Most Famous Singers

Vote for who you think is the most famous singer in the whole world.
The Top Ten
1 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson; August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, dancer, and songwriter. He passed away from cardiac arrest caused by a propofol and benzodiazepine overdose on June 25, 2009. He donated (at least) a remarkable 500,000,000 dollars to charity. Michael is also known as The King of Pop (a title given to him by Elizabeth Taylor) or under the initials MJ... read more

I am very surprised that Michael is not Number 1 on this list. He was WILDLY popular all over the world - not only because of his artistry and huge talent, but also because he was such a great (and deeply misunderstood) healer and humanitarian. He broke all possible barriers and everyone - from presidents to kings to priests to shop assistants to chefs to bus drivers to recording artists knew who he was; from New Zealand to Korea, from South Africa to Germany, from Czech Republic to Mexico, from Japan to the Philippines - everyone knew and could recognise his music, his dance, his lyrics, his messages... Come on. He is the most unique composer, singer, dancer, artist and visionary of all time and in a league of his own. With all due respect to all the others in this list, the crown is truly and ONLY his. He is The King.

I'm here as a 13 year old saying and believing with every single piece of me, that Michael Jackson should be n° 1 on this list. Whoever created this list, is out of his or her mind. He is my Idol, and he got that place in my heart for a reason. He can be recognized anywhere around the world, and sadly, many people are forgetting about every single thing he did to help our world (from donating millions of dollars to charity, to writing songs about making the world a better place), and about his talent. He is also recognized as the King of pop, but honestly, he should be recognized as the Lord or God of pop. People used to say that Justin Bieber would become the new king of pop, but look at him now. No one listens to his new songs, and, not only him, but NO ONE can beat Michael Jackson in the music, dance, composing, beat boxing (all at the same time) industry. Not only that, but as I already explained, he was a true humanitarian. Not many people are born child prodigies, and become LORDS of music later on in their lives, you know?

2 Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He currently resides in Ontario, Canada and is Christian. He is the son of author Pattie Mallette.

Justin Bieber is best known for his songs "Baby" and "What Do You Mean". He currently has seven videos that exceed 1 billion views on YouTube, which are "Baby", "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", "Love Yourself",... read more

I used to like his music when I was younger but, he doesn't release any new music except "No Brainer." Justin was cute and he's been noticed by his songs since he was 13. I'm not a big fan of him though there are lot of beliebers in the world still (I'm part of the Mendes Army). It's just my opinion,so please don't judge me: Bieber could've been a greater role model as his music in some people's taste. He is nicer and more approachable towards his fans today than he was at the beginning. You can say we are starting to BELIEB in him, lol see what I did just there. 'because now he's grown married man not a kid anymore.

You know what, many people hate the biebs and so did I at one point but he realised he messed up and is not ashamed to admit it, but I now love him because he showed that even a (no disrespect) messed up person can come to Christ and change their life around.

He is the best at what he does, nobody can actually be chosen. But I hardly hear his songs but well I still he is the best. Hate him or not he has a good record and is actually a caring person. HE IS A LEGEND!.

3 Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

On the start of her career, she performed at an event called the Lollapalooza Festival during 2007 whereby a record label company Interscope found her due to her performance being “amusing” to watch. Since Interscope found her, she was a mastermind behind her songs with... read more

She is objectively an amazing singer and performer. She deserves her high placement

Lady Gaga is incomparably #1, no arguments. An allround musical genius.

I think she has a lot of talent.

4 Eminem Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American rapper, actor and music producer born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Eminem has sold over 300 million records making him the bestselling hip-hop artist of all time. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12 and (with Royce da 5'9") half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil... read more

Eminem should kill Justin Bieber by rapping against him. Justin will be ripped (pun intended B)

The world's all Time rapper should on top.

Damn rap god number 2, really?

5 K.S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, often credited as K. S. Chithra or simply Chithra, is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music.

Chithra is a First Female with the most number 1 in history in the past 40 years, still reigning!..

Chithra has a beautiful voice, pretty, underrated, incredibly talented, and is just so gorgeous.

Chithra has been an extremely public figure for nearly four decades. She's known worldwide.

6 Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, professionally known by her stage name Katy Perry, was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. She is a singer, songwriter, actress and an ambassador on one of the most popular companies of now, UNICEF.

She is also is one of the best-selling artists of all time. She won 4 Guinness World Records, 5 MTV Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 16'ASCAP Pop Music... read more

The first pop song I listened to when I was 3 or 4 Was Roar by Katy Perry Roar is my favourite song still to this day and Katy Perry is my favourite singer still to this day
I love you Katy!

Katy perry is sooo BAD! Have any of you HEARD her real voice? Its nothing! She needs to use autotune or she wont have fans

Her songs are so inspirational her voice is so magical which makes me to forget about my sorrows

7 Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian-American pop singer. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president, hip-hop producer and rapper Jay Z.

Rihanna is an amazing singer. I've been listening to her since I was like, 4. My favorite songs from her are probably Umbrella, and Diamonds. Me and my stepsister used to 'steal' my mom's phone, only to listen to Rihanna's music, and watch YouTube videos. In conclusion, I voted for Rihanna because she is my all time favorite singer, and because I've been listening to her songs for almost 8 years now.

She is the best she is beautiful funny great everything about her is great

Number 8...try number one

8 Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian-Spanish singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model.

She is such a talented singer so I personally think she deserves to be in the top 10.

She's the world most famous singer after Michael Jackson!

Shakira is the best singer in the world.

9 Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race... read more

A poor boy from mississippi who became the biggest star in the world. Known everywhere by his first name. Made it with just exceptional talent. He was extremely generous and kind, an outstanding man. He is not no 9 he is NUMBER ONE.

Why is this king underneath people that I've never heard of?

You can't deny not knowing the great Elvis Presley.

10 Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler, known professionally as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.

He is the best Enrique Iglesias love you...

Enrique is the king of latin of and he've quality voice, No one can enrique song cover and he can sing english spanish both he love fan quit so I think he is best in the world

You stand on first

The Contenders
11 Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift is best known for writing personal songs and has won 13 Grammy Awards... read more

She has such meaningful lyrics, not simple ones. Like ones that actually have thought and creativity and feeling. Not like "he broke up with me, I'm like really? " Here's an example of one of her lyrics: "You called me up again just to break me like a promise, so casually cruel in the name of being honest". She gets bashed for writing break-up songs but so does every other male artist. Heck, other females, too. Taylor Swift works hard in her music, and deeply cares about her fans, even if she can't meet all of them. She deserves a better reputation in the media. Taylor is also gorgeous *pun intended*. I'm gonna end off in this note, Taylor Swift has a beautiful voice, meaningful lyrics, pretty underrated, incredibly talented, and is just so gorgeous. Thank you for your time. #reputation #longliveswiftie

12 Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone, known professionally as Madonna, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She influenced a lot of singers such as: Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears. She is known as Queen of Pop and at modern pop culture specifically in 2012 "Madge" or MDNA. She has 14 studio albums (Madonna, Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer,... read more
13 Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame with the rock band the Beatles, one of the most popular and influential groups in the history of pop and rock music.One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, he is known for his melodic... read more

By far the biggest-selling and most successful musician of all time.
Has more than double the total sales of Michael Jackson.

The crazy thing about Paul McCartney is that his bass lines on his songs could be actual songs.

He is a legend come on the worlds most best selling band!

14 Chris Brown Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his church choir and several local talent shows from a young age. He is most well known for his physical assault towards the singer Rihanna in 2009. He is also known for many hit singles, such as "Kiss Kiss", "Run It!", "Forever", "Deuces", "Look... read more

The best of our generation.

15 K. J. Yesudas Born 10 January 1940, at Fort Kohi

He is an Indian musician and filmplayback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. He has recorded more than 100,000 songs in a number of Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil as well as Russian, Arabic, Latin and English during a career spanning more than five decades.

Yesudas has recorded over 70,000... read more

Known as the Celestial Singer in India. He is known widely in India for his Tone and longetivity.
He hols the record for winning most number of National awards for best male playback Singer (8).He won his final award in 2017 at the age of 77.
He also holds the record for winning most number of Kerala State awards for best Singer(male) (25) and that of Tamil Nadu (5)

The best singer in the world, with the most soothing, versatile voice, who can easily surpass ANY western or eastern singer. He's pretty old, now, but his capabilities haven't decreased a bit. A legend of a singer.

16 Pitbull Armando Christian Pérez, better known by his stage name Pitbull, is a Grammy (and Latin Grammy) winning Cuban-American rapper, songwriter and record producer.

When I was younger. I am still pretty young we would listen to his songs in the car every time my dad was in there. One of the best singers of all time.

He is the best music tat I have never hear! :) And I always want to his concert. Pitbull is very famous from our place or city because he have a very popular or famous song I will never forget!

17 John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. He was assassinated by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980 at age 40. Lennon was characterised by the rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing and drawings, on film, and in interviews. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

He's is actually the 5th best singer in the world... In my opinion he should have been no. 1

He should be in top 10 his songs are amazing his songs has got meanings

Should be number 1

18 Ariana Grande Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, one Bambi Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards,... read more

Ariana means literally the world to me because that first day I discovered her I asked my Family who she is, and I found out its Ariana Butera Grande. Till this Day I'm obsessed with her and even have a fan account on Instagram. She really deserves the world to me! I adore her and feel like she should be no1 on everything really. Her vocals are insane. She still thinks about Machester (onle love Manchester R.I.P every precious Angel who died) everyday, and I think her latest albums still don't compare to the other ones. The latest ones are still amazing and really she doesn't compare to any other singer in the world. I adore her and I love her with my whole entire heart. thanks for Reading ily Angels! xoxoxo

I have literally been switching between stations all day and either she is on or its an ad. She is great though! But she is so popular and should definitely be in the top 5.

19 Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He sang songs such as The A team and Shape of You. He was born in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk.

Ed Sheeran broke the record for longest time in the chart! He had 9 out of 10 songs in the top ten at one point! And yet Ariana Grande is above him!? Ed will always be number 1, he built his way to the top by himself and that proves he ain't no fake like your precious Ariana Grande!

Ed Sheeran is just the best! How he suffered in life but never gave up. I love him. His songs always have such a good lyrics. He is my inspiration. He should be the first chapter close

Consistent, also produced other major hit, or helped out. Independent.

20 Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara, 5th September 1946 - 24th November 1991) was a Zanzibari-born British singer of Indian descent, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the British rock band Queen. He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Before he became a singer he has been in 3 other bands (Ibex, Sour Milk Sea,... read more

How the hell is Justin Bieber ahead of Freddie Mercury?! Here are reasons why Freddie is infinity times better than Justin.

1. Freddie has the most beautiful voice ever and Justin sounds like a whiny little girl.

2. Freddie is smart and Justin is dumb.

3. Freddie can write his songs all by himself, Justin probably needed a million songwriters

4. Freddie's hot and Justin's ugly

5. Freddie's liked especially for his music and Justin's liked because of his looks.

6. Freddie never kicked Disney characters

7. Freddie never spat on his fans

8. Freddie never punched little kids

9. Freddie never peed in a mop bucket

10. Freddie never beat up anybody

11. Freddie never insulted The Beatles

12. Freddie has all kinds of people in his fanbase, and Justin's fanbase is annoying teenage girls

13. Freddie never made songs only to make money.

14. Freddie is sweet and Justin is mean

15. Freddie songs are masterpieces, Justin's songs are annoying.

16. Freddie never sang Baby, in fact, if Freddie heard Baby, he would hate it

17. Freddie is strong, Justin is weak

18. Freddie can predict the future, Justin doesn't even know what the next minute is going to be like.

19. Freddie never laughed at Brian's death

20. Freddie can capture emotion in his voice depending on what the song is about.

21 A. R. Rahman Allah-Rakha Rahman, is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist.

He is the only inspiration for Indian. He was a little boy from south India and became famous by hardwork

Versatile...and use to invents tunes

Best composer ever

22 Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez, professionally known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and choreographer.

Mars rose to fame in 2010 with the release of the successful singles "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy, both of which featured his vocals on the hooks. His debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)... read more

Bruno Mars is the best. Even though his lazy song is inappropriate

Best voice ever! I love him and his songs!

He is the best for me

23 Austin Mahone Austin Carter Mahone is an American singer and songwriter. He is currently signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records.

For me austin is very popular and famous...love you austin!

I love you and your songs you are the best of all...

Best singer ever! He is so popular he deserves #1

24 Sia Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, referred to mononymously as Sia, is an Australian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album in 1997 but mainly gained mainstrem attention in the 2010s. In 2021, she released the highly controversial film "Music". The film has received negative reviews online.

Amazing under rated singer. She is super popular too now, surprised she's not higher in the list.

Sia Furler is much better Than anyone else here on the list. She needs a better result

She the only singer who I loved. My opinion is her to be placed in top3

25 Hariharan Hariharan is an Indian playback singer who has sung for Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Gujarati and Rajasthani films, an established and foremost ghazal singer and composer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music . In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner (5 National Award nominations)... read more

Legendary Versatile Singer...
He has been singing great songs in every genres...
His voice is magical, sweet, magnetic, crystal clear, silky, bassed, velvet...
One of the best Ghazal composers...
One of the best Ghazal singers...
One of the best Classical singers...
One of the best multi lingual playback singers in India...
One of the best stage performers...
He has received almost all of the music awards in India...

Legendary Versatile Singer...
He has been singing in every genre...
One of the best pop singers, ghazal singers, classical singers, multilingual playback singers, stage perrmers & etc...
His voice & singing styles are unique and amazing!
His melody and ghazal songs are soulful and close to the heart...

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