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vocal jazz artists

11 published vocal jazz artists, led by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Eartha Kitt.

At a glance

11 published vocal jazz artists; 237 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 6 tier 2 · 5 tier 3
11
Release groups
1,155
Studio albums
281
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
237
Timeline events
342
Monthly listenerssum across artists
19.5M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded
150M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
67 years
Full biographies
8
Biography words
43,974

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1950s (4 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1940s3
1950s4
1960s1
1980s1
2 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most vocal jazz artists. United States leads with 5.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with vocal jazz. The most shared is jazz, with 9 artists in both.

Covers from vocal jazz

237 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Frank Sinatra has the most release groups (300); Lena Horne the longest career (82 years); Frank Sinatra the most awards (42).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Frank Sinatra300
Billie Holiday294
Connie Francis218
Lena Horne94
Eartha Kitt89

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Lena Horne82
Frank Sinatra78
Billie Holiday76
Annie Ross73
Connie Francis70

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
Frank Sinatra42
Lena Horne30
Billie Holiday24
Connie Francis4
Ranee Lee3

Most famous vocal jazz artists

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