In the United States, February is Black History Month. In recognition of this, I have created an honorary top 30 list for African American Music. Anyone else is welcome to make their own list here if they want to.

#	Artist	Title
1	Janet Jackson	Together Again
2	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now
3	2 Pac	Ghetto Gospel
4	MC Hammer	Pray
5	Lenny Kravitz	Fly Away
6	Donna Summer	The Power Of One
7	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Ain't No Mountain High Enough
8	Coolio feat. L.V.	Gangsta's Paradise
9	Gnarls Barkley	Crazy
10	Notorious B.I.G.	Juicy
11	Akon	Locked Up
12	2 Pac	Changes
13	R. Kelly	I Believe I Can Fly
14	Afroman	Because I Got High
15	Michael Jackson	Beat It
16	Lloyd Price	Personality
17	Diana Ross	Chain Reaction
18	Jill Scott	Gettin' In The Way
19	Tina Turner	When The Heartache Is Over
20	Michael Jackson	Thriller
21	MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This
22	Nelly feat. Jaheim	My Place
23	Soulja Boy Tellem	Yahhh!
24	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
25	Lenny Kravitz	Are You Gonna Go My Way
26	Kris Kross	Jump
27	Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive
28	Outkast	Hey Ya!
29	Nelly	Grillz
30	Warren G & Nate Dogg	Regulate

G'day, here's my honorary list...

Though I've only listed artists...

The list is more or less in chronological order....

* Robert Johnson
* Charlie Parker
* Dizzy Gillespie
* Miles Davis
* Nat King Cole
* Duke Ellington
* Sarah Vaughan
* Eartha Kitt
* Dinah Washington
* Louis Armstrong
* Charles Mingus
* The Platters
* Ella Fiztgerald
* Fats Domino
* Chuck Berry
* Ray Charles
* Little Richard
* John Coltrane
* Count Basie
* Sam Cooke
* Billie Holiday
* Bo Diddley
* Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
* Larry Williams
* Howlin' Wolf
* John Lee Hooker
* Jackie Wilson
* Jimmy Reed
* Ornette Coleman
* Jimmy Smith
* Muddy Waters
* Chubby Checker
* The Staple Singers
* Bobby Bland
* Etta James
* Dexter Gordon
* The Supremes
* James Brown
* The Impressions
* Martha & The Vandellas
* The Ronettes
* The Temptations
* Solomon Burke
* The Four Tops
* Otis Redding
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
* Wilson Pickett
* Ike & Tina Turner
* Aretha Franklin
* Jimi Hendrix
* Albert King
* Sly & The Family Stone
* Issac Hayes
* Curtis Mayfield
* Marvin Gaye
* Gil Scott-Heron
* Funkadelic
* Diana Ross
* War
* Al Green
* Stevie Wonder
* Herbie Hancock
* Barry White
* The Meters
* The Isley Brothers
* Labelle
* Earth, Wind & Fire
* Parliament
* George Benson
* The Jacksons / J5
* Michael Jackson
* Donna Summer
* Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
* Prince
* Run-DMC
* Tina Turner
* Whitney Houston
* LL Cool J
* Janet Jackson
* Anita Baker
* Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Youth
* Eric B. & Rakim
* Ice-T
* Public Enemy
* N.W.A.
* Lenny Kravitz
* De La Soul
* Queen Latifah
* A Tribe Called Quest
* Ice Cube
* Boyz II Men
* Cypress Hill
* Body Count
* Arrested Development
* Dr.Dre
* Wu-Tang Club
* Snoop Doggy Dog
* Ben Harper
* Nas
* The Notorious B.I.G.
* TLC
* Mary J. Blige
* 2Pac
* The Fugees
* Jay-Z
* Lil' Kim
* Missy Elliott
* Lauyrn Hill
* OutKast
* Macy Grey
* D'Angelo
* Erykah Badu
* Destiny's Child
* Kanye West
* Common
* Gnarls Barkley
* Beyoncé
* Janelle Monae
* Cee Lo Green
* Frank Ocean
* Pharrell Williams
* Kendrick Lamar

Enjoy
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