This is a list of notable Irish-American musicians.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American and a notable musician.
Musicians A–J
Christina Aguilera singer-songwriter; Ecuadorian father and Irish-American mother (Gustav Elijah Åhr) Lil Peep rapper and singer Tori Amos singer-songwriter and musician Anastacia singer-songwriter Michelle Branch part Irish through her father Mike: I learned that your dad is Irish, and your mom is Dutch Indonesian and French. Laura Branigan singer-songwriter and musician Jeff Buckley estranged son of Tim Buckley Tim Buckley father was the son of Irish immigrants Chris Byrne – pop musician "Irish-American recording artist Chris Byrne, familiar to Irish music fans as Seanchai (pronounced SHAN-a-kee), and as a founder of the Irish musical group, Black 47..." Mariah Carey – pop musician "I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother is Irish. But people don't understand... They can't fathom that I'm African American, Venezuelan and Irish." Aaron Carter singer and Nick Carter's brother Nick Carter member of the boy band Backstreet Boys Dennis Casey Flogging Molly memberThe punk of the Irish :: Honolulu Weekly Ken Casey bass player and vocalist for the Boston-based Celtic punk-rock band Dropkick Murphys "Ken Casey's Boston-Irish immigrant family experience is in many ways very similar..." Kelly Clarkson – pop singer "I'm Greek and Irish." Rosemary Clooney – singer and actress "Clooney was born into a troubled family of Irish Catholics in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1928..." Kurt Cobain singer-songwriter of the rock band NirvanaCobain: Actually it was, but the Coburns screwed it up when they came over. They came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because when we toured Ireland, we played in Cork and the entire day I walked around in a daze. I'd never felt more spiritual in my life. It was the weirdest feeling and-I have a friend who was with me who could testify to this-I was almost in tears the whole day. Since that tour, which was about two years ago, I've had a sense that I was from Ireland. George M. Cohan singer-songwriter; vaudeville and Broadway theatre performer Edward Joseph Collins composer Judy Collins – singer/songwriter "I was born with the Irish virus. That's easy. I came by it honestly through centuries and centuries of ancestors, I am sure..." Eddie Condon – jazz guitaristNew York Times, August 5, 1973, "Eddie Condon, Jazz Leader for 50 Years, Dies at 67" https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/05/archives/eddie-condon-jazz-leader-for-50-years-dies-at-67-eddie-condon-jazz.html Alice Cooper of partial Irish descent Copywrite rapper; mixed Irish and Italian descent Billy Corgan singer, lead guitarist of alternative-rock band The Smashing Pumpkins"I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's day. I'm lucky sevens." Chris Cornell lead singer of rock band Soundgarden "I'm Irish: If I could get the cap off something, I would drink it." Frankie Cosmos of Irish descent on her father's side Henry Cowell composer Auliʻi Cravalho singer and actress of partial Irish descent Bing Crosby – singer and actor "Bing’s mother was of Irish descent and his father was descended from a maritime family." Miley Cyrus – pop and country singer, songwriter and actress, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus, sister of Noah Cyrus, ex of Nick Jonas and Liam Hemsworth Chris Daughtry American Idol 2006 finalist; lead singer of the rock band Daughtry Dennis Day singer Lee DeWyze American Idol 2010 winner Marié Digby singer-songerwriter"Marié is of Japanese and Irish descent" Howie Dorough member of the boy band Backstreet Boys; Irish father Jimmy Dorsey – jazz musician "heritage Irish" Tommy Dorsey – jazz musician "Irish-American trombonist Tommy Dorsey, more than two years younger (according to recently unearthed baptismal papers) than his clarinetist and alto saxophonist brother Jimmy..." Hilary Duff – actress and singer/songwriter Stephyn Duffy – singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician Billie Eilish – singer-songwriter, director, actress, musician, and first female and youngest artist ever to win all 4 general field categories at the Grammy Awards Everlast (born 1969) singer-songwriter; known for his genre-crossing mix of rap and acoustic-based rock music "OH, FOR THE DAYS when Everlast was Irish, angry, and proud of it." Eileen Farrell – opera singer "The daughter of Irish-American vaudeville singers..." Fergie – pop singer Karen Finley – performer and musician Michael Fitzpatrick frontman of Fitz and the Tantrums John Fogerty singer-songwriter for rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival Mike Fuentes – drummer for Pierce The Veil, born to an Irish American mother Vic Fuentes – lead singer and guitarist for Pierce The Veil, born to an Irish American mother G-Eazy (born 1989) – rapper Judy Garland – singer and actress "What would "White Christmas" have sounded like if Bing Crosby (great-grandfather from Co. Cork) hadn't made it a hit? Ditto for "Over the Rainbow", sung by Judy Garland (grandmother Fitzpatrick from Dublin), whose popularity in Ireland was so great that the song It's A Great Day for the Irish was written especially for her." Billy Gibbons guitarist and singer for rock band ZZ Top; has Irish ancestry on both sides of family Greg Graffin singer-songwriter for punk-rock band Bad Religion Conan Gray – singer-songwriter Sasha Grey – actress and musician Kirk Hammett guitarist for rock band Metallica; Irish father, Filipino mother Kay Hanley – lead singer and songwriter for rock band Letters to Cleo Arthur Hanlon pianist and Latin music musician Jack Harlow – rapper Matt Heafy lead singer and guitarist for heavy-metal band Trivium; Irish father, Japanese mother Jimi Hendrix guitarist, singer Swan Hennessy composer Victor Herbert – composer "Victor Herbert, an Irish-born American composer and conductor of operettas and light music..." James Hetfield lead singer and guitarist for rock band Metallica Paris Hilton – media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, singer, and actress Brent Hinds singer and guitarist for heavy-metal band Mastodon Julianne Hough country-music singer and ballroom dancer Vanessa Hudgens actress and singer Andy Hurley drummer for rock band Fall Out Boy Danny Hutton one of the three lead vocalists in the rock band Three Dog Night Jonas Brothers pop-rock band; of Irish descent from their maternal grandfather "Maternal grandfather is of Irish descent"
K–Z
Maynard James Keenan – singer/songwriter Bill Kelliher guitarist for the heavy-metal band Mastodon; father was an Irish immigrant who moved to New York in the 1950s "Father was an Irish immigrant" Tori Kelly – singer/songwriter Alicia Keys – singer/songwriter Her mother is Irish-Italian..." Dave King – singer/songwriter "For Dave King, the Dublin-born singer/guitarist/songwriter of SideOneDummy recording group Flogging Molly..." Chris Kirkpatrick former member of the boy band 'N Sync Larry Kirwan – punk musician "Irish playwright and musician Larry Kirwan" "Larry Kirwan, a native of Wexford on the southeast coast of Ireland, writes the songs of Black 47..." Beyoncé – pop singer Ben Kyle singer-songwriter; leader of the Americana band Romantica Lindsay Lohan – actress, singer-songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur Demi Lovato singer/songwriter and actress of Hispanic, Italian and Irish ancestry "Demi is of Hispanic, Italian and Irish descent." Lorna Luft – actress and singer daughter of Judy Garland and (half) sister of Liza Minnelli "and developed the powerful Irish charm and sense of style that stayed with him for the rest of his life. My family has sometimes survived on (Irish) charm alone." Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) – rapper Benji Madden lead guitarist of the pop-punk band Good Charlotte; both parents are Irish Joel Madden lead singer of the pop-punk band Good Charlotte; both parents are Irish Barry Manilow – iconic singer/songwriter from Brooklyn; paternal great-grandfather from County Limerick Meaghan Jette Martin actress and singer from television musical film Camp Rock (2008) Mike McColgan former lead singer of the Celtic-punk band Dropkick Murphys; vocalist of the punk-rock band Street Dogs John McCormack – tenor "John McCormack ( Irish Tenor )" "...was one of the greatest singers of this century, born in Ireland in 1884 to working class parents." Travie McCoy rapper, singer co founder and lead singer of Gym Class Heroes Tim McGraw singer; both parents have Irish ancestry The McGuire Sisters female vocal group of the 1950s Katharine McPhee singer; runner-up on American Idol, season 5 Natalie Merchant singer; mother is of Irish descent Patrick Monahan singer with the pop-rock band Train "Being the youngest of seven kids in an Irish family..." Mandy Moore actress and singer; father is Irish Jim Morrison singer-songwriter of the rock band The Doors Lacey Mosley lead singer of hard-rock band Flyleaf Gerry Mulligan – jazz musicianlphares.com Dave Mustaine co-founder of the heavy-metal band Megadeth; first lead guitarist for the heavy-metal band Metallica James Murphy founder, lead singer, songwriter, musician of LCD Soundsystem Willie Nile rock singer-songwriter Bradley Nowell lead singer and guitarist for the ska-punk band Sublime Virginia O'Brien – actress and singer "Her Irish father was the captain of detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department and later the city's deputy district attorney." Finneas O'Connell – Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor with Scottish and Irish ancestry Aubrey O'Day member of the female music group Danity Kane Chauncey Olcott singer and composer Katy Perry her great-great-grandmother was from Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland Tom Petty – rock musician Pink pop-singer Robert Pollard singer-songwriter; leader of the alternative-rock band Guided by Voices Elvis Presley – singer Seth Putnam – musician "I'm half English and half Irish." "Basically I'm.. if you really want to know my ethnic background... I'm a quarter Irish and a Quarter English. My father's side of the Family was English and they came here in 1630. And my mother's side of the family... there was a potato famine." Carmel Quinn – singer "show is an evening of songs and stories based on Quinn's early life in Dublin..." Christopher "Kid" Reid rapper; Jamaican and Irish descent Trent Reznor singer-songwriter, composer and record producer; founder of the industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails Geoff Rickly vocalist of the bands Thursday and No Devotion Olivia Rodrigo, pop singer Jack Russell – founder of Great White Bianca Ryan – singer/songwriter and actressThe Bob Rivers Show: 11-year-old singing sensation Bianca Ryan shows us why she's got talent Michael Shrieve - drummer of Santana Slaine rapper Carly Smithson Dublin, Ireland, native who placed sixth on the seventh installment of American Idol; lead singer of the gothic-metal band We Are the Fallen Britney Spears – pop singer Bruce Springsteen instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani mother is part Irish Kevin Shields vocalist and guitarist of My Bloody Valentine The Rev former drummer for metal band Avenged Sevenfold Jessica Sutta member of pop girl group The Pussycat Dolls Corey Taylorlead singer of heavy metal band Slipknot Stuart Michael Thomas film and television composer and producer. Internet Movie Database. Tinashe – singer of Zimbabwean, Danish, Norwegian and Irish descent Chris Trousdale singerTrousdale - "Well my background is Greek and something called Black Irish. It's an ethnic Irish. It's not the blonde haired blue eyed Irish. My mom can almost look Spanish. She has really dark dark eyes. So it's basically like an Italian Irish or a Spanish Irish. It's dark. So yeah, Greek and Black Irish..." Shania Twain pop singer