Top Artists

Charts are updated daily. The "Trend" column shows movement on the list from seven days ago.

Artist	Genre
1. Etta James	Soul
2. Dinah Washington	Pop Standards
3. Esther Phillips	Classic R&B
4. Koko Taylor	Electric Blues
5. Ruth Brown	Classic R&B
6. Bessie Smith	Classic Female Blues
7. Big Mama Thornton	Texas Blues
8. Alberta Hunter	Classic Female Blues
9. Big Maybelle	Classic Female Blues
10. Memphis Minnie	Classic Female Blues
11. Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Folk/Traditional Gospel
12. Ma Rainey	Classic Female Blues
13. Lucille Bogan	Classic Female Blues
14. Candye Kane	Jump Blues
15. Mildred Bailey	Classic Female Blues
16. Helen Humes	Classic Female Blues
17. Hadda Brooks	Blues Jazz
18. Ethel Waters	Classic Female Blues
19. The Kelly Richey Band	Electric Blues
20. Francine Reed	Classic Female Blues
21. Victoria Spivey	Early American Blues
22. Mamie Smith	Classic Female Blues
23. Sippie Wallace	Classic Female Blues
24. Patrice Moncell With The House Rockers	Classic Female Blues
25. Cyril Ritchard	Classic Female Blues
26. Marion Abernathy	Classic Female Blues
27. Camille Howard	Classic Female Blues
28. Ann Rabson	Modern Blues
29. Calvin Owens	Modern Big Band
30. Lil Green	Classic Female Blues
31. Vera Ward Hall	Early American Blues
32. Elvie Thomas	Classic Female Blues
33. Clara Smith	Classic Female Blues
34. Gaye Adegbalola	Modern Blues
35. Kim Lembo	Classic Female Blues
36. Ella Johnson	Classic Female Blues
37. Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends	Classic Female Blues

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