List of American musicians of Irish descent

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.

A–J

 * Christina Aguilera – singer-songwriter; Ecuadorian father and Irish-American mother
 * Tori Amos – singer-songwriter and musician
 * Anastacia – singer-songwriter
 * Michelle Branch – part Irish through her father
 * Laura Branigan – singer-songwriter and musician
 * Jeff Buckley – estranged son of Tim Buckley
 * Tim Buckley – father was the son of Irish immigrants
 * Chris Byrne
 * Mariah Carey
 * Aaron Carter – singer and Nick Carter's brother
 * Nick Carter – member of the boy band Backstreet Boys
 * Dennis Casey – Flogging Molly member
 * Ken Casey – bass player and vocalist for the Boston-based Celtic punk-rock band Dropkick Murphys
 * Celtic Spring – family dance and fiddle band
 * Kelly Clarkson
 * Rosemary Clooney
 * Kurt Cobain – singer-songwriter of the rock band Nirvana
 * George M. Cohan – singer-songwriter; vaudeville and Broadway theatre performer
 * Edward Joseph Collins – composer
 * Judy Collins
 * 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
 * Chris Cornell – lead singer of rock band Soundgarden
 * Frankie Cosmos – of Irish descent on her father's side
 * Henry Cowell – composer
 * Bing Crosby
 * 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
 * Howie Dorough – member of the boy band Backstreet Boys; Irish father
 * Jimmy Dorsey
 * Tommy Dorsey
 * Hilary Duff
 * Everlast (born 1969) – singer-songwriter; known for his genre-crossing mix of rap and acoustic-based rock music
 * Eileen Farrell
 * Fergie
 * Michael Fitzpatrick –  frontman of Fitz and the Tantrums
 * John Fogerty – singer-songwriter for rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * Judy Garland
 * 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
 * Aaron Graham – rapper and singer-songwriter for Vampires; father is mostly Irish descent
 * Andrew Graham – lead singer and guitarist for The Phantom; father of mostly Irish descent
 * Stephanie Graham; father of mostly Irish descent
 * Sasha Grey
 * Kirk Hammett – guitarist for rock band Metallica; Irish father, Filipino mother
 * Arthur Hanlon – pianist and Latin music musician
 * Matt Heafy – lead singer and guitarist for heavy-metal band Trivium; Irish father, Japanese mother
 * Swan Hennessy – composer
 * Victor Herbert
 * James Hetfield – lead singer and guitarist for rock band Metallica
 * Brent Hinds – singer and guitarist for heavy-metal band Mastodon
 * Julianne Hough – country-music singer and ballroom dancer
 * 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

K–Z

 * Maynard James Keenan
 * Bill Kelliher (born 1971) – guitarist for the heavy-metal band Mastodon; father was an Irish immigrant who moved to New York in the 1950s
 * Tori Kelly
 * Alicia Keys
 * Dave King
 * Chris Kirkpatrick – former member of the boy band 'N Sync
 * Larry Kirwan
 * Beyoncé Knowles
 * Ben Kyle – singer-songwriter; leader of the Americana band Romantica
 * Demi Lovato – Hispanic, Italian and Irish ancestry
 * Lorna Luft
 * Macklemore (Ben Haggerty)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Dave Mustaine – co-founder of the heavy-metal band Megadeth; first lead guitarist for the heavy-metal band Metallica
 * Willie Nile – rock singer-songwriter
 * Bradley Nowell (1968–1996) – lead singer and guitarist for the ska-punk band Sublime
 * Virginia O'Brien
 * 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
 * Pink – pop-singer
 * Robert Pollard – singer-songwriter; leader of the alternative-rock band Guided by Voices
 * Elvis Presley
 * Seth Putnam
 * Carmel Quinn
 * 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
 * Bianca Ryan
 * 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
 * Bruce Springsteen – instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
 * Gwen Stefani – mother is part Irish
 * Patrick Stump – lead singer of American rock band Fall Out Boy
 * Jessica Sutta – member of pop girl group The Pussycat Dolls
 * Taylor Swift
 * Stuart Michael Thomas – film and television composer and producer
 * Justin Timberlake
 * Chris Trousdale (born 1985) – singer; former member of the pop boy band Dream Street
 * Shania Twain – singer
 * Danielle White – singer from the television singing-competition series American Juniors
 * Joseph M. White –  tenor
 * Robert White –  tenor
 * Ace Young – singer from American Idol