
Aghakhan Abdullayev was an Azerbaijani khananda folk singer. He was often called "Guardian" of the Mugham.

Yalchin Adigezalov is Azerbaijani conductor and teacher. People's Artist of Azerbaijan, and professor. He is a member of the third generation of a famous musical dynasty.

Emin Araz oglu Agalarov, also known as Emin Arazovich Agalarov, is an Azerbaijani-Russian singer and businessman. He writes and performs songs in English and Russian and is widely popular in Azerbaijan and Russia.

Aghayev Faig Balagha is an Azerbaijani pop singer and is the winner of the People's Artist of Azerbaijan award (2008).

Franghiz Ahmadova, also Firangiz Ahmedova, Azerbaijani: Firəngiz Əhmədova (1928–2011) was a prominent Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher. From 1951, she performed as a soloist at the Azerbaijani State Opera. She toured widely across the former Soviet Union, singing in the major opera houses of eastern Europe.

Aysel Mammadova, known professionally as AISEL is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "X My Heart".
Jamal Aliyev is a Turkish cellist.

Dinara Aliyeva is an Azerbaijani operatic soprano. She is currently a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, where she made her debut in 2009 as Liù in Puccini's opera Turandot.

Agshin Aligulu Alizade May 22, 1937 in Baku – May 3, 2014 in Baku) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1987).

Safura Alizadeh is an Azerbaijani former singer. Aliyeva took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, where she brought Azerbaijan on 5th place, with the song "Drip Drop". She later released her debut album, It's My War, which made its way into several European countries. Her second debut single "March On" was released in September.

Albert Asriyan was a Soviet-Armenian violinist, composer, arranger and band leader.

Artemi (Harutyun) Ayvazyan was a Soviet Armenian composer, conductor, founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, and People's Artist of Armenia (1962).

Elchin Azizov is an Azerbaijani opera baritone, From 1992 to 2001, he was a member of the Parni iz Baku team of the Russian TV show KVN. Since 2008, he has been a soloist at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

Sabina Babayeva is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May 2012, with the song "When the Music Dies", as the 13th act, and finished 4th overall.

Afrasiyab Badal oglu Badalbeyli was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, with noble Iranian origins (he was the descendant of Bahman Mirza and Abbas Mirza, " conductor and music critic, author of the music and libretto of Giz Galasi, the first Azerbaijani ballet and the first ballet in the Muslim Orient.

Tofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov is a composer and People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

Polad Bülbüloğlu is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, actor, politician, and diplomat. Bülbüloğlu became famous in the Soviet Union with composing jazz-influenced pop songs which has heavy Azeri folk feelings in Russian and Azerbaijani languages. He also sang his own songs. Three of his songs became Songs of the Year and he received numerous prestigious awards in the Soviet Union. Bülbüloğlu is a lyrical tenor.

Brilliant Suleyman qizi Dadashova is an Azerbaijani pop singer.

Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich is a Soviet-born American pianist.

Larisa Aleksandrovna Dolina is an Azerbaijani-born prominent Russian jazz and pop singer and an actress. She was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005.

Alexey Ekimyan also Alexey Gurgenovich Hekimyan was a famous Armenian composer, and author of popular songs. Ekimyan was also a General of Soviet militsia (police) and was the head of Criminal Investigation Department of Moscow region. He was considered the only popular composer in the world who ruled a law-enforcement department at the same time. Ekimyan awarded by the "Renowned Master of the Arts" Armenian SSR official title.

Amina Figarova is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer who is now based in Manhattan. Trained as a classical pianist in Baku, she became interested in the local folk music, later specializing in jazz. Since the late 1980s, together with her husband, the flutist Bart Platteau, she has performed in jazz festivals around the globe.

Salman Huseyn oglu Gambarov is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer.

Faraj Gara oglu Garayev ; December 19, 1943 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer, music instructor, professor, son of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev and one of the leading composers of post-Soviet period.

Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov is an Azerbaijani singer who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the music duo Ell & Nikki with Nigar Jamal. He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan with Leyla Aliyeva and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.He has said in many

Fidan Akram gizi Gasimova, born June 17, 1947 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, is an Azerbaijani operatic soprano who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.

Khuraman Gasimova is an opera singer and actress from Azerbaijan.

Tofig Alakbar oglu Guliyev – Azerbaijani composer, pianist, conductor.

Rauf Soltan oglu Hajiyev was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and politician. People's artist of the USSR (1978). He was Chairman of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR, minister of culture of the Azerbaijan SSR (1965–1971).

Akif Islamzade is a popular Azerbaijani singer.

Nigar Aydin qizi Jamal, sometimes known as Nikki Jamal, is an English-Azerbaijani singer. Born and raised in Baku, she has resided in London since 2005. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Eldar Gasimov with the song "Running Scared". She and Gasimov have since performed as a duo on various occasions under the name Ell & Nikki.

Samir Javadzadeh is an Azerbaijani pop singer. He was selected as the Azerbaijani representative, along with Elnur Hüseynov, to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. They performed "Day After Day" finishing 8th overall.

Andrey Rafailovich Kasparov is an Armenian-American pianist, composer, and professor, who holds both American and Russian citizenship.

Aygun Alasgar qizi Kazimova is an Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, pop musician, and actress.

Dilara Kazimova is an Azerbaijani singer and actress. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song "Start a Fire".

Elnara Nadir qizi Kerimova, also spelled Karimova is an Azerbaijani and Turkish conductor and chorus master.

Zeynab Yahya qizi Khanlarova is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer (soprano), People's Artist of the USSR (1980), Azerbaijan (1975), Armenia (1978) and Uzbekistan.

Muslim Magometovich Magomayev, dubbed the "King of Songs" and the "Soviet Sinatra" was a Soviet Azerbajiani baritone operatic pop singer. He achieved iconic status in Russia and the post-Soviet countries for his vocal talent and charisma.

Arif Malikov was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958. He shot to fame in 1961 when his first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad and received nationwide acclaim. The ballet has been staged in several countries in Europe and is regarded as one of the finest works emerging from the former Soviet Union. The ballet "Legend of Love", is based upon the legend of "Farhad and Shirin", a story of unrequited love that was immortalized by Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. Malikov went on to write music for two more ballets, including "Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet)" Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet) (1967) and "Poem of Two Hearts" (1981), five symphonies & eight symphony poems. He also wrote scores for a large number of films and plays and was familiar with practically all genres of music composition.

Bahram Meshadi Suleyman oglu Mansurov (Azerbaijani: Bəhram Məşədi Süleyman bəy oğlu Mansurov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani Tar player. He also served as People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.

Alexander Zavenovich Mirzayan is a Russian poet, composer, songwriter, bard and bard music theoretician. He was born in Baku. In 1969 he graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and worked as a physics engineer in the Moscow Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics.

Khayyam Hadi oglu Mirzazade was an Azerbaijani composer and professor.

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugam with classical and avant-garde influences.

Chingiz Mustafayev is a Russian-born Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Truth", finishing eighth.

Vagif Mustafazadeh, also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was an Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music known as mugham. According to many world famous jazz musicians, Mustafazadeh is one of the pioneers and "the architect of jazz in Azerbaijan".

Shahin Novrasli is an Azerbaijani jazz and classical pianist, and composer

Samra Rahimli is an Azerbaijani singer. In 2015, she competed in O Ses Türkiye where she made it to the quarterfinals and in March 2016, she became a finalist on the first season of Səs Azərbaycan. On 10 March 2016, she was announced as the Azerbaijani act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Miracle". Rahimli performed during Semi Final 1 and successfully progressed to the Grand Final where she placed 17th with 117 points.

Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" Rostropovich was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered to be one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces, forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris, Leonard Bernstein, Aram Khachaturian and Benjamin Britten.

Emin Sabitoglu was an Azerbaijani composer, author of a lot of well-known Azerbaijani songs and music for films. People’s actor of Azerbaijan.

Javid Samadov is an Azerbaijani baritone opera singer, who currently resides in Nuremberg, Germany.

Huseyngulu Sarabski, born Hüseynqulu Malik oğlu Rzayev, was an Azerbaijani opera singer (tenor), composer, playwright, stage actor, theatre director, and musician (tar).

Isfar Rzayev-Sarabski is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer, winner of the Solo Piano Competition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2009, Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan (2010), and receiver of the Zirva State Prize (2010). He is the great-grandson of Huseyngulu Sarabski, celebrated Azerbaijani opera singer, actor and one of the founders of opera in the Islamic world.

Stepan Grigori Shakaryan was an Armenian jazz and classical composer, pianist, People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia (2017), and professor at Yerevan State Conservatory.

Rain Aladdin oglu Sultanov is an Azerbaijani jazz saxophonist and Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan.

Aysel Teymurzadeh is an Azerbaijani pop and R&B singer.

Vugar Akhmadov, commonly known by his stage name Vugarixx, is an Azerbaijani Music Producer, DJ and the founder of "Lunatix" label.

Eyyub Yaqubov is a popular Azerbaijani singer. He is widely known for bringing Baku chanson genre to popularity in 1992.

Miri Yusif is an Azerbaijani rapper, singer-songwriter. Miri Yusif first emerged as a hip hop artist, part of Dayirman, which released their critically acclaimed debut album Qurd in 2001.