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June is African American Music Appreciation Month. Here are some of the top influential Black musicians from Georgia

Noemi Griffin

Noemi Griffin
Jun 22, 2022
Jun 22, 2022 Updated Jun 23, 2022
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In 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared June as African American Music Appreciation Month. This month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage.

On May 31, the White House release a Proclamation on Black Music Appreciation Month 2022 with President Joe Biden writing “perhaps no music has had as profound and powerful an impact in shaping America’s musical score as Black music.”

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Gladys Knight

Updated Jun 22, 2022

Gladys Knight — Birthplace: Atlanta
Genre: R&B/Soul (nicknamed The Empress of Soul)
Height of popularity: 1960s/70s/80s
Most popular song: Midnight Train to Georgia (inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for “historical, artistic and significant value”
Gladys Knight & The Pips were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Gladys Knight via Facebook

Birthplace: Atlanta
Genre: R&B/Soul (nicknamed The Empress of Soul)
Height of popularity: 1960s/70s/80s
Most popular song: Midnight Train to Georgia (inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for “historical, artistic and significant value”
Gladys Knight & The Pips were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Gladys Knight via Facebook

TLC

Mar 15, 2017

TLC — Members: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas
Origin: Atlanta
Genre: R&B/Pop
Height of Popularity: 1990s
Most popular song: Waterfalls
TLC was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2002

Members: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas
Origin: Atlanta
Genre: R&B/Pop
Height of Popularity: 1990s
Most popular song: Waterfalls
TLC was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2002

Ludacris

Updated Oct 19, 2022

Ludacris — Birthplace: Atlanta
Genre: Rap
Height of popularity: 2000s
Most popular song: Southern Hospitality
Ludacris was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2008
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Birthplace: Atlanta
Genre: Rap
Height of popularity: 2000s
Most popular song: Southern Hospitality
Ludacris was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2008
Brett Davis- USA TODAY Sports

Little Richard

Jun 22, 2022

Little Richard — Birthplace: Macon
Genre: Rock n’ Roll
Height of Popularity: 1950s
Most popular song: Tutti Frutti
Little Richard was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1984
Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Birthplace: Macon
Genre: Rock n’ Roll
Height of Popularity: 1950s
Most popular song: Tutti Frutti
Little Richard was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1984
Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Ray Charles

Jun 22, 2022

Ray Charles — Birthplace: Albany
Genre: Soul
Height of popularity: 1960s
Most popular song: Georgia On My Mind
Ray Charles was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1979
Jack Corn / The Tennessean

Birthplace: Albany
Genre: Soul
Height of popularity: 1960s
Most popular song: Georgia On My Mind
Ray Charles was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1979
Jack Corn / The Tennessean

André 3000

Updated Oct 19, 2022

André 3000 — Birthplace: Atlanta
Genre: Hip Hop
Height of popularity: 2000s
Most popular song: Ms. Jackson
André 3000 has been nominated for 23 and won 7 Grammy awards for his work with Big Boi in Outkast as well as for his work as a solo artist.
Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports

Birthplace: Atlanta
Genre: Hip Hop
Height of popularity: 2000s
Most popular song: Ms. Jackson
André 3000 has been nominated for 23 and won 7 Grammy awards for his work with Big Boi in Outkast as well as for his work as a solo artist.
Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports

Bestselling bands of the ’80s, then and now

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Bestselling bands of the ’80s, then and now

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Updated Jun 24, 2023
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Stacker scoured Billboard charts from the ’80s and chose 25 of the top bands whose music became the soundtrack of the decade.

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