200 Music Trivia Questions and Answers: Test Your Music Knowledge Here

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Music brings people together. It does not matter where you are from or what language you speak. A great song always finds a way to connect us. One of the best ways to celebrate that connection is through music trivia questions and answers that put your knowledge of songs, artists, and albums to the test.

Testing your knowledge about music is a fun challenge. You may know a lot about your favorite songs and artists, but there is always something new to discover. A good set of music trivia questions and answers can surprise even the biggest music fans and make everyone laugh along the way.

In this article, we have gathered some of the best music trivia questions and answers from many online sources, Wednesday (4/3/2026). Let's test your knowledge about music!

1. Who was the first American Idol winner? Answer: Kelly Clarkson

2. What year did The Beatles break up? Answer: 1970

3. Who is the lead vocalist of the band U2? Answer: Bono (real name: Paul David Hewson)

4. What is the best-selling album of all time? Answer: Michael Jackson's Thriller

5. Who is often referred to as the Queen of Pop? Answer: Madonna

6. What instrument did Louis Armstrong play? Answer: Trumpet

7. What year was the Woodstock music festival held? Answer: 1969

8. Who sang the theme song for the movie Titanic? Answer: Celine Dion

9. Who is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones? Answer: Mick Jagger

10. What does Ed Sheeran name his albums after? Answer: Math symbols

11. Who were the four members of The Beatles? Answer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr

12. What is Lady Gaga's real name? Answer: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

13. What year did Elvis Presley die? Answer: 1977

14. What is the real name of rapper Eminem? Answer: Marshall Bruce Mathers III

15. Who is often referred to as the Queen of Rock? Answer: Tina Turner

16. What country is Rihanna from? Answer: Barbados

17. Which city is often referred to as the birthplace of jazz? Answer: New Orleans

18. How many members does BTS have? Answer: Seven

19. Who is the lead singer of No Doubt? Answer: Gwen Stefani

20. What is the name of the guitarist in the band Guns N' Roses? Answer: Slash (real name: Saul Hudson)

21. Who is the lead singer of Blondie? Answer: Debbie Harry

22. What is the name of the lead singer of Aerosmith? Answer: Steven Tyler

23. Which band's signature song is Dancing Queen? Answer: ABBA

24. Who won the Grammy for Best Album of the Year for the first time in 2025? Answer: Beyoncé

25. What was the 1991 album released by Nirvana called? Answer: Nevermind

26. Who is the lead singer of OneRepublic? Answer: Ryan Tedder

27. Which song went 14 times platinum in 2021? Answer: Old Town Road by Lil Nas X

28. Which classic song can be used to keep the right rhythm when performing CPR? Answer: Stayin' Alive

29. What video beat Michael Jackson's Thriller for Video of the Year at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards? Answer: You Might Think by The Cars

30. Which artist's entire 1985 Live Aid set consisted of just a single cover song? Answer: Elvis Costello

31. What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men? Answer: David Bowie

32. Art Garfunkel initially declined to sing one of Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hits solo. Which song is it? Answer: Bridge Over Troubled Water

33. Van Halen famously banned what color M&Ms from their rider? Answer: Brown

34. What did Stevie Ray Vaughan name his most beloved guitar? Answer: Jimbo

35. What book do The Police reference in Don't Stand So Close to Me? Answer: Lolita

36. Which member of NSYNC was a replacement for another who quit before they got big? Answer: Lance Bass

37. George Harrison wrote what song for Eric Clapton about his sweet tooth? Answer: Savoy Truffle

38. Weird Al Yankovic mistakenly thought which artist gave his blessing for a parody? Answer: Coolio

39. What Beatles single lasted the longest on the charts, staying for 19 weeks? Answer: Hey Jude

40. Which Eagles song gave the band their first single hit of the '70s? Answer: Best of My Love

41. Which renowned film composer was the keyboard player for The Buggles? Answer: Hans Zimmer

42. Who is the only person to have ever won a Grammy and refused to accept it? Answer: Sinead O'Connor

43. What was the first album to ever win a Grammy for Album of the Year? Answer: The Music from Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini

44. Which Tupac Shakur song was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2010? Answer: Dear Mama

45. Which Dr. Dre album is credited with popularizing G-funk and West Coast rap? Answer: The Chronic

46. Which Eminem album became the fastest-selling solo album in U.S. history in 2000? Answer: The Marshall Mathers LP

47. She holds Guinness World Records for being the first female with two singles and two albums in the UK Top 5 simultaneously in 2011. Answer: Adele

48. Which song by Gnarls Barkley became the first to reach No. 1 on the UK charts based on digital downloads alone in 2006? Answer: Crazy

49. What was the name of the record label Tupac Shakur was signed to? Answer: Death Row Records

50. Which duo boycotted the 1989 Grammy ceremony after the Best Rap Performance award was not televised? Answer: Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff

51. Who holds the record for the most Grammy wins in a single night, with eight awards in 1984? Answer: Michael Jackson

52. He holds the record for the most Grammys won by a classical artist, with 31 awards. Answer: Sir Georg Solti

53. Which Psy music video became the first to reach one billion views on YouTube in 2012? Answer: Gangnam Style

54. Which Beatles song, the first pop song to feature a sitar, was originally named This Bird Has Flown? Answer: Norwegian Wood

55. Which famous music group was formerly known as the New Yardbirds? Answer: Led Zeppelin

56. Who founded Motown Records? Answer: Berry Gordy

57. Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Answer: Aretha Franklin

58. Who had a No. 1 hit with the 1972 song Lean on Me? Answer: Bill Withers

59. Which brother-sister duo had a string of '70s hits including Close to You and Top of the World? Answer: The Carpenters

60. What Canadian singer recorded the chart-topping song You Needed Me? Answer: Anne Murray

61. What '70s superstar was known as the Queen of Disco? Answer: Donna Summer

62. Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows? Answer: Little Richard

63. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote which Rolling Stones song? Answer: I Wanna Be Your Man

64. Jimi Hendrix only had one Top 40 hit. Which song was it? Answer: All Along the Watchtower

65. What was Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit in the United States? Answer: Heartbreak Hotel

66. Which classical composer was deaf? Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

67. What other legendary vocalist is a cousin of Whitney Houston? Answer: Dionne Warwick

68. What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the Prince of Darkness? Answer: Miles Davis

69. Which song starts with the lines: I bet you're wonderin' how I knew, about your plans to make me blue? Answer: I Heard It Through the Grapevine

70. Who had the 1974 number-one album Can't Get Enough? Answer: Barry White

71. What band had the most Billboard hits in the 1970s? Answer: The Bee Gees

72. Name all five members of the Jackson 5. Answer: Tito, Marlon, Michael, Jackie, and Jermaine

73. What Carl Douglas song features the lyric those cats were fast as lightning? Answer: Kung Fu Fighting

74. After The Beatles broke up in 1970, Paul McCartney formed what band with wife Linda? Answer: Wings

75. A Beatles single from 1965 holds the record for the most covered song in history, with over 2,200 recorded versions. What is it? Answer: Yesterday

76. Which term, first coined by The Daily Mirror in 1963, described the intense fan frenzy surrounding The Beatles? Answer: Beatlemania

77. Which Beach Boys song took 10 months to record and cost more than $50,000, making it one of the most expensive singles of the 1960s? Answer: Good Vibrations

78. Who wrote and recorded Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours? Answer: Stevie Wonder

79. What musician went to No. 1 in 1972 with his live cover of the song My Ding-a-Ling? Answer: Chuck Berry

80. What '80s superstar portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital? Answer: Rick Springfield

81. She is the first and only artist in Grammy history to win Album of the Year four times. Answer: Taylor Swift

82. What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades? Answer: Mariah Carey

83. Which pop singer's real name is Robyn Fenty? Answer: Rihanna

84. What is the name of Beyoncé's alter ego? Answer: Sasha Fierce

85. What pop star wrote songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, and Alice Cooper? Answer: Kesha

86. Lady Gaga derived her stage name from a song performed by which band? Answer: Queen

87. What is Pink's real name? Answer: Alicia Moore

88. Before becoming a solo artist, Beyoncé was part of the group Destiny's Child. Name the two other members. Answer: Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams

89. What is Elton John's real name? Answer: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

90. Which Super Bowl Halftime Show performer was upstaged by a dancing shark? Answer: Katy Perry

91. What does Lady Gaga affectionately call her fans? Answer: Little Monsters

92. What singer fled the stage after her tracks malfunctioned during an SNL performance in 2005? Answer: Ashlee Simpson

93. Which Cher song is credited with popularizing heavily Auto-Tuned vocals? Answer: Believe

94. What is Taylor Swift's middle name? Answer: Alison

95. Which 2012 Adele song won an Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy? Answer: Skyfall

96. Which Harry Styles song was the most-streamed worldwide on Spotify in 2022? Answer: As It Was

97. How many consecutive weeks did Rihanna's song Umbrella stay at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? Answer: Seven weeks

98. What is the stage name for the artist whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini? Answer: Doja Cat

99. Billie Eilish is the youngest person to win two Oscars. What songs did she win each award for? Answer: No Time to Die and What Was I Made For?

100. Which Katy Perry album became the second in history to score five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100? Answer: Teenage Dream

101. Which Miley Cyrus song is her longest-reigning No. 1 on the charts? Answer: Flowers

102. Which Swedish songwriter and producer is known for his work on Britney Spears's ...Baby One More Time, the Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way, and Taylor Swift's 1989 album? Answer: Max Martin

103. Ringo Starr replaced what drummer in The Beatles? Answer: Pete Best

104. What is the stage name for the artist whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye? Answer: The Weeknd

105. What show fostered young talents like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera before they became pop stars? Answer: The Mickey Mouse Club

106. Which Adele album, named after her age when it was recorded, became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century? Answer: 21

107. What is the stage name for the artist whose real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson? Answer: Katy Perry

108. Where did hip-hop begin as a movement of breakdancing, DJing, graffiti, and MCing? Answer: The Bronx, New York, in the 1970s

109. Who is Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us about? Answer: Drake

110. What was the first rap single to hit the Billboard Top 40? Answer: Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang

111. Who are all of the original members of N.W.A.? Answer: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren, and Eazy-E

112. Who had a hit with You Can't Touch This? Answer: MC Hammer

113. Which rapper's album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is often called his magnum opus? Answer: Kanye West

114. What pitch-correcting program was famously used by T-Pain? Answer: Auto-Tune

115. What hip-hop artist performed the 2003 hit In Da Club? Answer: 50 Cent

116. What song made Cardi B the first female rapper with a solo Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit in 19 years? Answer: Bodak Yellow

117. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel were all members of which hip-hop group? Answer: The Fugees

118. Chuck D and Flavor Flav were members of which hip-hop group? Answer: Public Enemy

119. What rapper had a No. 1 hit with Crank That when he was 17 years old? Answer: Soulja Boy

120. Which rapper inspired an entire accredited course at Syracuse University? Answer: Lil' Kim

121. Which hip-hop artist's lyrics did DJ Danger Mouse mix with The Beatles' White Album to create The Grey Album? Answer: Jay-Z

122. The 2017 album DAMN. was released by which artist? Answer: Kendrick Lamar

123. What is the most decorated rap song in Grammy Awards history? Answer: Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar, which won in 5 categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards

124. Which American rapper originally went by the name Lesane Parish Crooks? Answer: Tupac

125. Who sings Bills, Bills, Bills? Answer: Destiny's Child

126. What was Salt-n-Pepa's 1986 debut album named? Answer: Hot, Cool & Vicious

127. Which was the first all-female rap group to win a Grammy Award, in 1995? Answer: Salt-N-Pepa

128. Who sings Gasolina? Answer: Daddy Yankee

129. He became the first artist to surpass 75 billion streams on Spotify. Answer: Drake

130. What kind of summer did Megan Thee Stallion rap about in 2019? Answer: A hot girl summer

131. What was the first rap song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? Answer: Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

132. His stage name is a tribute to his mentor Jaz-O and refers to the J/Z subway line that passes through his neighborhood in Brooklyn. Answer: Jay-Z

133. This rapper's name comes from the first two letters of his first and last name: Marshall Mathers. Answer: Eminem

134. Who famously rapped the line, I got the Rollie on my arm and I'm pouring Chandon? Answer: Snoop Dogg

135. Who is considered the Father of Country Music? Answer: Jimmie Rodgers

136. Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades? Answer: Dolly Parton

137. What country music legend famously recorded the album Red Headed Stranger in 1975? Answer: Willie Nelson

138. Who is the first country artist to sell over 10 million copies of an album? Answer: Garth Brooks

139. In 1968, Johnny Cash performed a concert at what California prison? Answer: Folsom Prison

140. What is the name of Dolly Parton's longtime husband? Answer: Carl Dean

141. Which country music star sings When It Rains It Pours? Answer: Luke Combs

142. Which country music duo scored a hit with Islands in the Stream in 1983? Answer: Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

143. What country music legend performed the theme song for the 1980s TV show The Dukes of Hazzard? Answer: Waylon Jennings

144. Who was the first Black country music artist to have a hit on the Billboard country charts? Answer: Charley Pride with his 1967 hit Just Between You and Me

145. What is the name of the historic venue in Nashville, Tennessee, known as the Home of Country Music? Answer: The Grand Ole Opry

146. She wrote her classic hits Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same night in 1973. Answer: Dolly Parton

147. Who wrote and recorded the trucker anthem Drivin' My Life Away? Answer: Eddie Rabbitt

148. Crystal Gayle, singer of the 1977 hit Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, is the sister of what country music legend? Answer: Loretta Lynn

149. What famous country song, originally recorded by Hank Williams Sr., includes the lyrics hear that lonesome whippoorwill, he sounds too blue to fly? Answer: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

150. Which country music icon released the album No Fences, featuring hits like Friends in Low Places? Answer: Garth Brooks

151. What country music singer sang I'm crazy, crazy for feelin' so lonely? Answer: Patsy Cline

152. In 2007, what female country singer took home Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Country Performance? Answer: Carrie Underwood

153. Which classic country song, sung by Tammy Wynette, advises women to stand by your man? Answer: Stand by Your Man

154. Who recorded the classic country song He Stopped Loving Her Today? Answer: George Jones

155. What country music group scored hits like Need You Now and Just a Kiss? Answer: Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum)

156. In the summer of 2023, country singer Luke Combs had a hit with Fast Car, originally recorded by what singer-songwriter in 1988? Answer: Tracy Chapman

157. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was formerly the drummer of which famous grunge band? Answer: Nirvana

158. Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band? Answer: Led Zeppelin

159. Ozzy Osbourne was the lead vocalist of which classic heavy metal band? Answer: Black Sabbath

160. Which band's debut album was entitled Appetite for Destruction? Answer: Guns N' Roses

161. What rock guitarist played on the Michael Jackson song Beat It? Answer: Eddie Van Halen

162. Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis? Answer: Peter Gabriel

163. Who was the first lead guitarist of Metallica? Answer: Dave Mustaine

164. What rock star moonlights as a horror movie writer and director? Answer: Rob Zombie

165. Which rock band is known for the 1975 hit One of These Nights? Answer: The Eagles

166. Who was the lead singer of the rock band Led Zeppelin? Answer: Robert Plant

167. What rock star testified before Congress about the Parents Music Resource Center? Answer: Dee Snider of Twisted Sister

168. What Kate Bush song was featured in Season 4 of Stranger Things? Answer: Running Up That Hill

169. Jimmy Page played guitar in what legendary rock group? Answer: Led Zeppelin

170. Jared Leto is the frontman of what band? Answer: 30 Seconds to Mars

171. What Nirvana album is Heart Shaped Box on? Answer: In Utero

172. Which English rock band released the iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973? Answer: Pink Floyd

173. Which musician switched his style to rock and roll after hearing Elvis perform live in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas? Answer: Buddy Holly

174. Which Pink Floyd album inspired a movie by the same name? Answer: The Wall

175. Which Eagles song is one of the few to win a Grammy for Record of the Year without being a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100? Answer: Hotel California

176. What rock band released its album Chinese Democracy in 2008 after 10 years in development? Answer: Guns N' Roses

177. Which Good Charlotte founder and guitarist is married to Cameron Diaz? Answer: Benji Madden

178. Which member of Kiss wore makeup to look like a cat? Answer: Peter Criss

179. Which legendary artist wrote The Bangles' hit song Manic Monday? Answer: Prince

180. David Bowie teamed up with Bing Crosby to sing what Christmas song? Answer: Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth

181. What Creed song about welcoming a baby went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000? Answer: With Arms Wide Open

182. Pinball Wizard by The Who is a song off what album? Answer: Tommy

183. Which Creedence Clearwater Revival song was featured in the 1981 movie American Werewolf in London? Answer: Bad Moon Rising

184. Which Beatle had dyslexia? Answer: John Lennon

185. What band's original name was Warsaw? Answer: Joy Division

186. What Kinks song refers to champagne that tastes just like cherry cola? Answer: Lola

187. Which lead singer is credited with popularizing stage diving? Answer: Iggy Pop

188. AC/DC actually originates from which country? Answer: Australia

189. The Weeknd samples which '80s megahit in Blinding Lights? Answer: Take On Me by A-ha

190. What Smashing Pumpkins song was originally done by Fleetwood Mac? Answer: Landslide

191. Blondie had a number-one single in 1980. What was that song's name? Answer: Call Me

192. Swimming through sick lullabies is a line from what Killers song? Answer: Mr. Brightside

193. Rick Springfield took what song to number one in the summer of 1981? Answer: Jessie's Girl

194. Which band's signature song is Light My Fire? Answer: The Doors

195. What song off Van Halen's 1984 album was nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards and won Best Stage Performance? Answer: Jump

196. The phrase heavy metal thunder from Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild inspired the name of which genre? Answer: Heavy metal

197. Which band took their name from a children's book called Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage? Answer: Good Charlotte

198. Who was Fleetwood Mac named after? Answer: Mick Fleetwood and John McVie

199. Which band's signature song is Bittersweet Symphony? Answer: The Verve

200. What was the name of the band that recorded Back in Black as a tribute to their late singer Bon Scott? Answer: AC/DC