Music

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to....

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series.

Entra en escena con Lin-Manuel Miranda en esta adición a la serie número uno en ventas del New York Times que explica cómo la leyenda de Broadway comenzó antes de Hamilton y Encanto. ¡Ahora en español!

Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star....

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time....

How did a teenage actress become a Grammy-winning pop star? Find out in this Who HQ Now biography about Ariana Grande and her exciting career that spans the Broadway stage, television, and music to blockbuster movies....

Elvis could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-western classics. Listen to learn more about Elvis....

They began as Johnny and the Moondogs, and they weren't very good. But these teens who loved music more than anything kept working at their craft and playing on any small stage they could find. And eventually they became the most recognizable, most influential rock and roll band of all time. How?

Adored for his music, dancing, and performing - and known for his highly publicized personal life - Michael Jackson remains the ultimate music legend....

Celebrate global superstar Taylor Swift with this collectible Little Golden Book, which tells her inspiring life story!

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville....

Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of 35 Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works....

Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time....

How did an Irish schoolboy become the lead singer of a world-famous rock band and the founder of several humanitarian groups? Track Bono's rise to fame in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series....

Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century!

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias “Anna”) and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna’s son)....

A singer-songwriter, musician, and artist, Bob Dylan is an American icon. In the past five decades, Dylan's work has influenced everyone from John Lennon to Bruce Springsteen....

Bad Bunny, cuyo nombre real es Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, es uno de los artistas más populares en la actualidad. Comenzó compartiendo su música en Soundcloud, y en 2016, su canción "Diles" lo llevó a firmar con una importante discográfica....

The New York Times best-selling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges....

Lang Lang started learning to play the piano when he was three years old in Shenyang, China....

This audiobook spotlights Dolly Parton, known for her beloved country songs, who has also sent over 150 million free books to children through her Imagination Library....

Find out where Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and James came from, and see what brought these four young men into the limelight for all the world to see....

Esta biografía no oficial cuenta la historia de este grupo de chicos coreanos que acarrea una legión de fans por el mundo entero...

Get to know BTS—the South Korean K-pop group loved by millions of fans around the world—with this beautifully illustrated collectible Little Golden Book!

Due to his wide range of musical talent and an incomparable career spanning forty-nine years, Johnny Cash has been inducted into the Country, Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, and Gospel Halls of Fame. He also won 18 Grammys and 9 Country Music Association Awards....