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singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition, although this role has transmuted thr ...
s who write, compose, and perform their own musical material. The list is divided into two sections to differentiate between artists categorized as singer-songwriters and others who do not fall under the definition associated with the genre: * Traditional singer-songwriters * Others who both write songs and sing


Traditional singer-songwriters

This list enumerates people who record and perform in the traditional
singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition, although this role has transmuted thr ...
approach. These performers write their own material, accompany themselves on
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
or
keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...
s, usually perform solo or with limited and understated accompaniment, and are known as much for their songwriting skills as for their performance abilities. This list includes both living and deceased singer-songwriters.


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Lisandro Abadie Lisandro Abadie (born 28 July 1974) is an Argentine bass-baritone. He studied in Switzerland, initially in Basel at the Schola Cantorum (music diploma in 2001) and subsequently at the Music School of Lucerne University, graduating with a solo-sin ...
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Miguel Abuelo Miguel Angel Peralta, (March 21, 1946 – March 26, 1988) known by his artistic name Miguel Abuelo, was an Argentine rock musician and singer. Early days A native of Munro, in the Greater Buenos Aires industrial belt, Miguel Peralta was one of ...
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Carlos Acuña Carlos Acuña (November 4, 1915 – February 19, 1999) was an Argentina, Argentine Tango music, Tango singer and composer. As a vocalist, he was best known for his performance of ''La Calesita'' ("The Merry-Go-Round"); and as a composer, for ''Un ...
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Oscar Alemán Oscar Marcelo Alemán (20 February 1909 – 14 October 1980) was an Argentine jazz multi instrumentalist, guitarist, singer, and dancer. Career Alemán was born in Machagai, Chaco Province, in northern Argentina. He was the fourth child of seve ...
* Marcelo Álvarez * Benjamin Amadeo *
Mike Amigorena Ricardo Luis Amigorena (born May 30, 1972 in Maipú, Mendoza Province, Argentina), better known as Mike Amigorena is an Argentine actor. Biography He was born in Maipú, Mendoza Province to a Basque Argentine father and an Italian Argentine m ...
* Lisandro Aristimuño *
Federico Aubele Federico Aubele is an Argentine singer-songwriter whose music blends a variety of genres and styles. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Aubele started playing music at age 12. He moved to Berlin in 2002, where he lived for several years. After su ...
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Pedro Aznar Pedro Aznar (born 23 July 1959) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a musical experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is well known for giving rock songs a jazz-orient ...
* Bahiano *
Juan Carlos Baglietto Juan Carlos Baglietto (; born June 14, 1956, in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine musician, singer and composer. He is one of the iconic figures of the musical movement called ''Trova Rosarina'', a famous generation of singers and composers ...
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Abel Balbo Abel Eduardo Balbo (; born 1 June 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Estudiantes de La Plata. Balbo played for various clubs in Argentina and Italy during the course o ...
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Adrián Barilari Adrián Eduardo Barilari (born November 11, 1959) is an Argentine singer best known as the vocalist of the heavy metal and hard rock band Rata Blanca.(10 June 2013)Vocalista de Rata Blanca felicitó a su imitador de "Yo Soy" ''El Comercio''(26 Jan ...
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Claudio Basso Claudio Basso is an Argentine singer born in Cipolletti, Río Negro on August 6, 1977. He was the winner of the first edition of the Argentine version of ''Star Academy'' reality show, named after the Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items fr ...
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Alfredo Belusi Alfredo Belusi (born Alfredo Belluschi, Los Quirquinchos, Santa Fe, 10 January 1925 - Buenos Aires, 1 January 2001) was an Argentine tango musician. His works at José Basso's and Osvaldo Pugliese Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (Buenos Aires, Decem ...
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Patricio Borghetti Juan Patricio Borghetti Imérito (; born December 5, 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor and singer. Life At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, which was called "Sur" ("South"). He later worked as a model and appea ...
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Germán Burgos Germán Adrián Ramón Burgos (; born 16 April 1969), nicknamed El Mono Burgos (), is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a manager. During his 15-year senior career, he played for Ferro Carril Oes ...
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Manuel Buzón Manuel Buzón (December 18, 1904 – July 14, 1954) was a tango pianist, singer, leader and composer. Buzón was born in Las Flores district of Buenos Aires, to Spanish immigrants Manuel and Dolores Moreno. He was a performer from an early ...
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Facundo Cabral Facundo Cabral (birth name Rodolfo Enrique Cabral Camiñas) (May 22, 1937 – July 9, 2011) was an Argentine singer, songwriter and philosopher. He was best known as the composer of ''"No soy de aquí ni soy de allá"'' ("I'm not from here no ...
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Jorge Cafrune Jorge Antonio Cafrune ( Perico Del Carmen, Jujuy, August 8, 1937 – Buenos Aires, February 1, 1978) was one of the most popular Argentine folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging researcher, compilator, and diffuser of the nati ...
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Andrés Calamaro Andrés Calamaro (Andrés Calamaro Massel, August 22, 1961) is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential rock artists in Spanish. He is also one of the most complete artist ...
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Carlos Casella Carlos Casella is an Argentinean actor, dancer, choreographer and singer. Biography Carlos Casella began his artistic career as a leading voice at White Model musical group. In 1988 he began his work as a dancer and choreographer with Ana Fre ...
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Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo, ...
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Tito Climent Tito Climent (1917–1988) was an Argentine singer and film actor.Sammons p.124 Selected filmography * '' The Intruder'' (1939) * '' Seven Women'' (1944) * ''White Horse Inn'' (1948) * ''Rhythm, Salt and Pepper Rhythm, Salt and Pepper (Spanis ...
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Alberto Cortez Alberto Cortez (born José Alberto García Gallo; 11 March 1940 – 4 April 2019) was an Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife Renée Govaerts lived in Madrid. Career Cortez was born at 8:00 AM (11:00 GMT) on Monday, 11 March 19 ...
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Sandro de América Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (August 19, 1945 – January 4, 2010), better known by his stage names Sandro or Sandro de América, was an Argentine singer and actor. He is considered a pioneer of Argentine rock for being one of the first rock artists ...
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Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...
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León Gieco Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, pseudonym, better known as León Gieco (born on November 20, 1951 in Cañada Rosquín, Argentina) is an Argentine folk rock performer, Music composer, composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular Folklore, ...
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Gilda ''Gilda'' is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth in her signature role and Glenn Ford. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis's wardrobe fo ...
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Horacio Guarany Eraclio Catalin Rodríguez Cereijo, better known as Horacio Guarany (May 15, 1925 – January 13, 2017), was one of the main Argentine folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that ...
* Gloria Guzmán *
Víctor Heredia Víctor Heredia (born 24 January 1947, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine singer songwriter. Biography He was born in the neighborhood of Monserrat, in the city of Buenos Aires, though he grew up in Paso del Rey, a city in the Moreno area of Gre ...
* Alejandro Lerner *
Luisana Lopilato Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born 18 May 1987) is an Argentine actress, model and former singer. She was a member of the pop-rock band Erreway from 2002 to 2004. Early life Lopilato was born to Eduardo Lopilato and Beatriz de la To ...
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Valeria Lynch María Cristina Lancelotti (January 7, 1952 in Buenos Aires), better known by her stage name Valeria Lynch, is an Argentine singer and actress. Named by the New York Times as one of the 5 best voices on the planet. Biography Valeria Lynch was b ...
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Juanita Martínez Juanita Martínez (10 May 1925 – 12 May 2001) was an Argentine vedette, who starred in revue shows. She also worked as a film, television and theater actress. She was the wife of actor Jose "Pepe" Marrone and often performed with him. Bio ...
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Emilia Mernes María Emilia Mernes Rueda (born October 29, 1996) known as Emilia Mernes or Emilia is an Argentine singer-songwriter, model, actress, and author. She became known for being part of the band Rombai. In 2019 signed with label Sony Music Latin an ...
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Sandra Mihanovich Sandra Mihanovich (born April 24, 1957) is an Argentina, Argentine singer, musician, and composer of Rock (music), Rock, Blues, and Tango music, Tango rhythms. Biography She was born in the Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta neighbourhood of Buen ...
* Amelia Mirel *
Ricardo Mollo Ricardo Mollo (born August 17, 1957) is an Argentine musician, producer, singer and composer of Argentinian rock. Career Mollo became known in the 1980s as the guitarist of Sumo, with whom he released four studio albums until 1987, when the voc ...
* Lely Morel *
Marcela Morelo Marcela Morelo (born Marcela Morello on 13 December 1969) is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums, which all earned either Record certification, Gold or Record certification, Platinum record. M ...
* Adrián Otero *
Fito Páez Rodolfo Páez Ávalos, popularly known as Fito Páez (; born 13 March 1963), is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, singer-songwriter and film director. Biography Early career Paez was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province; ...
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Soledad Pastorutti Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti (born October 12, 1980, in Arequito, Santa Fe, Arequito, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe) is an Argentine Folk music, folk singer, who brought the Music of Argentina#Folclore, genre to the younger generations at the end ...
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Luciano Pereyra Luciano Ariel Pereyra (born September 21, 1981) is an Argentine singer. Biography In 1984, when he was three years old, his parents noticed his talent for music and gave him a guitar for Christmas. The following year, he competed in a televis ...
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Abel Pintos Abel Pintos (born in Bahía Blanca, on May 11, 1984), is an Argentine singer-songwriter. He started his solo career at the age of 13 with his album ''Para cantar he nacido'' (I Was Born To Sing), supported financially by León Gieco. After the re ...
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Luciana Salazar Luciana Salazar (born 7 November 1980) is an Argentine model, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Biography Modeling Salazar started her career as a model at the age of four, when she shot her first television commercial. As a teenager, she b ...
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Noel Schajris Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez (born July 19, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Mexican singer, songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer and ...
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Patricia Sosa Patricia Sosa (born January 23, 1956) is an Argentine singer and actress. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Patricia Sosa began her career in 1975, with the cover band Nomady Soul. She created the rock band La Torre with her husband Oscar Mediavi ...
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Luis Alberto Spinetta Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and poet. One of the most influential Rock music, rock musicians of Argentina, he is regarded ...
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Martina Stoessel Martina Stoessel Muzlera (; born 21 March 1997), known professionally as Tini (stylised in all caps), is an Argentine singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and model. She began her career by appearing on the Argentine children's television series ...
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Tanguito José Alberto Iglesias (September 16, 1944 – May 19, 1972), better known as Tango or its diminutive Tanguito or Ramses VII, was an Argentine rock singer-songwriter. Born into a working-class family from western Greater Buenos Aires, he began ...
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María Elena Walsh María Elena Walsh (1 February 1930 – 10 January 2011) was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. Her work includes many of the most popular children's boo ...
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Atahualpa Yupanqui Atahualpa Yupanqui (; born Héctor Roberto Chavero Aramburu; 31 January 1908 – 23 May 1992) was an Argentine singer, songwriter, guitarist, and writer. He is considered the most important Argentine folk musician of the 20th century. Biography ...
* Miguel Zavaleta


Australia

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Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
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Jimmy Barnes James Dixon "Jimmy" Barnes (née Swan; born 28 April 1956) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular and best-s ...
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Sarah Blasko Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976), known professionally as Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. From April 2002, Blasko developed her solo career after fronting Sydney-based band, Acqui ...
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Eric Bogle Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is a Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25, to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of ...
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Daryl Braithwaite Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including t ...
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Rose Bygrave Roslyn Louise Bygrave (born 1955) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Life and career Roslyn Louise Bygrave grew up in the small town of Willaura in the Western District of Victoria and later attended secondary school and art school in Ballar ...
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Kev Carmody Kevin Daniel Carmody (born 1946), better known by his stage name Kev Carmody, is an Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter and musician, a Murri man from northern Queensland. He is best known for the song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", ...
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Cletis Carr Cletis Carr (born August 4, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. Carr was a founder of the Pacific Northwest 1970s new wave music band Sneakers, before embarking on a solo career between forming other bands suc ...
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Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ca ...
* Ned Collette *
Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985), also known mononymously as Ricki-Lee, is a New Zealand-born Australian singer, songwriter, television, and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, grew up on the Gold Coast, Que ...
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Paul Dempsey Paul Anthony Dempsey (born 25 May 1976) is an Australian musician. He is best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal lyricist of rock group Something for Kate. Dempsey released his debut solo album, '' Everything Is True'', on 20 Au ...
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Johnny Diesel Mark Denis Lizotte (born 31 May 1966) is an American-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who has released material under the name Diesel, Johnny Diesel, as leader of band Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, and as a solo performer, as we ...
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Joe Dolce Joseph Dolce (born October 13, 1947) (, originally ) is an American-Italian singer/songwriter, poet and essayist. Dolce achieved international recognition with his multi-million-selling song, "Shaddap You Face", released worldwide under the n ...
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Slim Dusty Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 – 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, ...
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Bernard Fanning Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989. Born and raised in Toowong, Brisbane, Fanning received ...
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John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...
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Bobby Flynn Robert Andrew "Bobby" Flynn (born 22 January 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In the fourth season of the singing competition ''Australian Idol'', he placed seventh. With his band, The Omega Three, he made a nationwide tour through ...
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Robert Forster Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in ''Medium Cool'' (1969), Captain Dan Holland in ''The Black Hole'' (1979), Abdul Rafai in ''The Delta Force'' (1986), ...
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Tim Freedman Timothy James Freedman (25 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993. Note: n-lineversion was expanded from the 2002 edition. The song ...
* Corinne Gibbons *
Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born November 9, 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Goodrem signed to Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive week ...
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Darren Hayes Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden until their disbandment. Their 1997 album ''Savage Garden (Savage Garden album), Savage Garden'' peaked a ...
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Missy Higgins Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983), known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are ''The Sound of White'' (2004), ''On a Clear Night'' (2007) and ''The Ol ...
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Jarryd James Jarryd James Klapper (born December 1984, in Brisbane) is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer who performs as Jarryd James. He released his debut single "Do You Remember" on 30 January 2015, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARI ...
* Paul Kelly *
Ben Lee Benjamin Michael Lee (born 11 September 1978) is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but he focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appe ...
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Dean Lewis Dean Lewis Grant Loaney (born 21 October 1987) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 2016 single "Waves", which was certified 7× platinum in Australia in 2019, and his 2018 single " Be Alright", which reached number ...
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Lior Lior Attar, better known simply as Lior, is an independent Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. He is best known for his 2005 debut studio album ''Autumn Flow'' and for the song "Hoot's Lullaby". Early life and education Lior was bo ...
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Alex Lloyd Alex Lloyd (born 19 November 1974) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Four of his albums, ''Black the Sun'', '' Watching Angels Mend'', '' Distant Light'' and '' Alex Lloyd'', released between 1999 and 2005, made the top ten on the ARIA chart ...
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Robyn Loau Robyn Loau (; born 20 October 1972) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. From 1991 to 1994, she was lead singer of pop group Girlfriend, Note: n-lineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expa ...
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Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subseq ...
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David McComb David Richard McComb (17 February 19622 February 1999) was an Australian musician. He was the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the Australian bands, The Triffids (1976–89) and The Blackeyed Susans (1989–93). He also had a solo career incl ...
* Hugh McDonald *
Andrea McEwan Andrea McEwan (born 9 October 1978) is an Australian actress, singer, musician and songwriter. Career After attending MacRobertson Girls' High School in Melbourne, McEwan started acting, appearing in several television series including ''Ocean G ...
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Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February 19586 May 2006) was an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. He co-founded the Go-Betweens with Robert Forster in Brisbane in 1977. In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens (1977–89, ...
* Lisa Miller *
Kate Miller-Heidke Kate Melina Miller-Heidke (; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the ...
* Tim Minchin *
Lisa Mitchell Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season o ...
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Benjamin Grant Mitchell Benjamin Grant Mitchell, generally known as Ben Mitchell, is a singer-songwriter, writer, and actor from Melbourne, Australia. Music Mitchell has independently released three albums: The Stars Can See (2006), Chance To Love (2015) and Summer L ...
* Pete Murray *
Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...
* Kevin Parker *
Paulini Pauline Curuenavuli (born 15 October 1982), known professionally as Paulini, is a Fijian-Australian singer and songwriter. Born in Suva, Paulini moved to Sydney with her family at the age of four. She rose to fame in 2003 as a contestant on the ...
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Josh Pyke Joshua Jon Pyke (born 18 December 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter, producer, musician and children's book author. Biography Josh Pyke is a prolific songwriter, with a successful and critically acclaimed career both domestically and ove ...
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James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl. Biography Early years Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Ro ...
* Tim Rogers *
Xavier Rudd Xavier Rudd (born 29 May 1978) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigen ...
* Saritah *
Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...
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Mark Seymour Mark Jeremy Seymour (born 26 July 1956) is an Australian musician and vocalist. He was the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors from 1981 until 1998. Seymour has carved a solo career, releasing his debut solo album in ...
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Sia Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she rel ...
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Troye Sivan Troye Sivan Mellet ( ; born 5 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber. After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with EMI Australia in 2013 and released his thi ...
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Rob Swire Robert Swire-Thompson (born 5 November 1982) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ, best known as the founder and vocalist of the drum and bass and electronic rock band Pendulum (drum and bass band), Pendulum, a ...
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Billy Thorpe William Richard Thorpe AM (29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007) was an English-born Australian singer-songwriter, and record producer. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with "Blue Day", " Poison Iv ...
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Holly Throsby Holly Sarah Throsby (born 28 December 1978) is an Australian musician and novelist. As a solo artist Throsby has issued six albums. She was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Female Artist in 2006 for '' Under the Town''; and in the same cate ...
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Megan Washington Megan Alexanda Washington (born 7 January 1986) is an Australian musician and songwriter who has worked mononymously as Washington. Originally performing jazz music, her style shifted to indie pop and alternative rock. She has released three ...
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Darlene Zschech Darlene Joyce Zschech (; née Steinhardt on 8 September 1965) is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. Described as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, she ...


Austria

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Wolfgang Ambros Wolfgang Ambros is an Austrian singer-songwriter. He is one of the most important contemporary Austrian musicians and is considered to be one of the founders of Austropop. Life 1952–1970 Wolfgang Ambros was born in the Semmelweiskli ...
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Peter Cornelius Carl August Peter Cornelius (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. Life He was born in Mainz to Carl Joseph Gerhard (1793–1843) and Friederike (1789–1867) Cornelius, actors i ...
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Georg Danzer Georg Franz Danzer (7 October 1946, in Vienna – 21 June 2007, in Asperhofen, Lower Austria) was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop (most famous are his comic songs "Jö schau" (about a str ...
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Rainhard Fendrich Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich (born 27 February 1955) is an Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the most successful Austropop musicians, and his songs are written in Viennese German. He is very popular in Austria, but less ...
* Sissy Handler *
André Heller Franz André Heller (; born 22 March 1947 as Francis Charles Georges Jean André Heller-Hueart) is an Austrian artist, author, poet, singer, songwriter and actor. Biography Heller was born in Vienna into a wealthy Jewish family of sweets manufac ...
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Michael Heltau Michael Heltau (born 5 July 1933) is a German actor and singer. He was born in Ingolstadt, Germany, and now lives in Austria. Selected filmography * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954) * ''The Last Man'' (1955) * ''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) ...
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Udo Jürgens Udo Jürgens (born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann; 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close ...
* Anja Plaschg * Willi Resetarits


Barbados

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Alison Hinds Alison Amanda Hinds (born 1 June 1970) is a British-born Bajan soca artist based in Barbados. She is one of the most popular soca singers in the world. Biography Alison Hinds was born in London on 1 June 1970 and grew up in Plaistow.Batey, A ...
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Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the ...
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Rupee Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, B ...
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Shontelle Shontelle Layne (born 4 October 1985), known mononymously as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album ''Shontelligence'' in 2008. Her second album, '' No Gravity'', was released in 2010. Her singles "T-Shirt" ...


Belgium

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Sarah Bettens Sam Bettens (born in 1972) is a Belgian musician and the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. In May 2019, he came out as a transgender man. Career K's Choice In the mid-1990s, Bettens formed the band K's Choice with his brother Ger ...
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Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (, ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, l ...
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Ozark Henry Piet Goddaer (born 29 April 1970 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian musician, better known by his stage name Ozark Henry. , he has released nine studio albums under the name Ozark Henry. In 2001, he released the album ''To All Our Escapes'' under the nam ...
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Lara Fabian Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021Broadway World (2017)"Lara Fabian annule finalement sa tourn ...
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Flip Kowlier Flip Kowlier (pseudonym of Filip Willy Mariette Cauwelier, born 15 March 1976 in Izegem, West Flanders) is a Belgian singer-songwriter. He sings in a distinct West Flemish West Flemish (''West-Vlams'' or ''West-Vloams'' or ''Vlaemsch'' (in ...
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Milow Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck (; born 14 July 1981), known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, ''The Bigger Picture'', in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that ...
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Selah Sue Selah Sue (born Sanne Greet A. Putseys,Wensink, Herien (2009)A Flemish singer with a Jamaican soul, NRC, 21 August 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2010 3 May 1989) is a Belgian musician and songwriter. Her debut album, ''Selah Sue'' (2011), was a maj ...
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Stromae Paul van Haver (; born 12 March 1985), better known by his stage name Stromae (), is a Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. He is mostly known for his music blending hip hop and electronic music. Stromae came to wide public attenti ...


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Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. Early life Monteno's father Osvaldo was an Italian from Monfalcone. During World War ...


Brazil

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Jorge Ben Jor Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben (). His characteristic style fuses samba, ...
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Maria Bethânia Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (; born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performa ...
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Fernanda Brum Fernanda Brum Costa da Cruz Pinheiro (born 19 December 1976) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and writer. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, she grew up in Irajá, a middle-class neighborhood in the north. Fernanda ...
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Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...
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Alice Caymmi Alice Caymmi (born Alice Malaguti Caymmi on March 17, 1990) is a Brazilian singer and composer. She is the granddaughter of Dorival Caymmi, daughter of Danilo and Simone Caymmi and niece of Nana and Dori Caymmi. Career Before opting for a mus ...
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Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his care ...
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Ludmila Ferber Ludmila Múrias Ferber Lino (8 August 1965 – 26 January 2022) was a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and writer. Life and career The singer is the descendant of Russian Jews, Spanish and Portuguese. She became evangeli ...
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Paula Fernandes Paula Fernandes de Souza (; born August 28, 1984, in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and arranger. In 2011 she was one of the most searched people on Google Brazil. She won a Latin Grammy Awards for her album ''Ama ...
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Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration ...
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João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was o ...
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Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...
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Tom Jobim Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...
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Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright ...
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Zé Ramalho Zé Ramalho (born José Ramalho Neto on October 3, 1949 – Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and Alce ...
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Sandra de Sá Sandra Cristina Frederico de Sá (born August 27, 1955) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Sandra was born in the Pilares neighborhood, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of Jurema and Nonô de Sá. Sandra's maternal grandfathe ...
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Luan Santana Luan Rafael Domingos Santana (; born 13 March 1991) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. His first live album was a bestseller throughout 2010, selling over 100,000 copies. Early life Santana was born on March 13, 1991, in Campo Grande (MS). He fi ...
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Nívea Soares Nívea da Costa Pinto Soares (born 25 July 1976) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor, writer and television presenter. Biography Nívea Soares was born in a Christian home, and since childhood has always been involved wi ...
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Juliano Son Juliano Son (born 11 February 1974) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, missionary and worship pastor. He is the leader of the ministry Livres Para Adorar. Life and career Juliano Son is descendant of Korean immigrants who came to Br ...
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Ana Paula Valadão Ana Paula Machado Valadão Bessa (born May 16, 1976) is a Brazilian Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and pastor. She is the leader of the contemporary praise band Diante do Trono, which has sold more than 15 million worship albums glo ...
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André Valadão André Machado Valadão (born 16 April 1978) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and television presenter. Biography He was part of the successful band Diante do Trono, led by his sister Ana Paula Valadão, starting in ...
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Mariana Valadão Mariana Machado Valadão (born 3 July 1984) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and television presenter. Biography Mariana Valadão is the daughter of Pastor Márcio Valadão and Renata Valadão, pastors and founders o ...
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Caetano Veloso Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encomp ...
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Xuxa Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin American children's e ...
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Anitta Anitta may refer to: * Anitta (king), Hittite king *Anitta (singer) Larissa de Macedo Machado (born March 30, 1993), known professionally as Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and television host. She is regarded as one of biggest Brazi ...
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Daniela Mercury Daniela Mercury (born Daniela Mercuri de Almeida on July 28, 1965) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress and television host. In her solo career, Mercury has sold over 20 million records worldwide and had 24 Top 10 single ...


Cambodia

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Pan Ron Pen Ran ( km, ប៉ែន រ៉ន, ), (c. 1944 – c. 1979) also commonly known as Pan Ron in some Romanized sources intended for English-speaking audiences, was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of her popularity in th ...
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Ros Serey Sothea Ros Serey Sothea ( km, រស់ សេរីសុទ្ធា/ ; c. 1948 – c. 1977) was a Cambodian singer. She was active during the final years of the First Kingdom of Cambodia and into the Khmer Republic period. She sang in a variety of ...
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Sinn Sisamouth Sinn Sisamouth; (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artist ...


Canada


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Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
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Susan Aglukark Susan Aglukark, (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ ''suusan agluukkaq''), (born 27 January 1967) is a Canadian singer whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting has made her a major recording s ...
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Paul Anka Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including " Diana", " Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby". Anka also ...
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Jann Arden Jann Arden (born Jann Arden Anne Richards; March 27, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is famous for her signature ballads, "Could I Be Your Girl" and "Insensitive (song), Insensitive", which is her biggest hit to date. Ea ...
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Tenille Arts Tenille Jade Dakota Arts (born April 19, 1994) is a Canadian country music singer from Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She released a self-titled extended play and her debut studio album '' Rebel Child'' with 19th & Grand Records before signing a joint ...
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Tal Bachman Talmage Charles Robert Bachman (born August 13, 1970) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1999 hit, " She's So High", a pop rock tune from his self-titled 1999 album that led to a BMI award. Musical career 1 ...
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Victoria Banks Victoria Wenonah Banks (born February 8, 1973) is a Nashville-based Canadian singer and songwriter. Her self-produced debut CD ''When You Can Fly'' was released on the On Ramp/ EMI Canada label in April 2009. The CD earned Banks a 2010 Canadian ...
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Jill Barber Jill Barber (born February 6, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk-pop genre, she has performed vocal jazz and pop music on her more recent albums.Daniel Bélanger Daniel Bélanger (born December 26, 1961) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music is eclectic, inspired by alternative rock, folk and electronic music, sometimes humorous, sometimes wistful. Biography In middle 1983, he founded the band Hu ...
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Willie P. Bennett William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (26 October 1951 – 15 February 2008) was a Canadian folk music, folk-music singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and mandolinist. Bennett was part of the 1970s folk music scene in Canada, and wrote and recorded ...
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Moe Berg Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major leagues, ...
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Art Bergmann Arthur Frank Bergmann (born February 8, 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have ...
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Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...
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Bif Naked Beth Torbert is a Canadian singer best known by her stage name Bif Naked. Between 1996 and 2016, she was among the top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. Early life and education Bif Naked was born in New Delhi, India, to teenage parents a ...
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David Bradstreet David Bradstreet (born London, England) is a Canadian-based musician. He spent his childhood in Oakville, Ontario and began his music career in the late 1960s. He is best known for his song "Renaissance" ("Let’s Dance That Old Dance Once More") ...
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Dean Brody Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards. Originally signed to Broken Bow Records in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single "Brothers". This song, a Top ...
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Jim Bryson Jim Bryson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Briefly a founding member of the band Punchbuggy, he moved to a musical life under his own name with the release of his debut album, ''The Occasionals'', in 2000. A member of singer-songwriter Kath ...
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Michael Bublé Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songboo ...
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Meryn Cadell Meryn Cadell is an American-Canadian writer and performance artist. He is an assistant professor of song lyrics and libretto writing in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia. Cadell is a transgender man who transitioned ...
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Alessia Cara Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (), is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, to Italian Canadian parents, she began posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploadi ...
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Andrew Cash Andrew Cash (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and former politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of Davenport from 2011 to 2015. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Cash grew ...
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Tom Cochrane Thomas William Cochrane ( ; born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian musician best known as the frontman for the rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music ...
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Bruce Cockburn Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to jazz-influenced rock and his lyrics cover a broad range of topics including human rights, environmental issues, po ...
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Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...
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Holly Cole Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963) is a Canadian jazz singer and actress. For many years she performed with her group The Holly Cole Trio. Background Cole was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her father, Leon Cole, was a noted radio broadcaster ...
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Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was bo ...
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Stompin' Tom Connors Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has rele ...
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Rose Cousins A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be e ...
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Allison Crowe Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, whose home is Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. History Crowe began performing professionally in 1 ...
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Rick Danko Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During ...
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Mac Demarco MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut ''Rock and Roll Night C ...
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Melanie Doane Melanie Doane is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and music educator. Early years Daughter of J. Chalmers Doane, a music educator and member of the Order of Canada, Doane learned many instruments at a young age, including piano, bass gui ...
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Bonnie Dobson Bonnie Dobson (born November 13, 1940, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)"Bonnie Dobson"< ...
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Fefe Dobson Felicia Lily Dobson (born February 28, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she began performing as a teenager, during which time she received and refused an offer from Jive Records for a recording contract. Dobso ...
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Julie Doiron Julie Doiron (born June 28, 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage. She has been the bass guitarist and co-vocalist for the Canadian indie rock band Eric's Trip since its formation in 1990. She has released ten solo albums, beg ...
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Luke Doucet Luke Doucet (born June 9, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has written and performed as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal and the folk rock band Whitehorse. In 2006 and 2011, Doucet was nominated f ...
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Alan Doyle Alan Thomas Doyle (born May 17, 1969) is a Canadian musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of the Canadian folk rock band Great Big Sea. Life and career Alan Doyle was born and raised in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, in a Roman Cath ...
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Damhnait Doyle Damhnait Doyle (; born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003 ...
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Drake Drake may refer to: Animals * A male duck People and fictional characters * Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name * Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * ...
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Fred Eaglesmith Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. He is known for writing songs about vehicles, rural life, down-and-out characters, lost love and quirky rur ...
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Kathleen Edwards Kathleen Edwards (born July 11, 1978
) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2002 debut album, ''
Lara Fabian Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021Broadway World (2017)"Lara Fabian annule finalement sa tourn ...
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Stephen Fearing Stephen Fearing (born 1963) is a Canadian roots/folk singer-songwriter.
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Christine Fellows Christine Fellows (born 1968) is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. History Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before ...
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Ferron Ferron (born Deborah Foisy on 1 June 1952) is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and poet. In addition to gaining fame as one of Canada's most respected songwriters, Ferron, who is openly lesbian, became one of the earliest and most influential ...
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Jeremy Fisher Jeremy Fisher (born Jeremy Binns; December 15, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Fisher is based in Ottawa, Ontario, and was previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C., Montreal, Quebec, and in Seattle, Washington, US. Fisher's work is hea ...
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David Francey David Francey (born 1954) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. He is the recipient of three Juno Awards and three Canadian Folk Music Awards. Early life Francey was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. He immigrated to Canada with his family at age 12. ...
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Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado (; ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...
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Joel Gibb Joel Gibb (born 28 January 1977) is a Berlin-based Canadian artist and singer-songwriter who leads the "gay church folk" group The Hidden Cameras. He was born in Kincardine, Ontario. Career His first involvement with the music scene was as ed ...
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Christian Kit Goguen Christian Kit Goguen (born September 9, 1978) is an Acadian singer-songwriter/actor from Saint-Charles, New Brunswick. His work is mostly in French, but he also writes and sings in English. Winner of the 2003 Gala de la chanson de Caraquet for ...
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Matthew Good Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971) is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada during the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the ...
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Sebastien Grainger Sebastien Alexandre Grainger (born 11 April 1979) is a Canadian singer and musician, best known as drummer and singer of the alternative rock duo Death from Above and the singer and guitarist for his band Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains. H ...
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Jenn Grant Jenn Grant (born August 20, 1980) is a Canadian folk pop singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Career ''Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century'' She performed as a musician for a time in her early teens, but stopped due to a bo ...
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Jack Grunsky Jack Grunsky (born July 1, 1945) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Grunsky's musical career has spanned two continents. More than three decades of recording and touring have earned him a wide following from both adult and children's audiences. ...
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Emm Gryner Emm Gryner (born 8 June 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian-Filipino singer, songwriter, recording artist, and author. She has released 20 albums as a solo performer, and has collaborated with artists including David Bowie and Chris Hadfie ...
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Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...
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Sarah Harmer Sarah Harmer (born November 12, 1970) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and environmental activist. Early life Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sis ...
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Dan Hill Daniel Grafton Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting ...
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Veda Hille Veda Hille (born August 11, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and tenor guitar player from Vancouver, British Columbia. She writes songs about love and tragedy, as well as about topical British Columbia subjects.< ...
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Terry Jacks Terrence Ross Jacks (born March 29, 1944) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his 1974 hit song "Seasons in the Sun". Early life Terry Jacks was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His fam ...
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Colin James Colin James (born Colin James Munn, August 17, 1964) is a Canadian rock and blues singer and songwriter. Biography Early years James was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His grandpa was Serbian. He got his break opening for Stevie Ray V ...
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Carly Rae Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of ...
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Steve Jocz Steve Jocz (born 23 July 1981) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the former drummer for the Canadian rock band Sum 41. Early life Jocz formed Sum 41 in 1996 alongside Deryck Whibley. Jocz graduated from Exeter High S ...
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Brad Johner Brad Johner (born February 4, 1966) is a Canadian country music singer. Biography Brad Johner grew up in Saskatchewan playing music in his family band. When he was 16, Brad won a National Talent Contest during Country Music Week in Hamilton in ...
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Alexz Johnson Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian musician, actress, and philanthropist. Her debut album ''Voodoo'' was independently released with her brother Brendan Johnson in 2010, followed by the demo release of ''The Basem ...
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Sass Jordan Sass Jordan (c. 1962) is a British-born Canadian rock singer from Montreal, Quebec. Her first single, "Tell Somebody," from her debut album of the same name won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1989. Since then, she has been ...


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Connie Kaldor Connie Isabelle Kaldor, (born 9 May 1953) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of three Juno awards. Early life and education Kaldor was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. She graduated from Campbell Collegiate in Regina in 1972 ...
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James Keelaghan James Keelaghan (born October 28, 1959) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Keelaghan is now based in Perth, Ontario. Many of the lyrics in his songs display a concern about social problems and justice in society. E ...
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Chantal Kreviazuk Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk (; born May 18, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. Born in Winnipeg, she played music from a young age before signing with Columbia Records in the 1990s. Her debut studio album, ''Under These ...
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k.d. lang Kathryn Dawn Lang (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the s ...
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Plume Latraverse Plume Latraverse (born ''Michel Latraverse'' 11 May 1946) is a prolific singer, musician, songwriter and author from Quebec. At the end of the 1960s he formed a band named La Sainte Trinité with Pierrot le fou (Pierre Léger) and Pierre Landr ...
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Lisa Lavie Lisa Lavie (surname pronounced ''lah-'') is a Canadian singer and songwriter originally from LaSalle, Quebec, Canada. Background Lavie's early musical influences included her older brothers, hip hop dancer Michael and disk jockey Danny. At age ...
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Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne ( ; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. At age 16, she signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records. Her debut studio album, ''Let Go (Avril Lavigne album), Let Go'' (2002), is the ...
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Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie (; born Joseph-Hubert-Gérald Lavoie on March 17, 1949) is a Canadian singer–songwriter, actor, producer, poet, and radio host, known for his song " Ils s'aiment" and the role of Frollo in musical ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He rele ...
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Félix Leclerc Félix Leclerc, (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and '' Québécois'' political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was posth ...
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Jean Leloup Jean Leclerc (born May 14, 1961) is a French-speaking Quebecer, Québécois singer-songwriter and author from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. He is popularly known as Jean Leloup (which he likes to translate to John the Wolf), a s ...
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Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...
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Lights Light is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision. Light or Lights may also refer to: Illumination * Light bulb * Traffic light Arts and entertainment Music * Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-son ...
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Corb Lund Corb Lund is a Canadian country and western singer-songwriter from Taber, Alberta, Canada. He has released eleven albums, three of which are certified gold. Lund tours regularly in Canada, the United States and Australia, and has received several ...
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Tara MacLean Tara Margaret Charity MacLean (born October 25, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. Her hit songs as a solo artist include "Evidence", " If I Fall", and a cover of the Christmas song " Light of the Stable". She was a member of At ...
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Catherine MacLellan Catherine MacLellan is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, based in Prince Edward Island. Early life The daughter of Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan, MacLellan was born in Burlington, Ontario but raised in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. ...
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Dan Mangan Daniel Mangan (born April 28, 1983) is a Canadian musician. He has won two Juno awards and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Australia, having released 5 studio LPs and numerous EPs and singles. He has scored for featur ...
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Richard Manuel Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in The Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and ...
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Amanda Marshall Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian pop-rock singer. She has released three studio albums; the first was certified Diamond in Canada, with the latter two certified 3× Platinum and Platinum respectively. She is best known f ...
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Melissa McClelland Melissa McClelland (born 18 May 1979) is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto, Ontario. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and Americana. A writer ...
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Kate & Anna McGarrigle Kate McGarrigle (February 6, 1946 – January 18, 2010) and Anna McGarrigle (born December 4, 1944) were a duo of Canadian singer-songwriters (and sisters) from Quebec, who performed until Kate McGarrigle's death on January 18, 2010. Music ca ...
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Loreena McKennitt Loreena Isobel Irene McKennitt, (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences. McKennitt is known for her ...
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Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan Order of Canada, OC Order of British Columbia, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is ''Surfacing ( ...
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Holly McNarland Holly McNarland (born 23 October 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, who was most prominent in the 1990s.Mike Roberts, "Riding the buzz: Wonder gal McNarland not as dark as the songs". ''The Province'', 18 July 1995. Career Orig ...
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Shawn Mendes Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian pop singer. He gained a following in 2013, when he posted song covers on the video sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gert ...
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Lynn Miles Lynn may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lynn (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Lynn (surname) * The Lynns, a 1990s American country music duo consisting of twin sisters Peggy and Patsy Lynn * Lynn (v ...
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Amy Millan Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, '' Masters of the Burial'' ...
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Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
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Ruth Moody Ruth Moody is an Australian-born soprano singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys. Biography Moody grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with her parents, Charles and Marcelline, and three siblings, older broth ...
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Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...
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Jess Moskaluke Jessica Moskaluke (born June 4, 1990) is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, '' Light Up the Night'' in April 2014, which includes the platinum-certified single "Cheap Wine and Cigarettes". She has one #1 ...
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Emilie Mover Emilie Mover is a Canadian singer-songwriter who writes music in genres such as folk, jazz, and children's music. She has released a number of solo albums in diverse styles, and in 2013 her solo album ''The Stella and Sam Album'' won the Juno A ...
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Sierra Noble Sierra Dawn Sky Noble (born February 20, 1990) is a non-binary Canadian singer-songwriter, and fiddle player. Their first album was instrumental, they played a traditional fiddle and followed up with a vocal album in 2008. They have won numero ...
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Mary Margaret O'Hara Mary Margaret O'Hara is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress and composer. She is best known for the album ''Miss America'', released in 1988. She released two albums and an EP under her own name, and remains active as a live performer, as a con ...
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Old Man Luedecke Old Man Luedecke is the recording name of two-time Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player Chris Luedecke of Chester, Nova Scotia. He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award winner for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year ...
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Maren Ord Maren Whitney Ord (born February 28, 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music. Early life Ord was born and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, the eighth of ten children. She grew up in a musical family; her father was a professor ...
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Blair Packham The Jitters were a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1981 by Blair Packham, Danny Levy and Matthew Greenberg. Five years of constant performing established them as one of the premier club bands in the Greater Toronto Area. They c ...
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Chris Patrick Chris Patrick (born August 22, 1984) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was signed by the New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants com ...
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Carole Pope Carole Ann Pope (born 6 August 1950) is a British-born Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose provocative blend of hard-edged new wave rock with explicit homoerotic and BDSM-themed lyrics made her one of the first openly lesbian entertainers t ...
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Powfu Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu, is a Canadian singer and rapper. He is the son of Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. He amassed popularity following the release of his first charting single, "Death Bed (Coff ...
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Jan Randall Jan Randall is a Canadian composer, singer songwriter and professional musician. He has had an extensive career composing sound tracks, performing original songs, and improvising music for comedy theatre. He currently plays regularly with his ba ...
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Jimmy Rankin James Kevin Rankin (born May 28, 1964) is a Canadian country and folk artist. A member of The Rankin Family, Rankin has also released seven solo albums: ''Song Dog'' (2001), '' Handmade'' (2003), ''Edge of Day'' (2007), ''Forget About the World' ...
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Garnet Rogers Garnet Rogers (born May 1955) is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario with roots in Nova Scotia. He began his professional career working with his older brother, folk musician Stan Rogers, an ...
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Stan Rogers Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter. Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and th ...
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Louis Royer Louis Royer (1793–1868), also Lodewyk Royer, was a Flemish sculptor who worked in the Netherlands where he received many commissions from the royal family and for public statues. Life Apprenticeship He was born in Mechelen where he first studie ...
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Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these are ...
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Drew Seeley Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley (born April 30, 1982) is a Canadian actor, singer, songwriter and dancer. He has recorded many songs for the Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Ontario until he was about preteen age and then moved to Florida ...
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Lorraine Segato Lorraine P. Segato (born June 17, 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for and a principal songwriter of new wave and pop rock group The Parachute Club, with which she continues to pe ...
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Jay Semko John Peter "Jay" Semko is a singer/songwriter and bassist with Canadian band, The Northern Pikes. He is also a music composer for numerous film and television productions, most notably the successful Canadian television series ''Due South''. Semk ...
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Ron Sexsmith Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born January 8, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has ...
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Jane Siberry Jane Siberry ( ; ; born 12 October 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as " Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels". She performed the theme song to the television series ''Maniac Ma ...
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R. Dean Taylor Richard Dean Taylor (May 11, 1939 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian musician, most notable as a singer, songwriter, and record producer for Motown during the 1960s and 1970s. According to Jason Ankeny, Taylor was "one of the most underra ...
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Tegan and Sara Tegan and Sara () are a Canadian indie pop duo formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta. The band is led by identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin (born September 19, 1980). Both musicians are songwriters and multi-instrumental ...
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Tenille Townes Tenille Nicole Townes (born Nadkrynechny; January 20, 1994) is a Canadian country music singer from Grande Prairie, Alberta. In 2011, at the age of 17, she was nominated for a Canadian Country Music Award for Female Artist of the Year. Biograp ...
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Shania Twain Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( , ; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-s ...
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Ian Tyson Ian Dawson Tyson (September 25, 1933 – December 29, 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs, including "Four Strong Winds" and " Someday Soon", and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. Ear ...
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Sylvia Tyson Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) * Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter *Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive * Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer cre ...
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Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums. Wainwright is the daughter of musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III a ...
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Rufus Wainwright Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded 10 studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set ...
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The Weeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, Romance (love), ...
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David Wiffen David Wiffen (born 11 March 1942) is an English-Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards. Early life Wiffen was born in Redhill, Surrey, England.
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Hawksley Workman Hawksley Workman (Born Ryan Corrigan, March 4, 1975) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full-length albums throughout his career. A mul ...
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Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...
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Joel Zifkin Joel Zifkin (born April 14, 1954) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. His primary instrument is the electric violin and he is best known as a session musician and live performer. Career Zifkin has performed and/or recorded with the followi ...


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Beto Cuevas Luis Alberto Cuevas Olmedo (born September 12, 1967), better known as Beto Cuevas (), is a Chilean-Canadian singer, song writer, plastic artist, painter, and actor. He is the lead singer for the Chilean band La Ley. In 2008 he launched his solo ...
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Daniel Puente Encina Daniel Puente Encina (Santiago de Chile, 1965) is a Chilean singer-songwriter, guitarist, film composer, producer and actor known for his bands such as the anti-fascist ''Pinochet Boys'' from Santiago de Chile, ''Niños Con Bombas'' from Hamburg ...
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Gepe Daniel Alejandro Riveros Sepúlveda (born September 28, 1981), known as Gepe, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five solo albums in addition to one album as a member of the band Taller Dejao. He has been d ...
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Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, rang ...
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Javiera Mena Javiera Alejandra Mena Carrasco (born June 3, 1983) is a Chilean indie electropop musician living in Lavapiés, Madrid. She started her musical career in the Chilean indie music scene in 2001, and achieved wider success after the release of h ...
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Javiera Parra Javiera Cereceda Orrego (born 19 May 1968), better known as Javiera Parra, is a Chilean musician and singer born in Santiago. She is the lead singer of rock band '' Javiera y Los Imposibles''. A third generation member of Chile's Parra family, kno ...
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Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal an ...


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Alci Acosta Alci Acosta (born Alcibiades Alfonso Acosta Cervantes on 5 November 1938) is a Colombian bolero singer, pianist, and performer of Latin American music including pasillos, corridos, valses, and rancheras. Acosta is a highly successful artis ...
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Lucas Arnau Lucas Arnau (born May 16, 1979 in Medellín, Antioquia), is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Arnau's first album, "Un Poco Más" was produced by Jose Gaviria and Andres Munera in Miami, Florida and was released in Latin America in April 2004. ...
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J Balvin José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. He has been referred to as the " Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe del Reggaetón"), and is one of the best-sell ...
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Naty Botero Naty Botero (born Natalia Hernández Botero, February 10, 1980 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian model and singer. Born in Medellín, she moved to Bogotá at a young age and stayed there through high school. She has been recognized for her ...
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Alex Campos Édgar Alexánder Campos Mora, better known as Alex Campos, is a Colombian evangelical singer-songwriter. Campos has won three Latin Grammy Awards The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstandin ...
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Jorge Celedón Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician and singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre. In ...
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Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Cediel (born July 7, 1973) is a popular Colombian singer-songwriter. He was born in Bogotá, the youngest of five children. He displayed an inclination towards music from an early age, studying piano since the age of 5. He compose ...
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ChocQuibTown ChocQuibTown (sometimes written as Choc Quib Town) is a Colombian hip-hop group that fuses various musical genres. Although the band formed in Cali, the members are originally from the Colombian department of Chocó. The group consists of Carl ...
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Silvestre Dangond Silvestre Francisco Dangond Corrales (born May 12, 1980 in Urumita) is a Colombian singer. He attributes his talents to his father, the singer William José "El Palomo" Dangond Baquero, who during the mid-1970s recorded 10 singles with Andrés ...
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Margarita Rosa de Francisco Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as Margarita Rosa and La Mencha (born August 8, 1965) is a Colombian telenovela movie actress, singer, and TV presenter. Biography 1980s Margarita Rosa de Francisco was born in Cali, Valle Del C ...
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Diomedes Díaz Diomedes Díaz Maestre (26 May 1957 – 22 December 2013) was a Colombian vallenato singer, songwriter, and composer. His nickname, ''"El Cacique de la Junta"'' ("The Chieftain of La Junta"), was given to him by another vallenato singer, Rafael ...
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Alejo Durán Gilberto Alejandro Durán Diaz, known to all as Alejo Durán or "El Negro Grande" (the great black Man) (February 9, 1919 – November 15, 1989) was a Colombian vallenato music traditional composer, singer and accordionist. Duran was born in ...
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Andrea Echeverri Andrea Echeverri Arias (born September 13, 1965) is a Colombian rock/ pop singer and guitarist. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from University of Los Andes and was a ceramist before becoming a musician. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelados ...
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Estéfano Fabio Alonso Salgado, better known as Estéfano (born 19 August 1966 in Manizales, Colombia) is a Colombian musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Along with Donato Poveda formed the duo Donato y Estefano, releasing three studio albums ...
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Marta Gómez Marta Gómez is a Colombian singer and songwriter. After obtaining a Best Achievement Scholarship, she graduated magna cum laude from the Berklee College of Music. She currently lives in Barcelona. Gómez and her group perform a large repertoire ...
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Leonor Gonzalez Mina Leonor Gonzalez Mina (born June 16, 1934 in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca) is a prominent Afro-Colombian musician and actress, known as "''la Negra Grande de Colombia''" ("The Great Black Woman of Colombia"). She is known for her work in several g ...
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Croatia

*Arsen Dedić *Oliver Dragojević


Cuba

*Albita *Giselle Bellas *Camila Cabello *Osmani García *Pablo Milanés *Silvio Rodríguez


Czech Republic

* Jaroslav Hutka * Tomáš Klus * Karel Kryl * Vladimír Merta * Jaromír Nohavica * Karel Plíhal * Vlastimil Třešňák * Xindl X * Markéta Irglová


Denmark

* Steffen Brandt * Tina Dico * Michael Falch * Claus Hempler * Christian Hjelm * Søren Huss * C.V. Jørgensen, C. V. Jørgensen * Juncker (singer), Juncker * Marie Key * Poul Krebs * Nanna Lüders Jensen * Mads Langer * Kim Larsen * Lars Lilholt * Anne Linnet * Johnny Madsen * Anne Dorte Michelsen * Rasmus Nøhr * Allan Olsen * Naja Rosa * Soluna Samay * Sebastian (Danish musician), Sebastian * Rasmus Seebach * Tommy Seebach * Niels Skousen * Peter Sommer


Dominican Republic

*Anaís *Charytín *Juan Luis Guerra *Sandra Zaiter *Santaye


Egypt

* Moustafa Amar * Angham * Amr Diab * Mohammad Fouad * Mohamed Hamaki * Tamer Hosny * Amal Maher * Hani Shaker * Sherine * Carmen Suleiman


El Salvador

* Álvaro Torres


Faroe Islands

* Eivør Pálsdóttir, Eivør * Guðrið Hansdóttir * Teitur Lassen


Finland

* Ismo Alanko * Chisu * Jippu * J. Karjalainen * Anssi Kela * Mikko Kuustonen * Juice Leskinen * Jarkko Martikainen * Jonna Tervomaa * Maija Vilkkumaa


France

* Dominique A * Charles Aznavour * Barbara (singer), Barbara * Georges Brassens * Carla Bruni * Francis Cabrel * Camille (French singer), Camille * Louis Chedid * Yves Duteil * Mylène Farmer * Jean Ferrat * Léo Ferré * Nino Ferrer * Thomas Fersen * Serge Gainsbourg * Jean-Jacques Goldman * Jacques Higelin * Alexis HK * Juliette (French singer), Juliette * Bernard Lavilliers * Robert Lelièvre * Nolwenn Leroy * Albert Marcœur * Nina Morato * Georges Moustaki * Claude Nougaro * Pierre Perret * Michel Polnareff * Renaud * Véronique Sanson * Mano Solo * Alain Souchon * Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine * Boris Vian * Laurent Voulzy * Indila * Willy William


Georgia

*Katie Melua


Germany

* Ayọ * Wolf Biermann * Clemens Bittlinger * Clueso * Funny van Dannen * Franz Josef Degenhardt *Kurt Demmler * Dota (singer), Dota * Siegfried Fietz * Rob Georg * Herbert Grönemeyer * Klaus Hoffmann * Hanns Dieter Hüsch * Gisbert zu Knyphausen * Udo Lindenberg * Peter Maffay * Reinhard Mey * Marius Müller-Westernhagen * Astrid North * Markus Rill * Martin Gotthard Schneider * Olli Schulz * Manfred Siebald * Hannes Wader * Konstantin Wecker * Johanna Zeul * Joana Zimmer


Greece

* Haris Alexiou * Andriana Babali * George Dalaras * Michalis Hatzigiannis * Lavrentis Machairitsas * Vasilis Papakonstantinou * Demis Roussos


Guatemala

* Ricardo Arjona * Gaby Moreno * Shery


Iceland

* Ólöf Arnalds * Ásgeir Trausti * Björk * Jónsi Birgisson, Jónsi * Lay Low * Megas * Emilíana Torrini * Svavar Knútur * Jófríður Ákadóttir


India

* AP Dhillon * Gurinder Gill * Kaka (Punjabi singer) * Amrit Maan * Talat Aziz * Badshah (rapper), Badshah * Jugpreet Singh Bajwa * S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * Rekha Bhardwaj * Vishal Bhardwaj * Dilpreet Bhatia * Asha Bhonsle * Sunidhi Chauhan * Alisha Chinai * Vishal Dadlani * Manna Dey * Zubeen Garg * Gur Sidhu * Jassa Dhillon * Shreya Ghoshal * Gippy Grewal * Hariharan (singer), Hariharan * Ilaiyaraaja * Mahalaxmi Iyer * Neha Kakkar * Suman Kalyanpur * Hard Kaur * Harshdeep Kaur * Kishor Kumar * Babbu Maan * Shankar Mahadevan * Armaan Malik * Anushka Manchanda * Lata Mangeshkar * Talat Mehmood * Salim Merchant * Palak Muchhal * Mukesh (singer), Mukesh * Udit Narayan * Sonu Nigam * Damodar Raao * Mohammad Rafi * A. R. Rahman * Tochi Raina * Guru Randhawa * Anirudh Ravichander * Himesh Reshammiya * Anupam Roy * Kumar Sanu * Shaan (singer), Shaan * Arijit Singh * Honey Singh * Jagjit Singh * Sukhwinder Singh * Kavita Subramaniam * Pankaj Udhas * Usha Uthup * Suresh Wadkar * Alka Yagnik * K. J. Yesudas * Sidhu Moose Wala * Jass Manak


Indonesia

* Ebiet G Ade * Maudy Ayunda * Iwan Fals * Fariz RM * Melly Goeslaw * Gombloh * Rhoma Irama * Harry Roesli * Sandhy Sondoro * Yockie Suryoprayogo


Iran

* Shadmehr Aghili * Faramarz Aslani * Mohammad Esfahani * Shahyar Ghanbari * Hichkas * Shahram Nazeri * Mohammad Reza Shajarian * Siavash Ghomayshi * Reza Yazdani (singer), Reza Yazdani * Mohsen Yeganeh


Ireland

* Luka Bloom * Bono * Paul Brady * Paddy Casey * Mic Christopher * Andrea Corr * Sharon Corr * Damien Dempsey * Janet Devlin * Eden (musician), EDEN * Mick Flannery * David Flynn (composer), Dave Flynn * Mark Geary * Lisa Hannigan * Glen Hansard * Frank Harte * Gemma Hayes * Margaret Healy * Christie Hennessy * David Hopkins (musician), David Hopkins * Niall Horan * Hozier (musician), Hozier * Andy Irvine (musician), Andy Irvine * Katie Kim (Irish musician), Katie Kim * Vyvienne Long * Phil Lynott * Shane MacGowan * James Vincent McMorrow * Christy Moore * Van Morrison * Johnny Moynihan * Mundy *Maura O'Connell * Sinéad O'Connor * Ted O'Neill * Declan O'Rourke * Fionn Regan * Damien Rice * Ann Scott (singer), Ann Scott * Chris Singleton (musician), Chris Singleton * Andy White (singer-songwriter), Andy White


Israel

* Chava Alberstein * Meir Ariel * Shlomo Artzi * Izhar Ashdot * Ehud Banai * David Broza * Matti Caspi * Ilan Chester * Arik Einstein * Aviv Geffen * Shlomo Gronich * Shalom Hanoch * Achinoam Nini * Idan Raichel * Naomi Shemer * Ariel Zilber


Italy

* Alice (singer), Alice * Biagio Antonacci * Claudio Baglioni * Franco Battiato * Lucio Battisti * Edoardo Bennato * Samuele Bersani * Andrea Bocelli * Angelo Branduardi * Marianna Cataldi * Adriano Celentano * Chiara Civello * Riccardo Cocciante * Carmen Consoli * Cesare Cremonini (musician), Cesare Cremonini * Lucio Dalla * Pino Daniele * Fabrizio De André * Francesco De Gregori * Dolcenera * Elisa (Italian singer), Elisa * Sergio Endrigo * Gabriella Ferri * Tiziano Ferro * Zucchero Fornaciari * Ivano Fossati * Giorgio Gaber * Francesco Guccini * Jovanotti * Luciano Ligabue * Nada (Italian singer), Nada * Gianna Nannini * Mia Martini * Domenico Modugno * Gianni Morandi * Gino Paoli * Laura Pausini * Rita Pavone * Eros Ramazzotti * Stefano Righi * Vasco Rossi * Luigi Tenco * Roberto Vecchioni * Antonello Venditti


Jamaica

* Alaine Laughton, Alaine * Buju Banton * Pato Banton * Burning Spear * Jimmy Cliff * Beres Hammond * Toots Hibbert * Barrington Levy * Bob Marley * Damian Marley * Rita Marley * Skip Marley * Stephen Marley (musician), Stephen Marley * Ziggy Marley * Sizzla


Lebanon

* Joseph Attieh * David M. Bailey * Lydia Canaan * IJK (singer songwriter), IJK


Lithuania

* Vytautas Kernagis


Malaysia

* Sudirman Arshad * Zee Avi * Vince Chong * M. Nasir * P. Ramlee * Shanon Shah * Pete Teo * Yuna (singer), Yuna * Azmyl Yunor * Meor Aziddin Yusof * Alyah


Malta

* Walter Micallef


Mexico

* Roberto Cantoral * Óscar Chávez * Lolita de la Colina * Fernando Delgadillo * Emmanuel (singer), Emmanuel * Rubén Fuentes * Ana Gabriel * Juan Gabriel * María Grever * Saúl Hernández * José Alfredo Jiménez * Agustín Lara * Armando Manzanero * Carla Morrison * Sofía Reyes * Cuco Sánchez * Joan Sebastian * Marco Antonio Solís * Aleks Syntek * Lynda Thomas * Consuelo Velázquez * Julieta Venegas


Moldova

* Pavel Stratan


Netherlands

* Stevie Ann * Frank Boeijen * Anneke van Giersbergen * Marike Jager * Laura Jansen * Loona (singer), Loona * Lucky Fonz III * Nielson (singer), Nielson * Ntjam Rosie * Ede Staal * Jack Jersey * Guus Meeuwis * Anouk Teeuwe * Herman van Veen * Robert Westerholt


New Zealand

*Aaradhna *Megan Alatini *Daniel Bedingfield *Carly Binding *Jackie Clarke *Ashley Cooper (singer), Ashely Cooper *Joe Cotton *Annie Crummer *Martin Curtis *Lynette Diaz *Dave Dobbyn *Liam Finn *Neil Finn *Tim Finn *Brooke Fraser *Che Fu *Rob Guest *Luke Hurley *Greg Johnson (musician), Greg Johnson *Phil Judd *David Kilgour (musician), David Kilgour *Nathan King (singer-songwriter), Nathan King *Ladyhawke (musician), Ladyhawke *Shona Laing *Lorde *Ben Lummis *Jamie McDell *Fiona McDonald *Anika Moa *Howard Morrison *Tex Morton *John Rowles *Bic Runga *Boh Runga *Hollie Smith *Frankie Stevens *Tiki Taane *Marcus Turner *Keith Urban *Rosita Vai *Hayley Westenra *Annie Whittle


Nigeria

* Jahdiel * Malcolm Guite * Muma Gee * Nneka (singer), Nneka * Onyeka Onwenu * Omawumi * Tiwa Savage


Norway

* Aurora (singer), Aurora Aksnes * Julie Bergan * Kari Bremnes * Ane Brun * Thomas Dybdahl * Torgunn Flaten * Magne Furuholmen * Christine Guldbrandsen * Morten Harket * Monica Heldal * Thom Hell * William Hut * Alexandra Joner * Sissel Kyrkjebø * Marit Larsen * Sondre Lerche * Espen Lind * Magnet (musician), Magnet (born Even Johansen) * Marcus & Martinus (American Singers) * Lene Marlin * Maria Mena * Moddi * Silje Nergaard * Lillebjørn Nilsen * Siri Nilsen * Janove Ottesen * Robert Post (musician), Robert Post * Marion Ravn * Kari Rueslåtten * Astrid S * Iselin Solheim * Susanne Sundfør * Paul Waaktaar-Savoy * Vegard Ylvisåker * Bertine Zetlitz


Panama

* Joey Montana


Peru

* Chabuca Granda * Gian Marco * Pedro Suarez Vertiz


Philippines

* Nilo Alcala * Ogie Alcasid * Jose Mari Chan * Sharon Cuneta * Rodel Naval * Robin Nievera * Nityalila * Rico J. Puno * Max Surban * Rey Valera * Yoyoy Villame


Poland

* Edyta Bartosiewicz *Edyta Górniak * Katy Carr * Jacek Kaczmarski *Kasia Moś


Portugal

* Zeca Afonso * Leonor Andrade * Tiago Bettencourt * David Carreira * Mickael Carreira * Fernando Daniel * Carolina Deslandes * Sérgio Godinho * David Fonseca * Rita Guerra * Mariza * Ana Moura * Adriano Correia de Oliveira * Jorge Palma * Diogo Piçarra * Mia Rose * José Carlos Ary dos Santos * Paulo Sousa (singer), Paulo Sousa * JP Simões * Raquel Tavares * Fernando Tordo * Vitorino * António Zambujo


Puerto Rico

* Zayra Alvarez * Tito Auger * Puchi Balseiro * Obie Bermúdez * Americo Boschetti * Lou Briel * Roy Brown (Puerto Rican musician), Roy Brown * Antonio Cabán Vale * Nano Cabrera * Bobby Capó * Vicente Carattini * Santos Colón * Elvis Crespo * Tony Croatto * Bobby Cruz * Tite Curet Alonso * Johnathan Dwayne * Rafi Escudero * Noel Estrada * Farruko * José Feliciano * Luis Fonsi * Kany García * Gustavo Laureano * Héctor Lavoe * Ricky Martin * Yolandita Monge * Glenn Monroig * Ednita Nazario * Noelia * José Nogueras * Don Omar * Ángel Peña (musician), Angel "Cuco" Peña * Ignacio Peña * Carlos Ponce * Sylvia Rexach * Julito Rodríguez * Dräco Rosa * Zoraida Santiago * Myrta Silva * Olga Tañón * Tommy Torres * Juan Vélez * Wilkins Vélez * Yaire * Daddy Yankee * Zeny & Zory


Romania

* Akcent * Andreea Banica * Alexandra Stan * Antonia Iacobescu * Inna * 3 Sud Est * DJ Project * Deepcentral * Delia Matache * Morandi (band), Morandi * Marius Moga * Edward Maya * Lora (singer), Lora


Russia

* Veronika Dolina * Yanka Dyagileva * Alexander Gorodnitsky * Lena Katina * Eduard Khil * Andrei Makarevich * Sergey Nikitin (musician), Sergey Nikitin * Bulat Okudzhava * Viktor Tsoi * Yuri Vizbor * Vladimir Vysotsky


Slovakia

* Celeste Buckingham * Marika Gombitová * Vašo Patejdl * Dara Rolins * Dežo Ursiny


South Africa

* Koos du Plessis * Jennifer Ferguson * Anton Goosen * Sonja Herholdt * Lira (singer) * Steve Kekana * Jim Neversink * Karen Zoid


Spain

* Manuel Alejandro * Pablo Alborán * Luis Eduardo Aute * María del Mar Bonet * Miguel Bosé * Nino Bravo * Diego El Cigala * Els Setze Jutges * Manolo Garcia * Paco Ibañez * Enrique Iglesias * Julio Iglesias * Lluís Llach * Victor Manuel * Roger Mas * Antonio Orozco * Tomeu Penya * José Luis Perales * Porta (rapper), Porta * Raimon * Joaquín Sabina * Joan Manuel Serrat * Camilo Sesto * Jaume Sisa * Álex Ubago


Sri Lanka

* Desmond Kelly * Nimal Mendis * Clarence Wijewardena


Sweden

* PewDiePie * Joel Berghult * Basshunter * Tommy Blom * Mikael Åkerfeldt * Fred Åkerström * Ulla Andersson * Tomas Andersson Wij * AronChupa * Kristofer Åström * Thomas Di Leva * Nicolai Dunger * Marie Fredriksson * Per Gessle * José González (singer), José González * Nanne Grönvall * Håkan Hellström * Tommy Karevik * Christian Kjellvander * Laleh Pourkarim, Laleh * Jens Lekman * Göran Lagerberg * Danne Larsson * Zara Larsson * Lykke Li * Lisa Miskovsky * Linn Berggren * Stina Nordenstam * Povel Ramel * Robyn * Ilya Salmanzadeh * Stefan Sundström * Evert Taube * Isa Tengblad * Anna Ternheim * Joakim Thåström * Cornelis Vreeswijk * Lars Winnerbäck * Sophie Zelmani


Switzerland

* Bastian Baker * David Buzzi * Simone Drexel * Mélanie René


United Kingdom


A–L

*Adele *Lily Allen *Ian Anderson *Harvey Andrews *Gabrielle Aplin *Lauren Aquilina *Joan Armatrading *Rick Astley *Kevin Ayers *Gary Barlow *Syd Barrett *Rich Batsford *James Bay (singer), James Bay *Peter Bellamy *Belouis Some *Matt Bigland *James Blunt *David Bowie *Robbie Boyd *Billy Bragg *Sarah Brightman *Andy Brown (singer), Andy Brown *Melanie Brown *Kate Bush *Euros Childs *Melanie C *Eric Clapton *Dodie Clark *Gary Clark (musician), Gary Clark *Lloyd Cole *JP Cooper *Jessica Cornish *Elvis Costello *Barns Courtney *Beverley Craven *Charlotte Gordon Cumming *Stanley J. Damerell *Paul Stuart Davies *Ray Davies *Alex Day *Sandy Denny *Chris de Burgh *Lynsey de Paul *Marina Diamandis *Dido (singer), Dido *Siobhán Donaghy *Donovan *Josh Doyle *Nick Drake *Duffy (singer), Duffy *Ian Dury *Perrie Edwards *Emmy the Great *Ella Eyre *George Ezra *Marianne Faithfull *Newton Faulkner *Lena Fiagbe *Kat Flint *Ryan Fletcher *Andi Fraggs *Barry Gibb *Maurice Gibb *David Gilmour *David Gray (musician), David Gray *Alistair Griffin *Malcolm Guite *Noel Gallagher *Mick Greenwood *Ed Harcourt *Nick Harper *Roy Harper (singer), Roy Harper *George Harrison *PJ Harvey *Justin Hayward *Imogen Heap *Paul Heaton *Ella Henderson *Ant Henson *Boo Hewerdine *Robyn Hitchcock *Trevor Horn *Ben Howard *HRVY *Jamelia *Bert Jansch *Sadie Jemmett *Elton John *Tom Jones (singer), Tom Jones *Wizz Jones *Martyn Joseph *Nik Kershaw *Wilson T. King *Beverley Knight *Steve Knightley *Charlie Landsborough *John Lennon *Adam Leonard (singer-songwriter), Adam Leonard *Al Lewis (singer-songwriter), Al Lewis *Leona Lewis *Cher Lloyd *John Lodge (musician), John Lodge *Jez Lowe *Nick Lowe


M–Z

*Ewan MacColl *Kirsty MacColl *Amy Macdonald *Emily Maguire (singer), Emily Maguire *Zayn Malik *Laura Marling *Johnny Marr *Michael Marra *Steve Marriott *John Martyn (singer), John Martyn *Brian May *Conor Maynard *Paul McCartney *Shelagh McDonald *Charlie McDonnell *Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter), Rory McLeod *Tom McRae *Ralph McTell *Mika (singer), Mika *Gary Moore *James Morrison (singer), James Morrison *Morrissey *Alexi Murdoch *Graham Nash *Nina Nesbitt *Anthony Newley *John Newman (singer), John Newman *Sheila Nicholls *Heather Nova *Ivor Novello *Gilbert O'Sullivan *Tom Odell *Beth Orton *Ozzy Osbourne *Mark Owen *Nerina Pallot *Alex Parks *Passenger (singer), Passenger *Liam Payne *Mike Pinder *Leigh-Anne Pinnock *Karen Poole *Shelly Poole *Mal Pope *Paul Poulton *Brian Protheroe *Camille Purcell *Gerry Rafferty *Ricky Ross (musician), Ricky Ross *Kate Rusby *Emeli Sandé *Polly Scattergood *Jay Sean *Ed Sheeran *Labi Siffre *Lucie Silvas *Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith *Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith *David Sneddon *Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) *Al Stewart *Joe Strummer *Harry Styles *Dave Swarbrick *Roger Taylor (Queen drummer), Roger Taylor *Jade Thirlwall *Sandi Thom *Ray Thomas *Raye (singer), Raye *Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson *Teddy Thompson *Tanita Tikaram *Steve Tilston *Louis Tomlinson *KT Tunstall *Frank Turner *Bonnie Tyler *Bailey Tzuke *Judie Tzuke *Karl Wallinger *Clifford T. Ward *Shayne Ward *Roger Waters *Helen Watson (singer-songwriter), Helen Watson *Robbie Williams *Robin Williamson *Amy Winehouse *Robert Wyatt *Pete Wylie *Sami Yusuf


United States


A–B

*David Ackles *Ryan Adams *Trace Adkins *Julien Aklei *Steve Albini *Jason Aldean *Deborah Allen *Terry Allen (country singer), Terry Allen *GG Allin *Mose Allison *Gregg Allman *Peter Alsop *Tori Amos *Anastacia *Eric Anders *Eric Andersen *Keith Anderson *Laurie Anderson *Theresa Andersson *Jill Andrews *Brooke Annibale *Fiona Apple *Joseph Arthur *Ashanti (singer), Ashanti *Ashe (singer), Ashe *Rodney Atkins *Patti Austin *Gene Autry *Hoyt Axton *Aubrey Ayala *Dan Avidan *Steve Azar *Erykah Badu *Joan Baez *David M. Bailey *Julien Baker *Devendra Banhart *Sara Bareilles *Geoff Bartley *Steve Baxter (musician), Steve Baxter *David Bazan *Beck *Drake Bell *Rita Bell *Vince Bell *Giselle Bellas *Alec Benjamin *Samm Bennett *Dierks Bentley *Matraca Berg *Dan Bern *Beyoncé *Jim Bianco *Eric Bibb *Diane Birch *Andrew Bird *Tony Bird (singer-songwriter), Tony Bird *Alyse Black *Clint Black *Black Francis, Frank Black *Janet Blair (singer-songwriter), Janet Blair *Norman Blake (American musician), Norman Blake *David Blue (musician), David Blue *Hugh Blumenfeld *Suzy Bogguss *Gordon Bok *Michael Bowers *Crystal Bowersox *Ralston Bowles *Soulja Boy *Michelle Branch *Jesse Brand *Chuck Brodsky *David Bromberg *Holly Brook *Jonatha Brooke *Garth Brooks *Chris Brown *Greg Brown (folk musician), Greg Brown *Jackson Browne *Peabo Bryson *Jeff Buckley *Tim Buckley *T-Bone Burnett *Jonathan Byrd (musician), Jonathan Byrd


C–D

*Colbie Caillat *J.J. Cale *Andrew Calhoun *Terry Callier *Glen Campbell *Kate Campbell *Laura Cantrell *Mariah Carey *Brandi Carlile *Hayes Carll *Vanessa Carlton *Craig Carothers *Mary Chapin Carpenter *Adam Carroll (American musician), Adam Carroll *Dee Carstensen *Dave Carter *June Carter *Neko Case *Peter Case *Johnny Cash *Rosanne Cash *Harry Chapin *Beth Nielsen Chapman *Tracy Chapman *Vic Chesnutt *Frank Christian (singer-songwriter), Frank Christian *Lou Christie *Eric Church *Ciara *St. Vincent (musician), Annie Clark *Gene Clark *Kelly Clarkson *Guy Clark *Slaid Cleaves *Anita Cochran *Marc Cohn *Paula Cole *Judy Collins *Lui Collins *Shawn Colvin *Harry Connick Jr. *Connie Converse *David Cook (singer), David Cook *Sam Cooke *Alice Cooper *Chris Cornell *Matt Costa *Elizabeth Cotten *Ingrid Croce *Jim Croce *Dash Crofts *David Crosby *Christopher Cross *Mike Cross (musician), Mike Cross *Sheryl Crow *Rodney Crowell *Bobbie Cryner *Catie Curtis *Chelsea Cutler *Billy Ray Cyrus *Miley Cyrus *Noah Cyrus *Vernon Dalhart *Sean Danielsen *Glenn Danzig *Gail Davies *Kimya Dawson *Grey DeLisle *Kris Delmhorst *Lana Del Rey *Rebekah Del Rio *Iris DeMent *Jason Derulo *John Denver *Neil Diamond *Ani DiFranco *Maria D'Luz *Mike Doughty *Gregory Douglass *Connie Dover *The-Dream *Marshall Drew *DW (Dave) Drouillard *Bob Dylan *Jakob Dylan


E–G

*Kate Earl *Stacey Earle *Justin Townes Earle *Steve Earle *Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds *Jonathan Edwards (musician), Jonathan Edwards *Billie Eilish *Mark Erelli *Alejandro Escovedo *Carmen Espinoza-Rodriquez *Melissa Etheridge *Richard Fariña *Melissa Ferrick *Roberta Flack *Dan Fogelberg *John Fogerty *Ben Folds *Keith Follesé *Steve Forbert *Jon Foreman *Ruthie Foster *Jeffrey Foucault *Michael Fracasso *Black Francis *Jackson C. Frank *Bob Franke *Carole Fredericks *Glenn Frey *Dean Friedman *Lefty Frizzell *Lady Gaga *Ken Gaines *Noel Gallagher *Annie Gallup *Timothy Garon *Mary Gauthier *Marvin Gaye *Teddy Geiger *Natalie Gelman *Daughn Gibson *Vance Gilbert *Vince Gill *Dominique Gizelle *Lotti Golden *Gabrielle Goodman *Steve Goodman *Lesley Gore *John Gorka *Nick Granato *Jackie Greene *Patty Griffin *Nanci Griffith *Jenn Grinels *Arlo Guthrie *Sarah Lee Guthrie *Woody Guthrie *Gwendolyn (artist), Gwendolyn


H–J

*Merle Haggard *Tom T. Hall *Halsey (singer), Halsey *Kristy Hanson *Tim Hardin *Jack Hardy (singer–songwriter), Jack Hardy *Ben Harper *Ciara Harris *Emmylou Harris *Jesse Harris *Debbie Harry *Beth Hart *John Hartford *Juliana Hatfield *Richie Havens *Ted Hawkins *Hunter Hayes *Jimi Hendrix *Arin Hanson *Terri Hendrix *Don Henley *Caroline Herring *Ari Hest *James Hetfield *John Hiatt *Sara Hickman *Lauryn Hill *Chris Hillman *Anne Hills *Keri Hilson *Tyler Hilton *Tish Hinojosa *Will Hoge *Malcolm Holcombe *J. Holiday *Cisco Houston *Bob Howard (singer), Bob Howard *Grayson Hugh *Tim Hughes *Sierra Hull *Meg Hutchinson *Walter Hyatt *Janis Ian *India.Arie *James Ingram *David Ippolito *Allison Iraheta *Iron & Wine *Chris Isaak *Gregory Alan Isakov *Bon Iver *Carl Jackson *Janet Jackson *Jermaine Jackson *Michael Jackson *Avi Jacob *Nicky Jam *Brendan James *Sarah Jarosz *Jaymay *Nikki Jean *Stephan Jenkins *Mason Jennings *Waylon Jennings *Molly Jenson *Justin Jesso *Jewel (singer), Jewel *Eilen Jewell *Kari Jobe *Billy Joel *Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson *Jamey Johnson *Freedy Johnston *Joshua Scott Jones *Norah Jones *Sharon Jones (singer), Sharon Jones *Montell Jordan *Simon Joyner *Gary Jules *Tyler Joseph


K–L

*Si Kahn *Kieran Kane *Lucy Kaplansky *Kashif (musician), Kashif *Mat Kearney *Robert Earl Keen *Marianne Keith *Toby Keith *Kelis *Malcolm David Kelley *Ruston Kelly *R. Kelly *Tori Kelly *Alicia Keys *Monica Kim *Carole King *Charles E. King *Claude King *Elle King *Sonya Kitchell *Black Francis, Charles Michael Kittridge *Hayley Kiyoko *"Spider" John Koerner *Matthew Koma *Nikhil Korula *Mark Kozelek *Alison Krauss *Kris Kristofferson *Lenny Kravitz *Ben Kweller *Jimmy LaFave *Miranda Lambert *Ray LaMontagne *Justin Lanning (musician), Justin Lanning *Patty Larkin *Jim Lauderdale *Lauv *Christine Lavin *Scott Law *Lead Belly *Amos Lee *Amy Lee *Tom Lehrer *Bethany Joy Lenz *David Levin (singer), David Levin *Blake Lewis *Bob Lind *Lisa Loeb *Kenny Loggins *Demi Lovato *Laura Love *Karen Lovely *Lyle Lovett *Lera Lynn *Lazer Lloyd


M–N

*Rod MacDonald *Dougie MacLean *Bill Madden (musician), Bill Madden *Martie Maguire *Taj Mahal (musician), Taj Mahal *Sananda Maitreya *David Mallett *Michelle Malone *Melissa Manchester *Barry Mann *AmberRose Marie *Teena Marie *Bruno Mars *Bob Martin (folk musician), Bob Martin *Melanie Martinez (singer), Melanie Martinez *Richard Marx *Dana Mase *Michael Masser *Kathy Mattea *Nanette Maxine *Heather Maxwell *John Mayer *Curtis Mayfield *Parker McCollum *Jennette McCurdy *Country Joe McDonald *Reba McEntire *Tim McGraw *Roger McGuinn *Nellie McKay *Bonnie McKee *Lori McKenna *Erin McKeown *Rod McKuen *Don McLean *James McMurtry *Melanie Safka, Melanie *Bridgit Mendler *Idina Menzel *Michael J. Merenda, Jr. *Tift Merritt *Pia Mia *Julia Michaels *Ingrid Michaelson *Bea Miller *Julie Miller *Lin-Manuel Miranda *Jim Messina (musician), Jim Messina *Anaïs Mitchell *Keb' Mo' *Moby *Janelle Monáe *Ben Moody *Mandy Moore *Allison Moorer *Gurf Morlix *Bill Morrissey *Jason Mraz *Shawn Mullins *Peter Mulvey *Jimmy Murphy (musician), Jimmy Murphy *Michael Martin Murphey *Kacey Musgraves *Anna Nalick *Graham Nash *Leigh Nash *Nina Nastasia *Matt Nathanson *Holly Near *Fred Neil *Willie Nelson * Ricky Nelson *Jennifer Nettles *Mickey Newbury *Carrie Newcomer *Randy Newman *Joanna Newsom *Stevie Nicks *Britt Nicole *Willie Nile *Harry Nilsson *Keri Noble *Noname (rapper), Noname *The Notorious B.I.G. *Bradley Nowell *Laura Nyro


O–R

*Conor Oberst *Olivia O'Brien *Tim O'Brien (musician), Tim O'Brien *Phil Ochs *Finneas O'Connell *Aoife O'Donovan *Will Oldham *Tony Oller *David Olney *Johnny Otis *Faith Page *Jim Page (singer), Jim Page *Brad Paisley *Dolly Parton *Ellis Paul *Tom Paxton *Johnny Paycheck *Herb Pedersen *Sarah Pedinotti *Yolanda Pérez *Katy Perry *Pierce Pettis *Madeleine Peyroux *Liz Phair *Kelly Joe Phelps *Grant-Lee Phillips *Sam Phillips (musician), Sam Phillips *Shawn Phillips *Utah Phillips *Rod Picott *Pitbull (entertainer), Pitbull *Gene Pitney *Doc Pomus *Cassadee Pope *Catherine Porter *Willy Porter *Mike Posner *Grace Potter *Elvis Presley *Tristan Prettyman *Dory Previn *Toni Price *Prince (musician), Prince *John Prine *Chuck Prophet *Charlie Puth *Top Quality *Joshua Radin *Bonnie Raitt *Tony Ramey *Willis Alan Ramsey *Carmino Ravosa *Otis Redding *Ann Reed *Lou Reed *Bebe Rexha *Trent Reznor *Kim Richey *Jonathan Richman *Amy Rigby *
Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the ...
*Josh Ritter *JT Roach *Carson Robison *Zack de la Rocha *Jimmie Rodgers (country singer), Jimmie Rodgers *Olivia Rodrigo *Henry Rollins *Dräco Rosa *Raina Rose *Emmy Rossum *Josh Rouse *David Rovics *Peter Rowan *Darius Rucker *Todd Rundgren *Tom Rush *Tom Russell


S–T

*Rachael Sage *Doug Sahm *Richie Sambora *Martha Scanlan *Marc Scibilia *Darrell Scott *Dan Seals *Jim Seals *John Sebastian *Pebe Sebert *Neil Sedaka *Pete Seeger *Martin Sexton *Tupac Shakur *Maia Sharp *Billy Joe Shaver *Jules Shear *Duncan Sheik *Blake Shelton *Vonda Shepard *Richard Shindell *Michelle Shocked *Paul Siebel *Paul Simon *Nina Simone *Matt Simons *Sisqó *Ricky Skaggs *Patrick Sky *Megan Slankard *P. F. Sloan *Sasha Alex Sloan *Darden Smith *Elliott Smith *Michael Peter Smith, Michael Smith *Patti Smith *Willow Smith *Chris Smither *Todd Snider *Phoebe Snow *Jill Sobule *Ben Sollee *Trey Songz *Jo-El Sonnier *Soraya (musician), Soraya *Regina Spektor *Aaron Sprinkle *Bill Staines *Chris Stapleton *David Steinhart *Colin Stetson *Sufjan Stevens *John Stewart (folk musician), John Stewart *Wynn Stewart *Stephen Stills *Maria Straub *Marty Stuart *Patrick Stump *Alison Sudol *Gene Summers *Taylor Swift *Raven-Symoné *SZA (singer), SZA *Corey Taylor *Eric Taylor (American musician), Eric Taylor *James Taylor *Livingston Taylor *Louise Taylor (singer), Louise Taylor *Ryan Tedder *Jack Tempchin *Chloe Temtchine *Vienna Teng *Chris Thile *Robin Thicke *Bryson Tiller *Justin Timberlake *Rob Thomas (musician), Rob Thomas *Chris Tomlin *Meghan Trainor *Alex Turner *
Shania Twain Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( , ; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-s ...
*Steven Tyler


U–Z

*Usher (musician), Usher *Grace VanderWaal *Guy Van Duser *Dave Van Ronk *Townes Van Zandt *Phil Vassar *Vassy (singer), Vassy *Stoll Vaughan *Suzanne Vega *Laura Veirs *Justin Vernon *John Vesely *Jack Vidgen *Rhonda Vincent *Eric Von Schmidt *Rocky Votolato *Loudon Wainwright III *Sloan Wainwright *Tom Waits *Butch Walker *Jerry Jeff Walker *Summer Walker *M. Ward *Linda Waterfall *Doc Watson *Lil Wayne *Gillian Welch *Kevin Welch *Susan Werner *Matt Wertz *Tierra Whack *Cheryl Wheeler *Erica Wheeler (singer-songwriter), Erica Wheeler *Brooke White *Jack White *Josh White *Maurice White *Chris Whitley *David Wilcox (American musician), David Wilcox *Brooks Williams *Dar Williams *Don Williams *Geoffrey Williams *Hank Williams *Hank Williams Jr. *Keller Williams *Lucinda Williams *Pharrell Williams *Victoria Williams *Cris Williamson *Gretchen Wilson *Jesse Winchester *Cody Wise *Bill Withers *Denison Witmer *Jim Wolf (musician), Jim Wolf *Kate Wolf *Bobby Womack *Bill Wurtz *Juliet Wyers *Rachael Yamagata *Dwight Yoakam *Jesse Colin Young *
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...
*Steve Young (musician), Steve Young *Frank Zappa *Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn *Steven Zelin *Warren Zevon *Jeremy Zucker *Natalia Zukerman


Venezuela

*Mirla Castellanos *Ilan Chester *Guillermo Dávila *Ricardo Montaner *José Luis Rodríguez (singer), Jose Luis Rodriguez *Aldemaro Romero *Franco De Vita


Others who both write songs and sing

Following are performers who are not singer-songwriters in the traditional sense, but who both write and perform songs in other genres. This includes artists known more prominently as members of bands and not primarily as soloists.


Australia

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Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
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Sia Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she rel ...
*Iggy Azalea *John Butler (musician), John Butler *Kasey Chambers *Michael Hutchence *Daniel Johns *
Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subseq ...
*Anne McCue *Kylie Minogue *Bon Scott *
Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...
*Cody Simpson *
Rob Swire Robert Swire-Thompson (born 5 November 1982) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ, best known as the founder and vocalist of the drum and bass and electronic rock band Pendulum (drum and bass band), Pendulum, a ...
*Angus and Julia Stone


Bosnia And Herzegovina

*Dino Merlin


Canada

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Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
*Melissa Auf der Maur *
Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...
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Matthew Good Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971) is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada during the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the ...
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Alexz Johnson Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian musician, actress, and philanthropist. Her debut album ''Voodoo'' was independently released with her brother Brendan Johnson in 2010, followed by the demo release of ''The Basem ...
*Daniel Lanois *James LaBrie *Geddy Lee *
Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...
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Shawn Mendes Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian pop singer. He gained a following in 2013, when he posted song covers on the video sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gert ...
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Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...
*Alannah Myles *Carl Newman *Aldo Nova *Robbie Robertson *
Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these are ...
*Skye Sweetnam *David Usher *
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...
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Alessia Cara Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (), is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, to Italian Canadian parents, she began posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploadi ...


Chile

*Tom Araya


Croatia

*Darko Rundek *Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni *Branimir Štulić


China

*Zhang Yixing


Denmark

* Alberte * Sys Bjerre * Maggie Björklund * Burhan G * Erika de Casier * Tim Christensen * Coco O. * Anna David (singer), Anna David * Dicte (musician), Dicte * Aura Dione * Fallulah * Lukas Forchhammer * Emmelie de Forest * Troels Gustavsen * Hugo Helmig * Thomas Helmig * Caroline Henderson (singer), Caroline Henderson * Hjalmar * Thomas Holm * Lars H.U.G. * Karen Jønsson * King Diamond * Jeppe Laursen * Sebastian Lind * Kwamie Liv * Simon Kvamm * Medina * Joey Moe * Myrkur * MØ * Oh Land * Agnes Obel * Jascha Richter * Pernille Rosendahl * Natasja Saad * Søren Sko * Kira Skov * Mike Tramp * Sune Rose Wagner * Rasmus Walter * Tue West * Karl William * Xander


Finland

* Jouni Hynynen * Jyrki 69 * Andy McCoy * Timo Rautiainen (musician), Timo Rautiainen * Gösta Sundqvist * Timo Tolkki * Ville Valo * Toni Wirtanen * Lauri Ylonen


France

* Bernard Bonvoisin * Étienne Daho * Zazie


Germany

*Udo Dirkschneider *Max Koffler *Klaus Meine


Hong Kong

*George Lam


Iceland

*Bjork


India

*Babbu Maan *A. R. Rahman


Ireland

*Bono *Enya *Órla Fallon *Lynn Hilary *Niall Horan


Italy

* Stefano Righi * Zucchero


Japan

*Aimer *Mao Abe *Aiko (singer), Aiko *Angela Aki *Yuko Ando (singer), Yūko Andō *Chara (singer), Chara *Cocco *CooRie *Joe Inoue *Kurumi Enomoto *Masaharu Fukuyama *Gackt *Ayumi Hamasaki *Motohiro Hata *Megumi Hinata *Ken Hirai *Mayumi Horikawa *Hyde (musician), Hyde *Leo Ieiri *Mari Iijima *Koshi Inaba *Yōsui Inoue *Shigeru Izumiya *Ai Kawashima *Hiroshi Kitadani *Kokia (singer), Kokia *Kotringo *Koda Kumi *Mai Kuraki *Keisuke Kuwata *Masato Hayakawa *Olivia Lufkin *Noriyuki Makihara *Yumi Matsutoya *Miwa (singer), Miwa *Yui Mizuno *Showtaro Morikubo *Miyuki Nakajima *Yuto Nakajima *Uri Nakayama *Haru Nemuri *Sakurako Ohara *Tamio Okuda *Chihiro Onitsuka *Ai Otsuka *Yuki Saito (actress), Yuki Saito *Maaya Sakamoto *Jun Shibata *Ringo Sheena, Ringo Shiina *Akiko Shikata *SoulJa (rapper), SoulJa *Shikao Suga *Yuya Takaki *Yukihide Takekawa *Mariya Takeuchi *Hikaru Utada *Hitomi Yaida *Etsuko Yakushimaru *Maria Yamamoto *Tatsuro Yamashita *Takuro Yoshida *Yui (singer), Yui


Malaysia

*Yuna (singer), Yuna


New Zealand

*Liam Finn *Neil Finn *Tim Finn *Lorde *Jamie McDell *Bic Runga *Hollie Smith *Stan Walker *Hayley Westenra


Nigeria

*Muma Gee *Niyola *Waje


Pakistan

*Ali Baba Khan *Bilal Saeed *Salman Ahmad *Ali Azmat *Zeek Afridi *Humaira Arshad *Nadia Ali (singer), Nadia Ali *Atif Aslam *Iqbal Bano *Sara Haider *Komal Rizvi *Haroon (singer), Haroon *Mehdi Hassan *Ahmed Jahanzeb *Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan *Ali Zafar


Philippines

*Dong Abay *Freddie Aguilar *Ogie Alcasid *Cynthia Alexander *Barbie Almalbis *Joey Ayala *Christian Bautista *Rico Blanco *Ely Buendia *Jose Mari Chan *Charice (Jake Zyrus) *Yeng Constantino *Billy Joe Crawford *Sharon Cuneta *Jay Durias *Eraserheads *Pops Fernandez *Sarah Geronimo *Janno Gibbs *Rachelle Ann Go *Kyla (Filipino singer), Kyla *Bamboo Mañalac *Maine Mendoza *Chito Miranda *Morissette (singer), Morissette *Kitchie Nadal *Martin Nievera *Nina Girado, Nina *Kylie Padilla *Gary Valenciano *Princess Velasco *Regine Velasquez *Yael Yuzon


Romania

* Alexandra Stan


Serbia

*Momčilo Bajagić *Đorđe Balašević *Zvonko Bogdan *Dejan Cukić *Nikola Čuturilo *Vlada Divljan *Bebi Dol *Bora Đorđević *Van Gogh (band), Zvonimir Đukić Đule *Garavi Sokak, Bane Krstić *Kiki Lesendrić *Srđan Marjanović *Slađana Milošević *Milan Mladenović *S Vremena Na Vreme, Ljuba Ninković *Madame Piano *Ana Popović *Toma Zdravković *Predrag Živković Tozovac


Singapore

* Tanya Chua * JJ Lin * Stefanie Sun


South Africa

* Cristina Boshoff * Don Clarke * Johnny Clegg * Anton Goosen * David Kramer (singer), David Kramer * Shekhinah (singer) * Tellaman * Karen Zoid


South Korea

* Ailee * Bang Yong-guk, Bang Yongguk * BoA * Cho Yong-pil * Im Chang-jung * Jung Jin-young (singer), Jun Jinyoung * Jung Yong-hwa, Jung Yonghwa * Kang Seung-yoon, Kang Seungyoon * Bang Chan * Kangta * Kim C * Kim Dong-ryool * Moon Hee-jun * Kim Jong-seo (musician), Kim Jong-seo * Kim Kwang-Seok * Kim Jaejoong * Kim Junsu * Kim Sa-rang (singer), Kim Sa-rang * Lee Jonghyun * Lee Juck * MC Sniper * The One (singer), The One * Park Hyo-shin * Rain (entertainer), Rain * Seo Taiji * Shin Hae Chul * Shin Seung Hun * Tablo * Wheesung * Yeeun, Park Yeeun * Yoon Jong-shin * Yoo Hee-Yeol *RM (rapper) *Kim Seok-jin, Jin *Suga (rapper), Suga *J-Hope *Jimin (singer, born 1995), Jimin *V (singer), V *Jungkook *G-Dragon *T.O.P *Young K *Jae Park *JB (South Korean Singer) *B.I (rapper) *Bobby (rapper) *Zico (rapper) *Jeon So-yeon *Hui (singer) *Bumzu *Kang Seung-yoon *Mino (rapper) *Park Kyung *LE (rapper) *Chaeyoung *Elkie Chong *Lee Tae-yong *Mark Lee (singer) *Na Jaemin *Onew *Kim Jong-hyun (singer) *Key (entertainer) *Choi Min-ho *Lee Tae-min *Joohoney *Wonho (singer) *Solar (singer) *Moonbyul *Wheein *Hwasa *Chungha *Park Jin-young *Jessi (musician) *PSY *IU (singer) *Eric Nam *Chanyeol *Suho *Baekhyun *Chen (singer) *Sehun (singer) *Taecyeon *Jun.K *Wooyoung *Nichkhun *Lee Jun-ho (singer) *Chansung *Amber Liu (singer) *Dami Im *Hyuna *Henry Lau, Henry Lau (singer)


Sweden

*Agnetha Fältskog *Icona Pop, Caroline Hjelt *Icona Pop, Aino Jawo *Tove Lo


Taiwan

* Chang Yu-sheng * Chang Chen-yue * Lala Hsu * Eve Ai * Enno Cheng * Cheer Chen * David Tao * Evan Yo * A-Lin * Jay Chou * Kenji Wu * Deserts Chang * Chih Siou * Ella Chen * Hebe Tien * Selina Jen * Leehom Wang * Jolin Tsai * Crowd Lu * Tank (Taiwanese singer), Tank * Will Pan * Wu Tsing-fong * MC HotDog * Yoga Lin * Vivian Hsu * Sun Sheng Xi * Lo Ta-yu * Phil Chang * Ashin * OSN (rapper), OSN * Gary Chaw * ØZI * Nick Chou * Eric Chou


Turkey

* Sezen Aksu * Mazhar Alanson * Kenan Doğulu * Orhan Gencebay * İlhan İrem * Kayahan * Barış Manço * Bülent Ortaçgil * Nazan Öncel * Münir Nurettin Selçuk * Tarkan (singer), Tarkan * Yıldız Tilbe


Ukraine

* Natalie Gioia


United Kingdom


A–L

* Sade (singer), Sade Adu * Damon Albarn * Marc Almond * Ian Anderson (musician), Ian Anderson * Jon Anderson * Badly Drawn Boy, Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) * Gary Barlow * Syd Barrett * Julian Barry * Blaze Bayley * Natasha Bedingfield * Nick Beggs * Adrian Belew * Amelle Berrabah * James Blunt * Betty Boo * David Bowie * Sarah Brightman * Keisha Buchanan * Mutya Buena * Jake Bugg * Kate Bush * Biff Byford * Katy Carr * Eric Clapton * Phil Collins * Tulisa Contostavlos * Elvis Costello * David Coverdale * Charli XCX * Charlotte Gordon Cumming * Dappy * Ray Davies * Cathy Dennis * Marina Lambrini Diamandis * Paul Di'Anno * Bruce Dickinson * Pete Doherty * Donovan * Stephen Duffy * Joe Elliott * Marianne Faithfull * Peter Gabriel * Liam Gallagher * Noel Gallagher * Barry Gibb * Maurice Gibb * Robin Gibb * Ian Gillan * David Gilmour * Gary Glitter * Ellie Goulding * David Gray (musician), David Gray * Gregory Gray * Matt Hales * Rob Halford * Pete Ham * Peter Hammill * Calvin Harris * George Harrison * Justin Hawkins * Justin Hayward * Imogen Heap * Mick Hucknall * Ian Hunter (singer), Ian Hunter * Jessie J * Joe Jackson (musician), Joe Jackson * Mick Jagger * Jem (singer), Jem * Elton John * Brian Johnson (musician), Brian Johnson * Matt Johnson (singer), Matt Johnson * Mick Jones (The Clash), Mick Jones * Nik Kershaw * Jim King (saxophonist), Jim King * David Knopfler * Mark Knopfler * Greg Lake * Simon Le Bon * Lemmy Kilmister, Lemmy * John Lennon * Leona Lewis * Gary Lightbody * Limahl * Dua Lipa * Cher Lloyd * Nick Lowe * Jeff Lynne


M–Z

* Paddy McAloon * Paul McCartney * Christine McVie * Shirley Manson * Zayn Malik * Steve Marriott * Brian May * Freddie Mercury * George Michael * Morrissey * Kate Nash * Simon Neil * John Newman (singer), John Newman * Jim Noir * Richard O'Brien * Rita Ora * John Otway * Bill Owen (actor), Bill Owen * Mark Owen * Ozzy Osbourne * John Payne (singer), John Payne * Liam Payne * Robert Plant * Steve Plunkett, Plunkett * Heidi Range * Keith Relf * Tim Rice * Keith Richards * Gavin Rossdale * Graham Russell * Emeli Sandé * Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith * Ringo Starr * Al Stewart * Rod Stewart * Sting (musician), Sting * Joss Stone * Joe Strummer * Harry Styles * Jeremy Taylor (singer), Jeremy Taylor * Roger Taylor (Queen drummer), Roger Taylor * David Tibet * Louis Tomlinson * Alex Turner (musician), Alex Turner * Tom Vek * Roger Waters * Florence + the Machine, Florence Welch * Paul Weller (singer), Paul Weller * John Wetton * Kim Wilde * Roy Wood * Richard Wright (musician), Richard Wright * Thom Yorke * Will Young


United States


A–E

*50 Cent *Ryan Adams *Christina Aguilera *Priscilla Ahn *Ray Alder *Nadia Ali (singer), Nadia Ali *Gregg Allman *Dave Alvin *Trey Anastasio *Ken Andrews *Michael Andrews (musician), Michael Andrews *John Arch *David Archuleta *Billie Joe Armstrong *Louis Armstrong *Dan Auerbach *Gene Autry *Francesca Battistelli *Beck *Walter Becker *Joey Belladonna *Chuck Berry *Dickey Betts *Beyoncé *Larry Blackmon *Karl Blau *Michael Bolton *Jon Bon Jovi *Olivia Bonilla *Ralston Bowles *Brandon Boyd *Garth Brooks *Jackson Browne *Peabo Bryson *Lindsey Buckingham *Benjamin Burnley *Glen Burtnik *John Bush (musician), John Bush *Paul Butterfield *Sarah Buxton *David Byrne (musician), David Byrne *Ryan Cabrera *Jerry Cantrell *Mariah Carey *Eric Carmen *Chris Carrabba *Peter Cetera *Bill Champlin *Tracy Chapman *Cher *Gary Cherone *Peter Cincotti *Guy Clark *Kelly Clarkson *Roger Clyne *Kurt Cobain *Fred Cole (musician), Fred Cole *Lisa Coleman (musician), Lisa Coleman *Billy Corgan *Chris Cornell *Jonathan Coulton *Dash Crofts *Robert Cray *Peter Criss *Kevin Cronin *David Crosby *Sheryl Crow *Rivers Cuomo *John Curulewski *Miley Cyrus *Terence Trent D'Arby *Jonathan Davis *Howie Day *Tom DeLonge *John Denver *Dennis DeYoung *Neil Diamond *Bo Diddley *Ronnie James Dio *Dion DiMucci *Willie Dixon *Don Dokken *David Draiman *Haylie Duff *Hilary Duff *Sean Duffy *Fred Durst *Bob Dylan *Jakob Dylan *Danny Elfman *Eminem *Ace Enders *Gloria Estefan


F–K

*Donald Fagen *Don Felder *Fergie (singer), Fergie *William Fitzsimmons (musician), William Fitzsimmons *John Flansburgh *Brandon Flowers *John Fogerty *Dan Fogleberg *Ben Folds *Ace Frehley *Glenn Frey *John Frusciante *Vic Fuentes *Becky G *Lady Gaga *David Gates (singer), David Gates *Gloria Gaynor *Barry Gibb *Maurice Gibb *Robin Gibb *Benjamin Gibbard *Billy Gibbons *Eliza Gilkyson *Selena Gomez *Ariana Grande *Hank Green *Jeremy Gregory *Christina Grimmie *Dave Grohl *Buddy Guy *Sammy Hagar *Daryl Hall *Jessica Harp *Ben Harper *Mary Harris (musician), Mary Harris *Deborah Harry *Sophie B. Hawkins *Angel Haze *Mark Heard *Levon Helm *Logan Henderson *Jimi Hendrix *Don Henley *James Hetfield *Buddy Holly *Mark Hoppus *Robert Hunter (lyricist), Robert Hunter *James Ingram *Alan Jackson *Janet Jackson *Michael Jackson *Jay-Z *Stephan Jenkins *Robert Johnson (musician), Robert Johnson *JoJo (singer), JoJo *Joe Jonas *Kevin Jonas *Nick Jonas *Rickie Lee Jones *Janis Joplin *Tyler Joseph *Maynard James Keenan *R. Kelly *Gene Kelton, Mean Gene Kelton *Eddie Kendricks *Kenna *Doug Kershaw *Kesha *Alicia Keys *Thurane Aung Khin *Anthony Kiedis *Bobby Kimball *B.B. King


L–N

* Adam Lambert * Ray LaMontagne * Mark Lanegan * Cyndi Lauper * Bernie Leadon * Bethany Joy Lenz * Jared Leto * Adam Levine * Aaron Lewis (musician), Aaron Lewis * Philip Lindholm * John Linnell * Lisa Loeb * Kenny Loggins * Lindsay Lohan * Mazz, Joe Lopez * Demi Lovato * Courtney Love * Lyle Lovett * Ross Lynch * Loretta Lynn * Benji Madden * Joel Madden * Madonna * Kaitlyn Maher * Jeff Mangum * Barry Manilow * Aimee Mann * Marilyn Manson * Marce * Anthony Marinelli * Cat Power, Chan Marshall * Richard Marx * James Maslow * Dave Matthews * John Mayer (musician), John Mayer * Edwin McCain * Jesse McCartney * Michael McDonald (singer), Michael McDonald * Jon McLaughlin (musician), Jon McLaughlin * Katharine McPhee * Travis Meeks * Randy Meisner * John Mellencamp * Wendy Melvoin * Natalie Merchant * Stephin Merritt * AJ Michalka * Aly Michalka * Rhett Miller * Roger Miller * Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller * Nicki Minaj * Freddy Moore * Jim Morrison * Chuck Mosley * Elliott Murphy * Dave Mustaine * Frank J. Myers * Faheem Najm * Nelly * Dan Nelson * Michael Nesmith * Mike Ness * Randy Newman * Ne-Yo * Stevie Nicks * Keri Noble * The Notorious B.I.G. * Justin Nozuka * Ted Nugent


O–Z

*John Oates *Ric Ocasek *Roy Orbison *Joan Osborne *Buck Owens *David Paich *Mike Patton *Carlos Pena, Jr. *CeCe Peniston *Christina Perri *Katy Perry *Linda Perry *Steve Perry (Oregon musician), Steve Perry *Tom Petty *Glen Phillips (singer), Glen Phillips *Pink (singer), Pink *Dave Pirner *Rachel Platten *Jimmy Pop *John Popper *Poppy (entertainer), Poppy *Grace Potter *Prince (musician), Prince *John Prine *Chuck Prophet *Eddie Rabbitt *Rakim *Twiggy Ramirez *Redfoo *Haley Reinhart *Bebe Rexha *Trent Reznor *Lionel Richie *Johnny Rivers *Smokey Robinson *Zack de la Rocha *Sixto Rodriguez *Kenny Rogers *Ed Roland *Axl Rose *David Lee Roth *Todd Rundgren *Leon Russell *John Rzeznik *Kendall Schmidt *Timothy B. Schmit *Big Sean *
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*Bob Seger *Selena *Norfolk & Western (band), Adam Selzer *Tommy Shaw *Weinland (band), Adam Shearer *Duncan Sheik *Shwayze *Gene Simmons *Paul Simon *Ashlee Simpson *Helen Slater *Kathy Sledge *Michael W. Smith *Dee Snider *J.D. Souther *Britney Spears *Bruce Springsteen *Layne Staley *James Lee Stanley *Paul Stanley *Scott Stapp *Jeffree Star *Gwen Stefani *Stephen Stills *Barbra Streisand *Bruce Sudano *Rebecca Sugar *Donna Summer *Gene Summers *Matthew Sweet *Michael Sweet *Taylor Swift *James Taylor *Courtney Taylor-Taylor *Rob Thomas (musician), Rob Thomas *Justin Timberlake *Ashley Tisdale *Mark Tornillo *Meghan Trainor *Roger Troutman *Joe Lynn Turner *Jeff Tweedy *Conway Twitty *Steven Tyler *Carrie Underwood *Dave Van Ronk *Eddie Vedder *Kate Voegele *Tom Waits *Joe Walsh *Crystal Waters *Kanye West *Paul Westerberg *Brooke White *Jack White *Maurice White *will.i.am *Hayley Williams *Joseph Williams (musician), Joseph Williams *Paul Williams (songwriter), Paul Williams *Ann Wilson *Brian Wilson *Nancy Wilson (rock musician), Nancy Wilson *Kip Winger *Stevie Wonder *"Weird Al" Yankovic *Doug Yoel *James Young (American musician), James Young *Steven Van Zandt *Donnie Van Zant *Johnny Van Zant *Ronnie Van Zant *Frank Zappa *Zendaya *Rob Zombie


Uruguay

*Pablo Sciuto


Venezuela

*Ilan Chester *Guillermo Dávila *Aldemaro Romero *Franco De Vita


Vietnam

*Sơn Tùng M-TP *


Wales

* Michael Jones (Welsh-French musician), Michael Jones * Matthew Tuck


See also

* Lists of musicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Singer-Songwriters Lists of singers, *Singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters, *List of singer-songwriters