page_title: List of Mexican Americans
section_title: Musicians and music groups
hierarchical_section_title: List of Mexican Americans / Arts and entertainment / Musicians and music groups
caption_attribution_description: English: 1945 Press Photo Singer Andy Russell And Comedienne Joan Davis On CBS Radio Show
context_page_description: Mexican Americans are residents of the United States who have Mexican ancestry. The list includes Mexican immigrants and those who lived in the southwestern United States when the territory was incorporated in 1848.
context_section_description: Paula DeAnda – singer
  Lou Adler – record producer, manager and director
  Pepe Aguilar – singer
  Rikk Agnew – singer, musician
  Santiago Almeida – musician, influential in the development of the musical genres of tejano and conjunto
  Anacani – singer
  Joan Baez – singer, songwriter, activist*
  Baby Bash – rapper
  Becky G – pop singer and rapper
  Rebecca Black – singer
  Tony Bellamy (Mexican/Yaqui) – musician and vocalist of the Native American rock band Redbone.
  Betzaida – Latin pop singer
  Cedric Bixler-Zavala – singer, musician
  The Blendells – soul band
  Beau Bokan – lead vocalist
  Ally Brooke – singer, member of Fifth Harmony
  Juan Brujo – lead singer of Brujeria
  Sabrina Bryan – singer, actress
  Chuck Cabot – saxophonist and big band leader
  Carla Dirlikov Canales – mezzo-soprano singer
  Las Cafeteras – folk and traditional Mexican musical group
  Laura Canales – Tejano singer
  Nati Cano – Grammy Award-winning mariachi musician
  Stephen Carpenter – co-founder and lead guitarist of the band Deftones
  Vicki Carr – Grammy Award-winning singer
  Albert Castillo – music producer
  Emilio Castillo – founding member of Tower of Power
  Carlos Cavazo – lead guitarist of the rock band Quiet Riot
  Dino Cazares – guitarist
  Ingrid Chavez – singer, songwriter, poet
  Mark Chavez – musician
  Vicci Martinez – singer, songwriter
  El Chicano – soul and jazz band
  Lisa Coleman – Grammy and ASCAP Award-winning musician/composer, funk keyboardist, member of Prince and The Revolution and Wendy and Lisa
  Ramiro Cortés – classical composer
  Marcos Curiel – guitarist
  Alfonso D'Artega – songwriter and conductor
  Diana DeGarmo – singer, actress
  Fito de la Parra – drummer of Canned Heat
  Zack De La Rocha – rapper, singer, poet, lead member of Rage Against the Machine
  Gonzalo de la Torre – singer, musician
  Grey DeLisle – singer-songwriter, voice actress
  Andrew Martinez – drummer
  Lhasa De Sela – singer, songwriter
  Dev (singer) – singer, rapper, model and radio host
  Down AKA Kilo – rapper
  Nadir D'Priest – musician
  Sheila E. – musician
  Roberto Enrique – singer, songwriter, actor
  Joe Escalante – musician
  Alejandro Escovedo – singer, songwriter, musician
  Coke Escovedo – percussionist
  Pete Escovedo – percussionist
  Louis Febre – Mexican-born composer
  Freddy Fender – Tejano and country musician
  Fergie – singer-songwriter, actress, member of The Black Eyed Peas
  Rosita Fernández – Tejano singer
  Aundrea Fimbres – singer, member of Danity Kane
  Rosie Flores – rockabilly and country singer
  Mando Fresko – DJ, radio personality, actor
  Victoria Galvan – singer, musician
  Andrew Garcia – musician, American Idol (Season 9 contestant)
  Eva Garza - vocalist, film actress
  Gemini - rapper
  Vivica Genaux – operatic mezzo-soprano
  Girl In a Coma – rock band
  Selena Gomez – singer, actress
  Lalo Guerrero – singer, songwriter
  María Grever – prolific Emmy Award-winning composer who achieved international recognition
  Ha*Ash – rock pop duo
  Cenobio Hernandez – composer
  Marcos Hernandez – singer, songwriter
  Miguel – recording artist, songwriter, producer of Mexican and African-American descent
  Raymond Herrera – drummer
  David Hidalgo – singer, songwriter
  Marques Houston – singer
  Intocable – Tejano band
  Frankie J – singer
  Johnny J – multi-platinum music producer, rapper, songwriter
  Prima J – Pop duo
  Flaco Jiménez – accordionist, musician
  Santiago Jiménez Jr. – folk musician, won the National Heritage Fellowship for lifetime achievement in traditional Tex-Mex/folk music
  Little Joe  – Tejano performer
  Maya Jupiter – DJ, emcee
  Jeanette Jurado – singer, member of the girl group Exposé which achieved much success between 1984 and 1993, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from its debut album
  DJ Kane – singer
  Joshua Kadison – singer, songwriter
  Apollonia Kotero – actress, singer and model
  Stefano Langone – singer
  Shelly Lares – singer
  A Lighter Shade of Brown – rap group
  The Lennon Sisters – vocal group, popular during the '50s and '60s
  Robert Lopez – musician
  Trini Lopez – singer, guitarist
  Demi Lovato – singer, actress
  Kirstin Maldonado – member of Grammy winning group Pentatonix
  
caption: Andy Russell (born Andrés Rábago) is recognized as the first Latino crossover singer in the U.S.
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