Top 10 World Music Artists
World music is a style of music from non-western countries including quasi-traditional, intercultural & traditional music.
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. She's the nightingale of Southern India & with roughly half the number of songs & dominance in entertainment as Lata Mangeshkar, she's roughly half the success & influence of her.
Chithra is the Queen of the Melody & the Nightingale of India.
Probably the leading overall vote-getter in the history of The Top Tens.
Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and music director. She was one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. An Indian playback singer who recorded perhaps more songs than any other artist in music. Yet she was a dominant part of music & entertainment in Bollywood for 80 years until her death from multiple organ failure (as a result of COVID-19) on February 6th 2021. She will always be remembered as the true queen of the melody & the nightingale of India. R.I.P. (1929-2021).
He was an absolute icon whose voice was unmatched & made music great. He was the voice of the heart as well as Bollywood's most versatile man. R.I.P. (1968-2022).
Asha Bhosle, is an Indian playback singer. She is best known for her playback singing in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire. The most influential elder Indian singer alive.
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer. She would've been higher if she were still alive & kept making music. She was shot on March 31st 1995. A truly dark day for music. She was the queen of Tejano & Tex-rex music as well as the inspiration for artists such as Selena Gomez (given her 1st name). R.I.P. (1979-1995).
An American singer who became immortalized for her 2008 album Jenni, which hit #1 on the US Billboard 200 after her death in a plane crash on December 9th 2012. R.I.P. (1969-2012).
A Mexican artist notable for being part of the trap corridos movement, also known as corridos tumbados. He collaborated with Bad Bunny for a remix of the song "Soy el Diablo" & released an album titled Todo Es Diferente.
The Puerto Rican singer that popularized salsa music worldwide. He was the king of salsa. R.I.P. (1946-1993).
A Latin music recording artist who rose to fame with songs like Mente Positiva & Disfruto Lo Malo. In 2020, he was profiled by the music publication Billboard.
Dato' Sri Hajah Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin SSAP, DIMP, JSM, SAP, PMP, AAP is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman with more than 300 local and international awards. A Malaysian singer, composer, actress & businesswoman who became the 1st Malaysian to be given the honour of walking the red carpet for the Grammys.
Umm Kulthum was an internationally famous Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was the voice of Egypt. R.I.P. (1898-1975).
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani vocalist, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis. Widely considered one of the greatest voices ever recorded, he possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.
Nancy Ajram is a Lebanese singer, world music awards winner for 3 times in 2008, 2011 and 2014 as best selling middle eastern artist, and multi-platinum recording artist. The queen of Arab pop.
An Indian composer & singer who was the father of Nora Jones as well as the best known expert of Northern Indian classical music in the 2nd half of the 20th century. R.I.P. (1920-2012).
A Cuban singer who was 1 of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century & was known as "La Guarachera de Cuba". In the following decades, she became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" due to her contributions to Latin music. She had sold over 10 million copies, making her 1 of the best-selling Latin music artists. R.I.P. (1925-2003).
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian-Spanish singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. 1 of the queens of Latin pop.
A Chiliean composer, singer, folklorist, ethmomusicologist & visual artist who pioneered the Nueva Cancion Chilena, a renewal & reinvention of Chilean folk music that popularized music outside of Chile. She was the queen of Chilean pop. R.I.P. (17-1967).
They're actually a quartet performing traditional Buryat & Mongolian music.
A singer & bandleader best known as the leader of the salsa & merengue orchestra known as The Combo Show.
A Mariachi singer best recognized as the daughter of renowned Mexican singer Pepe Aguilar. She released 5 studio albums including Primero Soy Mexicana & Baila esta Cumbia.
