Girl group

A musical ensemble whose members are women or girls, typically performing popular music as singers. Its repertoire and public image may emphasize coordinated vocals, choreography, or a shared group identity.

Vocal harmony: The simultaneous combination of different sung notes to form chords or melodic textures. Arranged harmonies let members blend their voices or take distinct parts.
Boswell Sisters: An American vocal trio known for intricate close harmony and rhythmic arrangements in the 1930s. Their recordings helped establish an influential model for tightly arranged female-group singing.
Florence Ballard: An American singer and founding member of the Supremes. Her career illuminates the human costs behind the group's commercial success.
Boy band: A popular-music group of male singers, often marketed around vocal performance and group identity. It is the closest gendered counterpart, sharing many musical and promotional conventions.
Girl power: A cultural slogan and movement expressing female confidence, solidarity, and agency. The Spice Girls made the phrase a prominent part of girl-group marketing and pop culture.
Lead vocalist: A singer who carries a song's principal vocal line. A designated lead can anchor songs while other members provide backing vocals.
The Andrews Sisters: An American singing trio whose close-harmony recordings became popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Their commercial success brought female vocal-group harmonies to a mass audience.
Diana Ross: An American singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of the Supremes. Her emergence as the group's focal voice influenced its sound and public image.
Mixed-gender band: A musical ensemble whose members include people of different genders. Unlike a girl group, its membership is not defined by women or girls.
Motown: An American record company and musical style that became a major force in popular music from the 1960s onward. Motown's group-centered production system turned acts such as the Supremes into global stars.

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