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Here are some of the best blues artists in the world, from past to present. I also listed some artists who are not directly related to the Blues but who dedicated part of their careers to it.
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A.C. Reed Aaron Neville
Al Broussard Albert Ammons
Albert Collins Albert King
Alberta Hunter Alex Moore
Alexis Korner Allen Toussaint
Allman Brothers Band, The Alvin Lee
Alvon Johnson  
Amos Milburn Andrew Dunham
Andrew Odom Andy "Smokey" Hogg
Animals Ann Cole
Anson Funderburgh Archibald
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Arthur Adams
Artie White
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B.B. King Baby Boy Warren
Barbara George Barbara Lynn
Barbecue Bob BBM
Ben Douglas Benny Spellman
Bessie Smith Bessie Tucker
Big Bill Broonzy Big Daddy Kinsey
Big Jay McNeely Big Joe Louis & His Blues Kings
Big Joe Turner Big Joe Williams
Big John Greer Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Mama Thornton Big Maybelle
Big Three Trio Big Walter Horton
Bill Emerson Bill Gaither
Bill Perry Billie Holiday
Billy Boy Arnold Billy Gayles
Billy Love Billy Wright
Black Ace Blind Blake
Blind Boy Fuller Blind John Davis
Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Roosevelt Graves
Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie McTell
Blue Lu Barker Blues Brothers
Blues Incorporated Blues Traveler
Bo Carter Bob Brozman
Bobby 'Blue' Bland Bobby Kyle
Bo Diddley Bobby Parker
Brewer Phillips Brownie McGhee
Buddy Guy Buddy Johnson
Buddy Moss Bukka White
Bull Moose Jackson Bumble Bee Slim
Buster Brown Butch Cage (70s)
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Camille Howard Cannon's Jug Stompers
Carey Bell Carol Fran
Casey Bill Weldon Cecil Gant
Cephas & Wiggins Champion Jack Dupree
Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport Charles Brown
Charley Jordan Charley Patton
Charlie Musselwhite Charlie Pickett (80s, 90s)
Charly Lincoln (20s, 30s) Chicken Shack (60s, 70s, 80s)
Chris Duarte (90s) Chris Kenner (60s)
Chris Smither (70s, 80s, 90s) Chuck Berry
Clarence "Frogman" Henry (50s, 60s) Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (70s, 80s, 90s)
Clarence Edwards Clarence Green (90s)
Clayton Love (50s, 60s) Clifford Gibson (70s)
Colin James (80s, 90s) Cookie & The Cupcakes (50s, 60s)
Count Basie (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) Cousin Joe (90s)
Cream (60s) Cripple Clarence Lofton (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s)
Curley Weaver (20s, 30s, 50s) Cyril Davies (60s)
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Dan Pickett (40s) Dan Smith (60s, 70s)
Darrell Nulisch (90s) Dave Alexander (70s)
Dave Bartholomew (40s, 50s, 60s) Davis Coen (90s)
Delbert McClinton (70s, 80s, 90s)
Denise Lasalle (70s, 80s, 90s) Denny Freeman (80s)
Detroit Junior Dinah Washington (40s, 50s, 60s)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band (80s, 90s) Doctor Hepcat (80s)
Doctor John (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Doctor Ross (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Don Bryant (90s) Dorothy Moore (70s)
Doyle Bramhall (90s) Driftin' Slim (60s)
Du Droppers (50s) Duke Henderson (40s, 50s)
Duke Robillard (70s, 80s, 90s) Duster Bennett (60s, 70s)
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Earl Hooker (50s, 60s, 70s) Earl King (50s, 60s)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) Eddie Boyd (60s, 70s, 80s)
Eddie Kirkland (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Eddie Taylor (70s, 80s)
Eddy Clearwater (70s, 80s, 90s) Ella Fitzgerald (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Ella Johnson (40s, 50s) Elmore James (60s)
Elvin Bishop (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Eric Clapton (70s, 80s, 90s)
Ernie Andrews (50s, 80s, 90s) Ernie K-Doe (60s)
Esther Phillips (50s, 60s, 70s) Ethel Waters (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s)
Etta Baker (50s, 60s, 70s) Etta James (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
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Fabulous Thunderbirds (70s, 80s, 90s) Fats Domino (50s, 60s)
Faye Adams (50s) Fenton Robinson (70s, 80s)
Five Keys (50s) Fleetwood Mac (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Flip Phillips (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Floyd Dixon (70s)
Ford Blues Band (90s) Forest City Joe (40s, 50s)
Frank Frost (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Frank Hovington (70s)
Frank Stokes (10s, 20s) Frankie Ford (50s, 80s)
Frankie Lee Sims (40s, 50s) Frankie Lee (80s)
Freddie King Freddy Robinson (60s, 70s)
Funny Papa Smith (30s) Furry Lewis (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s)
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Gary Davis (50s, 60s, 70s) Gary Moore
George Harmonica Smith (50s, 60s, 70s) George Jackson (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Georgia Tom Dorsey (20s, 30s) Goree Carter (40s, 50s)
Gov't Mule Grady Gaines (80s)
Graham Bond (60s, 70s) Greg Pasenko Band, The
Guitar Junior Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) (50s)
Gus Cannon (60s) Guy Davis (90s)
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Hadda Brooks (50s, 60s) Harlem Hamfats (30s)
Harmonica Slim (50s, 60s) Helen Humes (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Henry Gray (80s) Henry Thomas (20s, 30s)
Henry Townsend (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) Homesick James Williamson (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Hop Wilson (50s, 60s) Hound Dog Taylor (70s)
Howlin' Wolf (50s, 60s, 70s) Hubert Sumlin (70s, 80s, 90s)
Huey Piano Smith (50s, 60s)
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Ida Cox (50s, 60s) Ike & Tina Turner
Irma Thomas (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Ishmon Bracey (20s, 30s)
Ivory Joe Hunter (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s)
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J.B. Hutto (60s, 70s, 80s) J.B. Lenoir (60s)
J.D. Short (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s) J.T. Brown (80s)
Jab Jones Jack Bruce (70s, 80s, 90s)
Jack Owens (90s) Jackie Brenston (50s, 60s)
James "Son" Thomas (60s, 70s, 80s) James Booker (80s)
James Brown James Cotton (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Jay McShann (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Jazz Gillum (30s, 40s)
Jeff Beck (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Jeremy Spencer (70s)
Jesse Fuller (50s, 60s) Jesse Thomas (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s)
Jessie Hill (60s, 70s) Jessie Mae Hemphill (60s, 70s, 80s)
Jim Jackson (70s, 80s) Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy DeBerry Jimmy Liggins (40s, 50s)
Jimmy McCracklin (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Jimmy Page (80s, 90s)
Jimmy Preston (40s, 50s) Jimmy Reed (50s, 60s, 70s)
Jimmy Rogers (70s, 80s, 90s) Jimmy Rushing (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s)
Jimmie Vaughan (80s, 90s) Jimmy Witherspoon (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Jimmy Yancey (30s, 40s, 50s) Joe Hill Louis (40s, 50s)
Joe Houston (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) Joe Hughes (50s, 60s, 70s)
Joe Liggins (40s, 50s) Joe Louis Walker (80s, 90s)
John Brim (90s) John Cephas (80s)
John Henry Barbee (30s, 60s) John Jackson (60s, 70s, 80s)
John Hammond Jr. (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) John Lee Hooker (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
John Mooney (70s, 80s) John Primer (70s, 80s, 90s)
Johnnie Johnson (80s, 90s) Johnnie Taylor (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Johnny "Geechie" Temple (30s, 40s, 50s) Johnny "Guitar" Watson (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Johnny Adams (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Johnny Copeland (70s, 80s, 90s)
Johnny Fuller (80s) Johnny Jones (40s, 50s, 60s)
Johnny Littlejohn (60s, 70s, 80s) Johnny Otis (50s, 60s, 70s)
Johnny Shines (60s, 70s, 80s) Johnny Winter
Johnny Young (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) Jonny Lang (90s)
Josh White (40s, 50s, 60s) Juanita Williams (90s)
Juke Boy Bonner (60s, 70s) Junior Parker (50s, 60s, 70s)
Junior Wells (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
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K.C. Douglas (50s, 60s, 70s) Katie Webster (80s, 90s)
Keb' Mo' (90s) Kenny Wayne Shepherd (90s)
Kim Wilson (90s) King Brothers, The
King Curtis (50s, 60s, 70s) Kinsey Report (90s)
Kip Anderson (60s) Koko Taylor (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Kokomo Arnold (30s)
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Larry Dale (50s, 60s)
Larry Davis (80s, 90s) Larry Garner (90s)
Larry Johnson (60s, 70s) Latimore (70s, 80s, 90s)
LaVern Baker (50s, 60s) Lazy Lester (50s, 60s)
Leadbelly (30s, 40s) Led Zeppelin (70s)
Lee "Shot" Williams (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Lee Collins
Lee Dorsey (60s, 70s, 80s) Leon Strickland
Leroy Carr (20s, 30s) Leroy Washington
Lightnin' Hopkins (50s, 60s, 70s) Lightnin' Slim (50s, 60s, 70s)
Lil Armstrong (20s, 30s, 40s) Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials (80s, 90s)
Lil Green (40s, 50s) Lil' Son Jackson (40s, 50s)
Linda Hopkins (50s) Little Brother Montgomery (60s, 70s)
Little Buster (90s) Little Charlie & the Nightcats (80s, 90s)
Little Johnny Jones (40s, 50s, 60s) Little Johnny Taylor (60s, 70s, 80s)
Little Milton (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Little Sonny Jones (70s)
Little Walter (50s, 60s) Little Willie Littlefield (50s)
Lizzie Miles (50s) Lloyd Glenn (50s, 70s, 80s)
Lloyd Price (50s, 60s) Lonesome Sundown (50s, 60s, 70s)
Long John Baldry (50s, 60s, 70s) Long John Hunter (90s)
Lonnie Brooks (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Lonnie Johnson (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s)
Lonnie Mack (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Lou Ann Barton (80s, 90s)
Louis Jordan (40s, 50s, 60s) Louis Myers (70s, 80s, 90s)
Louis Prima (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) Louisiana Red (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Lowell Fulson (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Lucille Bogan (20s, 30s)
Lucius Bridges Lurrie Bell (80s)
Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson (60s, 70s) Luther Allison (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Luther Snake Boy Johnson (60s, 70s) Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Ma Rainey (20s, 30s)
Magic Sam (60s) Magic Slim (70s, 80s, 90s)
Mamie Smith (20s) Mance Lipscomb (60s)
Marcia Ball (70s, 80s, 90s) Maurice John Vaughn (80s, 90s)
Maxwell Davis (40s, 50s) McKinley Mitchell (60s, 70s)
Meade Lux Lewis (30s, 40s) Mellow Fellows (90s)
Melvin "Li'l" Son Jackson (40s, 50s, 60s) Memphis Jug Band (90s)
Memphis Minnie (20s, 30s, 40s) Memphis Slim (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Memphis Willie B. (30s, 40s, 60s) Meters (60s, 70s)
Michael Bloomfield (60s, 70s) Mick Taylor (70s, 80s)
Mickey Baker (50s, 60s) Mighty Joe Young (60s, 70s, 80s)
Mike Morgan (90s) Miki Honeycutt (80s, 90s)
Mildred Bailey (40s, 50s) Mississippi Fred McDowell (50s, 60s, 70s)
Mississippi John Hurt (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s) Mississippi Sheiks (20s, 30s)
Mose Vinson (50s, 60s, 80s) Muddy Waters (50s, 60s, 70s)
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Nappy Brown (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Nat King Cole (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s)
Nathan Abshire (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) Neville Brothers (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Nighthawks (70s, 80s, 90s) Noble Watts (50s, 60s, 70s)
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Ollie Nightingale (90s) Omar & the Howlers (80s, 90s)
Otis Blackwell (50s, 60s, 70s) Otis Clay (70s, 80s)
Otis Rush (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Otis Spann (50s, 60s, 70s)
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Papa Charlie Jackson (20s, 30s) Papa George Lightfoot (50s, 60s)
Pat Hare (50s, 60s) Paul Butterfield (60s, 70s, 80s)
Paul Gayten (40s, 50s) Paul James (80s)
Paula Lockheart (80s) Pee Wee Crayton (50s, 70s, 80s)
Peetie Wheatstraw (30s, 40s) Peg Leg Sam (70s)
Peppermint Harris (60s, 70s, 80s) Percy Mayfield (50s, 60s, 70s)
Pete Johnson (30s, 40s, 50s) Peter Green (70s, 80s)
Phillip Walker (70s, 80s, 90s) Piano Red (50s, 60s, 70s)
Pinetop Perkins (70s, 80s, 90s) Pink Anderson (60s)
Powder Blues Band (80s) Prince Phillip Mitchell (70s)
Professor Longhair (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
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R.L. Burnside (90s)
Raful Neal (90s) Ramblin' Thomas (20s, 30s)
Ransom Knowling Ray Charles (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Rebecca Smith Red Allen (90s)
Red Prysock (50s, 60s) Richard M. Jones (20s, 30s, 40s)
Robben Ford Robert Cray (70s, 80s, 90s)
Robert Johnson (30s) Robert Lockwood Jr. (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Robert Nighthawk Robert Pete Williams (50s, 60s, 70s)
Robert Shaw (60s, 80s, 90s) Robert Ward (90s)
Robert Wilkins (20s, 30s, 60s, 70s) Rockin' Sidney (80s, 90s)
Rockin' Tabby Thomas (50s, 60s, 70s) Rocky Fuller
Rod Piazza (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Rolling Stones (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Ron Levy (80s, 90s) Roomful of Blues (70s, 80s, 90s)
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes (80s, 90s) Roosevelt Sykes (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Rory Block (70s, 80s, 90s) Rory Gallagher (70s, 80s)
Roy Bookbinder (70s, 80s, 90s) Roy Brown (40s, 50s, 70s)
Roy G. Rogers (70s, 80s, 90s) Roy Milton (40s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Rufus Thomas (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Ruth Brown (50s, 60s, 80s, 90s)
Ruth Miller Ry Cooder (70s, 80s, 90s)
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Saffire the Uppity Blues Women (90s) Sally Dotson
Sam "the Man" Taylor (50s, 60s) Sam Chatmon (70s, 80s)
Sam Collins (90s) Sam Kelly
Sam Myers (80s) Sammy Lewis
Sammy Price (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) Sara Martin (20s, 30s)
Satan & Adam (90s) Scrapper Blackwell (20s, 30s, 50s, 60s)
Shakey Jake Harris (60s, 70s) Shelton Dunaway
Shirley & Lee (50s, 60s) Showmen (60s, 70s)
Siegel Schwall Band (60s, 70s) Sil Austin (60s, 70s)
Silas Hogan (60s, 70s, 90s) Sippie Wallace (20s, 30s, 60s, 80s)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s) Skip James (60s)
Sleepy John Estes (30s, 60s, 70s) Slim Harpo (50s, 60s)
Smiley Lewis (50s, 60s) Smokey Wilson (90s)
Smokin' Joe Kubek (90s) Smokin' Monkey
Smoky Babe (60s)
Snooks Eaglin (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Snooky Pryor (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Son Bonds (20s, 30s) Son House (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s)
Son Seals (70s, 80s, 90s) Sonny Boy Williamson [I] (30s, 40s)
Sonny Boy Williamson [II] (50s, 60s) Sonny Rhodes (80s, 90s)
Sonny Terry Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s)
Speckled Red (20s, 30s, 50s, 60s) Steve James (90s)
Steve Nardella (70s) Stevie Ray Vaughan (80s, 90s)
Sticks Mcghee (40s, 50s, 60s) Sugar Boy Crawford (50s)
Sunnyland Slim (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) Susan Tedeschi (90s)
Sylvester Weaver (20s)  
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T Bone Walker (50s, 60s, 70s) T.V. Slim (50s, 60s)
Tab Benoit (90s) Tab Smith (40s, 50s)
Tad Robinson (90s) Taj Mahal (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Tampa Red (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s) Tarheel Slim (60s, 70s)
Ted "Big Boss Man" Cash  
Ted Hawkins (80s, 90s) Ted Taylor (50s, 60s, 70s)
Ten Years After (60s, 70s) Texas Alexander (20s, 30s)
Them (60s) Thomas A. Dorsey (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s)
Tinsley Ellis (80s, 90s) Tiny Bradshaw (30s, 50s)
Tiny Kennedy (50s) Titus Turner (50s)
Tom Miller Tommy Johnson (20s, 30s)
Tommy McClennan (90s) Tracy Nelson (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Treniers (50s)
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U.P. Wilson (80s, 90s)  
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Valerie Wellington (80s, 90s) Victoria Spivey (20s, 30s, 60s, 70s)
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Walter Davis (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Walter Roland
Walter Washington (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) Washboard Sam (30s, 40s, 60s)
Whispering Smith (70s) Wilbert Harrison (50s, 60s)
Wild Tchoupitoulas (70s) William Clarke (70s, 80s, 90s)
Willie "The Lion" Smith (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s) Willie Clayton (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Willie Dixon (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s) Willie Johnson
Willie Love (40s, 50s) Willie Mabon (70s, 80s)
Willie Mitchell (60s, 70s, 80s) Willie Nix
Wilson Swain Wynona Carr (50s)
Wynonie Harris (40s, 50s, 60s)
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Yank Rachell (30s, 40s) Yardbirds (60s)
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Z.Z. Hill (70s, 80s) Z.Z. Top
Zuzu Bollin (80s)

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