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There were two bands named The Beat, both active at the same time in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Both bands mutually decided to use different names while operating different parts of the world: 1) The English two-tone ska band The Beat known as The English Beat in North America and The British Beat in Australia. 2) The American power-pop band became known as Paul Collins' Beat in Europe. 1. The Beat are a band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. Read more on Last.fm

Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown on 18 December 1961 in Columbia, SC, United States; died 2 March 2025 near Montgomery, AL, United States) was a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B, hip-hop and neo-soul singer and actress. Stone's music possessed a clear old school soul music influence, and her singing vocals recall those of Aretha Franklin. She tragically died in a car crash on the Interstate 65 in Alabama, aged 63. In the early 1980s, Stone (as Angie B), was a member of The Sequence, the first major female hip-hop group. Read more on Last.fm

It's been just over a decade since the moniker ‘Mykki Blanco’ was created — first as a video art project portraying a teenage female character (inspired by Lil Kim’s ‘Kimmy Blanco’ alter ego) posting vlogs and raps on social media, but it inevitably evolved into a vehicle of self-discovery in the artist’s journey of forming their personal self-identity. One of the first Mykki Blanco tracks released was Wavvy in 2012, and it was on and popping from there. Read more on Last.fm

Cleo Sol is the stage name of British soul singer-songwriter Cleopatra Zvezdana Nikolic (born in London on 24 March 1990). Working closely with her husband, the producer Dean Josiah Cover, she has released six solo studio albums beginning with the EP Winter Songs (2018), followed by full-lengths Rose in the Dark (2020), Mother (2021), Heaven (2023), Gold (2023), and her latest Gentlewoman (2026). She is also lead vocalist in the UK music collective, SAULT. Read more on Last.fm

Fontella Bass (born July 3, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri - died December 26, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri) was an American soul and rnb singer, recording the iconic hit "Rescue Me" in 1965. The daughter of gospel singer Martha Bass (of the Clara Ward Singers), Bass was exposed to music at an early age. She was singing in her church's choir at just six years old. As a teenager, Bass was attracted by more secular music. Throughout high school she began singing contemporary R&B songs at local contests and fairs. Read more on Last.fm

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was a British singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman. She was known for her contralto vocals, autobiographical songwriting, and fusion of genres including soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Winehouse’s music, style, and public life made her an influential figure in popular culture. Born in Enfield, London, to a Jewish family, Winehouse grew up in a jazz-influenced household. She was Read more on Last.fm

The Selecter, a ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. The profilic lead singer is Pauline Black. The Selecter are known for hits as 'On My Radio', 'Too Much Pressure', 'Missing Words', 'Three Minute Hero' and 'Celebrate The Bullet'. The Selecter featured a racially mixed line up, and the name of the band is a reference to the Jamaican word for a music selecter, known elsewhere as the DJ. Read more on Last.fm

All Saints were an English girl group formed in London in 1993. Originally founded as All Saints 1.9.7.5. with members Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, and Simone Rainford, the group signed to ZTT Records. Rainford later left the group, and the remaining members were dropped by the label. In 1996, sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined Blatt and Lewis, and the group signed to London Records under the shortened name All Saints. As part of the 1990s wave of British girl groups Read more on Last.fm