Cindy Wilson

As a founding member of the B-52s and as a solo artist, Cindy Wilson's music showcases her clarion vocals and boundless creativity. With the legendary Athens, Georgia-based band, she helped usher in a dance-friendly sound that ran counter to the strained seriousness of many of their peers on the American new wave scene of the 1970s and '80s. Along with the gleaming harmonies she created with Kate Pierson on favorites like "Legal Tender" and "Roam" and the spirited call-and-response between her, Pierson, and Fred Schneider on songs such as "Love Shack" and "Rock Lobster," Wilson sang solo on more B-52s songs than her bandmates, including "Give Me Back My Man." After decades of success with the group, Wilson launched her solo career, blending electronic sounds and singer/songwriter pop into 2017's contemplative Change and adding buoyant techno and disco influences to 2023's Realms.