Music in 2025 has had it all, from breakout new artists and big stars continuing to top the charts, to AI-generated artists ...

If you heard a hot guitar lick on a record from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, there’s a decent chance you were listening to Grady Martin. The prolific member of the Nashville A-Team played on ...

When it comes to the Rolling Stones classic Gimme Shelter, it’s the soaring backing vocals that stand out as much as Mick Jagger. Most people don’t have a clue who those women are, but a new film ...

Houston, who died Oct. 7, started out on the gospel circuit as a child, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and later guided her daughter, Whitney, to superstardom. Originally broadcast in 1998. This is ...

Many talented musicians started off as background singers before climbing their way to fame. This gallery highlights some ...

Being a backup singer is a wildly underrated gig, and these one-hit wonders from the 1970s are all the proof I need. Just think about it: most people assume being the lead singer, guitarist, or ...

It would be a mistake to assume sisters Vika and Linda Bull have been left feeling overshadowed by their years spent onstage as backing vocalists. For almost four decades, the musical duo has been ...