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adult album alternative
Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format. See pages 9 and 10Mills, Joshua. "A New Radio Music Format: Rock for Prosperous Adults" New York Times, Feb 28 1994, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. Accessed September 4, 2 ...
radio stations, or have been cited as part of the adult alternative pop/rock music genre.
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.38 Special
The .38 Special, also commonly known as .38 S&W Special (not to be confused with .38 S&W), .38 Smith & Wesson Special, .38 Spl, .38 Spc, (pronounced "thirty-eight special"), or 9x29mmR is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & ...
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10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four album ...
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10cc
10cc are an English rock music, rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The grou ...
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The B-52's
The B-52's, also styled as The B-52s, are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, ...
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A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls are an English new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1979. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds, hit the peak of their chart success in the early 1980s.
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A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985,Q-Tip
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A-ha
A-ha (usually stylised as ''a-''h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ...
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ABBA
ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The grou ...
AC/DC
AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal, but the band calls it ...
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Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, and poet. He has released 23 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of alt-country band Whiskeytown.
In 2000, Adams lef ...
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Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (, ; born 5 May 1988), professionally known by the mononym Adele, is an English singer and songwriter. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a rec ...
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Mediabase
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytic ...
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The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2006. It consists of Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Adrian Rodriguez (electric bass, backing vocals), Daren Ta ...
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Alberta Cross
Alberta Cross are an Anglo-Swedish rock band, formed in 2005 in London, England by singer-guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee and bassist Terry Wolfers.
In 2013 Wolfers left the band, leaving Stakee as the only permanent member. The band's officia ...
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Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne ...
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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guilloti ...
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Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings public ...
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All American Rejects
The All-American Rejects is an American rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma, formed in 1999.The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guita ...
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Gregg Allman
Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman ...
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Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud were an pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The group comprised singers Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The group achieved a str ...
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AJR
AJR may refer to:
* AJR (motorcycle), Scotland
* AJR (band), a pop band from New York City, United States
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alt-J
Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbu ...
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Ambrosia
In the ancient Greek myths, ''ambrosia'' (, grc, ἀμβροσία 'immortality'), the food or drink of the Greek gods, is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus ...
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American Authors
American Authors (formerly known as The Blue Pages) is an American rock band based in New York City, currently signed to Island Records. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Zac Barnett, bassist Dave Rublin, and drummer Matt Sanchez ...
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Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...
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Anderson Paak
Brandon Paak Anderson (born February 8, 1986), better known by his stage name Anderson .Paak (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and drummer. He released his debut mixtape, ''O.B.E. Vol. 1,'' in 2012 and went on to rel ...
The Animals
The Animals (also billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. The band moved to London upon finding fame in 1964. The Animals were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and ...
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Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released five albums from 1996 to 2020, which have all reached the top 20 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Apple has received numerous awards an ...
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core mem ...
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Tasmin Archer
Tasmin Archer (born 3 August 1963) is a British pop singer from Bradford, England. Her first album, ''Great Expectations'', spawned the hit "Sleeping Satellite", which reached number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland. She won the Brit Awar ...
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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, ...
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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", which is her biggest hit to date.
Early life and educa ...
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Arlo Parks
Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho (born 9 August 2000), known professionally as Arlo Parks, is a British singer and songwriter. Her debut studio album, ''Collapsed in Sunbeams'', was released in 2021 to critical acclaim and peaked at number thr ...
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and Singing, vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and se ...
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Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through ...
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
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Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western swing group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin, Texas. The band has won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception, released over twenty albums, and has charted more ...
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Assembly of Dust
Assembly of Dust (also known as AOD) is an American rock band formed in 2002 by former Strangefolk frontman Reid Genauer. After the breakup of Strangefolk, Genauer decided to record a solo album, and he recruited some friends from Strangefolk's ...
Atlas Genius
Atlas Genius are an alternative rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in November 2009. The band's mainstay members are the Jeffery brothers, Keith on lead vocals and lead guitar; Michael on drums; and Darren Sell on keyboard. Their debu ...
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett (banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum) and Seth Avett (guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat) along with Bob C ...
Badfinger
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar). They are rec ...
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Badly Drawn Boy
Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show ''Sam and his Magic Ball'', which he saw ...
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Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the a ...
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Bakar
Bakar ( it, Buccari; hu, Szádrév) is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The population of the town was 8,279 according to the 2011 Croatian census, including 1,473 in the titular settlement. Ninety percent of the ...
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Bananarama
Bananarama are an English pop duo from London, formed as a trio in 1980 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward. Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991, when the trio became a duo. T ...
Dazz Band
The Dazz Band is an American R&B/funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include " Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a ...
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The Bangles
The Bangles are an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. The band recorded several singles that reached the U.S. top 10 during the 1980s, including " Manic Monday" (1986), " Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986), "Hazy Shad ...
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Band of Horses
Band of Horses is an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington. Led by singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes, the band's current line-up also inclu ...
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Sara Bareilles
Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including nin ...
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Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian rock band formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario. The band developed a following in Canada, with their self-titled 1991 cassette becoming the first independent release to be certified gold in Canada. They reached ...
Bear Hands
Bear Hands is an American post-punk and indie rock band, consisting of Dylan Rau (vocals and guitar), Val Loper (bass), Ted Feldman (guitar), and TJ Orscher (drums). Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, United States, and formed in 2006, the band si ...
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by the ...
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Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys were an American rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1978. The group was composed of Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar, programming) ...
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
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The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's exi ...
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Beck
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical colla ...
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Howie Beck
Howie Beck is a Canadian musician, mixer and producer based in Toronto, Ontario. He has been nominated for three Juno Awards in Canada on three occasions for Adult Alternative Album, Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year (2017).
History
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a fo ...
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Bee Gees
The Bee Gees
were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry Gibb, Barry, Robin Gibb, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in ...
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group comprises Ben Folds (lead vocals, piano), Robert Sledge (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Darren Jessee (drums, backing vocals). The gro ...
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
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Best Coast
Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. The band consists of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began ...
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Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with The End Records. The band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and consists of Kevin Griffin (vocals and guitar), Tom Drummond (bass ...
Andrew Bird
Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Since 1996, he has released 16 studio albums, as well as several live albums and EPs, spanning various genres including swing music ...
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The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1984. Their discography includes eight studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer Ge ...
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The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...
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The Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo (rapper), Taboo. The group's line-up during the height of their popularity in the 2000s featured Fergie (singer ...
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Black Pumas
Black Pumas is an American psychedelic soul band based in Austin, Texas, led by singer/songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist/ producer Adrian Quesada. The group received its first Grammy Award nomination in 2020 for Best New Artist.
History
In 201 ...
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has de ...
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Aloe Blacc
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known professionally by his stage name Aloe Blacc (), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. He is best known for his singles "I Need a Dollar", " The Man", which topped the charts in th ...
Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, keys/rhythm guitar) and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace (drums/keys and lead guitar/bass/keys/vocals, respectively) that formed in New York City in 1993. ...
Blind Faith
Blind Faith were an English supergroup featuring Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press following on the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton a ...
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Blind Melon
Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Los Angeles by five musicians: three from Mississippi, one from Pennsylvania and one from Indiana. The band currently consists of guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, drummer ...
Blue October
Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist ...
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Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult ( ; sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed on Long Island in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967, and best known for the singles "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Burnin' for You", and "Godzilla". The band h ...
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Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have released 16 full-length studio albums, four live recordings, one greatest hits album, and two video/DVDs, along with multiple solo albums, side projects, ...
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Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler (formerly known as "The Establishment" or "The Black Cat Jam" or "The Establishment Blues Band") is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. They are known for extensive use of segues in live performan ...
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The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964, initially consisting of keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge and bassist Clint Warwick. The g ...
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James Blunt
James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After ...
Bon Iver
Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon.
Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, ''For Emma, Forever Ago,'' independently in July 2007. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon ...
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Boozoo Bajou
Boozoo Bajou is a musical duo, Florian Seyberth and Peter Heider, from Germany. They are noted for their Ethnic electronica, distinct blend of Cajun music, Cajun sounds with Caribbean music, island rhythms. Their first album, ''Satta (album), Satt ...
Boston (band)
Boston is an American rock band formed by Tom Scholz in Boston, Massachusetts, that had its most commercial successes during the 1970s and '80s. The band's core members included multi-instrumentalist, founder and leader Tom Scholz, who played t ...
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Boy & Bear
Boy & Bear are an Australian indie folk band formed in 2009, consisting of David Hosking (vocals and guitar), Killian Gavin (vocals and guitar), Tim Hart (drums and vocals), Jonathan Hart (vocals, banjo, mandolin and keyboards), and David Symes ...
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Boy Pablo
Boy Pablo (stylized as boy pablo) is the indie pop music project of Chilean–Norwegian singer songwriter Nicolas Muñoz. In the recording studio, Muñoz writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring act, Boy Pa ...
Butterfly Boucher
Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher (born 2 June 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer born in Adelaide. From the age of 15 years she played bass guitar in her older sister, Rebecca Boucher Burns (Becca ...
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
The Bravery
The Bravery is an American rock band formed in New York City in 2003. The band consists of lead vocalist Sam Endicott, guitarist Michael Zakarin, keyboardist John Conway, bassist Mike Hindert and drummer Anthony Burulcich. They are best know ...
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The Breeders
The Breeders are an American alternative rock band based in Dayton, Ohio, consisting of members Kim Deal (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), her twin sister Kelley Deal (lead guitar, vocals), Josephine Wiggs (bass guitar, vocals) and Jim Macpherso ...
Broken Bells
Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, ...
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Leon Bridges
Todd Michael "Leon" Bridges (born July 13, 1989) is an American soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2015 song " Coming Home", which received regular airplay and was also a Top 10 Most Viral Track on Spotify. Brid ...
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Jonatha Brooke
Jonatha Brooke (born January 23, 1964) is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist from Massachusetts, United States. Her music merges elements of folk, rock and pop, often with poignant lyrics and complex harmonies. She has been a ...
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Meredith Brooks
Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for her 1997 hit song "Bitch", for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Career
Brooks started her music career in 1976 as a member of ...
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Marc Broussard
Marc Broussard (born January 14, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. His style is best described as "Bayou Soul", a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock and pop, matched with distinct Southern roots. He has released eight studio albums, one live ...
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James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the hono ...
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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
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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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Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
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Bully
Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an i ...
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Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer. In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single " Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female ...
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Bush (British band)
Bush are an English rock band formed in London, England in 1992. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Gavin Rossdale, lead guitarist Chris Traynor, bassist Corey Britz, and drummer Nik Hughes.
In 1994, Bush foun ...
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John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an Australian roots/ rock band led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler, an APRA and ARIA-award-winning musician. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums, Gavin Shoesmith on bass and John Butler on ...
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David Byrne
David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...
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The Byrds
The Byrds () were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole con ...
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Cage The Elephant
Cage the Elephant is an American rock band formed in 2006 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They moved to England, U.K. and settled in London in 2008, shortly before their self-titled first album was released. The band currently consists of Matt S ...
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Camila Cabello
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in ...
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Carla Olson
Carla Olson (born July 3, 1952) is a Los Angeles-based songwriter, performer and record producer.
Biography
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Olson moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1978 where she formed the Textones, whose debut album ''M ...
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Caro Emerald
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), known for the project Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with the debut single, " Back It Up". Th ...
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Colbie Caillat
Colbie Marie Caillat (; born May 28, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame through social networking website Myspace. At that time, she was the number one unsigned artist of her genre.
After signing with Universal Republic ...
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Cake
Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate ...
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Carbon Leaf
Carbon Leaf is a quintet from Richmond, Virginia, known for their alt-country, Celtic, and folk-infused indie rock. Though some of the band members have changed through the years, Carbon Leaf has been consistently creating and performing mus ...
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The Cardigans
The Cardigans is a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1992 by guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. Post-hiatus shows sin ...
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the " Songbird Supreme", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the w ...
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Brandi Carlile
Brandi Marie Carlile ( ; born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer whose music spans many genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. , Carlile has released seven studio albums. She has ...
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Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female rock band of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.
Raised in ...
Reeve Carney
Reeve Jefferson Carney (born April 18, 1983) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for originating the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' on Broadway and playing Orpheus in the original ...
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The Cars
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr ( bass guitar), Elliot Easton ( lead guitar), Greg Hawkes ( keyboar ...
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Neko Case
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Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his c ...
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Chance the Rapper
Chancelor Johnathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Chicago, Bennett released his debut mixtape ''10 Day'' in 2012. He ...
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car" and " Give Me One Reason".
Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released ...
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The Chicks
The Chicks (previously known as Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. Since 1995, the band has consisted of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and ...
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Toni Childs
Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957) is an American-Australian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" (a ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit in the United States in 1988), "I've Got to Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 19 ...
The Civil Wars
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History
2008–2010
Both Williams and White had solo careers prior ...
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Clairo
Claire Elizabeth Cottrill (born August 18, 1998), known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13.
Clairo rose ...
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list o ...
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Gary Clark, Jr.
Gary Lee Clark Jr. (born February 15, 1984) is an American musician from Austin, Texas. He is known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. In 2011, Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and released ''The Brigh ...
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Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet ...
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The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the w ...
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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of '' American Idol'' in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her de ...
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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 H ...
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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, p ...
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were recordings of son ...
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Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn (; born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song " Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album, which was a Top 40 ...
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Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids is an American alternative rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (vocals, piano, guitar), Matt Maust (bass guitar), David Quon (guitar, backing vocals), Matthew Schwartz (keyboards, backing vocals, ...
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Coldplay
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at University ...
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Jude Cole
Jude Anthony Cole (born June 18, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, manager, and record producer. After signing to Reprise Records, Cole's solo career began with his eponymous debut studio album in 1987, which was followed up 4 subsequen ...
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Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer and songwriter. He was lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo.
Early life
Cole was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. He grew up in ne ...
Collective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia. Now based in Atlanta, the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland, rhythm guitarist Dean Roland, bassist Will Turpin, drummer Johnny Rabb, and lead guitarist J ...
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...
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Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for decades, she is best known for her 1998 Grammy Award-winning song " Sunny Came Home".
Early ...
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Bad Company
Bad Company are an English rock supergroup that was formed in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, drummer Simon Kirke and bassist Boz Burrell. Bad Company ''AllMusic'' Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, a ...
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The Corrs
The Corrs are an Irish family band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Carol ...
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Matt Costa
Matthew Albert Costa (born June 16, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter from Huntington Beach, California, United States. He has 13 independent releases: 7 self-recorded EPs, 6 complete LPs, 4 of which are released via Brushfire Records. ...
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nom ...
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Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas.
He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's T ...
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Counting Crows
Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist Mil ...
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Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses ...
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Cowboy Mouth
Cowboy Mouth is an American band based in New Orleans, Louisiana known for fusing alternative rock with album-oriented rock, roots rock, and jam band influences. Formed in 1992, the band saw early mainstream success in the 1990s, including th ...
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Cracker
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The Cranberries
The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick, Ireland. Originally named the Cranberry Saw Us, the band were formed in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler. Quinn was ...
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Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best kno ...
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Cream (band)
Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist, although Clapton and Baker also sang and ...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band initially consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother, ...
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King Crimson
King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member ...
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Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. She has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and three ...
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Crowded House
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Late ...
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albu ...
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Ice Cube
An ice cube is a small piece of ice, which is typically rectangular as viewed from above and trapezoidal as viewed from the side. Ice cubes are products of mechanical refrigeration and are usually produced to cool beverages. They may be p ...
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Jim Cuddy
James Gordon Cuddy, (born December 2, 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo.
Early life and education
Cuddy was born in Toronto, Ontario. His Mother Jean Cuddy was an English teacher at Monarch Par ...
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Cuff the Duke
Cuff the Duke is a Canadian alt-country band from Oshawa, Ontario. They play a blend of traditional country and folk music with indie rock influences.
History
Cuff the Duke formed in Oshawa, drawing their name from a shirt purchased by front-m ...
Juno Award
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Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer, songwriter and radio presenter. Although primarily a vocalist and pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments, including guitar and drums. He has recorded nine stu ...
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The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The band's ...
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have multi-platinum and platinum albums. They are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast and 1990 ...
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Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, and is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart and ...
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...
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Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as p ...
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The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford. H ...
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Vanessa Daou
Vanessa Daou (born October 4, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, visual artist and dancer. Most notably a musician, her work is known among nu jazz, trip hop and electronic music circles for her trademark spoken word and aspirated sin ...
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Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initials DMB) is an American rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. The band's founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer and bac ...
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Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark served as the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964 they had their first UK top ten sin ...
Howie Day
Howard Kern Day is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals to accompany himself. He self-financed and ...
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dc Talk
DC Talk (stylized as dc Talk) is a Christian rap and rock trio. The group was formed at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith. They released five major studio albums together: ...
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De La Soul
De La Soul () is an American hip hop trio formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternati ...
*Dead or Alive (band), Dead or Alive
*Deadmau5
*Death Cab for Cutie
*The Decemberists
*Def Leppard
*Gavin DeGraw
*Del Amitri Demillusion ref name=Allmusigenretopartist/>
*Lana Del Rey
*Delta Spirit
*Rocco DeLuca
*Brett Dennen
*Depeche Mode
*Joy Division
*Derek & the Dominos
*Derek Trucks Band
*Destiny's Child
*Devo
*Dido (singer), Dido
*Dinosaur Jr.
*Dire Straits
*Thomas Dolby
*Pussycat Dolls
*Doobie Brothers
*The Doors
*Luke Doucet
*Mike Doughty
*Nick Drake
*Drake (rapper), Drake
*Drive By Truckers
*Duran Duran
*Bob Dylan
*Jakob Dylan
E
*The Eagles
*Justin Townes Earle''FMQB'' AAA 7-Day Report, February 7, 2012.
*Earth, Wind & Fire
*Anderson East
*Echo & the Bunnymen
*Echosmith
*Eden (musician), EDEN
*Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
*Kathleen Edwards
*Eels (band), Eels
*Mark Eitzel
*Billie Eilish
*Elephant Stone (band), Elephant Stone
*Elliphant
*Eminem
*Enya
*Melissa Etheridge
*Sharon Van Etten
*Europe (band), Europe
*Eurythmics
*Evanescence
*George Ezra
F
*Faces (band), Faces
*Small Faces
*Donald Fagen
*Fair to Midland
*The Fall of Troy (band), The Fall of Troy
*Fall Out Boy
*Family of the Year
*Fanfarlo
*Fastball (band), Fastball
*Fatboy Slim
*Feist (singer), Feist
*Fergie (singer), Fergie
*Rebecca Ferguson (singer), Rebecca Ferguson
*Filter (band), Filter
*A Fine Frenzy
*Finn Brothers
*Craig Finn
*Neil Finn
*First Aid Kit (band), First Aid Kit
*Jeremy Fisher
*Fitz and the Tantrums
*Ella Fitzgerald
*Five for Fighting
*The Fixx
*The Flaming Lips
*Fleet Foxes
*Fleetwood Mac
*Flight of the Conchords
*Florence & the Machine
*John Fogerty
*Ben Folds
*Fontaines D.C.
*Foreigner (band), Foreigner
*Foo Fighters
*Julia Fordham
*Foster the People
*Four Tops
*Donavon Frankenreiter
*Aretha Franklin
*Michael Franti & Spearhead
*Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand
*The Fray (band), The Fray
*Freddy Fresh
*Free (band), Free
*Fun (band), Fun.
G
*G. Love & Special Sauce
*Peter Gabriel
*Lady Gaga
*The Gap Band
*Garbage (band), Garbage
*Art Garfunkel
*Jack Garratt
*Marvin Gaye
*Genesis (band), Genesis
*Andy Gibb
*Gin Blossoms
*Givers
*Glass Animals
*Donald Glover
*Gnarls Barkley
*Goldfrapp
*Gomez (band), Gomez
*The Go-Gos
*Goo Goo Dolls
*Gorillaz
*Gotye''
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*Ellie Goulding
*Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
*Graffiti6
*Andy Grammer
*Grand Funk Railroad
*Jenn Grant
*Grant Lee Buffalo
*Grateful Dead
*David Gray (musician), David Gray
*Great Lake Swimmers
*Al Green
*Green Day
*The Greg Kihn Band
*Patty Griffin
*Grizzly Bear (band), Grizzly Bear
*Grouplove
*The Growlers
*Guns N' Roses
*Guster
H
*Trevor Hall (singer), Trevor Hall
*Hall & Oates
*Halsey (singer), Halsey
*Ernie Halter
*Sarah Harmer
*Fifth Harmony
*Ben Harper
*George Harrison
*PJ Harvey
*Juliana Hatfield
*Mayer Hawthorne
*Warren Haynes
*Heart (band), Heart
*The Head and the Heart
*Heartless Bastards
*The Jimi Hendrix Experience
*Joe Henry
*Kristin Hersh
*Katie Herzig
*John Hiatt
*Missy Higgins
*Lauryn Hill
*Hockey (band), Hockey
*The Hollies
*Buddy Holly
*Hootie & the BlowfishAllmusic Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Genre Top Artists /ref>
*Hooverphonic
*Bruce Hornsby
*House Of Pain
*Howlin Maggie
*The Human League
*Van Hunt
*Hurray for the Riff Raff
*Eric Hutchinson
*Jet (band), Jet
*Joan Jett
*Joe Jackson (musician), Joe Jackson
*Michael Jackson
*Janet Jackson
*The Jam
*Pearl Jam
*Ram Jam
*James (band), James
*James Gang
*Rick James
*Tommy James & The Shondells
*Jamiroquai
*Sarah Jarosz
*Jars of Clay
*The Jayhawks
*Jem (singer), Jem
*Jewel (musician), Jewel
*Billy Joel
*Elton John
*Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson
*Freedy Johnston
*Norah Jones
*Janis Joplin
*Journey (band), Journey
*Bon Jovi
*Vance Joy
*Judybats
*Juice Wrld
*Damien Jurado
*Hobo Johnson
K
*Kaleo (band), Kaleo
*Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
*Kansas (band), Kansas
*Keane (band), Keane
*Mat Kearney
*Keb' Mo
*Paul Kelly (Australian musician), Paul Kelly
*Khruangbin
*The Killers
*B.B. King
*Kings of Leon
*The Kinks
*Kiss (band), Kiss
*Michael Kiwanuka
*Jann Klose
*Mark Knopfler
*Beyonce Knowles
*Kool & the Gang
*The Kooks
*Kopecky (band), Kopecky
*Kraftwerk
*Lenny Kravitz
*Chantal Kreviazuk
L
*Lady Antebellum, Lady A.
*Lake Street Dive
*Miranda Lambert
*Ray LaMontagne
*Land of Talk
*k.d. lang
*Daniel Lanois
*Greg Laswell
*Cyndi Lauper
*LCD Soundsystem
*Led Zeppelin
*Amos Lee
*Amy Lee
*The Lemonheads
*John Lennon
*Julian Lennon
*Sondre Lerche
*Lifehouse (band), Lifehouse
*Lighthouse Family
*Lightning Seeds
*Linkin Park
*Lissie
*Little Dragon
*Los Lobos
*Local Natives
*Lisa Loeb
*Lizzo
*Los Lonely Boys
*Jennifer Lopez
*Mary Lou Lord
*Lorde
*Loverboy
*Lyle Lovett
*Low Millions
*Nick Lowe
*The Lumineers
*Les Luthiers
*Jeff Lynne
*Shelby Lynne
*Lynyrd Skynyrd
M
*Madness (band), Madness
*Bob Marley
*Martha and the Vandellas
*Marvellettes
*Massive Attack
*John Mayall
*Michael McDonald (musician), Michael McDonald
*MC5
*M83 (band), M83
*Fleetwood Mac
*Meg Mac
*Magnet (musician), Magnet
*Tkay Maidza
*Matchbox Twenty
*Aimee Mann
*Manfred Mann
*Manfred Mann's Earth Band
*Marina and the Diamonds
*Mark Mallman
*Laura Marling
*Maroon 5
*Bruno Mars
*Wendy Matthews
*Imelda May
*John Mayer
*Matt Mays
*Mazzy Star
*Edwin McCain
*Erin McCarley
*Jesse McCartney
*Paul McCartney
*Melissa McClelland
*Kirsty MacColl
*Sarah McLachlan
*Megadeth
*John Mellencamp
*Katie Melua
*Maria Mena
*Shawn Mendes
*Natalie Merchant
*Metric (band), Metric
*MGMT
*Ingrid Michaelson
*Amy Millan
*Steve Miller Band
*Tor Miller
*Missing Persons (band), Missing Persons
*Anaïs Mitchell
*Moby
*Modest Mouse
*Janelle Monáe
*The Monkees
*Montgomery Gentry
*Monsters of Folk
*Moon Taxi
*James Morrison (singer), James Morrison
*Van Morrison
*Alanis Morissette
*Mother Mother
*Motörhead
*Smash Mouth
*Alison Moyet
*Melanie Martinez
*Jason Mraz
*Mudcrutch
*Maria Muldaur
*Shawn Mullins
*Mumford & Sons
*Muse (band), Muse
*Kacey Musgraves
*My Friend Steve
*My Morning Jacket
*Billie Myers
*Freddie Mercury
N
*Nada Surf
*Leona Naess
*Anna Nalick
*Leigh Nash
*Matt Nathanson
*Needtobreathe
*The Neighbourhood
*New Order (band), New Order
*The New Pornographers
*The New Radicals
*Gary Numan
*Randy Newman
*Nickel Creek
*Nickelback
*Willie Nelson
*Stevie Nicks
*Willie Nile
*Nirvana (band), Nirvana
*No Doubt
*Noah and the Whale
*Heather Nova
*Justin Nozuka
*Paolo Nutini
O
*Oasis (band), Oasis
*The Ocean Blue
*Sinéad O'Connor
*Of Monsters and Men
*Of A Revolution, O.A.R.
*Oingo Boingo
*OK Go
*Old 97's
*Angel Olsen
*One Eskimo
*OneRepublic
*Yoko Ono
*Plastic Ono Band
*Roy Orbison
*Electric Light Orchestra
*Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
*Beth Orton
*Joan Osborne
*Our Lady Peace
*Outkast
*Buck Owens
*Owl City
*Ozzy Osbourne
P
*P!nk
*Robert Palmer (singer), Robert Palmer
*Panic! At The Disco
*Pantera
*Parachute (band), Parachute
*Paramore
*Emerson Lake & Palmer
*Dolly Parton
*Pearl Jam
*Michael Penn
*Perfume Genius
*Carl Perkins
*Christina Perri
*Katy Perry
*Pet Shop Boys
*Peter Bjorn and John
*Tom Petty
*Liz Phair
*Phantogram (band), Phantogram
*Grant Lee Phillips
*Phillip Phillips
*Sam Phillips (musician), Sam Phillips
*Wilson Phillips
*Phish
*Phoebe Bridgers
*Phoenix (band), Phoenix
*The Pierces
*The Pillbugs
*Pink Floyd
*Sex Pistols
*Pixies (band), Pixies
*Plain White T's
*Robert Plant
*Plants and Animals
*Joel Plaskett
*Poe (singer), Poe
*The Pogues
*The Pointer Sisters
*Poison (American band), Poison
*Caroline Polachek
*The Police
*John Popper
*Willy Porter
*Portishead (band), Portishead
*Portugal. The Man
*Elvis Presley
*Billy Preston
*Pretenders (band), Pretenders
*Judas Priest
*Prince (musician), Prince
*Procol Harum
*The Proclaimers
*The Psychedelic Furs
*Public Enemy (group), Public Enemy
*Punch Brothers
*Puppini Sisters
*Deep Purple
Q
*Queen (band), Queen
*Queens of the Stone Age
R
*R.E.M. (band), R.E.M.
*REO Speedwagon
*Radiohead
*Rage Against the Machine
*Rainbow (rock band), Rainbow
*Bonnie Raitt
*Night Ranger
*Sugar Ray
*Chris Rea
*The Record Company
*Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Lou Reed
*The Replacements (band), The Replacements
*Chris Rice
*Rihanna
*Amy Rigby
*Rilo Kiley
*Little Richard
*Rise Against
*Justin Roberts (musician), Justin Roberts
*Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter), Sam Roberts
*Robbie Robertson
*Smokey Robinson
*Kenny Rogers
*Rolling Stones
*My Chemical Romance
*Gavin Rossdale
*Josh Rouse
*Ronettes
*Roxette
*Run the Jewels
*Todd Rundgren
*Bic Runga
*Rush (band), Rush
*Rusted Root
*Run DMC
*Serena Ryder
*Rymes with Orange
S
*Salt-N-Pepa
*San Cisco
*Savage Garden
*St. Paul and The Broken Bones
*Scars on 45
*Boz Scaggs
*Bob Schneider
*Travis Scott
*Seal (musician), Seal
*Seether
*Bob Seger
*Ron Sexsmith
*Scorpions (band), Scorpions
*DJ Shadow
*Ryan Shaw
*Jules Shear
*Ed Sheeran
*Duncan Sheik
*Vonda Shepard
*Kenny Wayne Shepherd
*The Shins
*Jane Siberry
*Silversun Pickups
*Paul Simon
*Simple Minds
*Simple Plan
*Simply Red
*Frank Sinatra
*Nancy Sinatra
*Sister Hazel
*JoJo Siwa
*Sixpence None the Richer
*Sarah Slean
*Slipknot (band), Slipknot
*Elliott Smith
*Patti Smith Group
*Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith
*The Smithereens
*The Smiths
*Sneaker Pimps
*Snow Patrol
*Jill Sobule
*Soccer Mommy
*Songhoy Blues
*Sonic Youth
*Sorry (band), Sorry
*Soul Asylum
*Soul Coughing
*Regina Spektor
*Spencer Davis Group
*Spice Girls
*Spin Doctors
*Split Enz
*Spoon (band), Spoon
*Sports Team
*Squeeze (band), Squeeze
*Buffalo Springfield
*Bruce Springsteen
*Gwen Stefani
*Hailee Steinfeld
*Steely Dan
*Stereolab
*Steve Miller Band
*Steve Winwood
*Rod Stewart
*Stickman (musician), Stickman
*Sting (musician), Sting
*Joss Stone
*Stone Temple Pilots
*C. W. Stoneking
*The Stooges (band), The Stooges
*Ringo Starr
*The Strokes
*Sturgill Simpson
*The Strumbellas
*The Struts
*Styx (band), Styx
*The Sundays
*SuperHeavy
*Supertramp
*The Supremes
*Matthew Sweet
*The Swell Season
*Taylor Swift
*Sylvan Esso
T
*Travis Barker
*T.I.
*Taco (musician), Taco
*Talking Heads
*Tame Impala
*James Taylor
*Tears for Fears
*Tedeschi Trucks Band
*Teenage Fanclub
*Tegan and Sara
*Television (band), Television
*The Telnyuk Sisters
*The Temptations
*Texas (band), Texas
*They Might Be Giants
*Third Eye Blind
*Thirty Seconds to Mars
*Thompson Twins
*Justin Timberlake
*Tired Pony
*Cal Tjader
*TLC (group), TLC
*Toad the Wet Sprocket
*Tommy Tutone
*Toots and the Maytals
*Tove Lo
*Traffic (band), Traffic
*Train (band), Train
*Meghan Trainor
*Trashcan Sinatras
*Travis (band), Travis
*Cheap Trick
*The Tubes
*KT Tunstall
*TV on the Radio
*Jeff Tweedy
*Two Door Cinema Club
*T. Rex (band), T. Rex
*Vampire Weekend
*Van Ghost
*Van Halen
*Van Zant (band), Van Zant
*Keith Varon
*Eddie Vedder
*Suzanne Vega
*Laura Veirs
*Jackie Venson
*Gene Vincent
*The Velvet Underground
*Velvet Revolver
*Veruca Salt
*Vertical Horizon
*The Verve
*The Verve Pipe
*Kurt Vile
*Vintage Trouble
*En Vogue
W
* The Wailin' Jennys
* Rufus Wainwright
* Tom Waits
* Walk the Moon
* The Wallflowers
* J Roddy Walston and the Business
* Wang Chung (band), Wang Chung
* War (American band), War
* ZZ Ward
* Washed Out
* The Waterboys
* Nick Waterhouse
* Waxahatchee
* The Weakerthans
* Ween
* Weezer
* Paul Westerberg
* Jack White (musician), Jack White
* Whitesnake
* White Denim
* The White Stripes
* White Town
* The Guess Who
* The Who
* Traveling Wilburys
* Will I. Am
* Wilco
* Dar Williams
* Joy Williams (singer), Joy Williams
* Lucinda Williams
* Pharrell Williams
* Robbie Williams
* Victoria Williams
* Wings (band), Wings
* Amy Winehouse
* Edgar Winter Group
* Wolf Parade
* Joon Wolfsberg
* Bobby Womack
* Stevie Wonder
* Hawksley Workman
* World Party
X
* X (American band), X
* XTC
* The xx
Y
*Yungblud
*Rachael Yamagata
*The Yardbirds
*Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*Yes (band), Yes
*Pete Yorn
*Young the Giant
*Neil Young
Z
*Hindi Zahra
*Warren Zevon
*Zucchero Fornaciari
*ZZ Top
References
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Lists of musicians by genre, Adult album alternative