DownBeat (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm that it covered exclusively in previous years.

DownBeat publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories.

The DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers' and critics' poll.

Popular features of DownBeat magazine include its "Reviews" section where jazz critics, using a '1-Star to 5-Star' maximum rating system, rate the latest musical recordings, vintage recordings, and books; articles on individual musicians and music forms; and its famous "Blindfold Test" column, in which a musician listens to records by other artists, tries to guess who they are, and rates them using the 5-star maximum rating system.

[6] The DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame's current membership, by year, is listed in the following table.