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"Weird Al" Yankovic

American comedy musician (born 1959)

American hip-hop group

South Korean girl group

American rapper and actor (born 1975)

Kazakhstan boys band

A Tribe Called Quest

American hip hop group

Indian composer and musician (born 1967)

American singer, actress, and model (1979–2001)

American composer and conductor (1900–1990)

Hong Kong singer and actor

Swedish pop group

Abdel Halim Hafez

Egyptian musician and actor

Abdel Karim Karouma

Sudanese singer and songwriter

Abdullah Ibrahim

South African pianist and composer (born 1934)

Pakistani singer

Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and singer-songwriter

Australian rock band

English-American singer (1873-1922)

English singer-songwriter (born 1988)

Opera singer (1843–1919)

American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)

Adrian Willaert

French-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School

American rock band

Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, record producer and activist

Norwegian synth-pop band

Afghan musician

Pakistani playback singer

Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive

Japanese idol group

Japanese singer and actress (born 1965)

Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist from New Jersey

Mozambican-born South African-British vocalist and jazz guitarist

American singer

Lithuanian-American entertainer (1886–1950)

American country music band

American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker

American composer

English audio engineer, musician, and record producer

Hong Kong singer

Alanis Morissette

Canadian-American musician (born 1974)

Austrian composer (1885–1935)

American jazz saxophonist (1936-1970)

Spanish singer-songwriter and musician

Alexander Borodin

Russian composer, doctor and chemist

Alexander Glazunov

Russian composer (1865–1936)

Alexander Scriabin

Russian pianist and composer

Alexander Vertinsky

Austrian composer and pianist (1931–2025)

French pianist (1877–1962

Countertenor singer

Alfred Schnittke

German Soviet composer

Hindustani musician

Ali Farka Touré

Malian musician

American musician and actor

Alice in Chains

American rock band

Alicia de Larrocha

Spanish pianist

American singer-songwriter

American bluegrass-country singer, fiddler and music producer (born 1971)

French singer (born 1984)

Indian playback singer

Russian singer (born 1949)

Indian tabla player

Indian musician (1862–1972)

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Amália Rodrigues

Portuguese fado singer; known as the Queen of Fado

Taiwanese singer and record producer (born 1972)

Amir Khan (singer)

Egyptian singer

American composer and pianist

American musician

English singer and songwriter

American musician

Hungarian-born British musician

Dutch singer and actor (1951–2004)

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

Dutch violinist and conductor

Italian tenor (born 1958)

Andrés Segovia

Spanish guitarist

Andrew Lloyd Webber

English theatre composer (born 1948)

Hong Kong actor and singer

American singer (1927–2012)

Angélique Kidjo

Beninese-French musician and actress

Indonesian-French singer and actress (born 1974)

Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and former UN Goodwill Ambassador

Hong Kong singer and actress (1963–2003)

Anitta (singer)

Brazilian singer, songwriter, television host and actress

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

Italian soprano (17th century)

Cypriot recording artist and actress

Anthony Braxton

American musician, composer, and philosopher

19th-century Austrian composer

Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945)

Antonín Dvořák

Antonio Aguilar

Mexican singer, actor, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian musician

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer (1750–1825)

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian baroque period composer, virtuoso violinist and teacher

British electronic musician (born 1971)

Apo Hiking Society

Filipino musical group

Aquarium (band)

Russian musical group

Aram Khachaturian

Armenian composer (1903–1978)

Japanese idol group (1999–2020)

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer (1653–1713)

Aretha Franklin

African American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

American singer and actress (born 1993)

Israeli musical artist

Armin van Buuren

Norwegian singer, lyricist, composer and producer

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian-American composer (1874–1951)

American jazz drummer and bandleader

American jazz pianist (1909–1956)

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist

Arthur Sullivan

19th-century English composer

Arthur Wimperis

English dramatist and screenwriter (1874-1953)

American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader

Austrian pianist

Arturo Toscanini

19/20th-century Italian conductor

Estonian composer of classical and religious music

Indian playback singer (born 1933)

Astor Piazzolla

Argentine composer, bandoneon player and arranger (1921–1992)

Aventura (band)

American musical group; bachata band

Swedish DJ and music producer (1989–2018)

Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

Malaysian actor and singer

Ayinde Barrister

Nigerian musician (1948-2010)

Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Japanese kawaii metal band

Backstreet Boys

American boy band

Russian hip hop group

South Korean singer

Chinese actor and singer (1921-1999)

Chinese actress and singer

English pop group

Persian musician

Barbara Strozzi

Italian baroque singer and composer

Barbra Streisand

American singer, actress, and filmmaker

American singer and songwriter (born 1943)

American singer-songwriter

Bay City Rollers

Scottish pop rock band

American hip hop group (1979–2012)

Bedřich Smetana

19th-century Czech composer

Music group formed in 1958

Hungarian composer (1881–1945)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973)

Beniamino Gigli

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader

American jazz musician

Bernard Herrmann

American composer

Bernardo De Pace

Vaudeville performer

American music executive and record producer (born 1929)

American blues singer

Jazz singer, songwriter

American librettist, songwriter, actress (1917-2006)

American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1981)

Big Bill Broonzy

American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist

BigBang (South Korean band)

South Korean boyband

American punk rock band

American jazz pianist

Rock and roll music pioneer

American bluegrass musician, songwriter

American audio engineer, producer, and studio designer

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949)

American R&B musician

Billy Strayhorn

American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

Swedish dramatic soprano (1918–2005)

Bix Beiderbecke

American jazz musician

Icelandic musician

Black Eyed Peas

American hip hop group from California

Black Flag (band)

American hardcore punk band

English rock band

South Korean girl group

Blind Lemon Jefferson

American blues singer and guitarist

American rock band

American rock band

Blue Öyster Cult

American hard rock band

English rock band

American R&B musician

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist (1945–1981)

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Jamaican reggae band

American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader

Bobbejaan Schoepen

Belgian musician

American singer, songwriter and actor

Bohuslav Martinů

American rock band

Euro-Caribbean vocal group

American musician

Irish musician and activist (born 1960)

Boogie Down Productions

American hip-hop group

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

American rock band

Boudewijn de Groot

Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1944)

American vocal group

South African pop singer (1964–2004)

American singer (born 1944)

British musician (born 1948)

British personal manager and impresario

Brian Ferneyhough

British composer

American musician (1942–2025)

Bring Me the Horizon

British rock band

American singer (born 1981)

Bruce Springsteen

American rock musician (born 1949)

American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Hawaii

Canadian guitarist

South Korean boy band

Buckwheat Zydeco

American accordionist

American pianist and composer

American cornetist and jazz pioneer

American rock and roll singer (1936–1959)

Jazz drummer and bandleader

Buffy Sainte-Marie

American musician (born 1941)

Buhurizade Mustafa Itri

Ottoman composer

Jamaican musician

Bulat Okudzhava

Soviet writer and singer (1924-1997)

Jamaican roots reggae musician

American pianist, composer and music producer

Japanese musical group; rock duo

Cuban double bassist and composer

Brazilian composer, singer

Chinese singer, dancer, rapper, and songwriter

Calle 13 (band)

Puerto Rican band

Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer

Camarón de la Isla

Spanish flamenco singer

Camille Saint-Saëns

French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

Captain Beefheart

American musician (1941–2010)

American rapper (born 1992)

Austrian composer, teacher and pianist (1791–1857)

Carl Maria von Weber

German Romantic composer (1786–1826)

Carl Michael Bellman

18th-century Swedish poet, songwriter, composer and performer

Danish composer (1865–1931)

German composer

American rockabilly musician

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer (1714–1788)

Italian prince, 1566–1613, known for his compositions and for killing his wife and her lover

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

Carlos do Carmo

Portuguese singer

Argentinian singer, songwriter, actor and tango artist

German-born Austrian conductor

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1985)

American singer-songwriter, musician and author

Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star

American singer-songwriter

Carrie Underwood

American country music singer

Traditional American folk music group

Brazilian composer

British singer-songwriter

American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)

Cecilia Bartoli

Italian opera singer

Canadian singer (born 1968)

Turkish rock singer and songwriter (1945–2004)

Russian composer and army officer

Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)

Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean musician

American singer and songwriter

Charles Aznavour

French-Armenian singer and songwriter

French composer (1818-1893)

American composer

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader

Charles Santley

English opera singer

French singer-songwriter

American Delta blues musician

American musician

Charlie Christian

American swing and jazz guitarist

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Argentinian musician

Algerian musician

American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer

Chevalier de Saint-Georges

French classical musician, conductor and composer

American rock band from Chicago

Chiquinha Gonzaga

Brazilian musician and composer (1847-1935)

American singer, songwriter, and dancer from Virginia

German mezzo-soprano

Christina Aguilar

Christina Aguilera

American singer and songwriter (born 1980)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Opera composer (1714–1787)

Christy Essien-Igbokwe

Nigerian actress and singer

Indonesian singer and songwriter

American singer and dancer (born 1941)

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

Irish folk band

German musician and composer

Clarence Wijewardena

Sri Lankan singer and musician (1943–1996)

French classical composer (1862–1918)

Claude François

French singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)

Italian conductor (1933–2014)

Chilean pianist

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer, string player, choirmaster and priest (1567-1643)

British pop singer, musician, and actor

American jazz musician

Clifton Chenier

American Zydeco accordion player and singer

American record producer and music executive (born 1932)

Clyde McPhatter

American singer (1932–1972)

Australian rock band

British rock band

American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

Colonel Tom Parker

Dutch musical entrepreneur and manager of Elvis Presley

Comedian Harmonists

German close harmony ensemble

Cosmas of Maiuma

Bishop and hymnographer

American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer

1960s British rock supergroup

Creedence Clearwater Revival

American rock band (1959-1972)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

American and British folk rock supergroup

South Korean musical group; punk band

Chinese singer-songwriter (born 1961)

Curtis Mayfield

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American singer, songwriter, actress and activist

Thai musical group

Puerto Rican singer

French electronic music duo

Daihachi Oguchi

Japanese musician

Italian-French singer and actress (1933–1987)

Palestinian hip-hop group

American recording artist

American musician (born 1974)

Daniel Barenboim

Argentine-born pianist and conductor (born 1942)

Swedish businessman (born 1983)

Daniel O'Donnell

Daniel Owino Misiani

Tanzanian musician

Daniela Mercury

Brazilian singer-songwriter

American composer (born 1953)

French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)

Russian musician

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)

American klezmer musician

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

American actor and musician (1950–2017)

Canadian record producer and songwriter (born 1949)

French DJ and record producer

Soviet violinist (1908–1974)

American Christian rap band

American hardcore punk band

Canadian music producer and DJ (born 1981)

American singer, actor (1917–1995)

Death (metal band)

American death metal band

Debbie Friedman

Jewish American musician

English rock band

British rock band

American country musician (1899–1982)

Delia Derbyshire

English musician and composer of electronic music

Australian singer-songwriter

American singer (born 1992)

Virtuoso horn player

English electronic band

Destiny's Child

American musical group

Indonesian rock band

American jazz tenor saxophonist

Diamond Platnumz

Tanzanian singer, dancer, philanthropist and businessman

American singer and actress (born 1944)

American songwriter, musician, and record producer

Indonesian singer/songwriter

Dieterich Buxtehude

Danish-German organist and composer (1637–1707)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor (1925–2012)

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

Dimash Qudaibergen

American singer and actress (1916–1994)

Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

Romanian pianist and composer (1917–1950)

American singer, actress and TV show host

British rock band (1977–1995)

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter

Ivorian musician, singer and record producer

Django Reinhardt

Romani-French jazz musician (1910–1953)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975)

American country musician (born 1946)

Domenico Modugno

Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer (1685–1757)

American singer (1948–2012)

Scottish musician (born 1946)

American beatboxer, rapper and producer

American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur from California

Drake (musician)

Canadian rapper (born 1986)

South Korean hip hop group

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

English pop rock band

Dusty Springfield

English singer and record producer

Ghanaian musicians

American rock band (formed 1971)

American jazz pianist

American musician

Earth, Wind & Fire

American rapper (1964–1995)

English singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor

American rock and roll pioneer (1938–1960)

French composer

Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer (born 1980)

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

English composer

Electric Light Orchestra

English rock band

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

American composer

American singer-songwriter

British musician and songwriter (born 1947)

American jazz drummer

Elvira de Hidalgo

Spanish operatic soprano and pedagogue

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

Brazilian musician

American rapper (born 1972)

American singer, songwriter and musician

Ennio Morricone

Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)

Italian opera tenor (1873–1921)

Enrique Granados

Spanish pianist and composer

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer (born 1975)

Irish singer (born 1961)

Philippine rock band

Eric B. & Rakim

American hip hop duo

English musician (born 1945)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth

French composer and pianist (1866–1925)

Ernest Tomlinson

English composer

Eros Ramazzotti

Italian musician and singer-songwriter

American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress from Texas

English composer and suffragette

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress

American singer

Eusèbe Jaojoby

Composer and singer from Madagascar

American rock band

Scottish percussionist

Swedish author, artist, composer and singer

Polish singer, actress

Scottish singer

Exile (Japanese band)

Japanese boy band

South Korean–Chinese boy group

South Korean girl group

Fabrizio De André

Italian singer-songwriter

Fairport Convention

British folk rock group

Lebanese singer

Falco (musician)

Austrian musician (1958–1998)

American pop punk rock band

American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer

Faramarz Payvar

Iranian composer and santurist

Pakistani classical and ghazal singer

Bangladeshi singer

Italian castrato singer (1705–1782)

American R&B musician

American jazz pianist and composer

Faustina Bordoni

Opera singer (1697-1781)

Thai girl group

Nigerian musician and activist

Nigerian classical musician and composer

Felipe Pinglo Alva

Felix Mendelssohn

19th-century German composer, pianist, organist and conductor

Feodor Chaliapin

Russian opera singer

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

Japanese rock band (1987-)

British-American rock band

Fletcher Henderson

American jazz pianist and bandleader

American rock band

Foreigner (band)

American/British rock band

Francesco Landini

Late medieval Italian composer

Francis Magalona

Filipino rapper

Francis Poulenc

French composer and pianist (1899-1963)

Francisco Tárrega

Spanish composer and classical guitarist (1852-1909)

Italian operatic tenor (1921-2003)

Congolese lingala musician (1938-1989)

François Couperin

French composer (1688–1733)

Françoise Hardy

French singer-songwriter

François-Joseph Naderman

French composer (1781-1835)

American singer (born 1987)

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

American musician

Frankie Knuckles

American DJ, record producer and remixerDJ, record producer & remixer

Austro-Hungarian composer

Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886)

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

German film composer (1906–1967)

British record producer

Freddie Aguilar

Filipino musician (1953–2025)

Freddie Mercury

British rock musician (1946–1991)

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

Friedrich Kalkbrenner

German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849)

Austrian violinist, composer

Fritz Wunderlich

German opera singer

American punk band

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and actor

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer

American country singer (born 1962)

Danish rock band (1969-1978)

Spanish guitarist and composer

Indian actress and singer

American actor and singer

American musician

English rock band

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Indigenous Australian musician

Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

George Frideric Handel

18th-century German, later British, Baroque composer

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

George Harrison

English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)

American country musician (1931–2013)

English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician

English singer-songwriter (1963–2016)

American country music singer (born 1952)

Classical conductor and composer (1897–1970)

George W. Johnson (singer)

American singer

French composer

Georges Delerue

French composer (1925–1992)

Geraldine Farrar

American opera singer and actress

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

Gheorghe Zamfir

Romanian pan flute musician

Giacomo Meyerbeer

German-born opera composer (1791–1864)

Giacomo Puccini

Italian opera composer (1858–1924)

Gian Carlo Menotti

Italian-American composer and librettist

Gilbert and Sullivan

Victorian-era theatrical partnership

Brazilian recording artist (born 1942)

Gilda (Argentine singer)

Argentine singer and songwriter (1961–1996)

Gilles Binchois

Franco-Flemish composer

Gioachino Rossini

19th-century Italian opera composer

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer (born 1940)

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Italian composer

Giovanni Battista Rubini

Italian opera singer

Giovanni Bottesini

Italian composer, conductor, and double bass player

Giovanni Gabrieli

Italian composer (c1554/1557-1612)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Italian Renaissance composer

Girls' Generation

South Korean girl group

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Italian composer (1583–1643)

Italian opera singer 1811-69

Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692–1770)

Italian opera composer (1813–1901)

Gladys Knight & the Pips

American R&B/soul band

American guitarist

Canadian pianist (1932–1982)

American band leader, arranger and composer (1904–1944)

Cuban singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

British DJ and producer (born 1965)

Chinese actress and singer

Iranian singer and actress

Goran Bregović

Bosnian musician and composer

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)

British virtual band

Gorky Park (band)

Jamaican singer, actress and model

American singer-songwriter

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

American hip-hop group

American rock band

American rock band

Gregor Piatigorsky

Russian-born American cellist

Jamaican reggae musician

Grigory Sokolov

Russian pianist

Serbian hip hop artist

Guillaume de Machaut

Medieval French poet and composer

Guillaume Du Fay

Composer of the Renaissance (1397–1474)

Indian film producer

American hard rock band

English composer (1874–1934)

Austrian composer (1860–1911)

György Cziffra

Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer (1921-1994)

Hungarian composer (1923–2006)

South Korean boy band

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and music producer

Slovak singer and actress

American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer

German opera singer

Hans von Bülow

German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)

German film composer (born 1957)

Happy End (band)

Japanese folk rock band (1969-1972)

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Indian flautist

American composer of popular music

Harrison Birtwistle

British composer (born 1934)

Harry Belafonte

American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor

American composer

American-Canadian rock band

French composer

Puerto Rican salsa singer

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704)

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Brazilian composer

American singer

American film composer

English composer

Henryk Górecki

Polish composer (1933–2010)

Henryk Wieniawski

Polish violinist and composer

Herbert Grönemeyer

German singer, musician and actor

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality

Japanese singer and actress

Japanese-American singer-songwriter and producer

American violinist

Hildegard of Bingen

Medieval saint, prophet, mystic and Doctor of the Church

Australian hip-hop group

Alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California

American jazz pianist and composer

American blues artist

South African musician and composer (1939–2018)

Austrian composer (1860–1903)

Tanzanian traditional African musician (1940-2003)

French hip hop band

Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)

Frozen water in a cubic shape

American musician and actor

Ichirō Fujiyama

Japanese singer and composer

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Polish pianist and former prime minister

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer and pianist (1882–1971)

Ike & Tina Turner

American musical duo

American musician (1931–2007)

English musician and producer (born 1977)

Indochine (band)

French rock and new wave band

Australian rock band (1977–2012)

American lyricist (1896–1983)

Irakli Charkviani

Georgian musician

English heavy metal band

American songwriter (1888–1989)

Spanish composer (1860–1909)

American violinist

English hymnwriter, theologian and logician

Korean-born German composer (1917-1995)

Indonesian composer of patriotic songs

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Hawaiian musician and singer (1959–1997)

Israeli-American violinist

IU (entertainer)

South Korean singer and actress (born 1993)

Welsh composer and actor (1893–1951)

Puerto Rican singer

Colombian reggaeton singer

British band leader and impresario

African-American soul singer-songwriter and performer

Hong Kong singer and actor (born 1961)

Italian composer and singer

Jacqueline du Pré

British cellist (1945-1987)

Belgian singer-songwriter

Jacques Offenbach

German-French composer, cellist and impresario

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

French composer and flautist (1673-1763)

Indian Ghazal singer

American musician

American composer and conductor

English DJ and record producer (born 1989)

American bassist

James P. Johnson

American pianist and composer (1894-1955)

James Reese Europe

American jazz musician and US Army officer (1881–1919)

James Scott (composer)

American ragtime composer

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress

American singer-songwriter

Russian-American violinist (1901–1987)

Mexican singer (1931–1966)

Taiwanese singer, songwriter and musician (born 1979)

American rapper, songwriter, record executive, and businessman from New York

Finnish composer (1865–1957)

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer

Jean-Philippe Rameau

18th century French composer

Jean-Pierre Rampal

French flutist (1922–2000)

English rock guitarist

American musician (1966–1997)

Jefferson Airplane

American rock band

Jelly Roll Morton

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer

American singer, songwriter and actress

American singer and actress (born 1969)

19th-century Swedish classical singer

American composer

American composer

Jerry Goldsmith

American composer and lyricist

Jerry Lee Lewis

American singer and pianist

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

American songwriting and record producing duo

American singer-songwriter, poet, actor and director

American guitarist (1942–1970)

American country singer

Jamaican musician, singer and actor

American jazz musician and band leader (February 1904–1957)

English guitarist (born 1944)

Jimmy Smith (musician)

American jazz organist

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

Singaporean singer

American musician

American singer and guitarist (born 1958)

Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano

Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova

English musician

Irish entertainer and singer

Japanese composer and musician

American guitarist

Johann Christian Fischer

German composer and oboist

Johann Jakob Froberger

German composer and keyboardist

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837)

Johann Pachelbel

German composer and organist (1653–1706)

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

Czech composer and violinist

Johann Strauss I

Austrian composer

Johann Strauss II

Austrian composer

Johannes Brahms

German composer and pianist (1833–1897)

Johannes Ockeghem

Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer

John Adams (composer)

American composer

John Barry (composer)

British composer and conductor (1933–2011)

English rock musician

American avant-garde composer

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

John D. Burgess

Eminent Scottish bagpipe player

American singer (1943–1997)

English composer (1563–1626)

English composer (1390–1453)

John Eliot Gardiner

English conductor

Australian singer (born 1949)

John Koukouzeles

Byzantine composer; saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church

John Lee Hooker

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

English musician and member of the Beatles (1940–1980)

John Philip Sousa

American conductor and composer (1854–1932)

American DJ and music producer (born 1994)

American composer and conductor (born 1932)

John Williamson (singer)

Australian singer-songwriter (born 1945)

American country singer (1932–2003)

Johnny Hallyday

American alto saxophonist (1907–1970)

Johnny Kitagawa

Japanese talent manager (1931–2019)

Retired American Jazz and Pop singer (born 1935)

Australian singer (1935-1978)

Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress

German opera singer

Jonathan Larson

American composer, lyricist and playwright (1960–1996)

Canadian and American singer-songwriter (born 1943)

Mexican actor and singer

Portuguese poet, composer and singer

José Alfredo Jiménez

Mexican singer and songwriter (1926–1973)

Mexican singer and actor

Belarusian musician

Austrian composer (1732-1809)

Soviet and Russian singer

Joseph Lamb (composer)

American composer of ragtime music

Joseph the Hymnographer

Eastern Orthodox hymnographer

Josquin des Prez

Composer of the Renaissance (c. 1450–1521)

American rock band

English rock band

Kenyan gengetone artist

Mexican recording artist; singer and songwriter

Gay heavy metal band

French composer (1842–1912)

English classical guitarist and lutenist

Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943)

American-Pakistani rock band

Jussi Björling

Canadian singer (born 1994)

Justin Timberlake

American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1981)

K. P. H. Notoprojo

Indonesian musician

Finnish composer (1952–2023)

American songwriting team

American rapper and producer (born 1977)

Austrian conductor (1894–1981)

Karlheinz Stockhausen

German composer

Karol Lipiński

Polish musician

Karol Szymanowski

Polish composer

Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer

English singer-songwriter

American singer

American singer (born 1984)

Kaya (Mauritian musician)

Mauritian musician (1960-1999)

Japanese composer and marimba player

American contemporary Christian musician and songwriter

American pianist and composer (born 1945)

British songwriter, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from California

American saxophonist from Washington

American country singer and songwriter (1938–2020)

Khaled (musician)

Algerian singer-songwriter and raï musician

South Korean singer-songwriter (born 1968)

South Korean musician

English progressive rock band

American jazz cornet player and bandleader

King Sunny Adé

Musician and first African Pop Musician to gain International success, and has been called one of the Most Influential Musicians of all time. He is from Ondo State

Jamaican electronics and sound engineer

Soviet rock band

New Zealand opera singer

Kirsten Flagstad

Norwegian operatic singer

Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)

American rock band (1973–2023)

Japanese musician and composer

American country music singer

Indonesian musical group

Japanese composer (born 1961)

Brazilian YouTuber

American nu metal band

German electronic music band

Kris Kristofferson

American country music singer, songwriter, musician, Rhodes scholar, and film actor

Malaysian musical group

Krystian Zimerman

Polish classical pianist

Krzysztof Penderecki

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

American alternative rock musician

German composer

American rapper

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

Japanese singer and actor (1941–1985)

American avant-garde composer

La Niña de los Peines

Spanish flamenco singer (cantaora)

American all female singing group

American singer and songwriter (born 1986)

Tanzanian musician and songwriter

Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1969)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

South African male a capella ensemble

Fijian singer known as the Queen of Vude (born 1960)

Bengali poet, composer and Baul saint

American singer-songwriter (born 1985)

Chinese pianist

Belgian-Canadian singer

Japanese rock band

American musician

Lata Mangeshkar

Italian singer (born 1974)

Laurent Garnier

French DJ and record producer

Lauritz Melchior

Danish opera singer

American singer

Le Grand Kallé

Was a Congolese singer and bandleader, considered the father of modern Congolese music.

American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)

English rock band (1968–1980)

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Jamaican reggae producer

South Korean singer (born 1941)

South Korean business executive and record producer

Lela Tsurtsumia

Georgian pop singer and actress (born 1969)

American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer

American rock musician (born 1964)

French composer (1836–1891)

Hong Kong singer and actor

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Soviet singer (1895–1982)

French 12th-century composer associated with polyphony in Notre Dame

American soprano (born 1927)

German composer

Leopold Stokowski

British conductor and orchestra director

Leoš Janáček

Czech composer (1854–1928)

Lerner and Loewe

20th-century American songwriting team

American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015)

Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)

Chinese musician (1891-1967)

American pianist, singer, actor (1919–1987)

Lidia Ruslanova

Russian and Soviet singer (1900-1973)

American rapper, actress and model from New York

American rapper from Louisiana

Mexican American singer-songwriter

Bulgarian singer

American singer (born 1946)

American rock band

Lin-Manuel Miranda

American songwriter, actor, and librettist (born 1980)

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor

American singer, songwriter, musician and television personality.

British musician

American singer, pianist, and songwriter (1932–2020)

Chinese musician

American rapper and actor (born 1968)

Spanish actress, dancer and singer (1923–1995)

British skiffle singer (1931–2002)

Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)

Trinbagonian calypsonian (1922–2000)

New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)

American singer-songwriter

American musician

Louis Armstrong

American jazz trumpeter and singer

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader

Lourdes Van-Dúnem

Angolan musician

American composer; leading figure in American church music

Italian composer (1925–2003)

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

Ludovico Einaudi

Italian pianist and composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770–1827)

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist

Luigi Cherubini

Italian composer

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Argentine musician, singer, composer artist and poet

Puerto Rican singer (born 1978)

Brazilian recording artist, songwriter, singer

Luther Vandross

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American guitarist and singer

American rock band

Swiss singer (1924-2018)

M.I.A. (rapper)

English rapper, singer, record producer and activist

African-American singer

Latin jazz musician

American singer and actress (born 1958)

Mahalia Jackson

American gospel singer

South African mbaqanga singer

Moroccan Gnawa musician

Mahotella Queens

South African female band

Majrooh Sultanpuri

Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist

Malcolm McLaren

English fashion designer and music manager (1946–2010)

Master djembefola

Italian singer-songwriter (1954–2014)

Manitas de Plata

Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)

Manos Hatzidakis

Greek composer, pianist and conductor (1925-1994)

Anglo-Italian conductor, composer, and entertainer (1905–1980)

Manuel Chrysaphes

Byzantine composer

Manuel de Falla

Spanish composer (1876–1946)

American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer from New York

American-born Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)

Spanish opera singer (1808–1836)

Romanian singer and actress

María Teresa Vera

American singer (born 1969)

Marian Anderson

African-American contralto

Marilyn Manson (band)

American rock band

American tenor and actor

American Singer and Actress

American pop rock band

Martha Argerich

Argentine/Swiss pianist

American R&B and soul singer (1939–1984)

Marvin Hamlisch

American composer and conductor (1944–2012)

American singer-songwriter from New York, Queen of Hip-Hop Soul

Mary Lou Williams

American pianist

English trip hop group

Mathilde Marchesi

German mezzo-soprano

Mattia Battistini

Italian opera singer

French composer (1875–1937)

Swedish record producer and songwriter

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films, as well as a conductor

May Aufderheide

American composer of ragtime music (1888–1972)

Norwegian black metal band

American hip hop artist

Hip hop artist, actor, author, activist

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American thrash metal band

Pakistani artist

Peking opera artist

20th-century Peking opera artist

Puerto Rican boy band

Argentine singer (1935-2009)

American singer-songwriter (1937–2016)

Japanese noise project

American heavy metal band

Italian singer (1947–1995)

American singer-songwriter

Michael Jackson

American singer (1958–2009)

Michael Kelly (tenor)

Irish tenor and composer

Michael W. Smith

American musician and songwriter

Japanese musician

Michiya Mihashi

Japanese singer (1930-1996)

English musician (born 1943)

Australian alternative rock band

Russian composer

Mikis Theodorakis

Greek composer (1925–2021)

Hungarian-American composer (1907–1995)

American jazz musician

American singer and actress (born 1992)

American composer

19th and 20th-century Russian composer, pianist, and conductor

Chinese erhu player

Mina (Italian singer)

Mireille Mathieu

South African singer and civil rights activist

American violinist

American horror punk band

American rapper (born 1971)

Japanese-British pianist, conductor (1948-)

American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and animal rights activist

German pop music duo

Modest Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839–1881)

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

Iranian musician; tar and setar player

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

Iranian singer and musician 1940–2020

Mohammed Abdel Wahab

Egyptian singer, actor and composer (1902–1991)

Indian playback singer (1924–1980)

Momoe Yamaguchi

Japanese singer and actress (1959-)

Momoiro Clover Z

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)

All-female music group in North Korea

Japanese girl group

Morogoro Jazz Band

British singer (born 1959)

American composer (1926–1987)

American heavy metal band

English rock band (1975–2015)

Japanese rock band (1989 - )

Mstislav Rostropovich

Russian-American cellist and conductor (1927–2007)

Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev

Tajikistani musician

American blues singer and guitarist (1913-1983)

Mukesh (singer)

Indian playback singer

American pianist and conductor

Muslim Magomayev (musician)

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

Muthiah Bhagavatar

Indian musician

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Composer of Carnatic Music

Müzeyyen Senar

Turkish musician

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

My Bloody Valentine (band)

Irish alternative rock band

My Chemical Romance

American rock band

Canadian-born French recording artist;

Belarusian rock band

American hip hop group

Nadia Boulanger

French musician and teacher

Naftule Brandwein

American klezmer musician

Japanese singer (born 1977)

Lebanese singer (born 1983)

Nepalese singer

American rapper, record executive, and entrepreneur from New York

American singer and jazz pianist

Nathan Milstein

American musician (1902–1992)

Indian composer

Nazia and Zoheb

Pakistani pop duo

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

American musician

Canadian and American musician (born 1945)

Australian opera singer

American rapper from Missouri

German singer (born 1960)

Neutral Milk Hotel

American indie rock band

New Kids on the Block

American boy band

American rock band

Nexhmije Pagarusha

Niccolò Paganini

Italian violinist and composer

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Australian rock band

British singer-songwriter (1948–1974)

Canadian rock band

Trinidadian rapper (born 1982)

Nicolas Chédeville

French composer and musette maker (1705–1782)

Finnish symphonic metal band

Indonesian singer, actress and model (1975-1995)

Nikhil Banerjee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer (1844–1908)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Austrian conductor (1929-2016)

American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist

Nine Inch Nails

American industrial rock band

Spanish flamenco guitarist (1904 - 1972)

American rock band

Indonesian band

Japanese music composer

French rock band

Pakistani singer and actress

American boy band

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali

Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician

English rock band

American singer (1930–2008)

Israeli singer (1957–2000)

British composer and conductor

Oliver Mtukudzi

Zimbabwean musician

Olivia Newton-John

British and Australian singer and actress (1948–2022)

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist

English-Irish boy band

Japanese girl band

Original Dixieland Jass Band

American jazz band

Orlando di Lasso

Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)

Orlando Gibbons

English composer, virginalist and organist (1583—1625)

Ornette Coleman

American jazz musician and composer (1930–2015)

Canadian jazz pianist, bandleader, composer

American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)

German conductor and composer

Ottorino Respighi

Italian composer, musicologist and conductor

American hip hop duo

Moldovan pop music trio

English musician and TV personality (born 1948)

Catalan cellist and conductor (1876–1973)

Pablo de Sarasate

Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)

Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician

Pancho Vladigerov

Bulgarian musician (1899-1978)

American heavy metal band

American rock band

South Korean singer and producer

Parliament-Funkadelic

American funk music collective

American jazz guitarist and composer

Patnam Subramania Iyer

Indian composer (1845–1902)

American country music singer

American country-pop singer (1927–2013)

American musician and artist (born 1946)

Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor

German composer (1895–1963)

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

British record producer and trance music DJ

French musician

American jazz musician and radio personality

Paulina Álvarez

Mexican singer, actress (1971–)

American rock band

Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards (1908-1976)

Perfume (Japanese band)

Japanese music group

Pērkons (band)

Latvian rock band

12th century French composer

American singer, actor, television personality

English synth-pop duo

American singer and social activist

English musician

English musician

Peter Maxwell Davies

English composer and conductor (1934-2016)

Peter Sculthorpe

Australian composer (1929–2014)

Peter, Paul and Mary

American folk music group popular in the 1960s

British actress and singer

English musician (born 1951)

American singer and songwriter (1940–1976)

American record producer, songwriter and convicted murderer

American musician (1914-1992)

American composer (born 1937)

Philipp Kirkorov

Russian pop singer

Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein

Burmese pop singer (born 1981)

French composer, conductor, writer and pianist

French music conductor (1875–1964)

Pierre Schaeffer

French musicologist

American singer and songwriter (born 1979)

English rock band

Pink Lady (duo)

Japanese pop duo (1976–)

American alternative rock band

Brazilian composer

Plácido Domingo

Spanish opera singer and conductor

American glam metal band

Prince (musician)

American musician (1958–2016)

Protein-glutamate O-methyltransferase

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South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer

American hip hop group

Pumpuang Duangjan

Thai female singer

Music composer, Hindu saint

Russian punk-rock collective based in Moscow

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

British rock band

American musician and actress

American record producer (1933–2024)

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American rock band

Brazilian hip hop group

English rock band

Romanian pianist

Indian composer (1903-1981)

Malaysian music group

Rain (entertainer)

South Korean singer and actor

Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer (1892-1960)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

20th-century English composer

German metal band

American punk rock band (1974–1996)

Raphael (singer)

Spanish recording artist; singer and actor

Indian musician and sitar player

American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

American rock band

Red Velvet (group)

South Korean girl group

Régine Crespin

Regine Velasquez

Filipino singer and actor

Italian opera singer

American soprano

Indonesian Singer

Guatemalan singer (born 1964)

Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals

Richard Strauss

Romantic and modern German composer and conductor

German composer (1813–1883)

British singer and songwriter

American musician (1948–2004)

American music producer

Puerto Rican singer

American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor

Barbadian singer (born 1988)

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

20th-century American singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Robbie Williams

British singer and entertainer

American blues musician (1911–1938)

American songwriter of musicals

Robert Schumann

19th-century German composer

Roberto Carlos (singer)

Brazilian singer-songwriter

Spanish singer and actress

British singer-songwriter (born 1945)

Rodgers and Hammerstein

20th-century American songwriting team

Rodrigo (musician)

Argentine singer (1973–2000)

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

Romanos the Melodist

Greek hymnographer

Ronnie James Dio

American singer-songwriter and composer (1942-2010)

Ros Serey Sothea

Cambodian singer

American operatic soprano

English art rock band formed in 1970

American country music singer and fiddler

American multi-instrumentalist musician

American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)

Panamanian singer, actor, politician and activist

Bohemian-born American pianist (1903–1991)

American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer (1857–1919)

American hip-hop group

Canadian rock band

Highlife and palm wine guitarist and singer

South Korean girl group

Taiwanese girl group

Pakistani musical band

American hip hop trio

American soul and R&B duo

American singer-songwriter, civil-rights activist and entrepreneur

Hong Kong musician and actor

American businessman

Iranian-British musician (born 1980)

American composer (1910–1981)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

English composer and conductor

Sandro de América

Argentine singer and actor

American band led by Carlos Santana

Spanish actress and singer (1928–2013)

Filipino singer and actress (born 1988)

American jazz singer and pianist (1924–1990)

Mongolian singer

Egyptian musician

Scorpions (band)

German rock band

American composer and pianist (1868–1917)

American rapper and producer (born 1969)

Jamaican dancehall musician (born 1973)

American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (1971–1995)

American actress and singer (born 1992)

Seo Taiji and Boys

South Korean boy band

Brazilian heavy metal band

Serge Gainsbourg

French musician and actor

Serge Koussevitzky

Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1874-1951)

Sergei Lemeshev

Soviet opera singer and director (1902-1977)

Sergei Prokofiev

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1891–1953)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor

Sergiu Celibidache

Romanian conductor (1912–1996)

Severina (singer)

Croatian singer

English punk rock band

Turkish music phenomenon, pop singer, songwriter, and producer

Iranian singer, musician and tenor

Uzbekistani actor-singer

Colombian singer-songwriter (born 1977)

Canadian musician

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy

Indian musical trio

Shin Joong-hyun

South Korean rock guitarist and singer-songwriter

South Korean boy band

Welsh singer from Cardiff

Shlomo Carlebach

American rabbi and musician (1925–1994)

Indian singer (born 1983)

American jazz musician

Silvana Armenulić

Bosnia and Herzegovina singer

Simon & Garfunkel

American folk music duo

English reality television judge, television producer and music executive (born 1959)

British conductor (born 1955)

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira

Brazilian singer

Cambodian musician (1932–c. 1976)

Siouxsie and the Banshees

British rock band

Armenian singer

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

Siti binti Saad

Tanzanian singer (1880-1950)

Malaysian singer-songwriter (born 1979)

British rapper and record producer (born 1982)

American record producer, DJ, musician, singer and songwriter

American thrash metal band

English-American rapper and record producer (born 1965)

Australian country music singer

Sly and the Family Stone

American funk and soul band

Japanese idol group (1988-2016)

Greek musical trio

American rapper (born 1971)

Argentine rock band

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

Sơn Tùng M-TP

Vietnamese singer

Alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Indian playback singer (born 1973)

Bangladeshi rock band

Southern All Stars

Japanese rock band

English girl group formed in 1994

American rock band

Singaporean singer-songwriter (born 1978)

Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist

American composer and songwriter (1826–1864)

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer (b1948)

Stephen Sondheim

American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)

Steppenwolf (band)

Canadian-American rock group

American composer (born 1936)

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Steven Curtis Chapman

American Christian music singer-songwriter

American singer and songwriter

Stevie Ray Vaughan

American blues guitarist (1954–1990)

American musician and record producer

Sting (musician)

English musician (born 1951)

Belgian singer-songwriter, rapper and producer

Sudirman (singer)

Malaysian singer and songwriter

American music executive and convicted felon

American jazz composer and bandleader

South Korean boy band

Indian actress and playback singer (1929–2004)

Suraphol Sombatcharoen

Sviatoslav Richter

Soviet pianist (1915–1997)

Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma

Maharajah of Travancore

Indian musician

Sylvia Robinson

American singer and record producer

English rock band

Russian music duo

Tabu Ley Rochereau

Congolese singer and songwriter

British pop group

American rock band

American country music singer

Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey

Turkish musician

Tangerine Dream

German electronic music group

16th century Hindustani classical musician and composer

Tapio Rautavaara

Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor

Tarkan (singer)

Turkish singer-songwriter

Tatsuro Yamashita

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

American jazz pianist

French pop rock band

Taiwanese Hakka musician

Czech opera singer

Taiwanese singer (1953–1995)

American composer and performing musician

Mexican singer and actress (born 1971)

Vietnamese singer

The Allman Brothers Band

American rock band

The Andrews Sisters

American close harmony singing group

Canadian-American rock band

American rock band

English rock band (1960–1970)

The Boswell Sisters

Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age

American rock band

American vocal duo (1965–1983)

Irish folk band

American female singing quartet

English punk rock band

English rock band

American rock band

Irish folk band

Australian rock band

The Everly Brothers

American rock and roll band

The Four Seasons (band)

American rock band formed in 1978

American pop music family group

American rock band

American rock band

English rock band

The Mamas & the Papas

Canadian-American folk rock vocal group

American rhythm and blues or soul vocal group

American rock and pop band

The Notorious B.I.G.

American rapper from New York

Irish punk band founded in London in 1982

English rock band

British rock band

English electronic dance music group

The Righteous Brothers

American singing duo

The Rolling Stones

English rock band

American singing group

The Smashing Pumpkins

American alternative rock band

English rock band (1982–1987)

Japanese punk rock band (1980-1993)

American punk rock band

The Sugarhill Gang

American hip hop group

American Motown female singing group

American doo wop group

The Temptations

American rhythm and blues group

The Tragically Hip

Canadian rock band

The Velvet Underground

American rock band

Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1990)

The White Stripes

American rock duo (1997–2011)

English rock band

Australian children's music group

English blues and psychedelic rock band

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)

Irish hard rock band

British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)

Zimbabwean musician

English composer, organist and editor

English Renaissance composer

Thongchai McIntyre

Thai singer (born 1958)

American hip-hop group

Throbbing Gristle

Tilahun Gessesse

Ethiopian singer

English lyricist and author (born 1944)

American record producer (born 1972)

American-born Swiss singer (1939–2023)

Tiny Tim (musician)

American singer and ukulele player

Italian opera singer

American Latin jazz and mambo musician (1923–2000)

Operatic baritone

American girl group

Tom Jones (singer)

American musician

American singer-songwriter and actor

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)

Tomaso Albinoni

Italian composer (1671–1751)

American musician

Tony Allen (musician)

Nigerian drummer

American singer

American metal band

Toots and the Maytals

Jamaican ska/rocksteady band

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician and harmonica player

Tōru Takemitsu

Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory

Macedonian singer-songwriter

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master

Townes Van Zandt

American singer-songwriter

Trịnh Công Sơn

Nigerian musician

American rapper (1971–1996)

Turgun Alimatov

Uzbek classic music and shashmaqam virtuoso and composer

Turlough O'Carolan

Irish composer and musician (1670–1738)

South Korean pop group

South Korean girl group

Composer in Carnatic classical music

Irish rock band

Egyptian singer-songwriter, actress (1899–1975)

Uncle Dave Macon

American musician

South Korean composer of classical music

Usher (musician)

American singer, songwriter, dancer, businessman, and actor from Georgia

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

Hungarian actress, singer

American pianist (1934–2013)

American hard rock/heavy metal band

Northern Irish musician (born 1945)

Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music

American rapper

Vargas de Tecalitlán

Mexican folk ensemble of mariachi music created in 1897 by Gaspar Vargas

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Greek songwriter and bouzouki player

Velvel Pasternak

Canadian musicologist

English singer and actress

Vicente Fernández

Mexican actor and singer of Ranchera music

Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist

Victoria de los Ángeles

Catalan/Spanish opera singer

Iranian singer (1929-2003)

Vikingarna (band)

Swedish musical group; dansband

American disco group

Vincenzo Bellini

Italian opera composer (1801–1835)

Vincenzo Galilei

Italian lutenist, composer and music theorist

Chilean musician and folklorist (1917-1967)

American composer and critic (1896–1989)

Vital Signs (band)

Vitas (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia

Vladimir Horowitz

Russian-American classical pianist and composer (1903-1989)

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor

Jamaican dancehall deejay (born 1976)

Vytautas Kernagis

Lithuanian musician

American blues composer and musician

W. D. Amaradeva

Sri Lankan vocalist

American singer, songwriter, and musician

Wanda Landowska

Polish harpsichordist and pianist (1879–1959)

Waylon Jennings

20th-century American country music singer, songwriter, and musician

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Mozambican singer

American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress (1963–2012)

Wiley (musician)

Wilhelm Backhaus

Wilhelm Furtwängler

German conductor and composer

German pianist and composer

William Billings

American choral composer

English Renaissance composer

William Primrose

Scottish violist (1904-1982)

English composer (1902–1983)

American country singer (born 1933)

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913–1994)

Nigerian singer (born 1990)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer (1756–1791)

South Korean girl group

American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)

Chinese singer (1922–2009)

American rap group

Wynton Marsalis

American jazz musician and educator

Japanese rock band

Tanzanian hip hop musical group

American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)

South Korean music producer and singer

Yanka Dyagileva

Greek musician, keyboardist, and composer

Chinese singer (1922-2019)

Yasushi Akimoto

Japanese producer, lyricist

Yatsuhashi Kengyo

Japanese musician and composer

American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)

English progressive rock band

Yevgeny Mravinsky

Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue (1903–1988)

American lyricist (1896–1981)

Peruvian-American soprano

Yo Yo Honey Singh

Indian musician (born 1983)

Japanese composer, arranger, music producer

Yossele Rosenblatt

Ukrainian-born chazzan (cantor)

Australian musical group

Senegalese politician and singer-songwriter

Chinese-American cellist

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Indian tabla player and composer (1951–2024)

Zero Degree Atoll

Maldivian musical group

Chinese actress and singer (1920-1957)

Zucchero Fornaciari

Italian singer and songwriter