.
Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra: American alternative rock band formed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1987-1988, led by Kevin Griffin and Tom Drummond; known for the 1995 platinum album Deluxe and the No. 1 Modern Rock hit "Good", still touring and recording (Super Magick, 2024).
Betty Boo
Betty Boo, also known as Alison Moira Clarkson, is a British pop-rapper whose 1990 platinum debut Boomania produced "Doin' the Do" and "Where Are You Baby?"; she later wrote "Pure and Simple" and returned with Boomerang (2022).
Betty Clooney
Betty Clooney (1931–1976), American singer and TV performer, younger sister and duo partner of Rosemary Clooney; member of the Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor's band, later solo radio/TV and singles work; died of a brain aneurysm in 1976.
Betty Davis
Betty Davis, born Betty Mabry, was an American funk singer, songwriter, and producer whose openly sexual 1970s albums made her a cult figure, later rediscovered after their 2007 reissue.
Betty Who
Betty Who, stage name of Jessica Anne Newham, Australian-born synth-pop singer-songwriter. Berklee-trained cellist whose 2013 viral Home Depot proposal video for "Somebody Loves You" led to an RCA deal, four albums, and a Pride-festival career.
Betty Wright
Betty Wright (Bessie Regina Norris, 1953-2020), American Miami soul and R&B singer of "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night," Grammy winner for "Where Is the Love," gold on her own Ms. B label, producer and mentor to Joss Stone and rappers.
Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan (born 1944, Birmingham) is an English rock drummer, founding member of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra, later Black Sabbath's touring drummer, ELO Part II leader, and a 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight (Beverley Anne Smith), born 1973 in Wolverhampton, is a British soul/R&B singer with 14 UK Top 40 singles, three MOBO Awards, an MBE, and an Olivier-winning West End theatre career.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, born 1981, Houston) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, formerly of Destiny's Child, whose solo albums from Dangerously in Love (2003) to Cowboy Carter (2024) made her the most-awarded artist in Grammy history.
Bez (dancer)
Bez (Mark Berry, born 1964) is the English dancer and maracas-playing percussionist of Madchester band Happy Mondays and later Black Grape; joined 1985 at the Hacienda, won Celebrity Big Brother 2005.
Bi Kidude
Bi Kidude, born Fatuma binti Baraka around 1910, was a Zanzibari taarab singer and leader of unyago initiation rites, widely called the leading female voice of Zanzibari music.
Bianca Ryan
Bianca Ryan, American singer from Philadelphia, first winner of America's Got Talent (2006, age 11, $1 million prize), Columbia Records debut, later independent via Bianca Ryan Records after vocal cord surgery.
Bibi Gaytán
Bibi Gaytán (Biby), Silvia Gaytán Barragán, Mexican singer-actress born in Tapachula, Chiapas; joined Timbiriche in 1989 replacing Alix Bauer, starred in Dos mujeres un camino, married Eduardo Capetillo in 1994, returned in the musical Chicago in 2019.
Bif Naked
Bif Naked (Beth Torbert, born 1971, New Delhi) is a Canadian Juno-winning punk/alternative rock singer known for I Bificus (1998), "Spaceman," and the 2024 album Champion, distinct from unrelated BIF organizations and naked motorcycles.
Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro, also known as Team Biffy, are a Scottish rock trio formed in Kilmarnock in 1995: Simon Neil with twins James and Ben Johnston. Known for Puzzle (2007), four UK number-one albums including Futique (2025), and the Matt Cardle Christmas Number 1 cover of Many Of Horror.
Big & Rich
Big & Rich: American country duo of Big Kenny (William Kenneth Alphin) and John Rich, formed in Nashville in 2003, known for "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", the MuzikMafia, and the triple-platinum debut Horse of a Different Color.
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite (B.A.D.), London rock band formed in 1984 by ex-Clash guitarist Mick Jones with Don Letts, Greg Roberts, Dan Donovan, and Leo Williams; early rock samplers behind 'E=MC2', from This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985) to F-Punk (1995), reunited 2011.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a swing revival band formed in Ventura, California, in 1989 by Scotty Morris, named after an Albert Collins autograph; it broke out via the 1996 film Swingers, went gold in 1998, and played Super Bowl XXXIII.
Big band
Big band: a large jazz ensemble of ten to twenty-plus players in saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and rhythm sections playing written arrangements; dominant in the 1935–1945 swing era under Ellington, Basie, and Goodman, declining in the late 1940s and continuing as a concert format.
Big band bandleaders
Big band bandleaders are the leaders of large jazz orchestras, from 1920s dance bands through the 1935–1945 swing era to today. Key figures include Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and modern leaders like Maria Schneider.
Big Black
Big Black: American noise rock band founded by Steve Albini in Evanston, Illinois (1981 or 1982 per sources), active to 1987; Roland TR-606 drum machine, albums Atomizer (1986) and Songs About Fucking (1987), key influence on industrial and noise rock.