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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011), Chicago-born poet, novelist, and musician, pioneer of spoken-word soul-jazz he called bluesology; wrote "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "Whitey on the Moon," recorded 15 albums with Brian Jackson, and is called the Godfather of Rap.
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Gilbert O'Sullivan, real name Raymond Edward O'Sullivan (born 1946, Waterford), Irish singer-songwriter behind "Alone Again (Naturally)", six UK number ones, the 1982 £7m royalties judgment, and the 1991 Biz Markie sample-clearance case.
Gilby Clarke
Gilby Clarke (born 1962, Cleveland) is an American guitarist, singer, and producer, Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist 1991–1994 replacing Izzy Stradlin, solo albums Pawnshop Guitars and The Gospel Truth, Rockstar: Supernova, Kings of Chaos.
Gillian Gilbert
Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 1961, Manchester), English keyboardist and guitarist of New Order, joined October 1980; married to Stephen Morris; side project The Other Two; left 2001, rejoined 2011; living with cancer as of 2026.
Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch, born Gillian Howard Welch in 1967, is an American singer-songwriter performing old-time and bluegrass-influenced original songs with guitarist David Rawlings, known for Revival, Time (The Revelator), Acony Records, and the O Brother soundtrack.
Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms, American alternative rock band formed 1987 in Tempe, Arizona; jangly power pop behind quadruple-platinum New Miserable Experience (1992) with hits Hey Jealousy and Found Out About You written by fired founding guitarist Doug Hopkins.
Gina G
Gina G, born Gina Mary Gardiner (Australian dance-pop singer, Brisbane 1970), represented the UK at Eurovision 1996 with "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit"; eighth in Oslo but a UK number 1 and Grammy-nominated hit.
Gina Schock
Gina Schock, American drummer of the Go-Go's from 1979, formerly of Baltimore. Played on Beauty and the Beat (1981), the first No. 1 album by an all-female band writing and playing their own songs; Rock Hall inductee, 2021.
Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker (Peter Edward Baker, 1939–2019), English rock and jazz drummer, co-founder and drummer of Cream and Blind Faith; pioneer of the rock drum solo and two-bass-drum setup, later collaborator of Fela Kuti in Lagos and jazz bandleader until his 2014 album Why?.
Gino Vannelli
Gino Vannelli, born 1952 in Montreal, is an Italian-Canadian singer-songwriter of jazz fusion, soul, and soft rock. Known for A&M albums like Brother to Brother, hits "I Just Wanna Stop" and "Living Inside Myself", and about 20 million records sold.
Ginuwine
Ginuwine (Elgin Baylor Lumpkin), Washington D.C.-born R&B singer; 1996 debut single "Pony" and album Ginuwine…The Bachelor (Timbaland-produced) went multiplatinum, defining late-1990s R&B; later TGT member.
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote about 39 operas between 1810 and 1823. His works set the musical procedures for 19th-century Italian opera.
Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder (Giovanni Giorgio Moroder, born 26 April 1940, Ortisei, Italy) is an Italian producer and composer, a founder of disco whose synth productions for Donna Summer and Oscar-winning film scores shaped electronic dance music.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, also known as Giambattista Pergolesi, was an Italian composer from Jesi whose comic intermezzo La serva padrona (1733) became a model for Italian opera.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, also known as Pierluigi da Palestrina, was an Italian Renaissance composer of Roman polyphony who spent his career at Rome's basilicas and wrote over 100 Masses.
Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings (The Gipsy Kings): Franco-Spanish rumba flamenca band from the Reyes and Baliardo families of Arles and Montpellier; 1987 hits "Bamboleo" and "Djobi Djoba", 14-20 million albums, 2014 Grammy winner.
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act of young women who sing, typically with harmonized vocals and coordinated dancing, rather than playing instruments as a band.
Girl Group (band)
Girl Group: British-Norwegian indie pop five-piece in Liverpool (Katya Birkeland, Lily Christlow, Thea Gundersen, Mia Halvorsen, Maria Tollisen), formed 2023 at LIPA; EPs Think They're Looking, Let's Perform (2025) and Little Sticky Pictures (2026).
Girl in Red
girl in red is the artist name of Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven Ringheim (born 1999), known for bedroom pop, "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend," two albums, a billion-stream single, and #doyoulistentogirlinred.
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud: British pop girl group formed in 2002 on ITV's Popstars: The Rivals (Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh). Known for 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles, four number ones, Xenomania production, and the 2024 Sarah Harding memorial reunion tour.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), leading Italian opera composer of the 19th century, wrote 28 operas including Rigoletto, La traviata, Aida, and Otello; his music became tied to the Risorgimento and Casa Ricordi's publishing business.
Giveon
Giveon (Giveon Dezmann Evans, born 1995, Long Beach, California) is an American R&B baritone singer; known for "Like I Want You," Drake's "Chicago Freestyle," Bieber's "Peaches," albums Give or Take (2022) and Beloved (2025), and eight Grammy nominations.
Gladys Horton
Gladys Horton (1945–2011), American R&B singer, founder and original lead vocalist of the Marvelettes, whose "Please Mr. Postman" (1961) was Motown's first No. 1 pop hit; also sang "Playboy" and "Beechwood 4-5789".
Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight (born 1944, Atlanta), the "Empress of Soul", led Gladys Knight and the Pips from 1952 through Motown and Buddah hits like "Midnight Train to Georgia", then a seven-Grammy solo career; in 2026 she announced fewer performances.
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips, also billed Gladys Knight and The Pips, were an Atlanta family soul group formed in 1952, known for "Midnight Train to Georgia," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and Motown and Buddah hits.
Glare (band)
Glare: American shoegaze band from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, formed 2017 from the emo band Dispirit; heavy melodic shoegaze on Sunday Drive and Deathwish; debut album Sunset Funeral released April 2025.
Glass Animals
Glass Animals: English indie band formed in Oxford in 2010 (Bayley, MacFarlane, Irwin-Singer, Seaward), known for Zaba, Dreamland, and 'Heat Waves', which took a record 59 weeks to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Glass Beams
Glass Beams: masked Melbourne psychedelic trio formed in 2020 around Indian-Australian producer Rajan Silva, blending Indian classical and Bollywood influences with Western psych rock; EPs Mirage (2021) and Mahal (2024, Ninja Tune).
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger, Canadian pop rock band from Newmarket, Ontario (formed as Tokyo, 1981); debut The Thin Red Line (1986) was Canada's fastest-selling debut, with "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100; five Juno Awards, 2025 Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees.
Glassjaw
Glassjaw is an American post-hardcore band from Hempstead, New York, formed in 1993 by Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck, known for Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence (2000), Worship and Tribute (2002), and Material Control (2017).