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Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was een Amerikaans-Britse supergroep die folkrockmuziek speelde. De leden waren David Crosby, Stephen Stills en Graham Nash. Wanneer zij werden geflankeerd door Neil Young werd de groep Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) genoemd.

De band ontstond aan het einde van de jaren zestig en stond bekend om de complexe zangharmonieën van de leden, hun tumultueuze onderlinge verstandhoudingen en hun politiek activisme. Voor velen golden zij als de verpersoonlijking van de hippiecultuur. Bekende nummers zijn Teach your children, Ohio en Our house.

Hun eerste succes behaalden ze in 1969 met het album Crosby, Stills & Nash, gevolgd door een tournee. Later dat jaar kregen ze als CSNY hun vuurdoop op het festival in Woodstock en brachten ze als viertal het album Déjà vu uit. In 1970 viel de groep uiteen na drank- en drugsproblemen en gingen de leden alle vier hun eigen weg.

Deze scheiding duurde vier jaar; toen begonnen ze aan een succesvolle tournee door de VS en Engeland. Na die tour eisten onderlinge problemen opnieuw hun tol en gingen de musici verder als duo's of solo, waarna ze later weer als trio of kwartet bijeenkwamen. Dit proces herhaalde zich een aantal malen, met een laatste gezamenlijk optreden van CSNY in 2013 en van CSN in 2015. In 2016 deelde Nash in interviews mee dat het doek voor de groep definitief gevallen was.

Crosby, Stills & Nash wonnen in het muziekjaar 1969 een Grammy Award en alle vier werden tweemaal in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opgenomen.

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock supergroup composed of the American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and the English-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by the Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, they were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies and lasting influence on American music and culture, their political activism and their tumultuous relationships.

CSN formed in 1968 shortly after Crosby, Stills and Nash performed together informally, discovering they harmonized well. Crosby had been asked to leave the Byrds in late 1967, Stills's band Buffalo Springfield had broken up in early 1968, and Nash left his band the Hollies in December. They signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in early 1969. Their first album, Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) produced the Top 40 hits "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express". In preparation for touring, the trio added Young, Stills's former Buffalo Springfield bandmate, as a full member, along with the touring members Dallas Taylor (drums) and Greg Reeves (bass). As Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, they performed at the Woodstock festival that August.

The band's first album with Young, Déjà Vu, reached number one on several international charts in 1970. It remains their best-selling album, selling more than eight million copies and producing the hit singles "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children", and "Our House". The group's second tour, which produced the live double album 4 Way Street (1971), was fraught with arguments between Young and Taylor, which resulted in Taylor being replaced by John Barbata, and tensions with Stills. At the end of the tour they disbanded. The group reunited several times, sometimes with Young, and released eight studio and four live albums. CSN's final studio album was 1999's Looking Forward, and they remained a performing act until 2015. Crosby died in 2023.

Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and all three members were also inducted for their work in other groups: Crosby for the Byrds, Stills for Buffalo Springfield and Nash for the Hollies. Young was also inducted as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield.