As defined, the word "group" means "a number of people or things that are located close together or our considered or classed together. In music, there have been thousands among thousands that have been classed as such from the harmonizing a capello groups, girl group pop, funk and soul bands, gospelmongers with a secular message, to rappers with a dee-jay. Below are our choice of groups that made an impact on American music by creating a sound or social movement, influencing group offspring, or innovating a style that is distinctively all their own.
Before we get to the Top 50, here are the groups that made No. 51 to No. 60.
60.THE WHISPERS
59.KLYMAXX
58.MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY
57. WU TANG KLAN
56.THE TIME
55.EN VOGUE
54.JODECI
53.DEBARGE
52.ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
51.GAP BAND
50.BROTHERS JOHNSON
49.LABELLE
48. MOBB DEEP
47.THE VANDELLAS
46.SALT N PEPA
45.NWA
44.TLC
43.CAMEO
41.THE BAR-KAYS
40. BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS
39. THE STYLISTICS
38.DE LA SOUL
37. THE FUGEES
36. THE FIFTH DIMENSION
35.TOWER OF POWER
34. THE COMMODORES
33.BOYZ II MEN
32.GRAND MASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE
31.THE SPINNERS
30.THE SHIRELLES
29.OUTKAST
28.OHIO PLAYERS
27.A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
26.GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
25.THE MOONGLOWS
24.WAR
23.KOOL AND THE GANG
22.CHIC
21.STAPLE SINGERS
20.RUFUS
19.POINTER SISTERS
18.THE DELLS
17. THE PLATTERS
16.RUN DMC
15.THE INK SPOTS
14.THE IMPRESSIONS
13.THE MIRACLES
12.PUBLIC ENEMY
11.SAM AND DAVE
10. O'JAYS
9. IKE AND TINA TURNER REVUE
8.FOUR TOPS
7.JACKSON FIVE/JACKSONS
6.ISLEY BROTHERS
5.EARTH, WIND AND FIRE
4.PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC
3.SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
2. THE SUPREMES
AND THE
NO.1 GROUP
OF ALL TIME IS....
1.THE TEMPTATIONS