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Unsung (2008)

Biography · Documentary · Music

Unsung is an hour-long music documentary program that premiered on TV One on November 27, 2008. It celebrates the lives and careers of artists or groups sharing their triumphs, their tribulations, and their truth. It uncovers the stories behind well-known R&B, gospel, and hip-hop music artists, bands, or groups which were ranked on the Billboard music charts with a string of hits, only to have their career derailed by a major crisis. After four seasons, Unsung won an NAACP Image Award in the "Outstanding Information Series or Special" category. Others nominated in this category for 2011 were Anderson Cooper 360° and Washington Watch with Roland Martin. And as of 2018, the series has garnered six NAACP Image Awards.

IMDb rating
9.0 (437 votes)
Seasons
16
Streaming (US)
Philo · Plex · Tubi TV · Plex Channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 16 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.48 avg 4 episodes 8.6 → 8.8

Ep 1: 8.6 · 20 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 14 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 25 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 33 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Phyllis Hyman8.620
2The Clark Sisters8.314
3Donny Hathaway8.225
4The DeBarge Family8.833

Season 2 (2009)

8.69 avg 8 episodes 8.8 → 8.4

Ep 1: 8.8 · 22 votesEp 2: 8.9 · 13 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 14 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 18 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 18 votesEp 6: 9.2 · 14 votesEp 7: 8.7 · 16 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 19 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Minnie Riperton8.822
2Melba Moore8.913
3Shalamar8.614
4Florence Ballard8.518
5Teena Marie8.418
6Bootsy Collins9.214
7Klymaxx8.716
8Zapp & Roger8.419

Season 3 (2010)

8.35 avg 14 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 6 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 15 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 11 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 20 votesEp 7: 9.2 · 27 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 18 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 10 votesEp 10: 9.2 · 11 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 11 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 17 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 16 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rose Royce7.814
2Sylvester8.116
3Uncut8.26
4Stacy Lattisaw8.615
5The Bar-Kays8.811
6Teddy Pendergrass8.020
7Tammi Terrell9.227
8Heatwave8.818
9Musical Youth7.710
10George Clinton9.211
11The Fat Boys8.311
12Angela Winbush7.417
13Miki Howard8.517
14The O'Jays8.316

Season 4 (2011)

8.11 avg 16 episodes 8.0 → 8.9

Ep 1: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 20 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 14 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 9: 6.8 · 11 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 12 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 14 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 12 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 9 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 12 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Deniece Williams8.014
2The Spinners7.916
3Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle7.320
4Big Daddy Kane7.915
5The Ohio Players8.111
6Evelyn 'Champagne' King7.812
7Billy Preston8.614
8The Sylvers7.714
9Mary Wells6.811
10Vesta Williams8.411
11Bobby Womack8.512
12Atlantic Starr8.514
13Freddie Jackson8.512
14Full Force8.013
15Millie Jackson8.89
16Ray Parker Jr.8.912

Season 5 (2012)

8.53 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 8.5

Ep 1: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 2: 9.0 · 24 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 14 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 15 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 16 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 14 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 8: 9.3 · 10 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 12 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sheila E.8.511
2David Ruffin9.024
3Whodini8.414
4Sly and the Family Stone8.915
5Angela Bofill8.516
6Con Funk Shun8.514
7Kool Moe Dee7.714
8Marvelettes9.310
9Gerald Levert8.014
10Arrested Development8.512

Season 6 (2013)

8.31 avg 15 episodes 9.1 → 8.3

Ep 1: 9.1 · 9 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.9 · 8 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 22 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 12 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 9 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 9 votesEp 13: 7.1 · 8 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 6 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 7 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Issac Hayes9.19
2Midnight Star8.613
3EPMD7.910
4Lou Rawls8.58
5Disco8.98
7Eddie Kendricks8.422
8The Whispers8.611
9Mint Condition8.712
10Johnny Gill8.213
11Heavy D8.49
12Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam8.39
13The Geto Boys7.18
14The Delfonics7.411
15Too $hort8.26
16CeCe Peniston8.37

Season 7 (2014)

8.13 avg 15 episodes 7.6 → 7.8

Ep 1: 7.6 · 7 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 12 votesEp 3: 8.7 · 8 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 10 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 13 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 7 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 9 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 16 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 6 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 8 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 8 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 7 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Manhattans7.67
2Gil Scott-Heron8.712
3Nile Rodgers & Chic8.78
4Montell Jordan8.210
5Hi-Five8.216
6The Emotions8.813
7Martha Wash8.47
8Troop7.89
9Bone Thugs-n-Harmony8.616
10Wilson Pickett8.06
11The Chi-Lites7.48
12Rick James8.511
13Peaches and Herb8.29
14Angie Stone7.18
15Meli'sa Morgan7.87

Season 8 (2015)

8.04 avg 21 episodes 8.2 → 7.7

Ep 1: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 12 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 15 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 8 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 11 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 9 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 17 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 7 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 8 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 18: 8.9 · 14 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 22: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 13 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Ike Turner8.211
2Otis Redding8.712
3DJ Quik8.315
4Chuck Brown and Go-Go7.38
6Xscape7.817
7Kid 'N Play8.214
8Al B. Sure!7.513
9Yarbrough & Peoples8.111
10The Force MDs8.011
11YoYo7.711
12KC and the Sunshine Band8.49
13Kashif8.117
14Chanté Moore7.914
15Lakeside8.07
16H-Town7.68
17Jennifer Holliday8.29
18Nate Dogg8.914
20Sugarhill Gang8.213
21Patrice Rushen8.513
22Donell Jones7.513
23Johnnie Taylor7.713

Season 9 (2016)

7.43 avg 9 episodes 8.0 → 7.7

Ep 1: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 11 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 10 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 9 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Kelly Price8.012
2Next7.111
3Kwame7.411
4E-407.411
5Monifah7.411
6Howard Hewett7.310
7Kurupt6.410
8Frankie Knuckles & the Roots of House8.29
9Bobby "Blue" Bland7.79

Season 10 (2017)

7.51 avg 8 episodes 8.1 → 9.0

Ep 1: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 10 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 7 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 9 votesEp 6: 6.2 · 9 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 12 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 7 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1SWV8.116
2Fat Joe7.810
3Jon B.7.312
4Lenny Williams7.57
5Case6.69
6Dave Hollister6.29
7After 77.612
8James Brown9.07

Season 11 (2017)

8.13 avg 7 episodes 8.1 → 8.5

Ep 1: 8.1 · 8 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 9 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 4: 9.0 · 12 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 10 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 10 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 10 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Wyclef Jean8.18
2Jagged Edge7.39
3Marvin Sapp8.09
4Switch9.012
5The Dramatics7.510
6Shanice8.510
7Ice-T8.510

Season 12 (2018)

7.78 avg 9 episodes 7.9 → 7.4

Ep 1: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 7 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 7 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 9 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 11 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 10 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Silk7.910
2The Boys8.111
3Trick Daddy8.47
4Blue Magic7.711
5Deborah Cox7.912
6Shirley Ceasar8.47
7Avant7.09
8Brand Nubian7.211
9Lost Boyz7.410

Season 13 (2018)

7.81 avg 7 episodes 8.3 → 8.3

Ep 1: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 10 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 5 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 12 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 8 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 9 votes
Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mtume8.310
2Special Ed7.310
3Digable Planets7.212
6B.B. King8.45
7Cheryl Pepsii Riley7.612
8Will Downing7.68
9Michel'le8.39

Season 14 (2019)

7.61 avg 16 episodes 6.7 → 7.7 51 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 10 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 15 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 9 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 10 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 9 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 9 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 11 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 7 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 9 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 7 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 8 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 7 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 8 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 6 votes
Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lloyd6.710
2Adina Howard7.514
3The Jets8.315
4Shirley Murdock8.19
5Crystal Waters7.410
6Glenn Jones7.99
7Kenny Lattimore7.49
9Dru Hill7.011
10Roxanne Shante7.47
11Christopher Williams7.59
12Skyy7.911
13Shannon7.77
14Billy Paul7.88
15Betty Wright7.37
16Al Jarreau8.18
17Goodie Mob7.76

Season 15 (2021)

7.07 avg 3 episodes 6.8 → 7.6

Ep 1: 6.8 · 5 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 5 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 5 votes
Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Morris Day6.85
5Mystikal6.85
6The Story of Syleena Johnson7.65

Season 16 (2022)

7.50 avg 5 episodes 6.6 → 8.2

Ep 3: 6.6 · 5 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 6 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 6 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 6 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 5 votes
Season 16 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
3Soul for Real6.65
7PM Dawn7.26
8Das EFX7.36
11Unsung Presents: The Jazz Decade 1959-19698.26
12Unsung Presents: The Rise of Neo Soul8.25
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