Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), was the name under which forty-five American artists, led Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single "We are the World" in 1985. The song was a UK Number One for the collective in April of that year. The considerable profits from the enterprise went to the USA for Africa Foundation, which used them for the relief of famine and disease in Africa. See also Band Aid This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.