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Margie Hendrix

Margie Hendrix (Marjorie Hendricks/Hendricks, 1935–1973), American R&B singer from Georgia; founding leader of Ray Charles's Raelets, voice on "(Night Time Is) The Right Time" and "Hit The Road Jack"; fired 1964; solo on Lamp, Tangerine, Mercury, Sound Stage 7.

Margo Price

Margo Price (Margo Rae Price, born 1983), Illinois-born Nashville Americana and alt-country singer-songwriter; Third Man Records debut Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016), Farm Aid's first female board member, memoir Maybe We'll Make It.

Margo Rey

Margo Rey, stage name of Margarita Reymundo-Jurado (born 1966, Acapulco), is a Mexico-born, Dallas-raised Latin pop and adult alternative singer-songwriter in Los Angeles; Billboard AC hits "Let the Rain" (No. 17) and albums on her Organica label.

Margo XS

Margo XS (Margo Wildman) is a Los Angeles-based American producer and DJ, distinct from other artists named Margo. Co-producer of Zara Larsson's Grammy-nominated Midnight Sun, executive producer of Kim Petras' Detour, and half of deBasement.

Margot Eskens

Margot Eskens (1936–2022) was a German Schlager singer and actress best known for the number-one hit "Cindy, oh Cindy" and for representing Germany at Eurovision 1966.

Margravial Opera House Bayreuth

The Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, or Markgräfliches Opernhaus, is a Baroque court opera house built 1745–1750 by Margravine Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and named a World Heritage Site in 2012.

Mari Kraimberi

Mari Kraimberi, also transliterated Mari Kraimbrery (Мари Краймбери), is the stage name of Marina Zhadan, a Ukrainian-born Russian pop and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who broke through in 2017.

Maria (Blondie song)

"Maria" is a 1999 song by American rock band Blondie, written by keyboardist Jimmy Destri for the album No Exit, which debuted at number one in the UK.

Maria Alcina

Maria Alcina is a Brazilian singer of MPB, samba, and carnival music, born in 1949 in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, who became nationally famous by winning the 1972 Festival Internacional da Canção with "Fio Maravilha".

Maria Anna Mozart

Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart (1751–1829), Salzburg pianist, piano teacher, and sister of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart; child-prodigy touring pianist, teacher of Salzburg nobility's daughters, wife of Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, and first Mozart biographer.

Maria Brink

Maria Brink is an American singer from Schenectady, New York, co-founder and frontwoman of metal band In This Moment (formed 2005 with Chris Howorth), known for theatrical stage shows, the gold album Blood, Black Widow reaching Billboard number eight, and a 2021 Grammy nomination.

Maria Callas

Maria Callas (Μαρία Κάλλας), born Maria Kalogeropoulos and once known as Maria Meneghini Callas, was an American-born Greek soprano celebrated as the twentieth century's greatest opera singer.

Maria Cole

Maria Cole (Maria Antoinette Hawkins, 1922-2012), American jazz singer also known as Marie Ellington, vocalist for Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Carter, wife of Nat King Cole and mother of Natalie Cole.

María Conchita Alonso

María Conchita Alonso (born 1957, Cienfuegos, Cuba; raised in Venezuela) is a singer and actress, star of the 1984 album "María Conchita" and films "Moscow on the Hudson" and "The Running Man"; three Grammy nominations.

Maria Dolores Pradera

María Dolores Pradera (1924–2018) was a Spanish singer and actress from Madrid, celebrated for her interpretations of Latin American boleros and folk songs over almost seven decades.

María Elena Holly

María Elena Holly, born María Elena Santiago, is the Puerto Rican-born widow of Buddy Holly, married August 15, 1958; she secured the 1987 Texas Buddy Holly Law, co-founded his educational foundation, and sold his catalog to BMG.

Maria Ewing

Maria Ewing (1950–2022), American mezzo-soprano and soprano from Detroit, famed for dramatically intense roles such as Carmen, Salome, Dorabella, and Rosine; Met debut 1976 as Cherubino, retired from opera 1997.

Maria Franziska von Trapp

Maria Franziska von Trapp (1914–2014), also Baroness Maria Franziska Gobertina von Trapp, last surviving original von Trapp child; Louisa in The Sound of Music; sang second soprano 1934–1956, missionary in Papua New Guinea, died in Stowe, Vermont.

María José Llergo

María José Llergo is a Spanish singer from Pozoblanco who fuses flamenco with electronic and pop, known for "Niña de las Dunas" and her 2022 Goya win.

María Luisa Landín

María Luisa Landín (1921–2014) was a Mexican bolero and mariachi singer, born in Mexico City, whose 1949 recording of "Amor perdido" made her the Queen of the Bolero.

Maria Maria

Maria Maria is a 1999 song by Santana featuring The Product G&B from the album Supernatural. Produced by Wyclef Jean, it won a Grammy for Best Pop Performance.

Maria McKee

Maria McKee (Maria Luisa McKee, born 1964, Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter, former Lone Justice frontwoman, UK No. 1 with "Show Me Heaven", and solo artist behind La Vita Nuova (2020).

Maria Mena

Maria Mena (Maria Viktoria Mena, born 1986, Oslo) is a Norwegian pop singer-songwriter who broke through at 16 with "My Lullaby" and has released nine studio albums, charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and won a 2009 Spellemannprisen.

María Mendiola

María Mendiola (1952–2021), Madrid-born Spanish singer and dancer, co-founder of disco duo Baccara with Mayte Mateos; sang 1977 hit "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 1978, later led New Baccara.

Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur (Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato, born 1942) is an American roots-music singer from Greenwich Village, ex-Jim Kweskin Jug Band, whose 1974 million-selling hit "Midnight at the Oasis" earned a Record of the Year Grammy nomination; six nominations, 40-plus albums.

Maria Schneider (musician)

Maria Schneider (born 1960, Windom, Minnesota) is an American jazz composer, arranger, and bandleader of the 18-member Maria Schneider Orchestra; seven-time Grammy winner, 2019 NEA Jazz Master, ArtistShare pioneer, and streaming critic.

Maria von Trapp

Maria von Trapp (Maria Augusta Kutschera, 1905–1987), Austrian-born singer and memoirist whose 1949 book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers inspired The Sound of Music; tutor turned wife of Georg von Trapp, immigrant to Vermont.

Maria Wasti

Maria Wasti is a Pakistani television and film actress and host, born in Tanzania and based in Lahore, known for dramas including Buri Aurat and Rehaai.

María Zardoya

María Zardoya, Puerto Rican-born, Georgia-raised singer; frontwoman and namesake of the Los Angeles bilingual indie pop band The Marías (formed 2016 with Josh Conway), known for CINEMA, Submarine, Bad Bunny's "Otro Atardecer," and her solo project Not for Radio (Melt, 2025).

Mariachi

Mariachi is a traditional Mexican ensemble music from western Mexico (Jalisco region) combining violins, trumpets, vihuela, guitar and guitarrón, inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2011, distinct from norteño and other regional Mexican genres.