Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 1988

Members: James Ingram, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Bette Midler, Al Jarreau, Lionel Richie, Jeffrey Osborne, Steve Perry, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Loggins, Paul Simon, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Billy Joel, Bob Geldof, La Toya Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Rogers, Randy Jackson, Willie Nelson, Issa Pointer, Waylon Jennings, Lindsey Buckingham, Anita Pointer, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Jackson, Dan Aykroyd, Ruth Pointer, Sheila Escovedo, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Bill Gibson, Mario Cipollina, Stevland Morris, Johnny Colla, Sigmund Jackson, Hugh Cregg, Ray Charles Robinson

Formed : January 10, 1985 // Hollywood, CA, United States
USA means "United Support of Artists".
All profits realized by CBS Records International from the sale of "We Are The World" were contributed to the non-profit corporation USA for Africa.
They used the money to address immediate emergency needs in Africa, including food and medicine, and to help the African people become self-sufficient.